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Showing 1 to 20 of 184 for “"board of directors"”.
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Three Essays on Compensation and the Board of Directors
… component in CEO pay following the enactment of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX). In the cross-section of firms, directors that award relatively higher (lower) CEO pay in one firm also award relatively higher (lower) CEO pay in other firms of whose boards they are members during the year. …
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A study on board of directors and organizational performance
This dissertation reports an investigation of the relationship between board strategic management functions and organizational performance. This dissertation provides a framework for understanding the influence of boards of directors in decision making, planning, control and operation, and …
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Corporate Governance and the Board of Directors in Saudi-listed Companies
Corporate Governance has been a focus of attention in many countries around the world. A renaissance in governance issues has led global convergence to codes of good governance and practices. This study examines the adoption of a relatively new corporate governance code for KSA listed companies and …
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The residual control roles of cooperative board of directors : a preliminary comparative analysis
The governance of economic organizations is complex. The theoretical and empirical literature on organizational governance implies that one form of governance mechanism functions the same for all economic organization, regardless of structure. This dissertation examines how the boards of directors, …
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The role of a board of directors in responding to an unsolicited takeover bid
The proliferation in the use of the "unsolicited takeover bid" as a means of acquiring corporate control has had profound implications, especially on large publicly traded companies. Although much has been written about the efficacy of takeover bids advancing shareholders' interests and economic …
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The responsibilities of the board of directors in promoting the principles of corporate governance
Corporate governance is an important aspect of the way in which companies do business. It regulates the conduct of those in control of the corporation. An important aspect of corporate governance is the establishment of structures and processes that enable directors to discharge their legal …
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Understanding Charter School Governance: A Case Study of a Conversion Charter School Board of Directors
… school movement has been at the forefront of educational reform since the 1990s. The majority of charter school research has focused on academic achievement and issues of access, equity, and funding. Less attention has focused on charter school governance, yet evidence suggests that …
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Towards an Organizational Strategic Vitality Theory: A Study of a Public Sector Board of Directors
<p>Boards of directors govern practically all organizations of significant size in the public and private sector. Improving the understanding of how boards function is critical because when boards fail, the results can be devastating. Little is understood about the functioning of boards of …
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The Effects of Geography and Proximity on Board of Directors: An Exponential Random Graphs Approach
… geographical elements, affects the synthesis of boards of directors, the decisions executives make, and, in general, organizations. Drawing on the rich literature in economic geography, these studies focus on re-evaluating the effects of geography on board of directors in the contemporary …
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Director networks and director selection: Keys to the strategic role of the board of directors
… literature describes three primary roles of the board of directors--control, advise/counsel, and strategy--but the board's strategic role has largely been ignored by researchers. This study focuses on the implications of such a role, and how it may be significantly influenced by the …
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A study of the impact of pluralism of the board of directors on corporate social responsibility
The purpose of this study is to understand the evolution of the notion of responsibility of the corporation and to analyte its operationalization in the organizational context. The relationship between board of directors' composition and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is the key element of …
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An investigation of the roles and responsibilities of the board of directors in the Libyan banking sector
Since the financial crisis of 2008, corporate governance (CG) has been the focus of much attention in the developed countries. One of the main priorities of governments in these countries has been to implement CG mechanisms that will improve the practice and effectiveness of boards of directors. …
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Three Perspectives of Mutual Fund Performance: The Indiviudal Investor, the Finance Professional, and the Board of Directors
… examine mutual fund performance from the points of view of three distinct, but interrelated parties: individual investors, financial advisors, and the boards of directors of mutual fund companies. In the first essay, "Comparing Fund Flow Sensitivity for Load and No-Load Funds Under Different …
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The Strategic Fit Between Board of Directors Characteristics and the External Environment, and its Effect on Firm Reputation
… perspectives in examining the effects of boards of directors on firm reputation. First, using upper echelons theory, I derive hypotheses about how the human and social capital, and the demographic characteristics of the board affect corporate reputation. Second, I examine how fit with …
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Exploring the relationship between the board of directors and the Shari’ah Supervisory Board in Islamic financial institutions in Saudi Arabia
… there are no insights into the role and function of governance bodies within this new framework. Specifically, there is a lack of academic studies that have focused on investigating the relationship between the board of directors (BODs) and Shari’ah supervisory boards (SSBs) in the IFIs in Saudi …
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The Struggle for Power and Pay: Implications of Board of Directors' Power on Monitoring Effectiveness and Pay for Performance Sensitivity
<p>Boards of directors monitor and incentivize CEOs to make decisions that maximize shareholder value; however, research has been inconsistent in identifying the relationship between board composition and monitoring effectiveness (Daily, Johnson, Ellstrand, & Dalton, 1998). Integrating an economic …
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Expanding Boards: A Study of the Experience of Former National Student Nurses' Association Board of Directors Members From 2010-2020
… as National Student Nurses’ Association (NSNA) Board of Directors members and how that experience shapes their career trajectories as registered nurses (RNs). More specifically, this study’s research objectives were to describe and discuss (a) the professional culture and value of board …
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Towards a moderated-trust governance theory : explaining the dimensional structure of trust and distrust between a board of directors and a CEO
… this study provides an explicit exploration of trust and its complement—distrust—and explains the complexity of the trust relationship between governance actors such as chief executive officers, board chairmen, and board directors. This study seeks to demonstrate that distrust, as …
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The board of directors in listed companies under the corporate governance system in Saudi law as compared to English law and global standards
Saudi Arabia has a unique environment in terms of its political, economic, legal and judicial aspects which have some anomalous characteristics that create challenges for corporate governance. Further challenges are presented by the current structure of listed companies and by Saudi Arabia’s Vision …
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Alignment matters? The interactive effects of women in top management, board of directors, and middle management on the adoption and implementation of work-life support policies
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2027-05-01
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