Corporate governance in Saudi Arabia: overview and empirical investigation

primary objectives ofthis thesis are: (i) to review the ongoing practices of corporate governance in six developed and emerging markets that represent a broad and diverse sample that varies in terms of historical, légal, économie and cultural Systems; (ii) to assess comprehensively the effectiveness of corporate governance in a unique developing country, Saudi Arabia; and (iii) to identify whether there are significant différences in the perceptions among the involved four samples (board of directors' members, chief executive officers 'CEOs', audit committee members and shareholders) towards the four mechanisms of corporate governance investigated in this study, namely: shareholders' rights; board of directors; audit committees and internai audit; and disclosure and transparency.

Name dc:type.qualificationname

phd

Level dc:type.qualificationlevel

doctoral

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Victoria University

Year dc:date.issued

2006

Author dc:creator

• Al-Turki, Khalid Hamad

• Faculty of Business and Law
• 1503 Business and Management

Language dc:language

en