Corporate Governance: Volume 17 Issue 1

Personal moral values of directors and corporate governance

Patricia Grant, Peter McGhee

This paper aims to explore how directors understand the “how” and “why” of their personal moral values in their task of governing the organisation.

National corporate social policy, corporate governance systems, and organizational capabilities

Manzur Rahman, Claudio Carpano

In this paper, the authors aim to look at the relationship between divergent national corporate social policies as embedded in corporate governance regimes and the development of…

Board connections and management commentary readability: the role of information sharing in Italy

Gianluca Ginesti, Giuseppe Sannino, Carlo Drago

This study aims to determine the impact of information-sharing disseminated through the firms’ board connections on the readability of the management discussion and analysis…

Structuring supervisory board for an anti-corruption strategy: a new application of a compliance system

Pietro Previtali, Paola Cerchiello

The aim of this paper is to examine a relevant innovation in terms of how corporate supervisory boards are structured for an effective measure of anti-corruption that concerns a…

Non-executive director’s motivation to continue serving on boards: a self-determination theory perspective

Axel Walther, Hannah Möltner, Michèle Morner

This paper aims to identify distinct motivation profiles among non-executive directors and explores the reasons why non-executive directors continue to serve on boards of…

Financial accounting scandals and the reform of corporate governance in the United States and in Italy

Daniel P. Sorensen, Scott E. Miller

In the 1990s and beginning of the next decade, a series of financial accounting scandals occurred in the United States (USA or US) and in several other countries of the world. The…

The integration of CSR into strategic management: a dynamic approach based on social management philosophy

Filippo Vitolla, Michele Rubino, Antonello Garzoni

This paper aims to fill the existing gaps in literature which deal with both the application of a socially oriented philosophy to the theme of strategic corporate social…

The impact of protectability and proactiveness on the environmental performance of new ventures

Petra Dickel

Building on the natural resource-based view, this paper aims to explore the effects of technological protectability and proactiveness on new ventures’ environmental performance.

Institutional investors and voluntary disclosure and transparency: the case of Egypt

Doaa El-Diftar, Eleri Jones, Mohamed Ragheb, Mohamed Soliman

Disclosure and transparency are major pillars of corporate governance which need to be greatly promoted in Egypt. This research aims to understand how different kinds of…

National culture and corporate governance codes

Sarah A. Humphries, Catherine Whelan

This study aims to investigate the relationship between national culture and best practices as recommended in country-level corporate governance codes.