Strategic Finance Reflective Paper: Corporate Governance Siddharth Menon 13200701 What is Corporate Governance? Corporate Governance defines the methods‚ structure and the processes of a company in which the business and affairs of the company managed and directed (Khan‚ 2011). It deals with ways in which suppliers of finance to corporations assure themselves of getting a return on their investment. Corporate Governance can also be defined as the whole system of rights‚ processes
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Ontario K1N 6N5‚ and 1 HEC Montreal‚ 3000 Côte-Sainte-Catherine Road‚ Montreal‚ Quebec H3T 2A7‚ Canada Email: benamar@telfer.uottawa.ca‚ claude.francoeur@hec.ca‚ taieb.2.hafsi@hec.ca‚ real.labelle@hec.ca This study investigates the joint effect of corporate ownership and board of directors’ diversity configurations on the success of strategic merger and acquisition (M&A) decisions. Board diversity is defined as the extent to which its demographic diversity as measured by the culture‚ nationality‚ gender
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Definition of Corporate Governance “The process and structure used to direct and manage the affairs of the business towards enhancing business prosperity and corporate accountability with the ultimate objective of realizing long-term shareholder value‚ whilst taking into account the interests of other stakeholders”. Prior to the establishment of this definition‚ there were 4 others namely by; The Cadbury Report (1992) defined corporate governance as „a whole system of controls by which
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201 Corporate Governance: An International Review‚ 2013‚ 21(3): 201–224 Does “Good” Corporate Governance Help in a Crisis? The Impact of Country- and Firm-Level Governance Mechanisms in the European Financial Crisis Marc van Essen*‚ Peter-Jan Engelen‚ and Michael Carney ABSTRACT Manuscript Type: Empirical Research Question/Issue: We examine the effects of firm- and country-level “good” corporate governance prescriptions on firm performance before and during the recent financial crisis
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I. Study Summary The objective of this paper is to examine the relationship between corporate governance on dividends payout in Canada to better understand "why companies pay dividends". In the light of agency theory‚ Adjaoud and Ben-Amar tested two competing hypothesis‚ which are outcome and substitution hypothesis. They chose Canada to examine the relationship between corporate governance and corporate dividend payments for two reasons; first‚ the comparability between Canada and USA from
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Corporate Governance Corporate Governance is the relationship between the shareholders‚ directors‚ and management of a company‚ as defined by the corporate character‚ bylaws‚ formal policies and rule laws. The corporate governance system was designed to help oversee the decisions and best interest of the shareholders. The system should works accordingly: The shareholders elect directors‚ who in turn hire management to make the daily executive decisions on the owner ’s behalf. The company ’s
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INTRODUCTION Corporate governance is the framework of rules and practices by which a board of directors ensures accountability‚ fairness‚ and transparency in a company ’s relationship with its all stakeholders (financiers‚ customers‚ management‚ employees‚ government‚ and the community). The corporate governance framework consists of (1) explicit and implicit contracts between the company and the stakeholders for distribution of responsibilities‚ rights‚ and rewards‚ (2) procedures for reconciling
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Examination Paper of Corporate Governance IIBM Institute of Business Management Examination Paper MM. 100 Corporate Governance Subject Code-C103 Section A: Objective Type & Short Questions (30 marks) This section consists of Multiple Choice questions & short questions. Answer all the questions. Part one questions carry 1 mark each & Part Two questions carry 5 marks each. Part One: Multiple Choices: 1. Corporate Governance is a) About ethical conduct in business b)
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In a commercial organisation‚ the board of directors is typically charged with the key responsibility for corporate governance – protecting the rights of shareholders and creditors‚ ensuring contractual obligations and regulatory compliance. In the public sector‚ the elected government is typically responsible for corporate governance‚ and in semi-government and statutory bodies like State Rail‚ Sydney Water‚ the Australian Broadcasting Authority‚ the University of NSW‚ etc – and in not-
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(1998) 371±403 Corporate governance and board eectiveness Kose John a‚ Lemma W. Senbet a b 1 b‚* Stern School of Business‚ New York University‚ New York‚ NY 10012‚ USA Department of Finance‚ College of Business‚ University of Maryland‚ Tydings Hall‚ College Park‚ MD 20742‚ USA Abstract This paper surveys the empirical and theoretical literature on the mechanisms of corporate governance. We focus on the internal mechanisms of corporate governance (e.g.‚ corporate board of directors)
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