The Corporate Governance

This research is comprised of three interrelated stages of a broader study of the climate change-related corporate governance disclosure practices of Australian companies. The first stage of the study investigates the climate change-related corporate governance disclosure practices of five major Australian energy-intensive companies over a 16-year period (from 1992 to 2007). The five companies are BHP Billiton, Caltex, Origin Energy, Rio Tinto and Santos Limited.

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In this thesis, three inter-related research issues have been explored within the context of the textile and garments industry of Bangladesh. This industry in Bangladesh has gained negative media publicity and Western concern over the use of child labour, poor working conditions, health and safety issues, and human rights and other labour-related issues for years.

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This thesis focuses on the relationships between corporate governance structures and the interactions between corporate governance actors. It places the audit committee at its central focus point, but within a holistic corporate eco-system. To develop a more rounded understanding of corporate governance phenomena, the relationships between governance structures and the interactions between governance actors are framed through the lenses of both agency theory and institutional theory.

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Following the premises of addressing significant issues identified above, the purpose of this research is accordingly raised. The overall objective of this research is to offer an in-depth, rich in context empirical insight in understanding the role of GONGO’s networked governance on CSR in China. This overarching objective will be achieved by two separate aims specifically.

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The renewed interest in executive remuneration, particularly CEO remuneration, in light of the recent global financial crisis (GFC) leads to the question: Is CEO remuneration excessive or can it be justified on grounds of the established reputation of individual CEOs, the performance of the company, the quality of the internal governance structures and the ability of shareholders to have an influence? This question provides the impetus for this study. To answer this question, an understanding of the multiple drivers of executive remuneration is required.

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The study "Determinants of executive remuneration: Australian evidence" is primarily motivated by the recent importance attached to corporate governance and regulation of executive compensation by government bodies, other regulatory agencies, media commentators and other stakeholders. No other Australian research has, to date, been carried out in a setting where companies are subject to the full extent of recent regulatory changes.

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This research investigates generational differences in Australian workers. In particular it focuses on changing trends and influences in the workplace and how different generations view and deal with these changes. The study focuses on Baby Boomers (born 1945-1963), Generation X (born 1964-1977) and Generation Y (born 1978 - 1994) across four industry sectors: Corporate, Education, Government and Not for Profit.

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The primary aim of this study is to determine the extent to which external auditors, in exercising their responsibilities under the Australian Auditing Standards, conduct additional audit work (proxied by audit fees) when audit clients have experienced known misappropriation of assets (MOA) fraud. The research is motivated by three key factors. The first being the mounting concerns by the Australian government and others in relation to audit quality.

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The research "Beyond board capital: probing inside the black box of Australian board recruitment and dynamics" addresses the overarching question: What is the nature of board capital in the Australian context and how does board recruitment and dynamics influence the formation and utilisation of board capital? In so doing this thesis provides answers for the following questions: What are the contextual factors that shape the creation of board capital? What are the key considerations in the recruitment of board members? What are the human and social capital characteristics of board members? W...

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This thesis develops two objectives. The first objective is to develop a new improved measure for DRPTs. To achieve the first objective, this thesis develops and tests a measure that seeks to distinguish the proportion of transactions in total RPTs that is discriminatory from the proportion that is based on legitimate business motives. The second objective of the thesis is to investigate the effectiveness of Bangladesh’s 2006 reforms for protecting minority shareholders from DRPTs. For this Oliver Williamson’s Market and Hierarchy model is used as a theoretical framework.

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This thesis highlights several conflicting and intriguingly perplexing attributes about India that make it a unique country amongst other emerging markets, thus necessitating research focussed on India. This thesis develops a comprehensive framework which projects India as a common-law country with business structures and corporate governance models resembling civil-law countries, yet is distant from either of the two with respect to its sociocultural anthropological attributes.

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This thesis contributes to the existing literature in the following ways: First, presenting a systematic study with empirical evidence on the functioning and quality of corporate governance and its impact under the contractual form of FMC. Second, this research represents a step forward from the extant studies focusing on how board characteristics and composition in fund companies by investigating a wider range of relevant governance mechanisms that affect board effectiveness which other studies have not attempted.

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The increasingly important role played by family firms in China’s fledging capital market calls for a better understanding of how it works and is governed. This study aims to explore how corporate governance issues in family firms are tackled from the perspective of investor protection. The thesis addresses the question by first presenting theoretical models showing the relations among investor protection, family governance, and agency costs in family firms.

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This study contributes to the literature of ownership structure and corporate governance and provides an evidence for SOHC as a positive ownership and monitoring mechanism in improving corporate governance and firm performance in companies with State-owned capital in Vietnam.

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Identify and measure the effect of corporate sustainability on corporate performance of tourist businesses in Vietnam South Central Coast and provide governance implications.

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Measuring the current situation of CG characteristics and CG quality in Vietnam, measuring the current situation of the level of CSR disclosure of the listed companies in Vietnam. Determine the impact of CG characteristics and CG quality on the extent of CSR disclosure of listed companies.

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This study aims at evaluating the impact of corporate governance on earnings management in order to fill the research gap related to this issue. Then, certain recommendations would be proposed to managers, investors, corporates and relevant authorities.

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The main objects of research are: board’s characteristics and ownership structure affecting business results of food manufacturing companies listed on Vietnam's stock exchange the research examines the basic theories and the reality of corporate governance, board’s characteristics, ownership structure and business performance in businesses.

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The thesis is done based on the research methodology of dialectical materialism and historical materialism. The Party's views on market economic development, on corporate governance and management and development of state-owned enterprises are also a guideline for the research methodology of the topic.

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The thesis systematizes theoretical matters related to Public Corporate Governance listed in the stock market; simultaneously, the thesis suggests suitable and effective solutions to improve quality of Corporate Governance throughout evaluating the reality of Public Corporate Governance listed in Hanoi stock market upon Model of Company Admistration scorecard of OECD.

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