scholarly journals The Role of Mutual Funds in Corporate Governance Processes Among Listed Companies in Poland

2014 ◽  
Vol 270 (2) ◽  
pp. 81-102
Author(s):  
Agata Adamska ◽  
Piotr Urbanek
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Mutual Funds ◽  
Listed Companies ◽  
Governance Processes

The Role of Foreign, Family Ownership and Audit Committee in Evaluating the Company as a Going Concern: Evidence from Jordan

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 329 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bilal Nayef Zureigat ◽  
Faudziah Hanim Fadzil ◽  
Syed Soffian Syed Ismail
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Audit Committee ◽  
Listed Companies ◽  
Foreign Ownership ◽  
Family Ownership ◽  
Ols Regression ◽  
Going Concern ◽  
Relationship Of

This study discusses the association between foreign, family ownership and audit committee on the going concern evaluation among Jordanian listed companies for the years 2011 and 2012. The data reveal through using OLS regression that there is a negative and not significant relationship between foreign ownership and going concern evaluation, while a negative significant relationship with family ownership. In addition, this study also finds a positive and significant relationship of audit committee with the going concern evaluation.The results alsoshow that most of the Jordanian companies have violated some of Corporate Governance requirements. For instance, approximately 43% of Jordanian firms did not have an audit committee. This study shows valuable insights to the understanding of factors that may affect going concern evaluation among Jordanian firms. Therefore, the findings of this study provide important conclusions for investors, regulators and policymakers and academics to shed the light on the mechanisms that ensure the continuity of companies.

scholarly journals Financial crisis and corporate governance: The role of internal audit in the Greek context

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 45-55
Author(s):  
Andreas Koutoupis ◽  
Michail Pazarskis ◽  
Grigorios Lazos ◽  
Ioannis Ploumpis
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Audit Committee ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Internal Audit ◽  
Listed Companies ◽  
Athens Stock Exchange ◽  
Total Turnover ◽  
The Relationship

In this paper, our purpose is to examine the relationship between the role of Internal Audit (IA), Corporate Governance (CG) and the Audit Committee (AC) in the recent financial crisis in Greece and to investigate the contribution of IA to CG structures as well as its possible, the IA’s role during the financial crisis in Greece. Moreover, little research has been conducted based on the relationship between corporate governance and internal audit during the financial crisis in case of Greece. For this reason, we conducted a survey, using questionnaires, which were sent to the listed companies of the Athens Stock Market. Out of a total of 192 listed companies on the Athens Stock Exchange, the relevant questionnaires were sent to 100 companies. Those companies were selected firstly based on their total turnover and secondly due to the availability of information from company websites such as employees’ numbers and Internal Audit Department Structures. Our conclusion was that Internal Audit adds value to the organization and it can also help the senior management towards the accomplishment of the organizational goals.

scholarly journals Corporate Failure and the Role of Governance: The Parmalat Scandal

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 2747-2754 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emmanuel Omondi Ogutu
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Emerging Economies ◽  
Governance Structure ◽  
The United States ◽  
Accounting Fraud ◽  
Corporate Governance Structure ◽  
Good Opportunity ◽  
Corporate Failure ◽  
Governance Processes

Being touted as the biggest scandal in terms of value, the Parmalat scandal offers a good opportunity to investigate and analyze the role of corporate governance in the failure of corporations particularly in the United States, Europe, as well as in emerging economies. This paper examines Parmalat’s history and describes the circumstances that led to the massive accounting fraud and collapse of Europe’s and indeed one of the world’s leading dairy producers. This paper highlights and points out how weak and ineffective corporate governance structure and process heavily contributed to other problems within Parmalat and eventually led to its demise in the fall of 2003. This paper incorporates various studies conducted in the past on corporate governance and corporate failure. Organizations with strong and effective corporate governance structure and processes demonstrate better performance in all areas than those with weak corporate governance processes.

scholarly journals Impact of Fraud Preventive Measures on Good Corporate Governance

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 35
Author(s):  
Ali Rehman ◽  
Fathyah Hashim
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Preventive Measures ◽  
Listed Companies ◽  
Fraud Risk ◽  
Good Corporate Governance ◽  
Forensic Accounting ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Preventive Role

This study seeks to understand the impact of fraud preventive measures on good corporate governance within Omani public listed companies. Fraud preventive measures are considered as fraud risk assessment and preventive role of forensic accounting. This study also proposed that preventive role of forensic accounting mediates the relationship between fraud risk assessment and good corporate governance. Unit of analysis is public listed companies in Oman. This study utilized census sampling with quantitative cross sectional study. PLS-SEM was employed for the data and result analysis. Results suggest that, fraud risk assessment does not have significant impact on good corporate governance; whereas, preventive role of forensic accounting has significant impact on good corporate governance and it is also mediating between fraud risk assessment and good corporate governance. This study can assist regulators and policy makers towards inclusion of forensic accounting as permanent and compulsory component of the codes of corporate governance. Moreover, it is highly recommended for organizations to have in-house antifraud activity which can support and enhance good corporate governance. This study identifies forensic accounting as in-house preventive measure activity which can be available within an organization and working as governance management. This preventive role of forensic accounting is not explored before especially in the Omani market.

Emerging Prospects of Shareholder Engagement in India

2021 ◽  
pp. 097468622110457
Author(s):  
Preetha S
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Board Of Directors ◽  
General Meeting ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Corporate Sector ◽  
Corporate Policy ◽  
The Past ◽  
Shareholder Engagement ◽  
Governance Processes

The need for strengthening engagement between companies and its shareholders is being increasingly recognised over the past few years. Various authors have discussed about the role of shareholder engagement in enhancing corporate governance standards. The literatures discussing these aspects are focusing on developed countries. This study seeks to make a contribution to the debate by discussing the scope and challenges for shareholder engagement in India. Many reforms were introduced to enhance shareholder participation and engagement in India. The study explains the significance of shareholder engagement and the strategies adopted by shareholders to influence corporate policy. The study gives a brief overview of scheme of division of power between board of directors and the company in general meeting in India. It examines the statutory reforms introduced in India for promoting shareholder engagement in corporate governance processes. It also discusses some incidents in Indian corporate sector to examine the growth of shareholder engagement in India.

The Role of Mutual Funds in Corporate Governance: Evidence from Mutual Funds’ Proxy Voting and Trading Behavior

2016 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 489-513 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ying Duan ◽  
Yawen Jiao
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Mutual Funds ◽  
Mutual Fund ◽  
Trading Behavior ◽  
Governance Mechanisms ◽  
Insider Ownership ◽  
Proxy Voting ◽  
Fund Families ◽  
Mutual Fund Families

AbstractThis paper examines mutual fund families’ proxy voting records to analyze their choices between voting against management (“voice”) and voting with their feet (“exit”). Even though proxy voting is particularly conducive to governance through voice rather than exit, we provide evidence that both exit and voice are important governance mechanisms when Institutional Shareholder Services recommends voting against management. Funds with smaller ownership blocks and shorter investment horizons are more likely to exit, and funds are more likely to exit small, liquid firms with greater insider ownership.

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