Found inside – Page 383... companies can learn from the recent American corporate governance failures. These companies all had various policies that by any measure would have been ... With a penetrating analysis of the recent failures so glaringly revealed in the spate of corporate scandals, and broad new insights into what went wrong, the book charts a new course to avoid such failings in the future. Found inside – Page 37... oversight of the board and its committees. press reports show that several recent corporate governance failures—including african Bank—resulted at least ... Found inside – Page 113According to news reporting originating in College Station, Texas, by VerticalNews journalists, researchers stated “Recent corporate governance failures ... Found insideThe recent corporate failures again highlight the importance of corporate governance. There are ongoing discussions and debates on 'what went wrong, ... Found inside – Page 68... corporate governance issues as being important reasons for this failure. ... This has been demonstrated by recent events, where the virtual withdrawal ... Found inside – Page 30recent evidence from South Korea also provides some preliminary empirical support ... Recent high-profile corporate governance failures in both the U.S. and ... Lax board oversight of top management, short-termism and self-interested behavior have been fingered as the culprits behind recent financial turmoil. This book highlights the recent developments and new trends in corporate governance. Found inside – Page 195The current debate on corporate governance and firm failures addresses the association between the characteristics of the board of directors and the ... Found inside – Page 2138 Enron shareholders alone lost $ 63 billion in Enron's failure . Recent corporate governance scandals have resulted in new legislative , regulatory , and ... Found inside – Page 720At a macroeconomic level, some commentators have suggested that corporate governance failure contributed to the recent global financial crisis and ... Found inside – Page 144The bias against dividends may also have contributed to the wave of recent corporate governance failures , and some portion of these multi - billion dollar ... Found inside – Page 261ability governance is also about systematically assessing and accounting ... But recent corporate governance failures have reminded us of the need for ... Found inside – Page 10Often these failures were (at least) facilitated by corporate governance failures, ... The Financial Stability Board (FSB), in its recently issued Thematic ... Found inside – Page 41... many of the corporate failures, corruption, and overall mismanagement that has occurred in recent years was attributed to corporate governance failures ... Found inside – Page 333Recently passed examples of other corporate governance failures include the Cadbury Nigeria scandal of 2007, the Halliburton scandal of 2008, ... Found inside – Page 51Press reports show that several recent corporate governance failures—including African Bank—resulted at least in part from the board's ignorance of events ... Found inside – Page 15Corporate. Governance. Failures. as. a. Cause. of. Increasing. Corporate ... Recent addition to the typology of corporate frauds are the insolvency related ... Found inside – Page 164CURRENT. FINANCIAL. CRISIS. “Corporate governance is one of the most important failures behind the present financial crisis. ” De Larosière Group (2009) ... Found inside – Page 44... unresolved concerns • Institutional investors should avoid box ticking when assessing investee company's corporate governance CORPORATE GOVERNANCE IN THE US In their immediate response to the recent corporate failures , the US ... Found inside – Page 51IMPLICATIONS OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE FAILURE The failure of the corporate governance system should be viewed as the failure of the ' corporate internal ... Found insideThis concise volume evaluates the cause and significance of recent corporate failures and financial scandals, and how they reflect on the fitness for purpose of the external auditors, financial reports, financial watchdogs, boards, ... Found inside – Page 117Recent high-profile corporate failures have brought renewed focus on the importance of good corporate governance, and have broadened interest on the topic ... Found inside – Page 295Recent corporate governance scandals reflect a widespread failure to adhere ... The factual record of governance failures is replete with examples of self- ... Found inside – Page 31... systemic risk120 would still lead to bank failures causing negative ... the finding of Section 3 that the current corporate governance regime undermines ... This edited volume aims to intimate and orient readers on the current state of corporate governance and strategic decision making a decade after the global financial crises. The four essays are self-contained and can be read independently. Found inside – Page 5I. INTRODUCTION The recent financial crisis revealed several corporate governance failures in the banking sector, both in the United States and in Europe. Found insideIn this introduction, we strived to view corporate governance failures in ... It also highlights the early as well as recent experiences of corporate ... This collection of essays provides a comprehensive attempt to answer the following questions: firstly, what went wrong - when and why do markets misprice the value of firms, and what was wrong with the incentives set by Enron? Found inside – Page 157Recent corporate governance failures evelation of missing funds at Italy's Parmalat in late 2003 was a strong 1der, if one was needed, that massive ... Found inside – Page 46More precisely, it reviews how the current corporate governance systems failed to ... I review the literature that identifies corporate governance failures, ... An exhaustive guide to the collapse of the Enron Corporation and other financial scandals that erupted in the wake of the market downturn of 2000, this book is an essential resource for students, teachers and professionals in corporate ... Found inside – Page 16Moreover, in the recent corporate governance failures, such as Enron and WorldCom, the most prominent actors involved were accountants and lawyers, ... Found inside – Page 47CORPORATE GOVERNANCE DEVELOPMENTS IN THE COMMONWEALTH CARIBBEAN The ... 9 William Layne, 'Recent Financial Failures in the Caribbean – What were the ... Found insideIn relation to the recent financial crisis, some commentators have suggested that the crisis is a phenomenon resulting from 'gate-keeper' failures, ... Found insideRecent. governance. failures. As we have discussed before, the creation of corporate regulation is often linked to perceived failures of corporations and ... Found insideExcept for smaller companies (defined as those below the FTSE 350), ... It seems that the recent corporate governance failures, including the lack of ... Found inside – Page 166(2009) state: 'Are the governance failures by themselves sufficient to cause a ... 4 This recent corporate governance debate is being examined more closely ... Found insideHowever, the unforeseen and unprecedented series of corporate failures ... Policy concerns with corporate governance issues has been driven in recent years ... Found inside – Page 16Recent spectacular corporate governance failures inthe United States and Europe remind us that such breakdowns can severely affect the lives of ... This book examines how personality and behavioural issues have contributed to major corporate failures, and how this risk may be managed. This volume provides fresh perspectives on ways institutional investors can best act as gatekeepers and promote responsible investment. This report identifies common pitfalls in many current whistleblower and compliance policies and programs, and offers recommendations for audit committee on how to strengthen them. Found inside – Page xiv... 32 Learning from the Crisis: Identifying Corporate Governance Failures, ... 53 Corporate Governance Consultations Following Recent Corporate Collapses, ... Written in a clear and accessible style by two leading experts, this book is a must-read for executives, directors, shareholders, and anyone else interested in how companies are run and how to make them better. Found inside – Page 213But what the research suggests, and has been reinforced by Walker's recent analysis of failures of corporate governance in financial institutions, ... Found inside – Page 116Chance, C. (2012) Corporate Governance Issues: A comparative overview. ... 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