scholarly journals Editorial: Interdisciplinary approach to corporate governance

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (3, special issue) ◽  
pp. 220-222
Author(s):  
Andrea Rey
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Ownership Structure ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Research Trend ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Corporate Ownership ◽  
And Gender ◽  
And Control ◽  
A Company

To date, future research trends will certainly concern sustainability and entrepreneurship due to the post-COVID-19 crisis. Studies will focus on the determinants related to corporate governance, such as corporate ownership, or the role of institutional investors, or a company that aims to get public by an IPO as a possible answer to the crisis. A future research trend will surely concern environmental and economic sustainability. Another line of research will concern the protection of biodiversity and gender equality. With the regard to the content of this issue of the Corporate Ownership and Control journal, ownership structure is the most popular issue considered by the authors of the papers.

scholarly journals Editorial: An empirical contribution to corporate governance issues

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 4-6
Author(s):  
Áron Perényi ◽  
Simone Terzani
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Financial Institutions ◽  
Business Management ◽  
Corporate Ownership ◽  
And Control ◽  
Empirical Contribution

The new issue of Corporate Ownership and Control journal is composed by 15 articles focussing on a variety of topics in the field. Five papers present empirical evidence from banks and financial institutions, three focus on firm finances, four on governance and responsibility and a further three on the role of technology in terms of contextualising various business management activities.

scholarly journals Ownership structure and corporate governance code: The case of family business enterprises in Germany

2009 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 382-390 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marion Weissenberger-Eibl ◽  
Patrick Spieth
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Family Business ◽  
Ownership Structure ◽  
Family Businesses ◽  
Minority Shareholders ◽  
Controlling Shareholders ◽  
Corporate Governance Code ◽  
Business Enterprises ◽  
And Control

Ownership of corporations in Germany is today highly concentrated in the hands of families and other companies. Theses ‘insider’ systems often result in core conflict tends to be between controlling shareholders and sometimes between strong stakeholders and weak minority shareholders. The aim of this paper is to research the characteristics of ownership and control in family business and point out the role of Family Business Governance in securing an appropriate control of the owning families. The authors give suggestions how to implement the German Governance Code recommendations in family businesses.

scholarly journals Editorial: Corporate governance and ownership: Changing towards an accountable, sustainable, responsible but profitable corporation

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 4-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria João Guedes
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Internal Control ◽  
Governance Mechanism ◽  
Corporate Ownership ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
Corporate Scandals ◽  
Corporate Governance Mechanism ◽  
And Control ◽  
Poor Management

In recent years, corporate governance has been a popular topic of research, especially in the aftermath of corporate scandals and financial crisis. These events highlighted the effects that weak corporate governance may have in corporations, resulting in poor management decisions and financial performance, and even ending in the collapse of some corporations. This new issue (volume 18, issue 1) of the journal Corporate Ownership and Control contains an interesting selection of articles, with contributions on the role of different types of ownership (e.g., family and state-owned enterprises) and corporate governance mechanism, from internal control to new forms of socially responsible accountability in order to enable the corporations to ensure a commitment to all stakeholders and a safe global environment for the future.

scholarly journals The Role of Institutional Investors in Corporate Governance of Their Portfolio Companies – The Case of Croatia

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 105-129
Author(s):  
Ivana Đunđek Kokotec ◽  
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Silvije Orsag ◽  
Marina Klačmer Čalopa ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Ownership Structure ◽  
Institutional Investors ◽  
Control Mechanisms ◽  
Fund Managers ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Decisions To Leave ◽  
Governance Process ◽  
A Company

The goal of this research is to examine the involvement of institutional investors in the corporate governance of companies in their portfolio by analyzing characteristics of institutional investors with respect to the type of investment, investment time horizon, and degree of involvement in the process of managing a company. The paper will outline the attitudes of managers on the level of investors’ involvement in the governance process in order to identify determinants of investment decisions, decisions to take corrective actions to enhance corporate governance, or decisions to leave the ownership structure. A qualitative approach was chosen, consisting of a series of structural interviews with 25 fund managers of different types of institutional investors. The results indicate that institutional investors are involved in the corporate governance of their portfolio companies, and that control mechanisms they use include voting rights, direct communication with the management with the aim of discussing strategies for future development, and collaboration with other institutional investors in the ownership structure.

scholarly journals Corporate Governance in China: A Research Agenda for a Corporate Group and Shareholder Control Perspective

2006 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jenny Fu
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Ownership Structure ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Listed Companies ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Share Ownership ◽  
Corporate Group ◽  
Legal Contexts ◽  
Share Ownership Structure ◽  
And Control

The share ownership structure of listed companies in China lends support to the research findings of the recent “concentrated share ownership” thesis. However, due to its particular economic, political and legal contexts, the Chinese share ownership structure has its own characteristics. Instead of rich families or banks as seen elsewhere, publicly traded corporations in China are typically controlled by their state-owned founder/sponsor enterprises. Based on an examination of the state of ownership and control in listed companies in China and a brief review of the relevant literature, this paper suggests a corporate group contextual-based approach to understand corporate governance in China. For that purpose, some major issues for future research are also outlined.

scholarly journals CORPORATE OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE AND FIRM VALUE: EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE OF JSE-LISTED FIRMS, SOUTH AFRICA

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 89-106
Author(s):  
Adeyanju Adebiyi Sunday ◽  
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Farai Kwenda ◽  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Ownership Structure ◽  
Firm Value ◽  
Ownership Concentration ◽  
Corporate Ownership ◽  
Listed Firms ◽  
Governance Practices ◽  
Corporate Ownership Structure ◽  
And Control

This paper examines the relationship between corporate ownership structure and firm value of JSE-listed firms in the phase of the Black Economic Empowerment program in South Africa. Since the end of the apartheid era, corporate governance practices have evolved and the enactment of the BBE Act has altered ownership and control in the South African corporate sector. Using data from 187 firms between 2004 and 2016, we observed that ownership concentration measured by five large shareholders and foreign ownership has a negative impact on firm value proxied with Tobin’s Q and return on assets, while domestic share ownership has a positive relationship with corporate performance. Contrary to the agency theory notion on the role of large shareholders in minimizing losses that arise from the separation of ownership and control and significant foreign investors corporate governance practices in the host countries, the results obtained in this study suggest that local shareholders in the host capital market are important in strengthening corporate governance practices and improve corporate performance. This study contributes to the ownership-firm value relationship literature by offering new evidence on the impact of ownership concentration, foreign ownership, and domestic ownership in an emerging market undergoing transformation through programs addressing its historical inequalities.

The Role of Resilience in Sexual and Gender Minority Mental Health

2020 ◽  
pp. 428-442
Author(s):  
Dawn M. Szymanski ◽  
Kirsten A. Gonzalez
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Minority Stress ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Social Stigma ◽  
Therapeutic Interventions ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Minority Mental Health ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Structural Levels

Many lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) persons are able to persevere and flourish despite pervasive social stigma and minority stress based on their sexual orientation and gender identity. This chapter reviews the research on LGBTQ resilience that can occur at individual, interpersonal/family, community, and contextual/structural levels. The authors describe qualitative research that has examined pathways to resilience and positive LGBTQ identity. The authors also review quantitative research on LGBTQ resilience via mediator, moderator, and moderated mediation models. Variables are described that have been found to explain or buffer the links between external and internalized minority stressors and mental health outcomes. The authors review the small but growing body of research that has begun to examine the efficacy of therapeutic interventions aimed at promoting LGBTQ resilience. Limitations are discussed and directions for future research are suggested.

scholarly journals Effect of Self-esteem on Perceived Job Insecurity: The Moderating Role of Self-efficacy and Gender

2018 ◽  
Vol 64 (4) ◽  
pp. 10-22
Author(s):  
Adewale A. Adekiya
Keyword(s):  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Job Loss ◽  
Job Insecurity ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
International Markets ◽  
High Rate ◽  
Future Research ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Perceived Job Insecurity

AbstractThe high rate of job loss in most crude oil dependent countries, which may be attributed to the recent drop in the price of this commodity in international markets, has intensified the perception of threats associated with potential job loss among the employees who are still employed. Hence, perceived job insecurity, its associated outcome, coupled with how it can be mitigated has become a global phenomenon, which requires the attention of managers and practitioners alike. In this work, we built upon Hobfall’s conservation of resource theory (CRT) to present a research model that links employee’s self-efficacy and gender to the strength or weakness of the relationship between self-esteem and self-perceived job insecurity. Research data were collected from 153 randomly selected Nigerian Bank employees out of 217 drawn from a total population of 509. Based on the results from relevant statistical analysis, it is discovered that, while increase in self-esteem would lead to a significant decrease in job insecurity perception, such significant decrease is, however, not associated with self-efficacy and gender meaning that these variables are not moderators in the self-esteem/perceived job insecurity relationship. In line with these outcomes, we conclude by recommending that managers should focus on developing intervention strategies aimed at improving employee self-esteem with a view of reducing perceived job insecurity. In addition, important areas in need of future research were also identified.

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