scholarly journals Rethinking Post-Rana Plaza Transnational Labour Governance

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zobaida Khan
Keyword(s):  
International Development ◽  
Trade Unions ◽  
Work Conditions ◽  
Governance Mechanism ◽  
Governance Mechanisms ◽  
Political Empowerment ◽  
Regulatory Issue ◽  
Governance Model ◽  
Governance Processes ◽  
Corporate Brands

This Article critically analyzes a number of innovative initiatives that had been taken to ensure the safety of ready-made garment (RMG) factory workers in Bangladesh and proposes ideas about transnational labour governance. After the collapse of the Rana Plaza factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh, these transnational safety initiatives (TSIs) offered a promising way to address some of the adverse distributional effects of the globalized forms of production by engaging a myriad of forces, such as the International Labour Organization (ILO), the national government, corporate brands/retailers, and international and national trade unions. Despite broad commitments to address an urgent regulatory issue like labour safety, this Article shows how these governance mechanisms, which attempted to link labour governance with trade/economic arrangements, uphold the existing narrow conceptualizations of labour right and labour issues. Utilizing insights from different disciplines, i.e. labour law, human rights and international development, this Article examines how context-based attention to labour’s capability enhancement objective would produce a much more compelling governance mechanism at a transnational level. The proposed governance model would accommodate a wider conceptualizations of labour and labour rights, require a stronger form of corporate responsibility, and emphasize labourers’ political empowerment. The Article does not discard the necessity of state-based actions and regulations. However, realizing the globalized nature of production and its influence on workers and work conditions, this Article calls for re-thinking the ways labour governance mechanisms are designed in transnational settings. Analyzing the interaction of diverse rules, governance processes and mechanisms with the demands of marginalized forces, i.e. the labourers, this Article attempts to outline a possible alternative to the global hegemony of capital.

scholarly journals PENGARUH MEKANISME CORPORATE GOVERNANCE DAN UKURAN PERUSAHAAN TERHADAP KINERJA KEUANGAN (Survei Pada Perusahaan Manufaktur yang terdaftar di BEI )

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 010-031
Author(s):  
Animah Animah ◽  
Lukman Effendy ◽  
Alamsyah M. Thahir ◽  
Erna Widiastuty
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Financial Performance ◽  
Firm Size ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Partial Least Square ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Governance Mechanism ◽  
Governance Mechanisms ◽  
Corporate Governance Mechanisms ◽  
Corporate Governance Mechanism

The purpose of this research is to examine the effect of corporate governance mechanisms,  firm size of financial performance. The Population of this research is the company manufacturing  in BEI. The sampling technique used is purposive sampling. The analytical tool used is using partial least  square program. The independent variables in this research are corporate governance mechanism,  firm size  while the dependent variable is the performance of the financial. The result of the research shows that firm size  influence to financial performance, while other variables such as corporate governance mechanisms have no effect negative  to financial performance.

Corporate governance and risk in cross-listed and Canadian only companies

2019 ◽  
Vol 57 (10) ◽  
pp. 2740-2757 ◽  
Author(s):  
Atreya Chakraborty ◽  
Lucia Gao ◽  
Shahbaz Sheikh
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Differential Effect ◽  
Composite Index ◽  
Governance Mechanism ◽  
Firm Risk ◽  
Governance Mechanisms ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Listed Firms ◽  
Corporate Governance Mechanisms ◽  
The Impact

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate if there is a differential effect of corporate governance mechanisms on firm risk in Canadian companies cross-listed on US markets and Canadian companies not cross-listed (Canadian only companies). Design/methodology/approach Using a sample comprised of all Canadian companies included in the S&P/TSX Composite Index for the period 2009–2014, this study applies OLS and fixed effect regressions to investigate the effect of corporate governance mechanisms on firm risk. Interaction variables between governance mechanisms and the cross-listing status are used to examine if this effect is different for cross-listed firms. Findings Results indicate that the effect of board characteristics such as size, independence and proportion of female directors remains the same in both cross-listed and not cross-listed firms. CEO duality and insider equity ownership impact firm risk only in cross-listed companies, while institutional shareholdings, environmental, social and governance disclosure and family control affect firm risk in Canadian only firms. Overall, the empirical results indicate that some governance mechanisms impact firm risk only in firms that cross-list, while others are well-suited for Canadian only firms. Practical implications This study suggests that some of the differences between Canadian companies that cross-list and the Canadian companies that do not cross-list in US stock markets may change the impact of governance mechanisms on firm risk. Therefore, these findings have important implications for the design of governance mechanisms in Canadian firms. Since some of these differences are common to other economies, the conclusions can be extended to companies in other countries with similar governance structures. Originality/value Although previous studies have investigated the effect of governance mechanism on firm risk, this is the first paper that studies the differential effect for companies that cross-list in US markets. Specifically, differences in the ownership structure, firm control and in the regulatory and institutional environment, may explain this differential effect. Unlike most of the previous studies that focus on the effect of individual governance mechanisms, this study uses several mechanisms and their interactions at the same time.

Governance Mechanisms in Web 2.0

2011 ◽  
pp. 180-196
Author(s):  
Christopher Goldspink
Keyword(s):  
Self Regulation ◽  
Social Self ◽  
Cognitive Mechanisms ◽  
Governance Mechanisms ◽  
Wiki Technology ◽  
Linguistic Cues ◽  
History Of ◽  
On Line ◽  
Governance Processes

This chapter documents the findings of research into the governance mechanisms within the distributed on-line community known as Wikipedia. It focuses in particular on the role of normative mechanisms in achieving social self-regulation. A brief history of the Wikipedia is provided. This concentrates on the debate about governance and also considers characteristics of the wiki technology which can be expected to influence governance processes. The empirical findings are then presented. These focus on how Wikipedians use linguistic cues to influence one another on a sample of discussion pages drawn from both controversial and featured articles. Through this analysis a tentative account is provided of the agent-level cognitive mechanisms which appear necessary to explain the apparent behavioural coordination. The findings were to be used as a foundation for the simulation of ‘normative’ behaviour. The account identifies some of the challenges that need to be addressed in such an attempt including a mismatch between the case findings and assumptions used in past attempts to simulate normative behaviour.

Corporate Governance in Islamic Banks

2021 ◽  
pp. 322-337
Author(s):  
Sami Ben Mim ◽  
Yosra Mbarki
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Board Of Directors ◽  
Supervisory Board ◽  
Islamic Banks ◽  
Governance Mechanism ◽  
Governance Mechanisms ◽  
Transmission Channels ◽  
Corporate Governance Mechanisms ◽  
The Board Of Directors ◽  
Corporate Governance Mechanism

This study investigates the efficiency of the Shariah supervisory board as a corporate governance mechanism in Islamic banks. The authors mainly seek to examine the effect of the Shariah board's composition (size and academic background of its members) on the performance of Islamic banks. They also try to highlight the transmission channels explaining this effect, and compare the efficiency of the Shariah board with that of traditional corporate governance mechanisms, namely the board of directors. The empirical investigation is based on a sample of 72 Islamic banks from 19 countries. Estimation results suggest that the Shariah board positively affects the Islamic banks performance through the number of Islamic Shariah scholars. This effect is mainly due to the size and cost transmission channels. These results are robust to different performance measures. On the other hand, results show that the board of directors' size produces a positive effect on a bank's performance, offering evidence for complementarity between traditional and Islamic governance mechanisms.

The global education policy of school-based management in conflict-affected contexts: Current reach, prominent rationales, and future research

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 306-320 ◽  
Author(s):  
D Brent Edwards ◽  
Sterling Higa
Keyword(s):  
Education Policy ◽  
International Development ◽  
Global Education ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Community Members ◽  
School Based ◽  
Governance Model ◽  
Primary Means ◽  
School Based Management ◽  
Global Education Policy

For those who focus on the role of education in international development, the approach to education governance of school-based management (SBM) has been the primary means by which the participation of community members has been incorporated into the provision of education. However, while SBM is a well-known approach to governance that has become a global education policy, in that it is widely promoted, adapted, and implemented, a trend that stands out—and which is addressed in this paper—is the use of, and reference to, SBM in work on conflict-affected contexts (CACs). Indeed, there has been insufficient attention directed at understanding how SBM is advocated in these contexts. Our intention is to use the present paper as a point of departure for further discussion on issues that arise in relation to the intersection of SBM and CACs. With that in mind, we seek to characterize the extent to which international organizations espouse support for SBM, particularly when it comes to its applicability in CACs; to review the rationales that are invoked in favor of this governance model, again with a focus on CACs; and to highlight important areas for future research.

scholarly journals Polycentric Regional Ocean Governance Opportunity in the Benguela Current Convention

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashley Naidoo ◽  
Hashali Hamukuaya ◽  
Mafaniso Hara ◽  
Yamkela Mngxe ◽  
Jesper Raakjær
Keyword(s):  
Marine Ecosystem ◽  
Governance Mechanism ◽  
Governance Mechanisms ◽  
Polycentric Governance ◽  
Fisheries Science ◽  
Marine Management ◽  
Ocean Governance ◽  
Governance Systems ◽  
Benguela Current ◽  
Large Marine Ecosystem

The Benguela Current Convention (BCC) has been operational for a decade and has emerged from the precursor natural and fisheries science large marine ecosystem programs. This regional ocean governance institution emerged indigenously as an intergovernmental working arrangement across the Republics of Angola, Namibia, and South Africa. The Convention has been described as a Centralized Authority mode of regional ocean governance. This paper explores this description with reference to the ecosystem-based approach to marine management. The study is focused on the level of working arrangements within the Convention and its Commission across the national and regional scales. It finds that the BCC does meet the theoretical criteria of a polycentric governance mechanism at the resolution of its operations. Polycentric ocean governance mechanisms are valued in regional ocean governance as they potentially offer greater impact through higher levels of coordination, codesign, and integration. Polycentric governance systems incorporate multiple centers of authority that operate at different scales. Existing instances and further opportunities for polycentric governance mechanisms within the working arrangements of the Convention are identified for the Southeast Atlantic.

scholarly journals The Mediating effect of Corporate Social Responsibility and Dividend Policy on the Effect of Corporate Governance Mechanism on Firm Value among Publicly Listed Companies in the Philippines

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (6S) ◽  
pp. 602-605
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Firm Value ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Governance Mechanism ◽  
Governance Mechanisms ◽  
Corporate Governance Mechanism ◽  
Corporate Social

— Corporate social obligation has become an vital part of commercial company exercise during the last decade or so. In fact, many businesses dedicate a phase of their annual reports and company internet web sites to CSR activities, illustrating the importance they attach to such sports. On the opposite hand, Good company governance exercise has a number of observable outcomes on economic results of the company. Corporate governance recommendations are strongly associated with income quality or the quantity to which the firm’s disclosed economic basic performance reflects its right performance. This have a look at investigates in the main the mediating effect of Corporate Social Responsibility and Dividend Policy on the impact of corporate governance mechanism on firm value amongst publicly listed organizations inside the Philippines. It examined forty seven publicly indexed businesses inside the Philippines for a four-yr period from 2013 to 2016. A structural equation modeling (SEM) approach changed into used for the evaluation. Results show that Corporate Social Responsibility does not act as a mediating variable with regards to company governance mechanisms to firm rate. It manner that CSR does now not act as a variable so one can give a boost to corporation governance mechanisms that during developing the charge of the commercial enterprise corporation. Also, dividend coverage does no longer act as mediating variable at the effect of enterprise governance mechanisms on company value. Finally, the end result confirmed that there is a terrible but large effect of dividend price on business enterprise value.

scholarly journals The Effect Of Corporate Governance Mechanisms On The Valuation Of Comprehensive Income Reporting In Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aliyu Baba Usman ◽  
Noor Afza Amran ◽  
Hasnah Shaari
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Fair Value ◽  
Agency Cost ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Governance Mechanism ◽  
Governance Mechanisms ◽  
Comprehensive Income ◽  
Corporate Governance Mechanisms ◽  
Other Comprehensive Income

This study investigates the influence of corporate governance mechanisms on the valuation of other comprehensive income in Nigeria. The sample of this study consists of 327 firm-year observations comprising of 117 firms listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange for the period of 2010 to 2014. The findings reveal that there is a positive influence of corporate governance mechanism on the investors’ pricing of other comprehensive income. Findings show that for firms with weak governance mechanisms, other comprehensive income is value relevant, but is more significantly priced for strong governance firms. This study finds a similar result when other comprehensive income interact with individual elements of corporate governance factor. Therefore, corporate governance mitigates reliability concerns associated with fair value earnings, agency cost will be minimised and investors are more likely to view other comprehensive income as more value relevant. It is therefore recommended that reporting entities should pursue best corporate governance practices in order to enhance investors’ confidence in the reliability of other comprehensive income.  

scholarly journals The existential stakes of platform governance and online content regulation: a critical conceptual model

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 31
Author(s):  
Charilaos Papaevangelou
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Public Discourse ◽  
Governance Mechanism ◽  
Internet Governance ◽  
Online Content ◽  
Competing Interests ◽  
Platform Governance ◽  
Governance Model ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Content Regulation

This study introduces a comprehensive yet non-exhaustive overview of literature concerning the concepts of regulation and governance, and attempts to connect them to scholarly works that deal with social media platforms’ content regulation. The paper provides fundamental definitions of regulation and governance, along with a critique of polycentricity, in order to contextualise the discussion around platform governance and online content regulation. Regulation is framed here as a governance mechanism within a polycentric governance model where stakeholders have competing interests, even if sometimes they coincide. Moreover, where traditional governance literature conceptualised stakeholders as a triangle, this article proposes imagining them as overlapping circles of governance clusters with competing interests, going beyond the triad of public, private and non-governmental actors. Finally, the paper contends that that there exists a timely need to reimagine the way in which we understand and study phenomena appertaining to public discourse by adopting the platform governance perspective, which is framed as the advancement of internet governance. Finally, the article ascertains to study the governance of online content and social media platforms not as a sub-section of internet governance but as a conceptual evolution with existential stakes.

Governance Mechanism and Structural Power Fit: Evidence from an Information System Development Project

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (04) ◽  
pp. 2050006
Author(s):  
Sojung Kim ◽  
Seonyoung Shim
Keyword(s):  
System Development ◽  
Development Project ◽  
Governance Mechanism ◽  
Governance Mechanisms ◽  
Relational Governance ◽  
Organizational Relationships ◽  
Structural Power ◽  
Quantitative Performance ◽  
Contractual Governance ◽  
Project Level

This study identifies how relational and contractual governance mechanisms differently influence the distinct output of information systems development (ISD) performance at the project level. This study also reveals how the consequence of two modes of inter-organizational relationships (IOR) governance mechanism is affected by the gap of a dyadic partner’s centrality within the network — the client’s structural power (CSP). We collected dyadic samples of clients and vendors for 107 ISD projects and explored their governance mechanisms and project performances, all of which were evaluated by both parties. Our results first reveal a positive relationship between relational (or contractual) governance and qualitative (or quantitative) performance, respectively, but not vice versa. Second, the results incorporating a structural position within the network reveal that CSP facilitates the efficacy of relational governance to lead the quantitative performance, but surprisingly, CSP also mitigates the efficacy of contractual governance.

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