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Corporate Governance: An Assessment

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Corporate governance is one of the most topical and controversial areas of business and finance. This article provides an overview of the questions that it raises and proposed policy responses. It points to the diversity in systems of corporate governance around the world, the apparently paradoxical performance of different systems and an association with different forms of corporate-governance failures. The article discusses a range of proposed remedies including the restructuring of boards, regulation of markets in corporate control and limitations on executive remuneration. It also considers whether the need for harmonized corporate-governance rules can be diminished by freedom of mobility of corporations and competition between legal systems. Copyright 2005, Oxford University Press.

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  • Marco Becht, 2005. "Corporate Governance: An Assessment," Oxford Review of Economic Policy, Oxford University Press and Oxford Review of Economic Policy Limited, vol. 21(2), pages 155-163, Summer.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:oxford:v:21:y:2005:i:2:p:155-163
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    1. Lim, Guan Ta, 2019. "Corporate Governance Index And Its Determinants In Samsung Company," MPRA Paper 93759, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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    5. Jackie Krafft & Yiping Qu & Jacques-Laurent Ravix, 2011. "Gouvernance d'entreprise et performances sectorielles : une réévaluation de la fiabilité des scores et des mesures de bonne gouvernance," Economie & Prévision, La Documentation Française, vol. 0(1), pages 145-158.
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    7. Michael Dietrich & Jackie Krafft & Jacques-Laurent Ravix, 2008. "Regulation and governance of the firm," Post-Print hal-00203479, HAL.
    8. Carlos Pombo & Luis H. Gutiérrez, 2007. "Corporate Governance and Firm Valuation in Colombia," Research Department Publications 4470, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department.
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    10. Jackie Krafft, 2008. "Firm," Post-Print hal-00207817, HAL.
    11. Jackie Krafft & Yiping Qu & Francesco Quatraro & Jacques-Laurent Ravix, 2014. "Corporate governance, value and performance of firms: new empirical results on convergence from a large international database," Industrial and Corporate Change, Oxford University Press and the Associazione ICC, vol. 23(2), pages 361-397.
    12. Spartak Keremidchiev & Miroslav Nedelchev, 2020. "Theories Of Corporate Governance At State-Owned Enterprises," Economics and Management, Faculty of Economics, SOUTH-WEST UNIVERSITY "NEOFIT RILSKI", BLAGOEVGRAD, vol. 17(2), pages 61-71.
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    16. Jackie Krafft & Yiping Qu & Jacques-Laurent Ravix, 2008. "Corporate governance, industry dynamics and firms performance on the stock market," Post-Print hal-00203544, HAL.

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