Improving the regulation of banks has been at the centre of economic policy actions since the outbreak of the global fi nancial crisis. One of the many and conceptually very diff erent measures proposed is to improve the corporate governance of banks by setting qualifi cation standards for banks’ non-executive directors. To explore the rationale of such a regulation implemented in Germany, we c...

This study examines the relationship between board and ownership structures and firm performance in an environment of severe political and economic crisis. Using panel data from the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) for the period 2000-2005, we split the period into prepresidential election period (2000-2002) (a relatively stable political and economic period) and post-presidential election period ...

We investigate whether firms with the presence of female on its board commissioners and directors are associated higher dividend policy. This paper uses Indonesian setting as a country dual system implying that role is explicitly separated. Using panel data 525 publicly listed in Indonesia between 2011 2018, we find women's has different impacts policy depending their an executive or non-execut...

The purpose of the study is to examine impact corporate governance mechanisms on financial performance listed industrial companies in Oman. As main research method, panel data regression analysis was used analyze from 36 Omani companies, Muscat Stock Exchange for period 2017–2021. Three models were developed using three dependent variables (Return Assets, Return Equity, Sales), seven independen...

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Executive Summary Critical to the success of a high performance board is the ability of its directors to share leadership and to work as a dynamic team. Yet historically boardrooms have proven to be one of the most difficult places to build an effective team. Numerous factors work against boards operating as teams such as the small amount of time directors have together, limited access to criti...

In my Presidential Address at the 2010 International Biometric Conference in Florianopolis, I outlined the revised governance structure for the International Biometric Society (IBS). That structure was subsequently modified, with the final version being approved by the society membership in June 2012. The membership also approved the merger of the constitution with the bylaws, effectively disso...