... companies to develop sustainable fashion for Spanish consumers. Originality/value The originality of this study lies in the focus on sustainability to achieve happiness and satisfaction of people as a form of governance from a social point of view. to find out consumers’ concerns about...

...Adeolu O. Adewuyi; Afolabi E. Olowookere Purpose This study aims to investigate the immediate impact of a newly released code of governance on the financial performance of Nigerian companies. Tests are carried out to determine whether firms that comply more with the code experience better...

...Michele Simoni; Rosa Caiazza Purpose The prevalent literature considers interlocking directorates as a mechanisms of cooperation among companies, but if the same director seats on the boards of two companies that are in competition, interlocking directorates, matching cooperation...

.... In Germany, for instance, Franks and Mayer (2001) report that in 85 percent of their sample of 171 industrial and commercial companies, there was at least one large shareholder owning more than 25 percent of voting shares. Cross‐shareholdings among firms are also important in Japan and Germany. German...