...Renzo Mori Junior; Daniel M. Franks; Saleem H. Ali Purpose New sustainability certification schemes (SCS) with different scope, governance structure and operating practice are fast emerging. This rapid growth and divergence in metrics has resulted in questions about the effectiveness...

... opportunities. In fact, these conditions explain why corporations are established in or moved to some countries. Likewise, technological conditions have the same effect. Those who take this view (e.g. Fama and Jensen) do so because they regard market discipline as sufficient to realise benefits...

... implemented by IFIs in protecting the rights of UIAHs are not effective enough, in the light of standard corporate governance principles. It was also found that lack of responsibility, accountability and independence in decision making, as corporate governance principles, is contributing...

... in the composition and disposition of advisory boards, and also offer clues to future researchers for topics requiring more focused and in‐depth inquiry. © MCB UP Limited 2002 Advisory services Governance Effectiveness Advisory boards are common in high technology companies, yet there has been...

... independence of more effective and extensive audit processes and a greater transparency in the nomination and remuneration of top‐executive appointments. Corporate culture Directors Decision making Effectiveness The effectiveness of corporate decision making is a long‐neglected issue...