... investment companies. Design/methodology/approach Using a qualitative research methodology that involves term frequency and thematic analysis of publicly available textual information, the paper examines Mechkova et al.’s (2019 forms of government accountability. The paper analyzes the gaps...

...Jan Terje Karlsen Purpose Trust in how projects are managed is important because leaders have the power to make decisions that impact project outcomes. Steering committees provide strategic direction and governance for projects and they support the project manager. The purpose of this paper...

... governance structure (i.e. board of directors or shareholders) may play an important role in the strategic decision-making process. Originality/value This study expands on existing research by linking several blocks of literature, top management team literature, competitive dynamics literature...

... strategy. The focus is on the four pillars of CSR: social, environment, economy and governance. Design/methodology/approach Starting points are competing hypotheses based on shareholder and stakeholder theory. Chief executive officer (CEO) letters to shareholders of German HDAX firms from 2003 to 2012...

... ; Berger and Herstein, 2013), lowering transactional costs (Gu et al., 2008 ; Berger et al., 2014) and obtaining inside information on market trends and future government policy (Yang, 1994 ; Berger and Herstein, 2013). On the other hand, there are those who claim that Guanxi leads...

...Yi Yang Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate impacts of governance characteristics and bilateral inter‐organizational learning on performance in the context of corporate venture capital (CVC) activity. Design/methodology/approach Based on a dataset of 232 CVC investments...

...M. Alix Valenti; Rebecca Luce; Clifton Mayfield Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects of prior firm performance on board composition and governance structure. Design/methodology/approach A total of 90 companies listed on National Association of Securities Dealers...

... if and when interest rates subsequently rose. Some of the ARMs were known as “teaser” loans bearing an introductory interest rate as low as 1 per cent. Lewis D. Johnson can be contacted at: ljohnson@business.queensu.ca © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Governance Risk management...