Corporate governance in less developed and emerging economies

Research on accounting in LDCs argues that a well-developed corporate governance structure, including accounting infrastructure, would promote economic prosperity. Economic development requires a modern, transparent corporate governance infrastructure based on efficient capital markets. Over the pas...

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Other Authors Tsamenyi, Mathew, Uddin, Shahzad
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2009.
SeriesResearch in accounting in emerging economies ; v. 8.
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Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781848552531
ISSN1479-3563 ;
Physical Description1 online zdroj (xv, 548 p.).

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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to corporate governance in less developed and emerging economies / Mathew Tsamenyi, Shahzad Uddin
  • A study of corporate governance disclosure and its country-level determinants in the emerging markets / Hakim Ben Othman, Daniel Zeghal
  • Corporate governance, dual language reporting and the timeliness of annual reports on the Nairobi stock exchange / Venancio Tauringana, Martin Francis Kyeyune, Peter John Opio
  • Accounting standards, corporate governance, and foreign direct investments: the experience of emerging market economies / Orhan Akisik
  • Corporate governance reform and firm performance: Evidence from China / Simon S. Gao, Gordon Gao, Tianxi Zhang
  • The influence of ownership structures and board practices on corporate social disclosures in Bangladesh / Afzalur Rashid, Sudhir C. Lodh
  • Selective compliance with the corporate governance code in Mauritius: Is legitimacy theory at work? / Teerooven Soobaroyen, Jyoti Devi Mahadeo
  • -Changing regimes of governance in a less developed country / Chandana Alawattage, Danture Wickramasinghe
  • The influence of social and political relations on corporate governance systems: the case of rural banks in Ghana / Adom Adu-Amoah, Mathew Tsamenyi, Joseph Mensah Onumah
  • Towards a theoretical framework of corporate governance: Perspectives from Southern Africa / Esinath Ndiweni
  • Corporate governance in infancy and growth an interview-based study of the development of governance and corporate regulation in Nigeria / Preye Edward Gesiye Angaye, David Gwilliam
  • Corporate governance online reporting by Saudi listed companies / Khaled Hussainey, Ali Al-Nodel
  • The corporate governance inertia : the role of management accounting and costing systems in a transitional public health organization / Mostafa Kamal Hassan
  • The (Perceived) roles of corporate governance reforms in Malaysia: The views of corporate practitioners / Pik Kun Liew
  • -Corporate governance and International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS): The case of developing countries / Ronita D. Singh, Susan Newberry
  • The banks uses of smaller companies financial information in the emerging economy of Vietnam: a user's oriented model / Son Dang-Duc, Neil Marriott, Pru Marriott
  • CEO duality and accounting-based performance in Egyptian listed companies : A re-examination of agency theory predictions / Ahmed Kholeif
  • Board characteristics, ownership structure and earnings quality: Malaysian evidence / Hafiza Aishah Hashim, Susela Devi.