Towards a cross-cultural approach to understanding the effect of national institutional characteristics and organizational life cycle stages on corporate governance practices and firm performance / Hala Magdy Gaber Amin ; Supervised Ehab K.A. Mohamed
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TextLanguage: English Publication details: Cairo : Hala Magdy Gaber Amin , 2016Description: 300 Leaves : charts , facsimiles; 30cmSubject(s): Dissertation note: Thesis (Ph.D.) - Garman University - Faculty of Postgraduate Studies and Scientific Research - Department of Accounting Summary: Most corporate governance research typically tests agency- theory based hypotheses on the relationship between one governance mechanism and a measure of firm performance. However, agency theory has been criticized for have under contextualized nature, thus being unable to recognize corporate governance practices among the different economic, political and social contexts. The aim of the study is to build on existing research in the area of corporate governance in relation to organizational sociology, agency , institutional and contingency theories to show that different corporate governance practices and goals may be more or less effective/ acceptable in different contexts and that no universal governance practices are there
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قاعة الثقاقات الاجنبية - الدور الثالث | المكتبة المركزبة الجديدة - جامعة القاهرة | Cai01.34.Ph.D.2016.Ha.T (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Not for loan | 01010110072411000 |
Thesis (Ph.D.) - Garman University - Faculty of Postgraduate Studies and Scientific Research - Department of Accounting
Most corporate governance research typically tests agency- theory based hypotheses on the relationship between one governance mechanism and a measure of firm performance. However, agency theory has been criticized for have under contextualized nature, thus being unable to recognize corporate governance practices among the different economic, political and social contexts. The aim of the study is to build on existing research in the area of corporate governance in relation to organizational sociology, agency , institutional and contingency theories to show that different corporate governance practices and goals may be more or less effective/ acceptable in different contexts and that no universal governance practices are there
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