There are ongoing debates globally regarding excessive executive compensation, the
perceived weak link between pay and performance, and the widening inequality gap. The …

The widespread critical evidence surrounding executive compensation of listed corporations
has boosted shareholder activism in recent decades. The say‐on‐pay (SOP) mechanism—a …

Purpose Companies around the globe increasingly receive immense shareholder scrutiny
due to perceivably excessive executive director remuneration. The debate in South Africa …

Purpose The purpose of our study is to investigate the effects of politically-connected boards
(PCBs) on over-(under-) investment in labor. We also examine the impacts of the …

Using a quasi-experimental approach, this study examines the effect of the mandatory
disclosure of executive compensation on the performance and liquidity of firms in emerging …

Analyzing say-on-pay (SOP) data from 2011 to 2015 and using an initial sample of 4,393
firms and 12,644 firm-year observations, we investigate the impact of information asymmetry …

1. Executive summary On 19 March 2023, facing an acute crisis of confidence, the takeover
of Credit Suisse by UBS was announced. This deal was made possible with the support and …

Following the collapse of the Thomas Cook Group (TCG) in 2019, this chapter aims to
explore the governance role of its Remuneration Committee (RC) in determining the level …

One area of great interest for the academic arenas and the public has been how executive
remuneration (ER) is determined to achieve the alignment of interests in the good practice of …

A separação entre propriedade e controle tornou inevitável a ocorrência de conflitos de
interesses entre as partes interessadas nas firmas, os quais, aliados a um ambiente de …