Page 10 - Corporate Governance
Mahabharata of corporate governance
How a mythological story connects well with today's stories of governance failure
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Fix it before it breaks
Where Murugappa and GMR score over Fortis and Raymond
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Two decades of corporate governance law
Indian corporate governance reforms have kept pace with those in advanced nations, but the quality of corporate governance, in terms of compliance, has not improved
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How to improve board dynamics
The 1990s Hubble Space Telescope episode can be adapted into a corporate governance tool if practitioners teamed up with academics/behavioural specialists to do so
Our boards, their boards
The power of corporate boards, no matter how luminous the personal credentials of each member, is invariably inversely proportionate to the charisma of the person at the top
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Just let go and grow roses
To let go when necessary is also an important part of governance
Rule-based corporate governance: Does one size fit all?
'Comply or explain' approach in corporate governance regulations is most appropriate
Govt orders 83 investigations into corporate governance violations
Meanwhile, 13 cases have been assigned to the Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) till June 30
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Beyond systems, processes and controls
These three need to be implemented with a clear understanding of purpose
Defining corporate governance
Human behaviour determines the implementation and the underlying purpose and process of governance
Multiple horns of multiple dilemmas
Principles and practices of corporate governance are easy to define, articulate, seemingly simple to comprehend, but difficult to practice
Promoting good governance
We need to look at governance practices as more than a compliance or survival requirement
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Step forward for boards
Corporate governance standards set for a big improvement
Corporate governance: Looking back @2017
SC's direction has established that independent directors' job has become much more onerous than before
Corporate governance: Does India need new regulations?
Enhancing of regulations increases the compliance cost. This could be quite significant (relative to profit) for smaller listed companies
Regulating unlisted firms
Streamlining existing system will aid corporate governance
Sebi mulls 'out of the box' approach for effective corporate governance
In March, the Irdai issued a stewardship code for companies in its ambit
One code good, two codes better?
Corporate governance revolves around balancing the interests of different stakeholders
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Corporate governance is a board issue for Japanese investors: Kageyama
Q&A with Tadashi Kageyama, regional managing director and head of Kroll's Asia operations
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'Dependent' independent directors
Institutional investors, minority shareholders, employees - all these constituents should be given the right to choose at least one independent director each