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Good Governance Is Good For the Bottom Line: The Find: Companies with excellent corporate governance records report 18 percent higher stock returns than those with poor records. The Source: A new report from the Association of British Insurers The Takeaway: Researchers at ABI studied over 600 public companies in the...; Tags: Workforce Management, Finance, Human Resources, Corporate Law, Business Operations, Investment, Performance Management, Jessica Stillman, Stock, Corporate Governance, Governance; Blog posts 2008-04-09
Countrywide, Bear Stearns: Failures in Governance: We've now seen two financial firms fail in the subprime mortgage mess--Countrywide Financial and Bear Stearns. What do they share in common? Spectacularly bad corporate governance. There's been a long-running debate among shareholder activists and corporate leaders whether "good governance" equals "good business," or merely consists of...; Tags: Finance, Corporate Governance, Financial Accounting, Mortgages, Bear Stearns & Co. Inc., Governance, Financial, Shareholder, Capital Structures, Business Operations, Corporate Law, William J. Holstein; Blog posts 2008-03-25
Decentralization And Local Governance: Reinforcing Democracy And Effectiveness Of Local Government: This paper deals with the decentralization reform which has been adopted in many countries. There are two parts; the first one presents the theoretical overview of decentralization and local governance and the second analyses the Japanese decentralization reform. The keynote of this paper is that the main purpose of decentralization...; Tags: Vertical Industries, Enterprise Software, Software, Government, Governance; White papers 2006-09-06
Techniques for Ensuring Innovation From BPO Providers: Holding regular reviews and engaging partners must be a regular activity for ensuring innovative growth. Governance is pivotal to a person's success. Innovation is best obtained via transformation, best practices, new technology, and continuous process improvement. Fortunately, there are a variety of techniques for extracting innovation from a person's agreements.; Tags: Innovation, Technique, BPO, Governance, Leadership, Productivity, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Strategy, Management, It Operations; White papers 2006-08-29
Solving The Compliance Puzzle: Governance, Process Enablement And IT Asset Management: As organizations move deeper into this new age of regulatory compliance, governance is emerging as an effective, long-term approach - addressing compliance issues by balancing process improvement with risk mitigation. Governance is achieved through process enablement: defining, automating and consolidating each vital business process so it better serves the company's...; Tags: Management, Strategy, Compliance, Information Technology, IT Asset Management, Governance, Hewlett-Packard Co.; White papers 2006-06-01

Offshoring, Interfaces, And Governance: The Case Of Automotive Product Development: Offshoring of business services has become an important issue in the United States. In this paper the author present a detailed case study of how several firms in an automotive supply chain design windows and windshields, a process in which work is handed back and forth between the US and...; Tags: Research & Development, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Business Operations, It Operations, Product Development, Outsourcing, Offshoring, Case Western Reserve University, Governance; White papers 2005-11-01
The Role of NGOs in International Democratic Development: Perspectives on Good Governance in the Context of the International Development Experience of the Institute of Public Administration of Canada: Indeed, there is general and well-documented agreement that good governance is a key factor in the success of economic and social development strategies, including those focused on poverty reduction. As international development priorities and practices are evolving, the Institute of Public Administration of Canada IPAC and its partners are considering...; Tags: Business Structures, Workforce Management, Finance, Human Resources, Canada, Administration, Governance; White papers 2005-11-01
Moments Of Governance In IS Outsourcing: Conceptualizing Effects Of Contracts On Value Capture And Creation: Research on the governance of IS outsourcing has recognized two moments of governance: the formal outsourcing contract promissory contract and post-contractual relationship management psychological contract. While this research has been prescriptive of contract terms that lead to successful outsourcing, there is need for clarity on what specific governance options are...; Tags: It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Outsourcing, Governance; White papers 2005-06-28
Politics of Participatory Decision Making in Campus Governance: Governance of higher education involves the authority to make decisions about fundamental policies and practices in several critical areas concerning colleges and universities. Other issues of concern include degree requirements, standards expected in student performance, the quality of research and public service activities, the freedom available to individual faculty members...; Tags: Education, Governance, Decision-making, Dilemma, Managerial Accounting, Organizational Structure, Finance, Human Resources; White papers 2005-05-03
Outsourcing the Finance Function: Achieving High Performance in Governance and Control: The paper signifies that today's greater emphasis on governance and greater direct control of finance processes is acting as a barrier in the way of a decision to outsource finance functions. The actual impact of outsourcing on governance and control-as opposed to the impact of governance and control on companies'...; Tags: Governance, Outsource, High-performance, Outsourcing, Financial Accounting, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Finance; White papers 2004-12-23
Does Effective International Environmental Governance Require a World Environment Organization?: This paper presents an excerpt from a larger edited volume that discusses the pros and cons of the creation of a world environment organization, A World Environment Organization. Solution or Threat for Effective International Environmental Governance, edited by Frank Biermann and Steffen Bauer. This paper provides a condensed summary of...; Tags: Governance, Environment; White papers 2004-12-01
Practical Governance: Co-Opetition - The New Governance Challenge: For the governance and management bodies of health care institutions, co-opetition is one of the more powerful trends driving change in the industry. Co-opetitive business proposals that Boards and CEOs are now being asked to consider can seem straightforward. However, the impulses and motives driving those proposals can be troubling....; Tags: Enterprise Software, Benefits, Healthcare, Vertical Industries, Health Care, Governance, Physician, Ernst & Young LLP, Software, Human Resources; White papers 2004-10-29
At the Heart of the Game: Leadership & Governance for Cardiovascular Market Advantage: Now more than ever, collaboration and joint governance between the hospital and its 'heart doctors' yield powerful benefits in advancing cardiovascular program development. This article discusses why medical leadership within a cardiovascular program is critical as physicians battle over the vascular service line and other turfs, feel the pinch of...; Tags: Game, Governance, Leadership, Management; White papers 2004-08-10
Good Governance Gives Good Value: Rising to the Productivity Challenge in Biopharma R&D: The paper outlines the productivity challenge in biopharma R&D. Good governance is easy in concept but difficult in practice. It is especially difficult in biopharma R&D because of the large number of variables and uncertainties involved. To improve governance, companies should focus on improving decision authority, decision criteria, decision communication,...; Tags: R&D, Governance, Boston Consulting Group Inc., Research & Development, Performance Management, Business Operations, Human Resources, Workforce Management; White papers 2004-07-01
The Institutionalisation of Private Governance: Conceptualising an Emerging Trend in Global Environmental Politics: The concept of global governance denotes a fundamental change in the steering mechanisms employed by governments and international organisations as well as in the relation between public and private interests in the provision of global public goods. Next to public-private partnerships and public policy networks, private governance institutions, involving civil...; Tags: Governance, Government, Business Structures, Vertical Industries, Finance, Enterprise Software, Software; White papers 2004-05-01
Governance And Agricultural Productivity: A Cross-National Analysis: Evidence shows that not only the agricultural productivity of high-income countries is much higher than that of low-income countries but also the divide has widened in the last decade. This paper attempts to explain this phenomenon by focusing on the role of governance infrastructure in determining agricultural performance and its...; Tags: Governance, Productivity, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management; White papers 2004-01-01
Entrepreneurship in Transition: Searching for Governance in China's New Private Sector: Entrepreneurial activities in transition economies go beyond technical entrepreneurship. In an environment of institutional and procedural uncertainty entrepreneurs need to select business partners, choose a mode of governance that stabilizes long term business relations, and settle for such property rights regime that best matches the entrepreneurial endeavor. This paper shows...; Tags: Entrepreneurial, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Governance, Entrepreneurship, Management; White papers 2003-12-22
Diamond In The Rough: This article highlights the concept of Governance. Governance is not just a consultants' buzzword - it is a critical element in ensuring the ongoing success of a procurement outsourcing relationship. In essence, it is the process of administering and monitoring the service provider to ensure the overarching goals set forth...; Tags: Everest Group, Governance, Business Operations, It Operations, Purchasing & Procurement, Outsourcing, Procurement, Client, Outsourcing & Subcontracting; White papers 2003-11-01
Sarbanes-Oxley Act Of 2002: The Current Landscape: This document provides a current overview of the rules related to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (as of August 2003) and is not intended to include a full description of the requirements. Effective governance requires keen insight, focused self-assessment and evaluation, and quick action. This document signifies the fact that even companies...; Tags: Ernst & Young LLP, Regulatory Compliance, Governance, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Regulations, Sarbanes-Oxley, Government, Financial Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures; White papers 2003-08-01
German Corporate Governance Code: "This German Corporate Governance Code (the ""Code"") presents essential statutory regulations for the management and supervision governance of German listed companies and contains internationally and nationally recognized standards...; Tags: Finance, Investment, Supervision, Stock, Governance; White papers 2003-05-01