Corporate Governance Practices
Mostrando 25-36 de 52 artigos, teses e dissertações.
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25. Avaliação do Estágio de Desenvolvimento da Responsabilidade Social no Banco Central do Brasil
This study examines the corporate social responsibility (CSR) theme in Central Bank of Brazil (Bacen). The CSR movement is growing worldwide and it is related to values such as sustainability, ethics and transparency to the stakeholders. The study was performed in two parts. The first part consists of a bibliography research on the origins, the concept and t
Publicado em: 2009
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26. Interactions between corporate governance, bankruptcy law and firms' debt financing: the Brazilian case
This paper examines the relationship between corporate governance level and the bankruptcy law for such debt variables as firms' cost of debt and amount (and variation) of debt. Our empirical results are consistent with the model's prediction. First, we find that the better the corporate governance, the lower the cost of debt. Second, we find that better cor
BAR - Brazilian Administration Review. Publicado em: 2008-09
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27. Radical humanism and management: the implications of humanism for business administration and studies
The dialectical nature of the current socio-economic process at work, namely, the endless pursuit of maximization of profits leading towards a truncated understanding of Man, which in turn leads towards the further quest for maximization of profits, and so on, appears to pose an endless impasse. Breaking this negative dialectic involves: 1) having managerial
Organ. Soc.. Publicado em: 2008-06
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28. A Evolução e Consolidação das Práticas de Governança Corporativa no Banco do Brasil S.A. entre 1996 e 2006
The purpose of this dissertation is to identify the main historical and institutional facts that have led to the present corporate governance policy adopted by Banco do Brasil S.A. (BB). The good practices of corporate governance aim to increase corporate value and facilitate the funding of capital and contribute to company¿s duration over the time. Besides
Publicado em: 2008
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29. GestÃo estratÃgica da responsabilidade socioambiental empresarial: um estudo comparado entre distribuidoras de energia e supermercados
Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is the main subject of this work. Combining academic literature on corporate social responsibility and competitive advantages through strategic management, the dissertation investigated to what extent there is integration between corporate social responsibility management and core business activities. Two large
Publicado em: 2008
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30. A atuação dos comitês de auditoria e conselhos fiscais nas empresas brasileiras sujeitas à regulamentação da SEC - Securities and Exchange Commission dos Estados Unidos da América
More and more, Brazilian companies have offered their securities to the investment public at international stock exchanges, especially the New York Stock Exchange. However, financially attractive to issuers as compared to other fund-raising sources, a public offering abroad calls for compliance with other regulatory requirements. In the case of the US, the f
Publicado em: 2008
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31. O direito do acionista ao dividendo
Regarding the decrease in interest rates in Brazil and the consequent loss of appeal of fixed-income investments, investors started seeking new alternatives to allocate their funds. Meanwhile, companies boosted the raising of capital by issuing shares in capital markets, which became an attractive investment. In view of that, the stockholders right to divide
Publicado em: 2008
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32. Governance in the third sector entities : an analysis of the principles of good governance set out by the NGOs IBGC associated with ABONG, based in the southern and southeastern Brazil / Governança nas entidades do terceiro setor : uma análise dos princípios de boa governança definidos pelo IBGC nas ONGs associadas à ABONG, sediadas nas regiões sul e sudeste do Brasil
The Third Sector was recently recognized in Brasil and its ascension as a sector is related to its growing importance in the neoliberal´s world today. This is a good way to have more alternatives to access social and economical services. We can say that the Third Sector works like a group of organizations against the bad consequences of the economic globali
Publicado em: 2008
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33. Innovation management in subsidiaries of multinational companies in the electro-electronic industry located in Brazil / Gestão da inovação em subsidiarias de multinacionais do setor eletroeletronico instaladas no Brasil
With the increasing pressure for innovation in the last decades, multinational companies have started to increase the decentralization of their activities, in order to each affiliate to contribute with the generation of knowledge and innovation. The subsidiaries, on the other hand, seek for more responsibilities, especially in activities with intense technol
Publicado em: 2008
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34. Overview on the role of Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 over the management of operational risk within brazilian financial corporations / Estudo da influência do Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 sobre o gerenciamento do risco operacional em instituições financeiras brasileiras
Deregulation and globalization of financial services allied with the sophisticated technology used to perform financial operations have increased the complexity of banking activities resulting in the subsequent exposure of financial corporations to operational risk. Several cases of huge losses related to operational risk have been reported in the last 10 ye
Publicado em: 2008
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35. Os impactos da conversão de demostrações financeiras preparadas de acordo com as práticas contábeis adotadas no Brasil para as normas internacionais de contabilidade - International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS): um estudo de caso da Companhia Arcelor Brasil S.A.
This dissertation intends to contribute to the studies of the international accounting in a moment when this matter is becoming very relevant for the business scenario of our country, even for regulatory, academic or professional purposes. The convergence of accounting practices around the world is no longer something distant from our reality, and it is fina
Publicado em: 2008
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36. O Conselho de Administração como mecanismo de governança corporativa
A full-fledged capital market calls for mechanisms that favor the channeling of private funds into long-term investments. The presence of Brazil in the global financial scenario has translated into a robust inflow of foreign capital for investment purposes. Along with this factor, the credibility crisis that affected corporate disclosures (notably prompted b
Publicado em: 2007