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Corporate financial reporting in Qatar: a study of individual investors’ assessment of annual reports
( Inderscience , 2015 , Article)In this paper, an attempt is made to investigate a particular group of investors – namely individual investors’ perceptions of corporate annual reports in Qatar. A total of 400 surveys were distributed to individual investors ... -
Corporate governance and access to interest bearing debt
( Emerald Group Publishing Limited , 2012 , Article)Purpose The purpose of this paper is to extend the growing body of literature on the impact of corporate governance on debt contracting by examining if better governance is associated with access to interest bearing debt. ... -
Corporate Governance and Auditor Choice in Kuwait
( Qatar University , 2018 , Article)Although auditor choice has been studied extensively in the audit literature, research examining this issue in developing markets has been scarce thus far. The objective of this study is to investigate the impact of ... -
Corporate governance and capital structure: dynamic panel threshold analysis
( Routledge , 2022 , Article)This paper examines the nonlinear connection between corporate governance (CG) and corporate leverage. Our study applied the dynamic panel threshold model (DPTM) to facilitate the capture of the nonlinear effect of CG on ... -
Corporate governance and cost of debt financing: Empirical evidence from Canada
( Elsevier B.V. , 2018 , Article)We explore the impact of the Globe and Mail corporate governance index on bond spreads in a sample of Canadian listed companies. The index is composed of four sub-indices—board composition/structure, board compensation, ... -
Corporate governance and family firm performance during the Global Financial Crisis
( Blackwell Publishing , 2019 , Article)We investigate the impact of corporate governance on accounting and market performance relationships of family firms during the Global Financial Crisis (GFC). We expect the monitoring aspects of corporate governance to ... -
Corporate Governance and Islamic Social Responsibility Disclosure In Kuwaiti Shariah Compliant Financial Institutions
( Qatar University , 2012 , Article)This study examines the relationship between corporate governance characteristics and the extent of Islamic social responsibility disclosure in Kuwait. The annual reports of 40 Shariah-compliant financial institutions ... -
Corporate governance and voluntary risk and forward-looking disclosures
( Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. , 2018 , Article)Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of corporate governance on risk and forward-looking disclosures in Qatar. Design/methodology/approach: The authors automatically measure levels of risk and ... -
Corporate governance disclosure compliance: a comparison between conventional and Islamic banks
( Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. , 2020 , Article)The paper examines the extent and trend of corporate governance (CG) disclosure compliance by listed conventional and Islamic banks in Qatar, the UAE and KSA. The study found that conventional banks had more compliance ... -
Corporate Governance Effects On The Extent Of Corporate Social Responsibility Disclosure In The Gcc Banking Sector
(2018 , Master Thesis)This study seeks to investigate the association between corporate governance mechanisms, and the extent of corporate social responsibility disclosure. The sample includes the banking sector of the GCC countries (Qatar, ... -
Corporate governance voluntary disclosures in developing countries: evidence from Jordanian banks
( Inderscience , 2015 , Article)The main objective of the current study is to determine the corporate governance mechanisms and company’s characteristics that effect on the level of voluntary disclosure provided by Jordanian banking listed companies; it ... -
Corporate governance, bank concentration and economic growth
( Elsevier B.V. , 2017 , Article)We examine the effects of bank concentration and corporate governance among firms in terms of economic growth using panel data for 34 countries and 29 manufacturing sectors over the period 1980-2010. We show the following ... -
Corporate governance, transparency and performance: empirical evidence from UAE
( Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. , 2022 , Article)The paper uses both the agency theory and the legitimacy theory to provide a complementary framework that links different patterns of disclosures (i.e., transparency) to corporate performance for a sample of 116 United ... -
Corporate liability for violating international law under The Alien Tort Statute: The corporation through the lens of globalization and privatization
( Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals , 2013 , Article)The article addresses the question of whether the changing roles of “public actor” states and “private actor” corporations should impact the legal liability of corporations in international law. The classical paradigm ... -
Corporate reporting and disclosures in the emerging capital market of Kuwait: The perceptions of users and preparers
( Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. , 2018 , Article)The objective of this paper is to investigate the perceptions of users and preparers regarding financial disclosure practices in annual reports of Kuwaiti listed firms. To measure participants' views, a questionnaire survey ... -
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Implementation: A Review and a Research Agenda Towards an Integrative Framework
( Springer Nature B.V. , 2022 , Article)In spite of accruing concerted scholarly and managerial interest since the 1950s in corporate social responsibility (CSR), its implementation is still a growing topic as most of it remains academically unexplored. As CSR ... -
Corporate social responsibility and corporate performance: empirical evidence of Qatari listed companies
( Inderscience , 2019 , Article)This paper aims to investigate the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and firm performance (FP) in the context of developing countries. To achieve this purpose, this study investigates 42 Qatari ... -
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE: A PRELIMINARY STUDY IN QATARI FIRMS
( Qatar University , 2016 , Article)This preliminary study explores the level of adoption of CSR activities in Qatari firms. Moreover, it examines the relationship between corporate social responsibility and organizational performance. The data gathered ... -
Corporate Social Responsibility and Performance in the State of Qatar: Reality and Challenges
( IGI Global Publishing , 2019 , Book chapter)This chapter aims to examines the situation, facts, and challenges of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and corporate social performance (CSP) in the State of Qatar. Some theories related to both constructs are presented ... -
Corporate social responsibility in the oil and gas industry in Qatar perceptions and practices
( Elsevier , 2015 , Article)In the last few years, the state of Qatar paid a great attention to corporate social responsibility (CSR) to face a score of challenges namely sustainable development, globalization, governance, corporate sector impact, ...
