Corporate
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Access to remedy for victims of corporate human rights abuse: civil liability litigation in Europe, enforcement in Latin America - Civil liability litigation in Europe, enforcement in Latin America
In the challenging search for access to effective remedies for victims of corporate human rights abuse and environmental harm, there has been a growing trend of transnational civil liability litigation before European courts. This trend raises private international law questions regarding the cross-border recognition and enforcement of judgments, which is an essential part of access to justice....
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The effects of sovereign rating and corporate governance on the capital structure of Latin American companies
This study analyzed the effects of sovereign rating and corporate governance (CG) on the capital structure of Latin American companies. A multilevel regression model was used for 823 companies listed on major Latin American stock exchanges over the period 2004-2018. The results showed that firm level is the most responsible factor for the variation in companies’ capital structure, while country...
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Corporate Financial Distress and Reorganization: A Survey of Theoretical and Empirical Contributions.
1 Introduction This paper provides both a theoretical and empirical review of bankruptcy and reorganization studies. We elaborate a general review of reorganization and bankruptcy studies, shedding light on the different issues related to the topic...
- Corporate governance versus corporate governance: an international review: uma análise comparativa da produção acadêmica do tema governança corporativa
- One Decade of Evolution of Corporate Governance Practices in Brazil
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Organizational Sacralization and Discursive Use of Corporate Mission Statements
The religious origin of organizational behavior is not easy to recognize, nor are the implications of the Christian heritage of concepts and ideas as applied to organizations. This paper seeks to remedy this by investigating the theological roots of the mission concept. Our central argument is that corporate mission statements are sometimes used as manipulative communicative tools which seek...
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Innovative corporate management of unilateral contracts
In The article analyzes the ratio of contracts and other unilateral acts of corporate law that help manage corporations. The authors of the article pay special attention to litigation practice on the protection of preferential purchase rights upon disposing shares and stakes in the authorized capital of companies. The authors reveal the different legal nature of notifications of the sale of...
- Regression analysis of key efficiency indicators in the context of corporate financial management based on the indicator of the economic value added
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ESG (Environmental, social and corporate governance). A publicidade enganosa e a publicidade abusiva em face do direito empresarial ambiental brasileiro
Ao adotar a sigla ESG, como uma forma de publicidade de maneira indevida e mesmo ilegal no sentido de tornar possível a venda e entrega de produtos aos consumidores ou outras empresas sem adotar efetivamente as melhores práticas ambientais, sociais e de governança (greenwashing) as empresas, que adotam referidas “táticas”, violam o sistema constitucional bem como as regras estabelecidas pela lei 8
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Corporate Reputation and Bankruptcy Risk.
Introduction Relentless competition, market globalization, and an ever-increasing supply of products and services induce firms to strive to gain an edge over their peers (Castro & Lopez, 2006; Gotsi & Wilson, 2001). To do so, firms employ strategic...
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Corporate governance and efficiency of water and sewage companies in Brazil: An empirical analysis/ Governanca corporativa e eficiencia tecnica das empresas de agua e esgoto no Brasil: Uma analise empirica.
1. Introducao O Brasil enfrenta um desafio secular relativo ao saneamento basico ofertado para a populacao. Desde a criacao das Companhias Estaduais de Saneamento Basico (CESBs) em 1970 ate o novo Marco Regulatorio do Saneamento Basico (Lei no. 14.0...
- Environment, social and corporate governance: qualidade de vida e mercados
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Corporate debt faces maturity, price adjustments
After a period of great euphoria and historic volumes, the corporate debt market has entered a period of caution and adjustment, both in price and demand. In addition to the flurry of issues, which made banks and asset management firms more selective...
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Corporate debt funds lose up to 66% of assets in first half
The crisis that shook the corporate debt market this year continues to ease. In June, net fundraising was still negative, but the amount fell by almost half, to R$5 billion from R$8.7 billion in May, data by the JGP asset manager show, after peaking ...
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The mediating effect of transparency in the relationship between corporate social responsibility and corporate reputation.
I Introduction The importance of corporate social responsibility (CSR) stems from the interest of the firm to integrate social issues in order to ensure sustainable development. This process is based on the belief that implementing CSR actions prov...
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Corporate funding gets back to pre-crisis levels
Funding to corporate Brazil has returned to pre-recession levels. Yet, unlike in periods prior to the crisis, the boost this time comes from strong growth in corporate debt securities and equities. Capital markets have been more than compensating the...
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Not even elections affected corporate debt market
It seems that Brazil’s corporate debt market ignored the general elections. The moment of expansion has resisted the uncertainties linked to politics and the country’s fiscal policy. Both supply and demand for corporate debt securities sh...
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Corporate debt market show signs of recovery
After a dearth of issues between February and April, the corporate debt market began to show signs of recovery. Spreads, which had risen sharply in the first four months of the year, are no longer increasing, and corporate issuance is back on the rad...
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One decade of evolution of corporate governance practices in Brazil/Uma decada de evolucao das praticas de governanca corporativa no Brasil.
1. Introduction Corporate governance encompasses many aspects, such as ownership and control structures (Shleifer and Vishny, 1997; La Porta et al., 1998, 1999; Claessens et al., 2000, 2002), takeover defenses (Schwert, 2000; Field and Karpoff, 200...
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Corporate debt funds lose R$120bn since Americanas case
More than R$120 billion have evaporated from investment funds focused on corporate debt this year since the revelation of accounting inconsistencies unveiled by retail giant Americanas on January 11. The company ended up going into a court-supervised...
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Corporate debt market improves, recovers pre-crisis liquidity
The prospect of an ever-closer cycle of interest rate cuts and the progress of the government’s fiscal plan in Congress led to a rebound in corporate debt in May that surprised even the sector’s managers. The improvement is reflected in t...
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High-end corporate office leases reach pre-pandemic levels
The advance of vaccination against Covid-19 and the growth of GDP above expected made the segment of high-end corporate offices reach, in the second quarter, its turning point in the São Paulo market. It was the first time since the beginning of the ...
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Interest on Equity versus Dividends: The Role of Shareholder Identity in Corporate Tax Avoidance.
1 Introduction Brazilian capital markets are characterized by (i) mandatory minimum dividend rules, (ii) high corporate tax rates, (iii) non-voting shares, (iv) high ownership concentration, (v) tax-deductible dividends (called "interest on equity"-...
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The Relationships among Employee Empowerment, Corporate Repututation, and Firm Performance: Research in the Turkish Manufacturing Industry.
Introduction The last four decades have witnessed significant growth in interest in the subject of corporate reputation among academics and practitioners. However, there is no generally agreed definition of the concept of corporate reputation (CR) s...
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Corporate debt market freezes under Americanas effect
After a record year for bonds in Brazil, the Americanas effect froze the corporate debt market, including issues that were in the pipeline, as the market’s perception of risk suddenly increased after the retail giant’s debacle, and invest...