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Corporate Governance Quality on Specific Case of Romanian Listed Companies


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1 Babes-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca, Romania
2 University of Economics Prague, Department of Strategy, W. Churchill Square 4, 130 67 Prague 3, Czech Republic
 

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the compliance of Romanian listed companies with corporate governance codes. From 2010, the "Comply or Explain" Statement, which discloses if and how the corporate governance principles are applied, became mandatory for all companies listed on Bucharest Stock Exchange (BSE). The methodology employed is based on the analysis of the above mentioned Statements published for the period 2009-2013. Research aims to present through a longitudinal and qualitative study the evolution of the compliance with the BSE Corporate Governance Codes. Most of the observed companies made a step forward in what concerns corporate governance principles and over the study period they disclosed more information on their statements. On the other hand, we found cases where the statements made over the studied period contained inconsistencies for some principles. The implementation of corporate governance rules ensures transparent decision-making, based on clear rules and objectives, and increases shareholders' confidence in the company.

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Corporate Governance, Comply or Explain, Listed Companies, Emerging Economies, Romania.
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Authors

Sorana Mihaela Manoiu
Babes-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Maria Ionela Damian
Babes-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Jiri Strouhal
University of Economics Prague, Department of Strategy, W. Churchill Square 4, 130 67 Prague 3, Czech Republic

Abstract


The purpose of this paper is to analyse the compliance of Romanian listed companies with corporate governance codes. From 2010, the "Comply or Explain" Statement, which discloses if and how the corporate governance principles are applied, became mandatory for all companies listed on Bucharest Stock Exchange (BSE). The methodology employed is based on the analysis of the above mentioned Statements published for the period 2009-2013. Research aims to present through a longitudinal and qualitative study the evolution of the compliance with the BSE Corporate Governance Codes. Most of the observed companies made a step forward in what concerns corporate governance principles and over the study period they disclosed more information on their statements. On the other hand, we found cases where the statements made over the studied period contained inconsistencies for some principles. The implementation of corporate governance rules ensures transparent decision-making, based on clear rules and objectives, and increases shareholders' confidence in the company.

Keywords


Corporate Governance, Comply or Explain, Listed Companies, Emerging Economies, Romania.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15759/ijek%2F2015%2Fv3i2%2F85651