The dual dramas at Citigroup and Merrill underscore how unprepared much of Wall Street has been for the management shake-ups that have accompanied the credit-market turmoil. The boards at both companies were left scrambling to name even interim leaders to replace them.
vendredi, novembre 09, 2007
Crise des prêts hypothécaires à risque: révélateur de la qualité de la gouvernance?
jeudi, novembre 08, 2007
Crise des prêts hypothécaires à risque: rôle et responsabilité des administrateurs
Underlying the situation at Merrill is the nagging question of what a Wall Street board is expected to know about complex financial markets where asset values can shift drastically and where many directors are not in the business of managing trillion-dollar balance sheets — or perhaps have little experience in doing so.
mardi, novembre 06, 2007
L'attitude des administrateurs vis-à-vis des parties prenantes: une étude empirique
Voici le résumé de l'étude disponible intégralement sur SSRN ici:
This research report provides detailed analysis of data collected from a major survey into how company directors balance the competing and sometimes conflicting interests of stakeholder groups, including employees, creditors and shareholders. The findings have significant policy implications. The obligations of directors toward company stakeholders and whether the law of directors' duties needs to be changed have been the subject of much public debate. There have been government inquiries on this topic in a number of countries. However, there has been little empirical evidence of directors' attitudes and business practice.
The survey tested directors' understanding of their obligations under the law and their priorities in relation to stakeholders using simple ranking exercises and a more sophisticated 'salience' test in order to gain a more nuanced understanding of the extent to which directors prioritise particular interests. The survey revealed results which suggest that directors do not adhere to a simple 'shareholder primacy' corporate strategy.