Nirjhor Anjum, Md Rubel Chowdhury
Habib Zaman Khan
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the corporate social responsibility (CSR) reporting information of Bangladeshi listed commercial banks and explores the potential effects of corporate governance (CG) elements on CSR disclosures. Design/methodology/approach The annual reports of al...
Aiyesha Dey
ABSTRACT I investigate whether corporate governance is associated with the level of agency conflicts in firms. I employ exploratory principal components analysis on 22 individual governance variables to obtain seven factors that represent the different dimensions of governance for a firm. I measure ...
Ataur Rahman Belal, David Owen
Purpose This paper seeks to respond to recent calls for more engagement‐based studies of corporate social reporting (CSR) practice by examining the views of corporate managers on the current state of, and future prospects for, social reporting in Bangladesh. Design/methodology/approach The paper use...
Muhammad Azeem Qureshi, Sina Kirkerud, Kim Theresa, Tanveer Ahsan
Abstract Using a large panel data set comprising 812 listed European firms, this study investigates whether sustainability disclosure (environmental, social, and governance) and female representation on boards affect firm value. We observe a positive impact of sustainability disclosure and board gen...
Ataur Rahman Belal
Most of the corporate social reporting (CSR) studies conducted so far have been in the context of developed countries. Very few studies are available on the CSR practices in developing countries. Given the different socio-economic context of developing countries it is argued that it is important to ...
Caralee McLiesh, Simeon Djankov
Doing Business 2004 is the very first of a series of reports investigating the regulations that enhance business activity and those that constrain it. To document the regulation of business and investigate the effect of regulation on such economic outcomes as productivity, unemployment, growth, pove...
Md. Kausar Alam
Purpose The study aims to explore the case study method with the formation of questions, data collection procedures and analysis, followed by how and on which position the saturation is achieved in developing a centralized Shariah governance framework for Islamic banks in Bangladesh. Design/methodol...
M. Akhtaruddin
This study reports the results of an empirical investigation of the extent of mandatory disclosure by 94 listed companies in Bangladesh. It also reports the results of the association between company-specific characteristics and mandatory disclosure of the sample companies. The results indicate that...
Seong Mi Bae, Md. Abdul Kaium Masud, Jong Dae Kim
There is a dearth of research on corporate governance and total sustainability disclosure (economic, environmental, and social) in developing, particularly South Asian, countries. This is unique cross-country research on South Asian countries’ corporate governance elements and total sustainability d...
Ida E. Berger, Peggy Cunningham, Minette E. Drumwright
This article investigates what it means for corporate social responsibility (CSR) to be mainstreamed in a company. Rather than a single ' best practice/narratives provided by managers revealed that mainstreaming can be understood in terms of three distinct CSR orientations: the business-case model, ...
Marie Godquin
Fahian Anisul Huq, Ilma Nur Chowdhury, Robert D. Klassen
Abstract For sustainability, research in operations and supply chain management historically emphasized the development of environmental rather than social capabilities. However, factory disasters in Bangladesh, an emerging market and the second largest clothing exporter in the world, revealed enorm...
David Coady, Margaret Grosh, John Hoddinott
No AccessRegional and Sectoral Studies1 Feb 2013Targeting of Transfers in Developing CountriesReview of Lessons and ExperienceAuthors/Editors: David Coady, Margaret Grosh, John HoddinottDavid Coady, Margaret Grosh, John Hoddinotthttps://doi.org/10.1596/0-8213-5769-7SectionsAboutPDF (1.2 MB) ToolsAdd...
Mohammed Hossain, M. Masrur Reaz
Abstract This study reports the results of an empirical investigation of the extent of voluntary disclosure by 38 listed banking companies in India. It also reports the results of the association between company specific characteristics and voluntary disclosure of the sample companies. The study rev...