Corporate governance structures of business entities in Aboriginal communities
This project examines the development of corporate governance structures of development corporations in First Nations communities in British Columbia and across Canada. The concept is advanced of a close relationship between local community and corporate goals. Discussion focuses on potential confli...
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ftarcabc:oai:arcabc.ca:unbc_16709 2024-06-02T08:06:45+00:00 Corporate governance structures of business entities in Aboriginal communities Curry, John Allan (Author) Donker, Han (Thesis advisor) University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution) 2008 electronic Number of pages in document: 58 https://arcabc.ca/islandora/object/unbc%3A16709 https://doi.org/10.24124/2008/bpgub1347 English eng University of Northern British Columbia https://arcabc.ca/islandora/object/unbc%3A16709 uuid: 12819deb-2ab9-448d-96d4-dbde78219845 bib-number: b1435059 https://doi.org/10.24124/2008/bpgub1347 lac: TC-BPGUB-1347 Copyright retained by the author. http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ Corporate governance -- British Columbia Indian business enterprises -- British Columbia -- Management Native business enterprises -- Canada E98.B87 C87 2008 Text research (documents) 2008 ftarcabc https://doi.org/10.24124/2008/bpgub1347 2024-05-06T00:30:44Z This project examines the development of corporate governance structures of development corporations in First Nations communities in British Columbia and across Canada. The concept is advanced of a close relationship between local community and corporate goals. Discussion focuses on potential conflicts of interest (agency problems) between community political leaders and managers of on-reserve businesses. Three theoretical models were developed -- traditional Native, Economic Development Corporation, and modern Native -- and in-depth interviews were completed in selected case study communities and questionnaires were administered to economic development professionals at the annual conference of the Council for the Advancement of Native Development Officers. The findings from this study indicate that the traditional Native model of corporate governance prevails in small communities and that traditional Native model boards of directors are politicized -- not independent from local government. Politicizing of business decisions should be avoided, and checks and balances should be put in place within the corporate governance structure of development corporations. The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1435059 Text First Nations Arca (BC's Digital Treasures) Canada Indian British Columbia ENVELOPE(-125.003,-125.003,54.000,54.000) |
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This project examines the development of corporate governance structures of development corporations in First Nations communities in British Columbia and across Canada. The concept is advanced of a close relationship between local community and corporate goals. Discussion focuses on potential conflicts of interest (agency problems) between community political leaders and managers of on-reserve businesses. Three theoretical models were developed -- traditional Native, Economic Development Corporation, and modern Native -- and in-depth interviews were completed in selected case study communities and questionnaires were administered to economic development professionals at the annual conference of the Council for the Advancement of Native Development Officers. The findings from this study indicate that the traditional Native model of corporate governance prevails in small communities and that traditional Native model boards of directors are politicized -- not independent from local government. Politicizing of business decisions should be avoided, and checks and balances should be put in place within the corporate governance structure of development corporations. The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1435059 |
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Corporate governance structures of business entities in Aboriginal communities |
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corporate governance structures of business entities in aboriginal communities |
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University of Northern British Columbia |
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