Governance Failure and Iceland’s Financial Collapse

Currently, the corporate governance has the agenda of categorizing reality and thereby determining which systems are more effective and efficient in a given context. A question is posed; how has the internationalization of markets, liberalization, deregulation, and privatization adapted to rapid cha...

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Main Author: Sigurjonsson, Throstur Olaf
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Frederiksberg: Copenhagen Business School (CBS) 2011
Subjects:
eco
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10419/208784
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Summary:Currently, the corporate governance has the agenda of categorizing reality and thereby determining which systems are more effective and efficient in a given context. A question is posed; how has the internationalization of markets, liberalization, deregulation, and privatization adapted to rapid changes in traditionally based models of corporate governance? When corporate governance practices are exported from one country to another, they tend to be translated and customized to local practices before being adopted. The objective of this thesis is to examine this type of adaptation and explain the circumstances that led to a collapse of governance mechanisms, using Iceland as an example.