<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> The main objective of this research paper is to examine whether the practice of corporate governance (CG) measured by the CGI-Crobank® index is significant for the explanation of variations in the performance of Croatian banks measured by the return on assets, return on equity, interest margin, margin of non-interest income, operating expenses margin, and by Tobin’s Q for the observed period from 2011 to 2015. The research is made on Croatian banks that form the CGI-Crobank® index using the data and information from annual questionnaires of CG codex, primarily to ensure objectivity, standardization and comparability. The goal of the literature analysis was to show present findings in the areas of corporate reporting and its impact on CG. Results obtained in the research indicate that a well implemented practice of corporate governance measured by the CGI-Crobank® index have influence on the variations in the performance of Croatian banks measured by Tobin’s Q and financial indicators.</p></abstract>

The main objective of this research paper is to examine whether the practice of corporate governance (CG) measured by the CGI-Crobank® index is significant for the explanation of variations in the performance of Croatian banks measured by the return on assets, return on equity, interest margin, margin of non-interest income, operating expenses margin, and by Tobin’s Q for the observed period from 2011 to 2015. The research is made on Croatian banks that form the CGI-Crobank® index using the data and information from annual questionnaires of CG codex, primarily to ensure objectivity, standardization and comparability. The goal of the literature analysis was to show present findings in the areas of corporate reporting and its impact on CG. Results obtained in the research indicate that a well implemented practice of corporate governance measured by the CGI-Crobank® index have influence on the variations in the performance of Croatian banks measured by Tobin’s Q and financial indicators.

The Analysis of Corporative Reporting Designed to Enhance Corporate Governance: Evidence from the Banking Sector in Croatia

Faculty of Organization and Informatics Varaždin, University of Zagreb, Varaždin,

Zagreb International Review of Economics and Business

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The main objective of this research paper is to examine whether the practice of corporate governance (CG) measured by the CGI-Crobank® index is significant for...

The Analysis of Corporative Reporting Designed to Enhance Corporate Governance: Evidence from the Banking Sector in Croatia

Article Category: Issue title: Special Conference Issue

Published Online: May 03, 2017

Page range: 59 - 72

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/zireb-2017-0005

Keywords
Corporate governance, bank sector, financial indicator, Tobin’s Q, CGI-Crobank® index

© 2017

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

The Analysis of Corporative Reporting Designed to Enhance Corporate Governance: Evidence from the Banking Sector in Croatia

Article Category: Issue title: Special Conference Issue

Published Online: May 03, 2017

Page range: 59 - 72

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/zireb-2017-0005

KeywordsCorporate governance, bank sector, financial indicator, Tobin’s Q, CGI-Crobank® index

© 2017

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
Corporate governance, bank sector, financial indicator, Tobin’s Q, CGI-Crobank® index