Publication

Books edited

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Brennan, N. M. (editor) [2008] Corporate Governance and Financial Reporting, Volumes I-III, Sage Library of Accounting and Finance, London, ISBN: 9781847870025, xliv+1248 pp.

Book chapter

[1]

O’Higgins, E. [2001] Spotlight on pay-for-performance system. Is the Celtic Tiger breeding fat cats? In Power, T., Walsh, S. & O’Meara, P. (Editors). Financial Management: An Irish Text. Dublin: Gill & Macmillan.

[2]

O’Higgins, E & Harrigan, E. [2002] Green business practices: Why should companies get involved? Chapter 14 In Von Weltzien Hoivik, H. (Editor). Business Ethics and Leadership in Action. Cheltenham, UK/Northampton, MA, US: Edward Elgar Publishing, pp 188-204.

[3]

O’Higgins, E. [2002] The stakeholder corporation. Chapter 6 In Zsolnai, L. (Ed). Ethics in the Economy: Handbook of Business Ethics. Bern & Oxford: Peter Lang European Academic Publishers, pp. 105-133.

[4]

O’Higgins, E.R.E. [2004] Do principles count? In  Crainer, S. & Dearlove, D. (Editors). Financial Times Handbook of Management (Third edition). Harlow, Essex: Pearson Education, pp. 659-666.

[5]

O’Higgins, E.R.E. [2004] CEO compensation: Parameters, paradigms and paradoxes. Chapter 17 in Brenkert, G. (Editor). Corporate Integrity and Accountability. Thousand Oaks, California: Sage Publications, pp. 218-237.

[6]

Brennan, N.M. [2008] “Editor’s Introduction. Importance of Corporate Governance for Quality Financial Reports”, in Corporate Governance and Financial Reporting, Sage Library of Accounting and Finance, pp. xix-liii.

[7]

O’Higgins, E. & Pesqueux, Y. [2009] Management education – A Path to business integrity? In Zsolnai, L (Editor). Ethical Prospects: Economy, Society and Environment. Chapter 4. Springer Press. Schmidtpeter, R. (Editors.) Corporate Social Responsibility across Europe. Berlin: Springer, pp. 67-76.

[8]

Kavanagh, M. & O’Higgins, E.R.E. [2009] The development of corporate governance in Ireland.  In Lopez-Iturriaga, F.J. (Editor). Codes of Good Governance Around the World. New York: Nova Press.

[9]

Boda, Z., O’Higgins, E.R.E. & Schedler, K. 2009. Cooperating with social and political actors. In Zsolnai, L. (Editor). The Future International Manager. Chapter 7. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

[10]

O’Higgins, E.R.E. [2009] The chairman of the board of directors: Role and contribution. In Kakabadse, A. & Kakabadse, N. (Editors). Global  Boards: One Desire, Many Realities. Basingstoke, UK.: Palgrave Macmillan.

[11]

Brennan, N.M. [2010] “A Review of Corporate Governance Research: An Irish Perspective”, in Donnelly, P., Hogan, J. and O’Rourke, B. (eds) Irish Business & Society, Oak Tree Press, in press.

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O’Higgins, E.R.E. [2010] The ethics of private equity buy-out deals: The impact on stakeholders and society. In Tencati, A. (Editor). Studies in Transatlantic Business Ethics. (in press)

[13]

Brennan, N.M. [2011] “Applying Principles of Good Governance in a Schools Board Context” in West-Burnham, J. and O’Sullivan, H. Leadership and Management in Schools: Adding an Irish Voice to the Global Discourse, Sage Publications, London, in press.

[14]

Cassin, L. & O’Higgins, E.R.E. [2011]. Stakeholders in cyberspace: The ethics of social networking. In Lindgreen, A. Kotler, P., Maon, F. & Vanhamme, J. (Editors) A Stakeholder Approach to Corporate Social Responsibility: Pressures, Conflicts, Reconciliation. Gower (in preparation).

Papers in refereed journals

[1]

Brennan, N. and McCafferty, J. [1997] Corporate Governance Practices in Irish Companies, IBAR – Irish Business and Administrative Research 18: 116-135.

[2]

MacCanna, L., Brennan, N. and O’Higgins, E. [1999] National Networks of Corporate Power: An Irish Perspective, Journal of Management and Governance, 2 (4): 355-377. DOI: 10.1023/A:1009972108819

[3]

O’Higgins, E. [2001] What matters most: The importance of all stakeholders. Strategic Investor Relations: 1(1): 81-87.

[4]

O’Higgins, E. [2002] Non-executive directors: Co-option, characteristics and contributions. Corporate Governance: An International Review, 10(1): 19-28. DOI: 10.1111/1467-8683.00264

[5]

Pierce A. [2003] Elan Corporation: A Case Study in Corporate Obfuscation”, Corporate Governance International, 6(1): 5-23.

[6]

O’Higgins, E. [2003] Global strategies: Contradictions and consequences. Corporate Governance - The International Journal of Business in Society, 3(3): 52-66. (Recipient  of Emerald Literati Award as best article in Corporate Governance – The International Journal of Business in Society in 2003) DOI: 10.1108/14720700310483442

[7]

Brennan, N. and McDermott, M. [2004] Alternative Perspectives on Independence of Directors, Corporate Governance: An International Review, 12 (3): 325-336. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2004.00373.x

[8]

Veiga, J.F., Thompson, J., Dino, R., Chow, I., O’Higgins, E. & Al Khalifa, A. [2004] The ethics of cyberveillance in a global context. The Review of Business Information Systems, 8(3): 21-27. O/S

[9]

O’Higgins, E. & Kelleher, B. [2005] Comparative perspectives on the ethical orientations of human resources, marketing and finance functional managers. Journal of Business Ethics, 56(3): 275-288. DOI 10.1007/s10551-004-3898-y

[10]

Brennan, N. [2006] Boards of Directors and Firm Performance: Is there an Expectations Gap? Corporate Governance: An International Review, 14 (6) (November): 577-593. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2006.00534.x

[11]

O’Higgins, E. & Morgan, J.W. [2006] Stakeholder salience and engagement in political organisations: Who and what really counts? Society & Business Review, 1(1); 62-76. (Emerald Highly Commended paper award, also among most downloaded in Society & Business Review, in 2006) DOI 10.1108/17465680610643355

[12]

O’Higgins, E.R.E. [2006] Corruption, underdevelopment and extractive resource industries: Addressing the vicious cycle. Business Ethics Quarterly, 16(2): 235-254.

[13]

Brennan, N. and Kelly, J. [2007] A Study of Whistleblowing Among Trainee Auditors, British Accounting Review, 39 (1) (March): 61-87. DOI:10.1016/j.bar.2006.12.002

[14]

Brennan, N.M. and Solomon, J. [2008] Corporate Governance, Accountability and Mechanisms of Accountability: An Overview, Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal 21 (7) (September): 885-906. DOI: 10.1108/09513570810907401

[15]

Gyves, S. & O’Higgins, E.R.E. [2008] Corporate social responsibility: An avenue for sustainable benefit for society and the firm? Society and Business Review, 3(3): 207-223. (Emerald Highly Commended paper award) 10.1108/17465680810907297

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O’Higgins, E.R.E. [2010] Corporations, civil society and stakeholders: An organizational conceptualisation. Journal of Business Ethics, 95(2): 157-176. DOI 10.1007/s10551-009-0254-2  

[17]

Bonner, S. & O’Higgins, E.R.E. [2010] Music piracy – ethical perspectives. Management Decision (in press).

[18]

Kirwan, C.E. and Brennan, N.M. [2010] Investigating the Antecedents and Implications of Role Conflict for Non-Executive Directors: A Conceptual Model, Corporate Governance: An International Review, (under review)

[19]

Brennan, N.M. [2010] Audit Committees at Work: A Review and Research Agenda, Journal of Accounting Literature, (in preparation)