https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/67684 Sun, 05 Apr 2026 20:38:05 GMT 2026-04-05T20:38:05Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/67771 Title: Journal of Corporate Governance, Insurance and Risk Management : volume 5 : issue 1 Editors: Todorović, Igor; Grima, Simon; Özen, Ercan; Tipurić, Darko Abstract: 1/ Ana Krajnović - Institutional theory and isomorphism : limitations in multinational companies; 2/ Birgit Bosio, Stefanie Haselwanter and Michael Ceipek - The utilization of social media marketing in destination management organizations; 3/ Baldacchino Peter, Gatt Jessica, Tabone Norbert, Bezzina Frank - The nomination committee in Maltese listed companies; 4/ Igor Todorović, Stevo Pucar - Corporate governance and ownership structure Mon, 01 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/67771 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/67769 Title: Institutional theory and isomorphism : limitations in multinational companies Authors: Krajnovic, Ana Abstract: Today's popular thinking is that every organization is unique and, in their processes and organizational behavior, specific. However, we witness how organizations, particularly those operating within the same industry, are becoming similar and the same as each other. The explanation for this occurrence is the institutional theory of organization that was created primarily as a critique to contingency theory that supports idiosyncratic of organizations. Institutional theory of organization explains how organizations operating within the same industry or organizational fields tend to adapt to the same structures, behaviors and activities. In the foreground of the institutional theory of organization is the institutional isomorphism that explains the similarity of the companies in an organizational field. In this paper, the author will present the current knowledge regarding this approach in management and will emphasize the lacks of this theory when it is applied with multinational companies and its subsidiaries; the multinational companies are interesting to researchers because of the complexity of operations and the complexity of the external environment and intra-organizational environment. Mon, 01 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/67769 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/67768 Title: The utilization of social media marketing in destination management organizations Authors: Bosio, Birgit; Haselwanter, Stefanie; Ceipek, Michael Abstract: The emerging use of social media fundamentally changes the communication and interaction of societies and organizations. It revolutionizes the way organizations market their products and interact with their customers. Social media acts as an agent of change within the marketing and communication of organizations. In particular, the tourism sector is affected by these disruptive changes. Social media influences and changes the interaction between touristic supply and demand sides fundamentally. These upcoming opportunities and challenges are especially relevant for destination management organizations (DMOs), which try to coordinate and market the intangible and immaterial tourism product of a destination. Social media marketing transforms the classical marketing and communication of these destination management organizations. Nevertheless, destination management organizations are still in an experimental stage of utilizing social media as a marketing tool, as they slowly start to realize the potential benefits of social media as an agent of change. This study investigates how DMOs in alpine regions implement social media marketing in their classical marketing strategies through a quantitative survey. Furthermore, the paper outlines which upcoming challenges and opportunities DMOs face by conducting qualitative interviews with social media managers in the destinations. Finally, implications and recommendations for DMOs are presented to cope with the emerging use of social media as a marketing tool. Mon, 01 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/67768 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/67767 Title: The nomination committee in Maltese listed companies Authors: Baldacchino, Peter J.; Gatt, Jessica; Tabone, Norbert; Bezzina, Frank Abstract: The aim of this study is to examine the Nomination Committee (NC) in Maltese listed companies. The study achieves this by assessing the Maltese regulatory framework relating to this Committee, as well as its roles, status and effectiveness. A predominantly qualitative mixed methodology was employed to achieve these objectives. Twenty-five semi-structured interviews were held with two financial analysts, two MFSA representatives, eight audit firm representatives and 13 representatives of Maltese Listed Companies (MLCs) Research findings show that the NC is not as yet not well established among MLCs. There is a particular lack of insistence on the part of local regulatory authorities, as well as substantial resistance from listed companies, with regard to the adoption of this committee. Furthermore, most NCs in such companies are not performing all of the roles listed in their Code while the roles currently performed may need to be carried out in a more structured manner. Yet it is highly worthwhile for such companies to devote more attention to the NC, this being one of the best possible bastions of appropriate corporate governance. The change in the status of the NC from being merely recommended by the Code of Principles of Good Corporate Governance to becoming mandatory by the Listing Rules is increasingly called for. In this way, Maltese listed companies will need to embrace such a change. It is hoped that this study will contribute towards fostering more awareness about the NC and the corporate governance of Maltese listed companies. Mon, 01 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/67767 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z