A influência da governança corporativa na sustentabilidade financeira

Abstract

This study investigated the corporate governance practices that influence the financial sustainability of the largest companies in Rio Grande do Sul. Therefore, the technique used was the interview, to interview the Presidents of the Council or related persons with expertise in governance or financial sustainability of the group of companies studied. The interviews enabled the gathering of information on the structure of corporate governance, the structure of the Board of Directors, the structure of financial sustainability and, finally, the relationship between governance and sustainability. After, with the method of comparative research, the results were correlated between firms in order to examine similarities and dissimilarities between the systematic work. In the study, it was noticed that the use of principles of corporate governance are important to ensure the continued financial sustainability of the companies studied, however, it remains unclear governance was essential for achieving such sustainability.