May 20, 2013, Melbourne, Australia – The KPI Institute, the global authority on Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) research and education announces the launch of a new report in its 2011-2012 edition of its popular Top 25 series of reports. The series is based on research conducted through www.smartKPIs.com, which contains over 20,000 Key Performance Indicator examples, making it the world’s largest source of thoroughly documented KPIs.

Corporate governance, according to the Cadbury Committee of the European Corporate Governance Institute, refers to “the system by which companies are directed and controlled”. Clear and efficient governing ensures that the interest groups trust the Company and also underlines the business utility, thus increasing the shareholder value. The mechanisms involved in the process are regulatory and market related. An important part is played by the relationships between a company’s management, its board, its shareholders and stakeholders and obviously, by the goals for which the company is governed in the first place. (more…)