BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Transparency
- the condition in which nothing is hidden. This is an essential condition for a free market in securities. Prices, the volume of trading, and factual information must be available to all.
Wiktionary Definition for: Transparency
- a transparent object, especially a photographic slide that is viewed by shining light through it
- the quality of being transparent; transparence
Additional Resources
- Monetary Policy Transparency: Transparent About What?
- This paper puts the issue of monetary policy transparency into a broad economic perspective. In so doing, it narrows the focus from that which frequently appears in this literature. I argue that the sole economic argument for transparency is policy effectiveness. Transparency is desirable if it enhances the effectiveness of...
- White papers 2003-05-01
- Transparency by Warren Bennis, Daniel Goleman, James O'Toole |Book Brief
- Transparency by Warren Bennis, Daniel Goleman, James O'Toole |Book BriefRE: Transparency by Warren Bennis, Daniel Goleman, James O'Toole |Book Brief"Transparency" appears to be a very timely book given our currrent financial crisis. Blame has been placed on the Republican administration and the CEOs of the failing corporations. While it will...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-07
- Clarity, Not Transparency, Is What Counts
- I've struggled with the idea of transparency in decision making. Of course, I want people who are impacted by my decisions to understand how they are made. But not too much. To take a hypothetical, does my team really need to know that I appointed Bob as...
- Blog posts 2009-07-17
- Promoting Fiscal Transparency: The Complementary Roles of the IMF, Financial Markets and Civil Society
- This paper explores initiatives to date by the IMF, financial markets, and civil society organizations to assess and utilize information on fiscal transparency. The results of surveys and interviews of rating agency analysts and surveys of civil society organizations on their level of awareness of, and use of IMF fiscal...
- White papers 2003-10-01
- Fiscal Transparency and Economic Outcomes
- This paper develops indices of fiscal transparency for a broad range of countries based on the IMF's Code of Good Practices on Fiscal Transparency, using data derived from published fiscal transparency modules of the Reports on the Observance of Standards and Codes ROSCs. The indices covers four clusters of fiscal...
- White papers 2005-12-01
- Mark Taylor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill believes the issue of transparency has been blown out of proportion.
- Transparency may not be all it's cracked up to be. While the Long-Term Capital Management funding debacle made transparency a buzzword among hedge fund investors who believe that if they have all the information on a fund's investments, it will p Transparency...
- Research articles 1999-07-12
- DIFFERENT VIEW: CDC INVESTMENT EMBRACES HEDGE FUND TRANSPARENCY.
- NEW YORK -- While some hedge fund managers are concerned too much transparency could be bad for their funds, the people who run CDC Investment Management have no problem with it. ``You have to have transparency on a portfolio level to see how ...
- Research articles 1999-08-09
- Welfare Effects Of Transparency In Foreign Exchange Markets: The Role Of Hedging Opportunities
- The article study the impact of enhanced transparency on risk sharing opportunities in the foreign exchange markets and the associated implications for ex ante welfare. Transparency in this model is measured by the informal content of publicly observable signals about exchange rate developments. It also find that in this model...
- White papers 2002-12-01
- Transparency and Monetary Policy: What Does the Academic Literature Tell Policymakers?
- Transparency in monetary policy has become a popular topic over the past decade. However, the majority of the economic research is theoretical, calling into question its value as a practical guide to monetary policy. This paper surveys the literature to assess what conclusions a central bank can draw from the...
- White papers 2004-04-01
- Can Central Bank Transparency Go Too Far?
- This paper asks the question: can central bank transparency go too far? Transparency is beneficial only when it serves to simplify communication with the public and helps generate support for central banks to conduct monetary policy optimally with an appropriate focus on long-run objectives. This paper argues that some suggestions...
- White papers 2004-10-01
- Seal of Transparency Heritage in the CISMef Quality-Controlled Health Gateway
- It is an absolute necessity to continually assess the quality of health information on the Internet. Quality-controlled subject gateways are Internet services which apply a selected set of targeted measures to support systematic resource discovery. The CISMeF health gateway became a contributor to the MedCIRCLE project to evaluate 270 health...
- White papers 2004-09-14
- Establishing Inventory Transparency to Temporary Storage Locations - A Case From the Mobile Telecommunications Industry
- Efficient logistics control demands for transparency to inventory in the whole distribution network. However, current Information Technology IT solutions do not support creating inventory transparency to temporary storage locations, which poses severe problems for supply chain management in project-oriented industries. This paper presents how inventory transparency can be built with...
- White papers 2005-09-29
- Financial Transparency Is Good; Performance Transparency Is Better
- One possible downside of the increasing trend toward regulatory-driven financial transparency is that CEO's may be even less inclined to share important information about financial and operating performance with employees. That would be a shame. Organizations that are intent on achieving marketplace excellence are far more likely to succeed if...
- White papers 2005-04-13
- Transparency in Human Capital Policy - A Prerequisite for European Economic Growth
- Human capital is one of the most important drivers of economic growth, presumably the most important. This makes transparency with respect to human capital formation a crucial issue in the EU. It is useful to distinguish between two aspects on policy transparency in this context. The first concerns the formulation...
- White papers 2005-05-20
- Farewell, fair disclosure? Transparency in America; Transparency in American markets.(Finance and Economics)(Brief Article)
- THE crowning achievement of Arthur Levitt's tenure, soon to end, at the Securities and Exchange Commission SEC was the passage of legislation last October to bring greater transparency to the financial markets. The law requires companies to discl THE crowning achievement of Arthur Levitt's...
- Research articles 2001-02-10
- Transparency makers and supplies. (Info Marts).
- 3M and Standard transparency makers convert any original document to master form in seconds. Use the master form to duplicate up to 100 copies. Create overhead transparencies in a flash. We also carry ... 3M and Standard transparency makers convert any original document to...
- Research articles 2002-09-01
- INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT BANKS QUESTIONING CCB'S TRANSPARENCY
- AsiaInfo Services 04-11-2006 International Investment Banks Questioning CCB's Transparency SHANGHAI, Apr 11, 2006 SinoCast via COMTEX -- Citibank, Merrill Lynch and Goldman Sachs have all come up with analysis questioning the transparency of AsiaInfo Services 04-11-2006...
- Research articles 2006-04-11
- JORDAN: JORDAN RANKS 37 ON TI'S CORRUPTION COMBAT INDEX.(Transparency International)(Brief Article)
- According to "Jordan Times", Jordan ranked 37 this year among 146 countries in terms of its efforts to fight corruption, according to Transparency International Index. The index, announced during the annual meeting of Transparency Internati According to "Jordan Times", Jordan ranked 37 this year among...
- Research articles 2004-10-21
- "Transparency:" All Talk It Up, Few Live Up to It
- In this new BNET video, James O’Toole, co-author of "Transparency: How Leaders Create a Culture of Candor" argues that while many organizations talk up the idea of transparency, true transparency is still elusive. O'Toole explores the concept, answering questions like: What does it mean to be transparent? Why is it...
- Blog posts 2008-09-09
- Tanzania receives US$40 million for Accountability, Transparency and Integrity project.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-10 May 2006-WORLD BANK: Tanzania receives US$40 million for Accountability, Transparency and Integrity projectC1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:09052006 WASHINGTON - The World Bank Board of Executive Directors today approved an International Development Association IDA credit[1] of US$40 million in...
- Research articles 2006-05-10
