Can board leadership contribute to board dynamic managerial capabilities? An empirical exploration among Norwegian firms

Board Empowerment in Small Firms:

Corporate governance literature generally suggests that a company’s boards of directors may influence company performance. When the balance of power over strategic decisions and organisational outcomes favour the CEO the board may however have few possibilities to monitor managerial or company performance or influence strategic choices. This paper investigates how boards become activated and em...

Board Diversity and Corporate Social Responsibility: Evidence from Iranian Firms

According to agency theory, board of directors plays an important monitoring role in reducing information asymmetry and increasing the transparency of financial statements and social responsibility. This research is concerned with examining board diversity and social responsibility of the firms listed on the Tehran Stock Exchange during the years 2011-2015. To do so, a sample of 98 firms was se...

Bold board leadership required for transformative times.

The Dynamic Capabilities of Firms: an Introduction

An expanded paradigm is needed to explain how competitive advantage is gained and held. Firms resorting to 'resource-based strategy' attempt to accumulate valuable technology assets and employ an aggressive intellectual property stance. However, winners in the global marketplace have been firms demonstrating timely responsiveness and rapid and flexible product innovation, along with the managem...

Board task performance: An exploration of micro- and macro-level determinants of board effectiveness

This paper addresses recent calls to narrow the micro-macro gap in management research (Bamberger, 2008), by incorporating a macro-level context variable (country) in exploring micro-level determinants of board effectiveness. Following the integrated model proposed by Forbes and Milliken (1999), we identify three board processes as micro-level determinants of board effectiveness. Specifically, ...