This study further empirically examines the influence of board independence on financial performance by using world’s top 1000 firms. CEO duality and percentage independent directors are used as indicators independence. Moreover, this re-addresses findings in literature giving supplement theory conducting tests for firm well moderating effects country governance, focusing regulatory quality rul...

This study contributes to the growing literatures on the importance of board expertise to their provision of counsel for management. By demonstrating that when announcing overseas investments, how a firm alleviates its liabilities of foreignness by board members possessing relevant experiences, the present work addresses the long-standing issue of what renders board the most effective. Drawing ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a dreadful influence on both economic activities and human life, in view of which management to play strategic role focus effective board leadership order optimize firm performance. present study analyses the corporate governance practices determining performance during pandemic. A total 151 non-financial companies from 11 diversified industries representing NIFTY2...

Both authors contributed equally to the paper. The helpful comments of Ron Burt, Jerry Davis, Ranjay Gulati, Paul Hirsch, Mark Shanley, and Brian Uzzi are appreciated. This study seeks to reconcile traditional sociological views of the corporate board as an instrument of elite cohesion with recent evidence of greater board activism and control over top management. We propose that CEO-directors ...

This study examines the impact of risk governance on firm value 50 listed firms in Nigerian financial institutions for period five years (2013-2017). The provides empirical evidence which shows that variables (enterprise management index, chief officer presence, board committee size, activism, and independence) have a positive significant value. Similarly, attribute (firm size age) while contra...

This paper empirically evidences the role played by board characteristics (skills, diversity, structure, independence) in supporting risk management disclosure and shaping financial performance of European companies operating services sector. We exploit data selected from Thomson Reuters Eikon database 2020 for last fiscal year 2019 (FY0) on a longitudinal sample 144 with head offices Europe (2...

This article reviews empirical studies on the relationship between independent directors and firm performance in Chinese listed companies. The purpose is to generalize empirical evidence on the theoretical claim that independent directors can improve firm performance by performing their monitoring role over management as expected by Chinese regulators. To fulfil this purpose, this article condu...