Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of female board membership on the profitability of corporate insider purchases. Design/methodology/approach – The authors use a classic event study approach. They measure abnormal returns around the insider purchase events, and...

Purpose – This study aims to examine the effects of balanced scorecard (BSC) usage on performances in the context of four contingent variables in Singaporean manufacturing firms. The results show that firms are more likely to adopt BSC if they are large in size, have products at an early...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore how networks of boards of directors affect relative performance evaluation (RPE) in chief executive officer (CEO) compensation. Design/methodology/approach – In this study, the authors propose that an interlocking network is an important...