This study provides new evidence on the impact of governance on the performance of privately defined contribution … factors are found to be important for pension fund return on invested assets and also for its economic performance … account the different interests of the beneficiaries and owners as it may determine their performance. …

the performance of ethnic Chinese firms deteriorates over time. We present evidence consistent with the hypothesis that … ethnic Chinese firms underinvest in those firm attributes that may contribute to long-term performance, such as human capital …

This study analyses the effect of board diversity (gender and nationality) on performance in banks. By making use of a … increases bank performance, while national diversity inhibits it. Complementarily, according to their institutional …, board diversity has less influence on the performance of banks. …

privately defined contribution pension fund performance in Poland. Using a hand-collected data set, we find evidence that the … chairman, as a motivated insider, plays an important role in determining fund performance. The results also show, although with … weaker evidence, that outsiders may positively impact fund performance. During the 2007–2008 crisis, however, the insider …

This paper examines the evolution of corporate boards following a large performance decline. Over 40% of the original … underperforming firms undergo a strong recovery subsequently, with the largest performance improvement occurring among firms that …

's performance and the monitoring role played by boards of directors. It investigates whether the political influence of ownership … and that of management are complements or substitutes in their effects on board independence and accounting performance … accounting performance. The positive effect of a board chair's political connections on firm-level performance is only documented …