While CEO compensation is seen as influencing firm performance, the intervening mechanisms that govern this influence have remained largely unexplored. Using the agency and expectancy theories, this paper attempts to open the "black box" between CEO compensation and firm performance and...

This study investigates the impact of excluding stock options for non-executive directors (NEDs) on the relationship between executive pay and firm performance. The research focuses on accounting measures and market performance. Using a sample of 220 non-financial firms, including 110 listed...

This study examines whether powerful CEOs and the strength of the regulatory pressures influence firms' decisions to disclose their carbon emissions. Powerful CEOs are examined in three dimensions, i.e. CEO ownership power, CEO structural power, and CEO expert power. Focusing on firms listed on...

The purpose of this study is to determine how corporate social responsibility (CSR) promotes the financial performance of the telecom industry in Ghana. The study developed the role of mediating and moderating variables such as corporate reputation (CR) and customers' purchasing intention (CPI)....

During recent times of uncertainty, sustainable marketing and sustainable finance became hot research topics attracting both academics and practitioners. Although centering marketing efforts around the firm's Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)...