Purpose – The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of corporate governance on working capital management efficiency. This study also seeks to extend the findings of Gill and Shah. Design/methodology/approach – This study applied a co-relational research design. A sample was...

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of corporate governance on working capital management efficiency. This study also seeks to extend the findings of Gill and Shah. Design/methodology/approach – This study applied a co‐relational research design. A sample was...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the corporate governance literature by examining the aggregate effect of board and audit committee characteristics on earnings management practices, particularly in the period following the introduction of the second edition of the Australian...

This paper provides empirical evidence showing that dual-class firms use dividend payments to mitigate agency problems while using repurchases of superior shares to maintain the private benefits of control. With a sample of dual-class firms from 1994 to 2015 that have both their superior voting...

Purpose -The purpose of this paper is to review recent research on the structure of equity ownership and its impact on firm value. In doing so, the paper outlines the main issues, surveys the more recent work, and highlights the most promising developments on this topic....

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to study filer identities and voting outcomes of Canadian shareholder proposals and their impact on shareholders' wealth during the period from 2001 to 2008. Design/methodology/approach – In total, 762 Canadian shareholder proposals and related...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between good corporate governance and dividend payment in the regulated insurance industry. Design/methodology/approach – A modification of Rozeff's transaction cost/agency cost trade-off model was estimated on a sample of 55...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present evidence on the effects that different ownership's structures of Greek listed firms exercise on the relation between investment and liquidity constraints. Design/methodology/approach – Corporate governance in Greece is primarily based on the...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of the mandatory adoption of corporate governance mechanisms on serious firm issues (earnings manipulation, management effectiveness and firm's financing). Design/methodology/approach – Cross-sectional analysis is employed to...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine how board tenure affects the compensation of CEOs using a sample of 93 publicly traded US banks. Design/methodology/approach – The paper proposes a CEO allegiance hypothesis whereby long-term relationships with executives and other directors...