Cover -- EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD -- Guest editorial -- Ownership structure, corporate governance and investment efficiency of Chinese listed firms -- CEO's political connections, institutions and audit opinions -- The impact of religiosity on corporate loans and maturity structure: evidence...

Purpose – Investor access to timely, financial resource consent information is problematic, consequently the purpose of this paper is to investigate the economic importance of New Zealand resource consent announcements to the stock exchange. Design/methodology/approach – The authors apply...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate how venture capital (VC) backing influences the board size and independence and how VC backing and board structure impact firm performance in China. Design/methodology/approach Using hand-collected data from 924 initial public offering (IPO)...