In this paper, we study the association between firms' specific characteristics and performance for a sample of 320 American firms using a governance efficiency index, calculated by the Stochastic Frontier Analysis.The use of a latent classes in the specification of the model, allowed to detect...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify efficient governance using a governance efficiency score based on recommendations provided by codes of best practices in order to determine “good governance”. Design/methodology/approach – Based on a sample of 320 US listed firms from...