Dissemination of information via corporate websites is considered to be desirable, because it constitutes a way round modes of market failure, such as asymmetric information in capital markets and agency problems. This paper explores the relationship between internet disclosure, profitability...

This study examines the relationship between Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and corporate performance using a sample of listed shipping companies. Recognizing heterogeneous CSR behavior across shipping companies, we employ Markov Chain Monte Carlo techniques for Bayesian inference and...

The decision making process in strategic shipping financial management consists of three main pillars: investment, financing and operation. Each pillar defines its own sub-universe and constitutes its own market with its own rules. The investment pillar refers to the market for newly built and...

Purpose: This paper aims to explore the effect of interlocking directorates on agency conflicts and corporate performance in the shipping industry.Design/methodology/approach: The authors use social network analysis to discover central nodes in the network of personal and corporate connections...