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The influence of female directors and institutional pressures on corporate social responsibility in family firms in Latin America
García-Sánchez, Isabel-María; Rodríguez-Ariza, Lázaro - In: Journal of Risk and Financial Management 14 (2021) 1, pp. 1-20
This paper has two main aims. Firstly, we examine whether, given a critical mass of female board members, their presence has a different effect on the firm's CSR practices according to its family or non-family nature. We then consider whether the moderating role of the institutional environment...
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Are gender-diverse banks less risk-averse? Evidence from the Kenyan commercial banks
Ochenge, Rogers - 2024
This paper examines the effect of board gender diversity on bank risk. The empirical analysis is conducted using 21 … imposing gender quotas in bank boards as a way of mitigating bank risk. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014547714
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Ownership or Performance: What Determines Board of Directors' Turnover in Italy?
Brunello, Giorgio; Graziano, Clara; Parigi, Bruno - 1999
This paper analyses the turnover of board of directors members on a sample of companies listed on the Milan Stock Exchange in the period 1988-1996. Our aim is to investigate if board members change more frequently when company performance is poor, as the literature suggests, if this relationship...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011608494
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Ownership or Performance: What Determines Board of Directors' Turnover in Italy?
Brunello, Giorgio; Graziano, Clara; Parigi, Bruno Maria - 2000
This paper studies the turnover of board of directors members in a sample of 72 companies listed on the Milan Stock Exchange during the period 1988-1996. We investigate whether board members change more frequently when company performance is poor, as the literature suggests, and whether and how...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276137
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Ownership Concentration, Monitoring and Optimal Board Structure
Graziano, Clara; Luporini, Annalisa - 2005
The paper analyzes the optimal structure of board of directors in a firm with ownership concentrated in the hands of a large shareholder who sits on the board. We focus our attention on the choice between one-tier board who performs all tasks and two-tier board where the management board is in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010312344
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Ownership concentration, monitoring and optimal board structure
Graziano, Clara; Luporini, Annalisa - 2005
The paper analyzes the optimal structure of the board of directors in a firm with a large shareholder sitting on the board. In a one-tier structure the sole board performs all tasks, while in a two-tier structure the management board is in charge of project selection and the supervisory board is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261334
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Impactful women directors and earnings management
Al-Absy, Mujeeb Saif Mohsen - In: Cogent Business & Management 9 (2022) 1, pp. 1-20
A board with high equality is expected to play a significant role in corporate governance. This study aims to examine the influence of impactful women directors on constraining the level of earnings management (EM). Impactful women director is a new concept examined by the study, where women...
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Gender Quotas, Board Diversity and Spillover Effects. Evidence from Italian Banks
Del Prete, Silvia; Papini, Giulio; Tonello, Marco - 2024
-listed banks belonging to listed groups or along other board diversity dimensions. Using administrative data, we compare diversity … introduction of the law, in a difference-in-differences specifi- cation. We find that the imposition of the gender quota only … non-listed banks in listed groups. The law enhanced diversity of boards of listed banks, also along individual …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014451104
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Does Culture Affect Corporate Governance?
Gantenbein, Pascal; Volonté, Christophe - 2012
The legal environment is one important determinant of corporate governance. However, within legal families, also cultural differences can explain the level of corporate governance to some extent. We analyze this relationship for the case of Switzerland. Swiss firms are mainly located in two...
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The evolution of bank boards of directors in New York, 1840-1950
White, Eugene N.; Bodenhorn, Howard - 2014
Contemporary bank governance is criticized for manager-dominated (insider) boards of directors, but from the beginning of the nineteenth century, bank presidents appear also to have operated as chairmen of the boards of directors. However, the managers were constrained by a variety of rules that...
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