This paper studies the corporate governance and disclosure practices of firms listed in Indian stock market. The study has taken nine sectors into consideration – Auto, Capital Goods, Consumer Durables, FMCG, Health Care, Oil & Gas, Metal, and Power along with IT. A comparative analysis was...

The study of internal corporate governance mechanisms such as board characteristics plays a crucial role in explaining variation in corporate governance and disclosure practices across firms. The effectiveness of such corporate governance mechanism in maintaining healthy relationship between...

Governance depends on both country-level as well as firm-level mechanisms. The country-level governance mechanisms include a country's laws, its culture and norms, and the institutions that enforce the laws. Firm level or internal governance mechanisms are those that operate within the firm....

This is an attempt to understand the role of capital intensity in corporate governance and disclosure practices of firms. Accordingly, this research studies the corporate governance and disclosure practices of firms listed in Indian stock market. The study has taken nine sectors into...

This is an attempt to understand the role of capital intensity in corporate governance and disclosure practices of firms. Accordingly, this research studies the corporate governance and disclosure practices of firms listed in Indian stock market. The study has taken nine sectors into...

Corporate governance is an institutional arrangement that not only addresses the agency problem between shareholders and managers of the firm, but also provides the context for the decisions taken by the top management of the firm. In this context, the main question is whether ownership types...

Ownership concentration is a significant internal governance mechanism in which owners can control and influence the management of the firm to protect their interests. This research focuses on the relationship between ownership concentration and corporate governance and disclosure practices of...