The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between accounting conservatism and companies’ cross- listing decision and the mediating role of the corporate governance mechanisms: board of directors’ characteristics and ownership structure, on this relationship. Using a sample...

Prior studies have shown that ownership structure of firms affects their performance, decision making and earnings. Studies have found that institutional owners are well informed, organized and proactive as compared to other owners. In this study we empirically examined the impact of...

Lack of monitoring the performance of managers not only has trampled the rights of shareholders and other stakeholders of the company, but also has increased the personal interests of managers in the absence of adequate monitoring on their performance. The aim of this study is to investigate the...

This paper attempts to investigate the effects of the internal corporate governance mechanisms represented in (the size of the board of directors, CEO duality, the administrative ownership, and the ownership of Block Shareholders Ownership) on the profitability of the companies listed on the...