This paper reports on the “CEO's-eye-view” of the 1990 commercial real estate crisis at Citibank using unique data from CEO John Reed's private archives. This qualitative analysis sheds light on questions that have perennially plagued executives and intrigued scholars: How do organizations...

This study assesses the extent at which firm characteristics affects financial performance of quoted deposit money banks in Nigeria from 2010-2015. Three hypotheses were formulated in line with objective of the study. Ex-post facto research design and time-series data were adopted and the data...

This paper studies how access to bank lending differed between family and non-family firms in the 2007-2009 financial crisis. The theoretical prediction is that family block-holders' incentive structure results in lower agency conflict in the borrower-lender relationship. Using highly detailed...

Purpose: Are board ties among competitors harmful to customers? The prevalent assumption on board ties among competitors is that they harm customer benefits. This study examines the mechanism by which board ties with competitors result in an outcome conducive to customers....

Governance at banks, especially major banks, requires further reform, especially with respect to incentives. Supervisors are concerned that incentives may make executives prone to take “excessive” risks. Shareholders are concerned that banks rarely earn their cost of capital.What's needed is...

Introduction -- The Financial Sector Reform and the Change in the Ownership Structure of the Commercial Banks -- Thailand’s Commercial Banking Sector in Regional Asian Markets -- The Business Practice and Performance of the Commercial Banks -- The Effects of Foreign Entry into the Thailand’s...

We investigate the impact of workforce gender diversity on the relationship between women’s representation in the board of directors and other decision-making bodies, and bank performance in credit growth. Using panel data on Turkish banks from 2006-2020, we find that while female directors...

How do we explain divergent trajectories of change in wage bargaining institutions? Existing studies maintained that European economic integration and liberalisation, decline in trade union power, changing work organization and new pay systems would push national wage-setting institutions...