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Why are US Corporate Boards Under-Diversified among Genders and Races?
Lemayian, Zawadi - 2020
The popular and academic literatures report that women, Blacks, Hispanics, and Native Americans are under-represented on US corporate boards of directors, relative to their incidence in the US labor force. We confirm this observation by tabulating the presence of female and under-represented...
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The effect of corporate governance elements on corporate social responsibility (CSR) disclosure : an empirical evidence from listed companies at KSE Pakistan
Majeed, Sadia; Aziz, Tariq; Saleem, Saba - In: International Journal of Financial Studies : open … 3 (2015) 4, pp. 530-556
The purpose of this study is to investigate the potential effects of corporate governance (CG) elements on corporate social responsibility (CSR) disclosure. The annual reports of companies for the year 2007-2011 are examined to analyze the relationship between CG and CSR reporting. It considers...
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The Present and Future of Corporate Governance : Re-Examining the Role of the Board of Directors and Investor Relations in Listed Companies
McCahery, Joseph A. - 2013
maximization' and the ‘long-term commitment' models of corporate governance. By introducing a third type of governance model, we …. The examination of the three-dimensional model's focus on growth and value creation provides a powerful catalyst for …
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At the Table But Can’t Break Through the Glass Ceiling : Board Leadership Positions Elude Diverse Directors
Field, Laura Casares - 2019
We explore the labor market effects of gender and race by examining board leadership appointments. Prior studies are …
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Board age and value diversity : evidence from a collectivistic and paternalistic culture
Arioglu, Emrah - In: Borsa Istanbul Review 21 (2021) 3, pp. 209-226
The current study investigates whether board age diversity affects company financial performance and risk, and whether diverse work-related values held by directors of different ages are the underlying cause of any effects via a sample of listed companies from Turkey, which has a collectivistic...
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Does Board Gender Diversity Reduce 'CEO luck'?
Ongsakul, Viput; Jaroenjitrkam, Anutchanat; … - 2021
We explore the role of female directors in mitigating CEO luck. CEOs are “lucky” when they receive stock option grants on days when the stock price is the lowest in the month of the grant, implying opportunistic timing. Our results show that board gender diversity significantly deters the...
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Board diversity and shareholder voting
Gow, Ian D.; Larcker, David F.; Watts, Edward M. - 2020 - Draft: November 16, 2020
The lack of diversity across gender and race of corporate boards has been one of the most significant issues in corporate board governance in recent years. Given the critical role that shareholders have in approving director appointments, we analyze voting patterns in director elections to...
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Board Gender Diversity and Firm Performance : Evidence from Supply-Side Shocks in China
Bao, Yangming; Lu, Di - 2019
This paper identifies a positive causal effect of board gender diversity on firm performance by utilizing unique historical events in China. Specifically, the Famine resulted in an evident gender gap in the supply of qualified directors of certain cohorts. Since the shocks differ in both gender...
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Women on Boards : Does Corporate Culture Influence Board Gender Diversity?
Roszkowska, Paulina - 2022
We examine the link between corporate culture and the company’s willingness to appoint women to the Boards of Directors. We proxy corporate culture by how companies communicate with investors in the 10-K filings. Our findings provide persistent evidence for a causal link between competitive...
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Board structure and bank performance : the mediating role of intellectual capital
Nikolić, Jelena; Nielsen, Jelena Erić; Peković, Jelena - In: Naše gospodarstvo : NG 68 (2022) 2, pp. 28-42
of a company's work and the achievement of its goals. The aim of this study is to develop a structural model that … capital represents a mediator in this model and its efficiency is calculated through the Value Added Intellectual Coefficient … (VAIC) model, while the financial performance of banks is measured through return on assets (ROA) and return on equity (ROE …
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