Corporate governance (CG) is a fundamental criteria for enhancing investors' and stakeholders' trust, relatively recently recognized in emerging markets. This study investigates the effects of CG practices on the firm-level financial performance of Borsa Istanbul XKURY-indexed companies during...

This study argues theoretical framework for strategic human resource management (SHRM), and implementation of SHRM in firms. HRM field is related to skill development and performance improvement. So, theoretical framework of SHRM is established by performance and skills. HR systems improve...

This empirical study, the first of its kind, seeks to quantify the relationship between corporate governance and the performance of firms on DSE listed. As part of this study, the authors undertook an intensive review of literature to identify a range of elements that contribute to overall...

Product diversification and its financial outcomes have been studied exhaustively. However, previous literature has focused on corporations, ignoring other important legal organizations or governance structures. In this paper, we study the diversification strategies of cooperatives and compare...

This paper examines how corporate governance is practiced through ownership structure and how firm's performance as well as its dividend payout policy is influenced by different ownership pattern. In doing so, this paper attempts to investigate the pattern of ownership mix and ownership...

Paper Type - Research Paper.Purpose - With boards of directors playing both monitoring and guidance roles, we examine the impact of board structure on firm value in large US and UK firms using the lenses of agency and resource dependence theories. Design/Methodology/Approach - Using a sample of...

The main goal of the paper is to understand if the shareholder composition must be considered as part of the corporate governance framework or as monitoring factor. A related goal of the paper is to investigate if the shareholder composition must be included in the loop among the corporate...

The need for effective board management and good corporate performance lies at the heart of good corporate governance theory because as the agency theory contends the managers' interest and the interest of shareholders are not almost always the same. Good corporate performance is the basis of...

Firms may have gender differences in governance characteristics, which may lead to differences in the firms' performances themselves, and consequently in the way credit is allocated. The paper demonstrates that there are differences in governance characteristics and, most important, there is a...