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Corporate governance provisions, family involvement, and firm performance in publicly traded family firms
Memili, Esra; Misra, Kaustav - In: International Journal of Financial Studies : open … 3 (2015) 3, pp. 194-229
This study examines the moderation effects of corporate governance provisions on the link between family involvement (i.e., family ownership and family management) in publicly-traded firms and firm performance by drawing upon agency theory, with a focus on principal-principal agency issues, and...
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Myth or reality? : unveiling the effectiveness of hierarchical CEO succession on firm performance and cash holdings
Sarfraz, Muddassar; He, Bin; Shah, Syed Ghulam Meran; … - In: Journal of business economics and management 22 (2021) 4, pp. 1008-1025
The objective of the study is to contemplate the effectiveness of hierarchical CEO succession and hierarchical CEO succession intensity on SOEs & Non-SOEs performance separately. Meanwhile, the impact of hierarchical CEO succession on cash holdings has also been analysed. The authenticated data...
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Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) practice and firm performance : an international evidence
Shaikh, Imlak - In: Journal of business economics and management 23 (2022) 1, pp. 218-237
This article attempts to bring quantitative evidence of a firm's sustainability reporting in terms of non-financial voluntary disclosures. The disclosures are made available through the annual report and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Global Reporting Initiatives (GRI) report. ESG...
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Family ownership and effects on firm performance in Asia
Högberg, Andreas - 2010 - First draft - work in progress!
The current literature on firm ownership around the world shows that concentrated ownership with only one or a few controlling owners is common, especially in many European and Asian countries. The dispersed ownership has proven to be uncommon and even countries with supposed dispersed ownership...
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Institutional investors, corporate governance and firm performance in an emerging market : evidence from Vietnam
Nguyen Thi Hoa Hong; Tran Khanh Linh - In: Cogent economics & finance 11 (2023) 1, pp. 1-20
This study examines the relationship between institutional investors, corporate governance, and firm performance in Vietnam. The findings on Vietnamese listed companies indicate that while institutional investors are less likely to hold shares of companies with larger board sizes, Chief...
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Female board representation and corporate performance : a review and new estimates for Australia
Bayly, Nicholas; Breunig, Robert; Wokker, Chris - 2023
Despite a conventional wisdom that female board members positively impact firm performance, a thorough examination of the research to date reveals no consensus that female board members have either a positive or negative effect on firm performance. We build the largest dataset of Australian...
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Governing African Gold Mining : Firms' Rationale for Developing Extractives Sector Private Governance
Elbra, Ainsley - 2014
Global mining firms are taking a leading role in the governance of sub-Saharan Africa’s gold mining industries. No … role firms play in governing the gold mining sector using primary evidence gathered through analysis of firms’ annual … private governance initiatives. Through this content analysis it is shown that gold mining firms with broad geographical …
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The institutional determinants of private equity involvement in business groups : the case of Africa
Hearn, Bruce; Oxelheim, Lars; Randøy, Trond - 2015
This study examines the governance attributes of post-IPO (initial public offering) retained ownership of private equity in business group constituent firms in contrast to their unaffiliated counterparts, in 202 newly listed firms in 22 emerging African economies. We adopt an actor centred...
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Corporate Social (Ir)responsibility in Africa : does ‘doing bad’ or ‘avoiding good’ increase shareholder value?
Hoepner, Andreas G. F. - 2020
) activities may be of less benefit for firms. Using a sample of 865 firms from Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa, we …
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The Impact of Institutions on Bank Governance and Stability : Evidence from African Countries
Mutarindwa, Samuel - 2018
This paper sheds new light on how African countries' legal systems and institutions influence the governance and stability of their banks. We find that institutional factors, in particular the legal family of origin, political stability, contract enforcement and strength of investor protection...
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