Many firms tout their commitment to diversity, sometimes appointing racial minorities to their board of directors. We find that firms with more minority directors are associated with greater innovation output. Using patent-inventor information, we uncover an important yet previously...

Purpose – The aim of this paper, which is based on Cheng et al. ’s (2012) research, is to re-examines the relationship between a firms’ voluntary disclosure of forward-looking non-financial information (FNFI) and investment efficiency. Design/methodology/approach – The authors chose...

This paper examines how board structure (i.e., board size, board independence, and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) duality) and ownership structure (i.e., ownership concentration) influence risk disclosure quality (RDQ) of FTSE 100 non-financial firms. RDQ is captured by integrating five...

[enter Abstract BodyIn the context of major corporate collapses, executive compensation, board network, gender diversity and oversight committees have all received attention in a package of corporate governance (CG) reforms that were recently issued in the UK. This paper examines whether these...