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Bank shareholder network and board governance : evidence from Chinese commercial banks
Wang, Li; Huang, Zeyu; Wang, Yanan - In: Journal of innovation & knowledge : JIK 8 (2023) 4, pp. 1-15
Board governance is an important aspect of internal bank governance. We conduct an empirical study on 100 banks in … China for the period from 2004 to 2017 using a time-varying growth bank shareholder network to investigate the relationship … and mechanism between bank shareholder network and board governance. The bank shareholder network is found to have a …
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Board Characteristics and Chinese Bank Performance
Liang, Qi - 2013
characteristics (size, composition and functioning of the board) and analyze their impacts on bank performance and bank asset quality … positive impacts on both bank performance and asset quality while bank size has a significantly negative impact on bank … performance. We find new evidence that the degree of bank boards' political connection is negatively correlated with bank …
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Bank ownership, board characteristics and performance : evidence from commercial banks in India
Sarkar, Jayati; Sarkar, Subrata - In: International Journal of Financial Studies : open … 6 (2018) 1, pp. 1-30
India that has both bank groups. Covering a ten-year period from 2003 to 2012 that witnessed a large number of governance … CEO duality is high. We find that a longer CEO tenure has significant positive effects on bank outcomes with these effects …
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Board Independence and Firm Performance in China
Liu, Yu - 2014
We provide the first comprehensive and robust evidence on the relationship between board independence and firm performance in China. We find that independent directors have an overall positive effect on firm operating performance in China. Our findings are robust to a battery of tests, including...
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The basic governance structure of public corporations : the interests of shareholders as a class
Armour, John; Enriques, Luca; Hansmann, Henry B.; … - 2017
This paper is the third chapter of the third edition of The Anatomy of Corporate Law: A Comparative and Functional Approach, by Reinier Kraakman, John Armour, Paul Davies, Luca Enriques, Henry Hansmann, Gerard Hertig, Klaus Hopt, Hideki Kanda Mariana Pargendler, Georg Ringe, and Edward Rock...
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Institutional ownership and firm performance : evidence from an emerging economy
Abedin, Syeda Humayra; Haque, Humaira; Shahjahan, Tanjina; … - In: Journal of risk and financial management : JRFM 15 (2022) 12, pp. 1-17
Using the Ordinary Least Square (OLS) estimation technique based on a sample of 180 listed firms from 2008 to 2018, this study investigates the impact of institutional ownership on firm performance in the Bangladeshi setting. Consistent with the "active monitoring" view, the results indicate...
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Black Economic Empowerment Disclosures by South African Listed Corporations : The Influence of Ownership and Board Characteristics
Ntim, Collins G. - 2012
This study investigates the extent to which South African listed corporations voluntarily disclose information on black economic empowerment (BEE) in their annual and sustainability reports using a sample of 75 listed corporations from 2003 to 2009. BEE is a form of socio-economic affirmative...
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Independent Directors’ Characteristics and Performance : Evidence from China
Liao, Jing - 2009
Chinese listed firms recruit independent directors in order to build up connections with people who can provide useful sources and/or protection rather than for their monitoring of top managements. It is found that Chinese listed firms particularly prefer two types of Guanxi provided by...
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How Does Board Structure Affect Customer Concentration?
Kim, Joon Ho - 2020
This paper studies the interactions between corporate boards and major customers. Using the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) and consequent governance reforms as a quasi-natural experiment, we find that SOX-affected firms diversify their customer bases by removing directors with business links...
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How Does Board Structure Impact on Firm Performance in the UK?
Alqatan, Dr. Ahmad - 2019
The aim of this paper is to examine whether or not the structure of the board of directors and, in particular, board size, independence and remuneration have an impact on firm performance. The sample examined is UK FTSE 100 non-financial companies using data from the period 2012 to 2015. A...
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