We examine the relationship among board characteristics (network centrality, leadership structure, outsider participation, portion of male directors, director age, and presence of financial experts) and firm-level financial performance (cash holdings, leverage, ROA, risk, and risk-adjusted...

Failures in governance, especially concerning boards, have been blamed for the 2007-2008 financial crisis. The increased public scrutiny regarding the actions and role of the board of directors in banks, following the crisis, inspires to examine whether and to what extent do board's...

This paper discusses how bank governance has evolved in academic research and critically discusses the evolution of its concepts, research topics, and research scope in the literature. This paper differs from other literature reviews of the bank's corporate governance in two main points. First,...