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...

In this study, we use a mixed methods research design to investigate how national cultural forces may impede or enhance the positive impact of females’ economic and political empowerment on increasing gender diversity of corporate boards. Using both a longitudinal correlation-based methodology...

How does a board of directors respond to stringent transnational regulations on corporate governance? We explore this question in a case study that includes interviews with key governance actors of a bank dealing with regulatory changes in the European Union (EU) initiated in 2010 in response to...