Purpose – This paper develops a discussion for the influence of board structure/composition and remuneration on the financial performance of a public listed corporation.Design/methodology/approach – This study entails two legal systems, common law including; Australia, The United States of...

We examine overconfident CEO directors and find they attend more board meetings, are more likely to serve on the nominating or the compensation committee, have more independent directorships, and foster higher attendance rates on boards. Boards with overconfident directors are more likely to...

Using more than 30 million quarterly observations on investment funds, firms, and directors, we show that equity-ownership relationships between funds and directors comove when new firms appoint these directors. Funds follow directors from high operating performance and high valuation firms to...