Executive compensation practices suppose to influence the motivational level of the employees and hence affect the organizational performance. The study examines to explore how the executive compensation practices by the Bangladeshi companies affect the corporate performance. The study is...

We examine the effect of competition shocks induced by major industry-level tariff cuts on forced CEO turnover. Both the likelihood of forced CEO turnover and its sensitivity to performance increase, particularly for firms with low productivity and high default risk. While CEO's incentive pay...

We analyze how ownership concentration and type, and board independence are related to corporate social performance (CSP). Drawing from agency, team production and stakeholder perspectives, we argue that the distribution of costs and benefits to shareholders and other stakeholders is crucial to...

This study aims to examine the effectiveness of the implementation Good Corporate Governance (GCG) and financial performance on the quality of sustainability reporting disclosure. The dependent variable used in this study is the quality of sustainability reporting disclosure which is proxied by...

Shareholder activism on sustainability issues has become increasingly prevalent over the years, with the number of proposals filed doubling from 1999 to 2013. We use recent innovations in accounting standard setting to classify 2,665 shareholder proposals that address environmental and social...

This literature review evaluates 146 empirical research studies on audit committees (AC) composition and resources which focus on the period after the Sarbanes Oxley Act (SOX). I will briefly introduce the theoretical, normative and empirical AC framework that comprises an adequate structure of...

Objective: The objective of this article is to examine the value of academics as board members. Using upper echelons theory to explain how top management's characteristics affect corporate decision-making, we particularly investigated whether academics as independent directors contribute to firm...

Some of the most widely expressed myths about the German financial system are concerned with the close ties and intensive interaction between banks and firms, often described as Hausbank relationships. Links between banks and firms include direct shareholdings, board representation, and proxy...

This paper investigates the effect of the human capital of directors on the financial performance of Vietnamese-listed companies. The dynamic system generalised method of moments (system GMM) estimator is used to examine a panel data-set consisting of 315 firm-year observations over a four-year...