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Does Diversity in Executive Boards Make a Difference? Nationality Diversity and Firm Performance in German, Dutch and British Multinational Enterprises
Honing, Sirik - 2012
nationality diversity within the executive boards between Germany, UK and the Netherlands are discussed and tested. Lastly, this … board influence the performance of a MNE?' To answer the research question, a dataset of 277 listed MNEs from Germany, the … UK and the Netherlands has been used. Research findings did not show convincing support for the main research question …
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Corporate governance and pension fund performance
Kowalewski, Oskar - In: Contemporary economics 6 (2012) 1, pp. 14-44
This study provides new evidence on the impact of governance on the performance of privately defined contribution pension plans. Using a hand collected data set on governance factors, the study shows that the external and internal governance mechanisms in pension plans are weak. One explanation...
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Internal Governance Mechanisms and Pension Fund Performance
Jackowicz, Krzysztof - 2011
This study provides new empirical evidence on the impact of board structure, as an internal governance mechanism, on privately defined contribution pension fund performance. Using a hand-collected dataset, we find evidence that the chairman, as a motivated insider, plays an important role in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013122235
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Corporate Governance and Pension Fund Performance
Kowalewski, Oskar - 2012
This study provides new evidence on the impact of governance on the performance of privately defined contribution pension plans. Using a hand collected data set on governance factors, the study shows that the external and internal governance mechanisms in pension plans are weak. One explanation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013097765
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The Impact of Board Size on Firm Performance : Evidence from the UK
Guest, Paul M. - 2012
We examine the impact of board size on firm performance for a large sample of 2,746 UK listed firms over 1981-2002. The UK provides an interesting institutional setting, because UK boards play a weak monitoring role and therefore any negative effect of large board size is likely to reflect the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013103146
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The Corporate Governance and Performance Relation : A Small Firm Perspective
Tan, David - 2014
Compliance with corporate governance best practice is costly for all firms but can be prohibitively expensive for small firms, squeezing margins and depleting funds for reinvestment (Linck, Netter & Yang, 2008). In addition, small firms are not afforded the external governance mechanism of...
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Board Diversity, Corporate Governance, Performance and Executive Pay
Sarhan, Ahmed - 2020
Departing from previous studies, this paper investigates the impact of corporate board diversity on corporate performance and executive pay within the context of MENA countries. Our sample includes a balanced panel of 600 firm-year observations, consisting of 100 individual firms drawn from 5...
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Outside Directors and Board Advising and Monitoring Performance
Kim, Kyonghee - 2014
Divergent views exist about whether boards must tradeoff advising for monitoring performance when utilizing outside versus inside directors. We suggest a dichotomous tradeoff focus underestimates outside directors' impact on board performance. We find outside director tenure positively...
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Board Diversity and Firm Performance : Evidence from the U.K. SMEs
Shehata, Nermeen F. - 2018
This study examines the relationship between board diversity and firm performance in small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the U.K. In particular, we investigate the role of gender and age as two dimensions of diversity. Using a large sample of SMEs (34,798 firms) located in the U.K. and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012934545
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Corporate Governance and Pension Fund Performance
Kowalewski, Oskar - 2015
This study provides new evidence on the impact of governance on the performance of privately defined contribution pension plans. Using a hand collected data set on governance factors, the study shows that the external and internal governance mechanisms in pension plans are weak. One explanation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013038122