This paper aims to contribute, to the empirical evidence for the influence of Board of Directors on the Corporate Social Performance (CSP). A sample of top 10 companies of BSE, over the period from 2015 to 2019, was examined. The results indicated that the Board of Director influenced the...

We provide evidence on the link between busyness of CEOs and/or chairmen and the performance of family firms in India. We show that the level of CEO busyness has a negative effect on firm performance, measured by Tobin's q. That is, the frequency of the CEO attending board meetings is positively...

Corporate Governance practices of MFIs (Microfinance Institutions) across different economies have been known to affect the firm performance. This study explores the practices and key board features (Audit Committees, Independent Directors, International Directors, CEO-Board Chairman duality,...

The study of corporate governance is gaining momentum as corporate governance compliance has been made mandatory. Even though made mandatory, the number of corporate governance issues are on the rise. The high profile scandals in Enron, World Com and also the Satyam scandal, Tata Mistry issues...

Prior work in India does not consider the effect of Related Party Transactions on performance in detail. There is no study that considers Related Party Transactions as motivation to tunnel and prop up the firms. This direct method approach of Tunneling and Propping is the focus of this chapter....

The belief that better CG leads to superior firm performance is widespread. Extant literature, however, has not consistently identified a relationship between CG and performance. The aim of this paper is to provide an exploratory inquiry into the dimensions and measurement of CG and to...

Purpose- The present study examines the impact of corporate governance (CG) on chief executive officer turnover (CTURN) and turnover-firm performance relationship (TPR) in Indian listed firms.Design/methodology/approach- Logistic (fixed-effect) regression using a balanced panel of the companies...

We study the effect of board governance in state-owned and private banks by undertaking a study of commercial banks in India that has both bank groups. Covering a ten-year period from 2003 to 2012 that witnessed a large number of governance reforms in India, the results of our empirical analysis...

Using an econometric framework, I have tried to establish the relationship between Tobin's Q and family shareholding. While there is no unequivocal causality established by theories, empirical evidences present wide variation in findings. By controlling several firm and industry specific...

This paper examines the effect of ownership structure on the firm performance for an unbalanced panel of 2478 Indian corporate firms from 1994 to 2000. We examine the effect of interactions between corporate, foreign, institutional, and managerial ownership on firm performance. Using panel data...