As outside advisors, independent directors serve as both consultants and monitors. Based on empirical studies of corporate innovation and independent directors, we used data from listed firms in China from 2007 to 2017 to examine the effect of hiring independent technical directors on the board...

This study examines the effect of senior executives’ academic career experience on corporate social responsibility (CSR) and further investigates how such CSR engagement dominated by academic senior executives affects firm value. Using data from China, this study reveals that firms run by...

This study examines the impact of the financial experience among top management team (TMT) members on corporate tax aggressiveness. Based on a sample of Chinese listed firms covering the 2009-2018 period, I find that senior executives with financial expertise pursue more tax avoidance;...

This study examines how the financial experience of senior executives influences corporate social responsibility (CSR) performance and reporting activities. With a sample of Chinese listed companies over the period 2009–2018, we find that companies with senior executives with financial...