Objective: The objective of the article is to determine the effect of governance structure components (audit committee presence, board size adequacy, and board leadership) on SMEs’ performance and the moderating effect of chief executive officer (CEO) tenure on the influence of governance...

Corporate governance mechanisms are of particular interest to publicly listed SMEs, as ineffective governance mechanisms, or the nonexistence of effective ones, can lead to the speedy and sure demise of these enterprises, as they generally do not possess the resources to survive as their larger...