We present evidence on the way personal and institutional factors could together guide public company directors in … decision-making concerning shareholders and stakeholders. In a sample comprising more than nine hundred directors originating … from over fifty countries and serving in firms from twenty three countries, we confirm that directors around the world hold …

opportunism" and CEO dominance. Also, long-tenured CEOs and post-graduate directors possess contextually enriched latent knowledge … that may assist distressed firms, particularly if the trade-offs between director’s remuneration and governance is well …