This article aims to determine if a diversified positioning generates a competitive advantage (in terms of the turnover of the assets) within the French banking sector because of the operational synergies linking potentially the banking activities. Interviews have been led in order to define the...

This paper studies the ways in which the geographic locations of a firm's foreign operations affect the appointment and effectiveness of foreign directors. Using country-level data on firm internationalization and board foreignness, we find that firms with more foreign subsidiaries in a region...