We investigate the relationship between board independence and firm performance. We hypothesize that while the presence of independent directors helps improve firm performance, excess independent directors on the board will not contribute to firm performance. We test our hypotheses on data drawn...

Lately, investors' sentiment has become one of the major concentrations of finance literature on asset pricing model. Many research findings argued that changes in investors' sentiment measure could have an impact on stock returns and volatility and that investors' sentiment might be an...

The objective of this paper is to conduct an analysis on a very significant behavioral finance issue discussed in its recent studies; namely, the relationship between investors' sentiment and the returns of stock markets. This study will be conducted in the context of the Saudi stock exchange...

This research aims to evaluate emergent or new dimensions of corporate governance (CG) practice in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as demonstrated by selected companies listed in the Saudi stock exchange. The research seeks to enrich existing literature in the field for best practice and...

This study analyses the differences in the level of foreign portfolio investment in public sector banks and private sector banks. The study finds that the foreign portfolio investment in private sector banks is higher than the public sector banks when FIIs investment is considered as a...

The study analyses the inter-firm differences in the foreign institutional investors' portfolio investment with respect to the firm characteristics for a sample of Indian firms. The firm specific characteristics studied are promoters' shareholding, firm size, systematic risk, price to book...

Fully flexible credit system is gaining prominence among higher education institutions. This paper discusses the merits of the system in management education and also highlights the issues in its implementation

Purpose: This study evaluates if the relationship between leverage and firm performance is impacted by firm size with a sample of 900 listed non-financial Indian firms over the ten-year period, 2010 to 2019.Approach/Methodology/Design: Threshold panel regression method developed for non-dynamic...