During times of distress, companies are compelled to reassess operational policies and reengineer strategic formulations to discern value maximising uses for limited resources. The executive’s agility to react to financial distress determines the probability of bankruptcy. Proper governance...

This paper examines the influence of family business groups' affiliated and non-affiliated firms on earnings manipulation on a sample of Pakistani listed firms for the period of 2014 to 2019. The sample of this paper consists of 323 listed firms from the Pakistan Stock Exchange. Data were...

The main purpose of this study is to shed light on the relationship between corporate governance, tax avoidance, and corporate social responsibility disclosure in emerging and frontier markets Nigeria and Pakistan, respectively. The current study employs a unique set of datasets about 91...

One of the basic functions of establishing corporate governance (CG) in companies is improving performance and increasing value for shareholders. Expanding the company's value will ultimately increase the shareholders' wealth. Therefore, it is natural for shareholders to seek to improve their...

This research inquiry analyzed the association between corporate governance and firm performance through the mediating role of financial leverage based on panel data of 2568 firms during the period from 2002 to 2017. The study uses a two-step dynamic panel as well as a generalized method of...

The COVID-19 pandemic is damaging economies across the world, including financial markets and institutions in all possible dimensions. For banks in particular, the pandemic generates multifaceted crises. This is likely to be worse in developing economies with poor financial market architecture....