Purpose - This paper aims to investigate how ethnic diversity and finance options impact the survival of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in New Zealand. Design/methodology/approach - This study incorporates survey data and secondary data from the public domain. The surveys were...

The present study sheds light on the comparative experiences of the two countries originating from differing legal systems and describes how their codes and practices affect the publicly listed firms' performance. It investigates the linkages between Research and Development (R&D) expenditures,...

Growing awareness of global environment and social problems has led to non-financial parameters becoming an important source of providing a competitive edge to the organizations, and thus to ensure business sustainability. Business sustainability is often referred to as the process whereby the...

Discoverability or visibility is a challenge that faces all researchers worldwide – with an ever increasing supply of good research entering the scholarly marketplace; this challenge is only becoming intensified as time passes. The global language of scholarly research is English and so the...

This study examines the issue of gender diversity on boards of firms listed on the New Zealand Stock exchange (NZX). New Zealand was chosen because it has one of the lowest rates of women on public-company boards in the western world, according to data from the Institute of Directors. In...

Research question: This paper empirically examines the impact of corporate governance reforms on the financial performance of Indian state-owned enterprises (SOEs) for the period 2003–2011.Research findings/insights: The findings indicate that the various corporate governance reforms...