We examine the impact of political connections of ruling (royal) family on investment efficiency in a unique setting. We hypothesize that political and economic ultimate power of ruler and their family influences the firm's investment efficiency. Their cultural and political capabilities and...

A sudden surge of competition following audit privatisation in the Iranian audit market may create some positive or negative consequences on audit quality. Such significant accounting reform occurred in the unfavourable audit market of Iran where the demand for high quality audit services as...

We examine the association between ICT investment, corporate governance and firm performance. Using an international sample of 62,199 firm-year observations from 42 countries, we find that ICT investment and corporate governance mechanisms (i.e., board independence and foreign ownership) on...

We examine the association of integrated financial and extra-financial narrative disclosures in the management commentary section of corporate annual reports with firm valuation, as well as the moderating role of internal and external governance mechanisms in this association. Using 31,327...