The role of outside directors is one of the key features in the transatlantic corporate governance debate. As their importance rises, their liability is also attracting attention. Since there are only a few cases internationally in which outside directors of listed companies have been held...

The article considers the role of independent directors in the governance of companies. It puts forth the role of independent directors in the good governance of companies and looks at the issues that question the independence of the independent directors

Research question/issue: This study examines how ownership structure affects the presence of female directors on supervisory and management boards and the related advantages of gender diversity in the boardroom. It was conducted in a post-communist country and the argument is that the process of...

Worldwide, the presence of independent directors on the board of listed companies is seen as an integral element of a company's corporate governance process and has become a pre requisite for good governance. Consequently, in the recent years, governance reforms in India have increasingly pinned...

Independent directors are an important feature of modern corporate law. Courts and lawmakers around the world increasingly rely on these directors to protect investors from controlling shareholder opportunism. In this Article, we argue that the existing director-election regime significantly...

This study deals with the contribution of corporate board to value creation in a developing economies context as Tunisia. This paper aims to go beyond the conventional approaches to identify the different board roles that can contribute to enhance the creation of a given type of value according...

This study investigates the role of CEO, board independent director as well as separate elements of corporate governance on firm performance for the listed non-financial companies in Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) 2008.Specific objective of this research is to examine the relationship between...