Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 399,078
Cover Image
Board of Directors Characteristics and Performance in Family Firms
Vieira, Elisabete Simões - 2016
This paper examines the relationship between board of director characteristics and performance in family businesses, providing evidence on whether family firms differ from non-family ones and focusing also on the possibility of asymmetrical effects between periods of stability and economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012991929
Cover Image
Shareholder Composition, Corporate Governance and Their Monitoring Effects on Firm Performance
Mantovani, Guido Max - 2019
The main goal of the paper is to understand if the shareholder composition must be considered as part of the corporate governance framework or as monitoring factor. A related goal of the paper is to investigate if the shareholder composition must be included in the loop among the corporate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012863673
Cover Image
Effects of family ownership, debt and board composition on Mexican firms performance
San Martin-Reyna, Juan Manuel; Duran-Encalada, Jorqe A. - In: International Journal of Financial Studies : open … 3 (2015) 1, pp. 56-74
This study examines the relationship between ownership structure and performance of public firms in Mexico, considering debt and the structure of the board of directors as contextual and institutional factors. This research seeks to explain the mixed results about the relationship of ownership...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010499563
Cover Image
Firm performance and family related directors : empirical evidence from an emerging market
Hafezali Iqbal Hussain; Azlan Ali; Hassanudin Mohd Thas … - In: Contemporary economics 13 (2019) 2, pp. 187-204
Board composition is central to the worldwide corporate governance reforms that have taken place in recent years. The strong emphasis on director independence and board leadership is now part of all corporate governance regimes, including the regimes which has been introduced in Malaysia. It is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012176407
Cover Image
Stakeholder Influence and Board Role Performance in Microfinance Organizations : A Theory-Based Approach
Mori, Neema - 2014
Microfinance organizations provide financial services to low income individuals. In this paper I argue that good … stakeholders who sit on boards of microfinance organizations. The paper first identifies six types of microfinance stakeholders who …, boards and governance of microfinance organizations are identified and encouraged …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013068143
Cover Image
Board Size, Ownership Concentration and Future Firm Risk
Haider, Junaid - 2016
Purpose – First purpose of this study is to find out whether the negative relationship between board size and future firm risk persists in China while contemplating all sorts of endogeneity. Secondly, we investigate the role of large shareholders in influencing the managerial decisions of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012978943
Cover Image
Board Composition, Ownership Structure and Firm Performance : New Indian Evidence in a Unique Regulatory Environment
Ganguli, Santanu K. - 2016
The paper explores the impact of board composition and ownership structure on firm performance of Indian firms from 2009-2013 in presence of certain unique statutory provisions relating to independent directors and limits on ownership concentration. The results show that after controlling for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012996933
Cover Image
Board Structure in Publicly-Listed Family-Controlled Firms : Mitigating or Exacerbating Agency Issues?
Darmadi, Salim - 2012
Using an agency theory perspective, this paper examines the influence of family control on the board size and board independence of Indonesian listed firms. Further, the study also seeks to investigate whether family control explains the association between board structure and firm value. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013100663
Cover Image
Board Characteristics and Chinese Bank Performance
Liang, Qi - 2013
Using a sample of 50 largest Chinese banks during the period of 2003-2010, we explore a comprehensive set of board characteristics (size, composition and functioning of the board) and analyze their impacts on bank performance and bank asset quality in China. We find that the number of board...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013083271
Cover Image
Board Independence, Ownership Concentration and Corporate Performance - Chinese Evidence
Li, Ke - 2014
This paper investigates two successive reforms in China -- 2001 board independence and 2005 share structure -- to study their joint effects on corporate performance as ownership concentration declines. We find that both independent directors and ownership concentration ratios are individually...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013067498