This paper investigates the role of corporate board size and board independence on the volatility of stock returns of Ghanaian-listed firms. A sample of 22 listed firms on the Ghana Stock Exchange was used, between 2011 and 2019. The study adopted the panel-corrected standard error (PCSE)...

The mechanism of governing corporate affairs in line with strategic goal of shareholders' value creation (SVC) has been pivotal debate among academic and institutional scholars over last few decades. Most of the studies in developing countries including Pakistan, have considered more...

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of board attributes and insider ownership on cash holdings of non-financial firms listed on Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) Pakistan during 2008-2012. Empirical results indicate that board attributes such as CEO duality, board size and board...

This study examines the implications of CEO power on the board structure of banks in the Ghanaian banking industry. Using a unique hand-collected dataset in respect of 21 commercial banks in Ghana for the 2009 – 2017 periods, the results show that CEO power underscores the absence or lack of...

This dissertation consists of three essays examining the relation between corporate governance and firm performance. The theme of this study is that the widely documented long-term underperformance in equity carve-outs can be partly explained by weak corporate governance.The first essay...

This study examines the effectiveness of going-concern prediction models by comparing models that incorporate corporate governance variables with models based solely on financial ratios. The aim was to compare the predictive power of going-concern models that combine corporate governance...

This dissertation consists of three essays examining the relation between corporate governance and firm performance. The theme of this study is that the widely documented long-term underperformance in equity carve-outs can be partly explained by weak corporate governance. The first essay...

This study examined the relationship between corporate governance and the financial performance of insurance firms in Kenya over the period 2013-2018. The data were collected from 51 Insurance firms licensed to operate in Kenya as of 31 December 2018. Regression analysis was used and the results...