We investigate the role of political connections in the performance of family firms. We do so in the setting of Bangladesh, an emerging economy in which family firms are dominant and a weak regulatory environment increases the payoffs from political connections. We find that family firms perform...

Purpose: The objective of this study is to examine the impact of family ownership on firm performance. In particular we investigate whether family firms outperform non-family firms and whether first generation family firms perform better than second generation family firms in an emerging economy...

We investigate the relationship between corporate board structure and firm performance of Bangladeshi companies. Using a sample of 654 firm year observations for the period 2005-2009, the results show some support for aspects of agency theory as a greater proportion of independent directors on...

Purpose – This study aims to purport to investigate the relationship between firm size, profitability, board diversity (namely, director gender and nationality) and the extent of corporate social responsibility (CSR) disclosures within a developing nation context. Design/methodology/approach...