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Are boards and institutional investors active monitors? Evidence from CEO dismissal
Florou, Annita; Pope, Peter - In: Managerial Auditing Journal 23 (2008) November, pp. 862-872
of outside directors and institutional ownership concentration and to explore the relative roles of accounting- and stock … accounting performance. This is consistent with institutional investors using a richer set of information than that contained in … reported accounting earnings. Research limitations/implications – Further research may examine the effect of board monitoring …
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Board effectiveness in corporate crises : lessons from the evolving empirical research
Abatecola, Gianpaolo; Farina, Vincenzo; Gordini, Niccolò - In: Corporate governance : the international journal for … 14 (2014) 4, pp. 531-542
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CEO emotional intelligence and board of directors' efficiency
Azouzi, Mohamed Ali; Jarboui, Anis - In: Corporate governance : the international journal for … 13 (2013) 4, pp. 365-383
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Corporate governance and investor reactions to seasoned equity offerings
Huang, Rongbing; Tompkins, James G. - In: Managerial Finance 36 (2010) July, pp. 603-628
PPurpose – The purpose of this paper is to study the role of corporate governance in abnormal returns around announcements of seasoned equity offerings (SEOs) by publicly traded US firms from 2001 to 2004. Design/methodology/approach – Cross-sectional regression analysis was used to...
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Board composition, CEO duality and performance among Malaysian listed companies
Nahar Abdullah, Shamsul - In: Corporate Governance: The international journal of … 4 (2004) 4, pp. 47-61
This study investigates the roles of board independence and CEO duality on a firm’s performance relying on financial ratios, namely ROA, ROE, EPS and profit margin. This paper argues that if boards and leadership structure are well in place and conform to the practices in other developed...
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Board structure and ownership in Malaysia: the case of distressed listed companies
Nahar Abdullah, Shamsul - In: Corporate Governance: The international journal of … 6 (2006) 5, pp. 582-594
Purpose – This study seeks to examine the influence of board independence, CEO duality and ownership structure on the firm financial distressed status using a sample of distressed companies and a matched‐pair sample of non‐distressed companies listed on the Bursa Malaysia....
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Corporate governance, restricted stock awards, and IRC Section 83(b) election
Dorata, Nina; Petra, Steven - In: Corporate Governance: The international journal of … 11 (2011) 1, pp. 54-63
Purpose – This study sets out to examine whether CEOs who hold the dual position of chairperson of the board exert increased influence over the board, resulting in compensation contracts more favorable to the CEO than to the firm. Design/methodology/approach – Correlation analysis is used to...
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CEO turnover and firm performance, evidence from Thailand
Rachpradit, Parichart; Tang, John C.S.; Ba Khang, Do - In: Corporate Governance: The international journal of … 12 (2012) 2, pp. 164-178
Purpose – This paper seeks to examine the relationship between chief executive officer (CEO) turnover and firm performance and the moderating effects of ownership structure and board structure with respect to listed non‐financial companies in Thailand. Design/methodology/approach – Logit...
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Fending knights or masked kings: toward a theoretical framework of interim CEO succession
Liang, Xin; Liu, Yanxin; Wu, Sibin; Zhang, Shujuan - In: Corporate Governance: The international journal of … 12 (2012) 3, pp. 367-377
Purpose – There is no previous systematic and theoretical investigation of the interim CEO succession practice. This research attempts to fill the gap by studying this phenomenon and hence advance executive succession research/practice. Design/methodology/approach – Based on agency theory,...
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Board effectiveness in corporate crises: lessons from the evolving empirical research
Abatecola, Gianpaolo; Farina, Vincenzo; Gordini, Niccolò - In: Corporate Governance 14 (2014) 4, pp. 531-542
Purpose – This article aims to comment on how the empirical research on board effectiveness in crisis contexts has been evolving over time. Over the years, the empirical evidences have demonstrated that particular board features can improve the survival chances of firms suffering a crisis and,...
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