Corporate Governance: Volume 20 Issue 6

Board of directors network centrality and environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance

Maretno Agus Harjoto, Yan Wang

Drawing from social capital, social network theory of stakeholder influence and stakeholder management, the purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between board…

The association between independent directors and company value. Confronting evidence from two emerging markets

Maria Aluchna, Jyoti Devi Mahadeo, Bogumił Kamiński

The purpose of the paper is to advance the understanding of the links between the presence of independent directors (IDs) on boards and the company value in the specific context…

Political connections and banking performance: the moderating effect of gender diversity

Catarina Proença, Mário Augusto, José Murteira

This study aims to investigate the role of board gender diversity in explaining the effects of board members’ political connections on banking performance in the Eurozone.

Influence of governance regime on controller roles – supervisory board members’ perspectives on business unit controller roles and role conflict

Bert Steens, Anouk de Bont, Frans Roozen

The plethora of changes in the corporate governance landscape over the past two decades has the potential to tighten governance regimes and influence the preference of supervisory…

Finance, corporate value and credit market freedom in overinvesting US firms

Alfonsina Iona, Marco Alberto De Benedetto, Dawit Zerihun Assefa, Michele Limosani

Using a sample of US firms more likely to be affected by agency problems, the purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between corporate value and financial…

Does corporate governance affect the performance of Islamic banks? New insight into Islamic countries

Ejaz Aslam, Razali Haron

Corporate governance plays a significant role to overcome agency issues and develop the culture of transparency and openness. In this context, this paper aims to examine how…

Do analysts’ recommendations reflect co-opted boards?

Suwongrat Papangkorn, Pattanaporn Chatjuthamard, Pornsit Jiraporn, Piyachart Phiromswad

This study aims to examine whether co-opted directors influence analysts’ recommendations. As information intermediaries, financial analysts should incorporate the quality of…

Board diversity and investment efficiency: evidence from China

Irfan Ullah, Aurang Zeb, Muhammad Arif Khan, Wu Xiao

The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between board diversity measured as relation-oriented, task-oriented and board overall diversity and firm’s investment…

Does the gender quota law affect bank performances? Evidence from Italy

Romilda Mazzotta, Olga Ferraro

This study aims to examine the impact of an increasing board diversity on the performance of Italian listed banks for the period 2008–2014, taking into account the effects of the…

Exploring how independent directors view CSR inequality using a quasi-natural experiment

Viput Ongsakul, Napatsorn Jiraporn, Pornsit Jiraporn

The purpose of this paper is to explore corporate social responsibility (CSR) inequality, which is the inequality across different CSR categories. Higher inequality suggests a…