... positions. Gender diversity Critical mass Women in corporate leadership Board of directors Financial performance ESG performance Gender diversity in the organizations has continued to become an important topic among top executives, policymakers and academics. The Target Gender Equality...

...Deepika Bansal; Shveta Singh Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of board structure on financial performance of Indian software companies. It is an empirical study carried out on 92 software companies from 2011 to 2018. Design/methodology/approach The board size, board...

... number of lawsuits and firm performance. Practical implications The results corroborate the harmfulness of lawsuits. On the one hand, a large number of lawsuits damage the firm’s financial performance directly; on the other hand, more lawsuits lead to enlarged in-house legal departments which further...

...Jong C. Rhim; Joy V. Peluchette; Inam Song This study investigates the effects of CEO succession on the stock and financial performance of large publicly held corporations over the years 1977‐1994. Using a market signaling framework, this study examines how the stock market responds to the expected...

...Kenneth K. Boyer This study presents a longitudinal analysis of patterns of investment in advanced manufacturing technologies (AMT) and financial performance. Investments in AMT from fifty manufacturing plants in the metalworking industries are examined. Data was collected via mail surveys...