...Saibal Ghosh Purpose Using a longitudinal data set from India, this study aims to investigate the relevance of academic directors (ADs) on bank boards. More specifically, this study examines the likelihood of ADs on boards, separately for state-owned banks ( SOB ) and domestic private banks...

...Rafael Robina-Ramírez; José Amelio Medina-Merodio; Rosa Estriégana; Hector V. Jimenez-Naranjo Purpose A model is proposed to develop happiness in the banking sector based on an improvement in the spirituality of employees. Design/methodology/approach Following the Schwartz’s model...

...Saibal Ghosh Purpose The purpose of the study is to understand the importance of corporate governance reforms for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) country banks. To address this issue, the author combines the staggered timing of corporate governance reforms for banks across MENA countries...

...Manas Mayur; Palanisamy Saravanan Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the performance implications of board size, composition and frequency of board meetings on the performance of banks. Design/methodology/approach The performance of banks is assessed on various parameters...

...Jean-Charles Deudon; Ana C. Marques; Gerrit Sarens Purpose – In this paper, two different ownership structures in Belgian banks are studied to see whether this had an impact on how these banks went through the financial crisis of 2007-2008. On the one hand, there is the concentrated ownership...

...Hardeep Chahal; Archana Kumari Purpose The present paper aims to measure talent management using corporate governance as a proxy measure and examine its impact on business performance in a public‐sector bank, i.e. State Bank of India. Design/methodology/approach Quarterly reports...

...Andrew Ross; Kenny Crossan Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of corporate governance structures in the UK and Germany addressing the extent to which corporate governance structures may have been a contributory factor to the recent banking crisis. Following a review...

... a well constructed local board can make a positive contribution to local operations. Research limitations/implications This research is limited by the fact that it considers one sector (banking) in one jurisdiction (New Zealand). Future research could consider other sectors and locations...

...Salim Chahine; Assem Safieddine Purpose Prior research suggests that corporations in countries with a weak and illiquid stock market rely either on internal resources or on loans from the banking system, while family businesses, in their desire to maintain control, prefer debt to equity. Owing...

.../methodology/approach The approach takes the form of a literature review and survey type questionnaire deriving from the literature. The questionnaire was administered to a sample of 61 top and middle level women managers, drawn from the context of 12 different banks in the Lebanese context...

...Sibel Yamak; Ömür Süer In this paper, we want to focus on the interactions of shareholder theory, stakeholder theory, institutional theory and agency theory in terms of corporate social responsibility. We will specifically study this issue in the context of commercial banks in the financial sector...