... of the CC BY 4.0 licence. Corporate governance Family firms Firm performance Board independence Minority shareholder protection Dual-class shares A substantial share of listed companies worldwide is controlled by families, including firms such as Samsung in South Korea, BMW in Germany...

.... Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first study to attempt in the context of an emerging economy like Bangladesh that unveils the impact of CEO – board-chair family ties on firm performance and the moderating role of board independence in that relationship. The findings...

... re-use rights only Boardroom dynamics Board independence Board size Corporate governance Financial performance Gender diversity Indian private sector banks Nonexecutive directors Return on assets (ROA) Tobin’s Q Regulatory reforms Women directors India’s banking sector...

...Khairul Anuar Kamarudin; Akmalia Mohamad Ariff; Nurul Azlin Azmi; Mohd Taufik Mohd Suffian Purpose This study aims to examine the nonlinear effects of board size and board independence on the corporate sustainability performance of listed firms worldwide. Design/methodology/approach This study...

...Zayyad Abdul-Baki; Roszaini Haniffa; Ahmed Diab Purpose This study aims to examine whether corporate governance mechanisms – board size, board independence and CEO duality – influence the actions of oil companies operating in Nigeria to clean up oil spills from their facilities. Design...

... firms to raise board independence. The difference-in-difference analysis is far less vulnerable to endogeneity and is more likely to show a causal influence, rather than a mere association. Findings The results show that more independent directors improve innovation efficiency significantly...

...) and board independence between managerial ability and IEM. Design/methodology/approach Sample consists of 864 firm-years listed on the Indonesian Stock Exchange. Informative earnings management is measured by the relationship between discretionary accruals and earnings growth. Managerial ability...

... observations were used to test the hypotheses. This study used a hierarchical regression model to examine the relationship. Findings This study found that board attributes are important predictors of human rights reporting. This study shows that both board diversity and board independence have a positive...

... regulatory shock to board independence. To mitigate endogeneity and demonstrate causation, the authors also perform propensity score matching, instrumental-variable analysis and Oster’s (2019) approach for testing coefficient stability. Findings The difference-in-difference estimates show that firms...

... regulatory shock that forced certain firms to raise board independence. This approach is significantly less vulnerable to endogeneity and is much more likely to show a causal effect. The results using propensity score matching, principal component analysis and instrumental-variable analysis are confirmed...

... regulators and scholars that the independent directors could ensure effective corporate governance and board independence by monitoring the actions of management and ensuring that management act of the best interest of the stockholders. However, the empirical evidence supporting this belief has demonstrated...

... evidence of a positive effect of board independence on the CSR–firm performance relationship. Practical implications The study contributes to the understanding of CSRD–firm performance relationship by providing evidence of the moderating role of corporate governance. It is, therefore, recommended...

...Mohammad Alipour; Mehrdad Ghanbari; Babak Jamshidinavid; Aliasghar Taherabadi Purpose This study aims to link environmental disclosure quality (EDQ) to firm performance and examine the moderating role of board independence in this relationship. Design/methodology/approach Drawing on agency...

.... The suitable model, i.e. fixed and random effect model, is selected using Hausman specification test. Findings The notable findings show that board independence has a significant and positive relationship with firm value only for state-owned companies. Furthermore, the results show that market...

... indicated that the relationship between promoter ownership and firm performance is different at different levels of promoter ownership. Board size is found to be positively related to ROA; however, board independence is not found to be related to any of the performance measures. Research limitations...

... of board meetings have also been found to have inverse relationship with firm performance. The study supports board independence to improve transparency in board decision-making process. CEO compensation has been found to have inverse relationship with firm performance. The robustness of our results has...