...Mohamed El Gout; Abdallah Sadik; Md Aslam Mia Purpose This study aims to investigate the impact of gender diversity on the efficiency of microfinance institutions (MFIs) in Africa through the lens of social identity theory and Tokenism theory. The analysis focuses on gender diversity at three...

...Ahmed Mohamed Habib; Umar Nawaz Kayani Purpose This study aims to explore the relative efficiency of the working capital management (WCM) for Emirati firms before and during the coronavirus crisis. Next, this study explores the potential impact of WCM on the likelihood of financial distress...

...Isaac Boadi; Raymond Dziwornu; Daniel Osarfo Purpose The marginalization of women on boards is a heavily discussed topic across the world, especially in Ghana. Apart from estimating the link between boardroom gender diversity and technical efficiency of banks, this study aims to test the presence...

...Walaa Wahid ElKelish; Panagiotis Zervopoulos Purpose This paper aims to investigate the internal and external determinants of firms’ efficiency and develop optimal corporate governance risk benchmarks for the manufacturing sector across different countries. Design/methodology/approach...

... envelopment analysis to generate an efficiency score based on corporate governance, ownership structure and financial characteristics of companies. In the second stage, the study applies a bootstrap truncated regression to identify whether there is a relationship between the efficiency scores and a company...

... to generalize the results. Practical implications The socio‐eco‐efficiency analysis offered by Fundação Espaço Eco creates a differentiation strategy for BASF in Brazil. The work enables BASF's clients to reduce negative impacts while increasing their financial, social and environmental performance...

... part of its primary purpose, the upholding of co‐operative identity (purpose). That purpose includes the efficient delivery of services and products required by co‐operative members in the context of building their common community. Co‐operatives we should remember were formed in response...