...@ut.ac.ir © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Financial services Critical success factors Corporate social responsibility Banking sector Banking is the biggest service sector in Iran. Banks provide almost all of the financial services, such as several types of financing, saving...

... for acquiring firms seeking takeover targets. Originality/value This paper is the first, to the best of the authors' knowledge, to document board age as an important governance characteristic. Corporate governance Financial services Mergers and acquisitions Shareholders Directors...

...Morrison Handley‐Schachler; Linda Juleff; Colin Paton Purpose The purpose of this paper is to overview the goals of corporate governance in the financial services sector from a theoretical perspective. This sector has experienced some high profile corporate scandals, including BCCI, Barings...