...Aamir Khan; Muhammad Ilyas; Irshad Ahmad Yousafzai; Attia Aman-Ullah Purpose This paper aims to explore the moderating effect of Board Diversity ( BD ) and Corporate Social Responsibility Committee ( CSRCOM ) on the nexus between CSR and firm risk. Furthermore, these relationships are studied...

... risk. This outcome holds for composite CSR proxy and its three pillars, namely, environmental, social and governance. Further investigation confirms that 9 indicators out of 10 under those three pillars are also influential in mitigating firm risk except the shareholders’ rights indicator. The first...

...Amna Noor; Muhammad Farooq; Zonaib Tahir Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of audit committee (AC) characteristics, such as AC size, AC independence and gender diversity on firm risk in the context of an emerging market. Design/methodology/approach The sample data...

...Sudha Mathew; Salma Ibrahim; Stuart Archbold Purpose This study aims to explore the relationship between board governance structure and firm risk. In particular, this study develops a “governance index” based on four aspects of the board: board composition, board leadership structure, board member...

...Sudha Mathew; Salma Ibrahim; Stuart Archbold Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify the board attributes that significantly increase firm risk. The study aims to find whether board size, percentage of non-executive directors, women on the board, a powerful chief executive officer, equity...