..., regulatory pressures and livelihood interdependence. Originality/value The study advances stakeholder and regenerative business scholarship by theorizing regenerative CSR as a governance process shaped by context, rather than a universal business model. It provides rare empirical evidence from Nigeria...

...Aruoriwo Marian Chijoke-Mgbame; Emmanuel Adegbite; Simisola Akintoye; Franklin Nakpodia; Elewechi Okike Purpose Drawing on social categorisation and institutional theories, this research aims to examine the challenges faced by female board members in Nigeria, prior to and during their tenures...

...). Design/methodology/approach Using a dynamic system generalized method of moments estimation to control for endogeneity, the data for this research is manually collected from the annual reports of small and large firms in Nigeria (80 firms) and South Africa (100 firms) for the period 2012–2017 (900 firm...

...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...

...Umar Habibu Umar; Abubakar Isa Jibril; Sulaiman Musa Purpose This study aims to examine the effects of audit committee attributes on corporate philanthropic donations before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Design/methodology/approach The study targets Nigeria’s listed firms between 2019...

... outcomes. In doing this, the case study qualitative methodology is adopted, relying on data from one Fidelity Bank, Nigeria. Findings By articulating a tripodal thematic model – governance of externalities in the economy, governance of externalities in the social system and governance of externalities...

... relationship of listed companies in Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach The paper uses a panel data set comprising 841 firm-year observations for the period covering 2007-2016. Fixed effect regression analysis was used to examine the relationship between CSRD and firm performance, and the moderating role...

... to realize the goal of the firms. Figure 2 Stakeholder theory G32 G34 C58 The policy of privatization and commercialization was introduced in Nigeria by the then military government headed by General Ibrahim Babangida in 1988. This policy was an integral part of the World Bank...

...Chinyere Uche; Emmanuel Adegbite; Michael John Jones Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate institutional shareholder activism in Nigeria. It addresses the paucity of empirical research on institutional shareholder activism in sub-Saharan Africa. Design/methodology/approach...

...). Nigeria Motivations Oil companies Political economy theory Social and environmental disclosures Stakeholder demands The most distinguishing feature of social and environmental disclosures (SEDs) by companies is its voluntary nature. Consequently, these disclosures are characterised...

...Olusegun Felix Ayadi; Ade Thompson Ojo; Mary Femi Ayadi; Dorcas Titilayo Adetula Purpose – The purpose of the paper is to identify the key determinants of stock market performance in Nigeria. More specifically, it is an attempt to determine the effect of gender diversity in leadership roles...

... change for Nigeria. Adeolu O. Adewuyi can be contacted at: aoadewuyi@yahoo.co.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Specifically, the study sets out to: study the immediate change in governance mechanism after the release of the Code in 2003; classify the change as good...

...Gilbert Lenssen; Luk Van Wassenhove; Simon Pickard; Joris‐Johann Lenssen; Adaeze Okoye Purpose This paper aims to explore the question of the role of business in development from a contextual point of view. The context is Nigeria and its development challenges contrasted with the Nigerian oil...

... that making resources and opportunities available to local communities is not enough. The Niger Delta in Nigeria is, in this regard, a textbook case that demonstrates the challenge of achieving sustainable development in the context of acute inequalities. This paper seeks to address these issues...

...Emmanuel Adegbite Purpose Whilst taking Nigeria's peculiar institutional configurations into consideration, this paper aims to critically evaluate the Nigerian corporate governance regulatory system, which is characterised by endemic corporate corruption, and to explore how regulatory policy...

... the barriers, issues, and challenges hindering effective development and implementation of corporate governance in Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach A combination of quantitative and qualitative research methods was employed to collect information. Specifically, data were collected from 296...

... companies in Nigeria, the study adopts panel fixed effects regression models to estimate the relationship between financial leverage and corporate ownership, while controlling for some firm‐specific characteristics like profitability, firm size and firm age. Findings The study finds...

...Benjamin I. Ehikioya Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the link between corporate governance structure and firm performance in Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach The present study uses the regression model to analyze publicly available data for a sample of 107...