... aims to fill this gap by examining how academic directors impact corporate leverage, with a focus on the moderating effects of external governance mechanisms and ownership structure in Chinese A-listed firms. Design/methodology/approach This study uses a comprehensive panel dataset comprising...

...Faraj Salman Alfawareh; Malek Hamed Alshirah; Ahmad Farhan Alshira′h; Mahmoud Al-Kofahi Purpose This study aims to investigate the influence of ownership structure on chief executive officer (CEO) remuneration in an empirical manner. This paper also targets to explore the moderating effect...

...Duterval Jesuka; Miguel Hernandes Jûnior; Luciana Carvalho Purpose This study aims to examine the impact of corporate sustainability, ownership structure and the COVID-19 pandemic crisis on the exports of Brazilian listed firms. Additionally, it seeks to understand the export patterns of companies...

...Omar Ikbal Tawfik; Abdelbaset Queiri; Sameh Reyad Purpose This paper aims to examine the extent to which board composition and ownership structure (OS) affect a firm’s dividend payout (DP) policy. Design/methodology/approach The sample comprises a total of 1,432 firm-year observations for Gulf...

... aims to examine the role of corporate governance mechanisms, such as ownership structure, board composition and CEO dominance, in explaining corporate deleveraging policies. Design/methodology/approach Using a sample of listed Pakistani firms between 2010 and 2022, this study resorts to binary...

...Emeka Steve Emengini; Shedrach Chinwuba Moguluwa; Johnson Emberga Aernan; Jude Chidiebere Anago Purpose This paper aims to examine the impact of ownership structure on the accounting-based performance of listed Nigerian deposit money banks (DMBs) on Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX) from 2011 to 2020...

... socially responsible tax behaviour. This study aims to explore the impact of ownership structure, board and audit committee characteristics on corporate tax responsibility (CTR) disclosure. Design/methodology/approach This research collected data from the annual reports of Pakistani-listed firms over...

... between CG and outcomes, such as investment decisions and firm performance, is not yet well understood in the context of SMEs. Factors such as board size and independence can play a role in the relationship between ownership structure and performance. Implementing CG in SMEs can be difficult due...

...Muhammad Athar; Sumayya Chughtai; Abdul Rashid Purpose The aim of this study is to understand how board structure, size of audit committee (AC), gender diversity and ownership structure influence banks’ performance in Pakistan. This study also aims to examine how various dimensions of governance...

.... An advantage to be given to large boards is that they tend to give more attention and consideration to the level of risk to be taken in their investment decisions, making them more favorable to debtholders. Corporate governance Board structure Ownership structure Credit ratings Board of directors...

... relationship between the extent of SG and the audit committee and board of directors’ effectiveness. In terms of ownership structure, both institutional and foreign ownerships yielded an insignificant relationship with the extent of SDs. Practical implications The analyses have implications...

...Ali Meftah Gerged; Shaojie Yao; Khaldoon Albitar Purpose This study aims to investigate the possible implications of compliance with corporate governance (CG) provisions, including board composition and ownership structures, on the firm’s likelihood of falling into financial distress. Design...

... Limited Licensed re-use rights only Corporate governance Board composition Audit committees Ownership structure Financial reporting quality Capital markets are instrumental in making an economy function effectively and efficiently through the market participants (Beuselinck et al...

...Ajab Khan Purpose This study aims to investigate the impact of ownership structure and board characteristics on dividend policy in the listed Turkish firms between 2013 and 2019. Design/methodology/approach This study uses the probability of paying dividends, dividend payout ratio and dividend...

...Ritu Pareek; Tarak Nath Sahu Purpose Taking hints from the lacunas in the field of ownership structure and corporate social responsibility (CSR) performance of the firms in India, especially when the moderating effect of certain corporate governance mechanism comes into play, this study aims...

... and ownership structure. The global financial crisis and numerous corporate debacles have prompted extensive internal corporate governance reforms across different jurisdictions. In the USA for example, Congress passed the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) in 2002, which requires companies to strengthen...

...Moncef Guizani; Gaafar Abdalkrim Purpose This study aims to examine the mediating effect of board independence on the relationship between ownership structure and audit quality. Design/methodology/approach The research uses generalized methods of moments regression to test the relationship...

...Aws AlHares Purpose This study aims to investigate the impact of ownership structure and board structure on risk-taking as measured by research and development (R&D) Intensity in OECD countries. Design/methodology/approach A panel data of 300 companies from Anglo American and European...

...Md Mamunur Rashid Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the mediating role of corporate board characteristics in the relationship between ownership structure and firm performance in the listed public limited companies of Bangladesh. Design/methodology/approach The study analyzed 527...

...Nischay Arora; Balwinder Singh Purpose The purpose of the paper is to examine the impact of corporate governance mechanisms, i.e. board structure and ownership structure on the underpricing of small and medium enterprises (SME) IPOs in India. Design/methodology/approach Most of the extant...