... or strength but also on the divergence of managerial risk-taking incentives. Managerial heterogeneity Risk-taking incentives Firm risk Firm performance Executive compensation G30 G32 Although incentive heterogeneity typically stems from managerial diversity, this evidence suggests...

... decision announcements. Our study contributes to the literature on executive compensation by providing evidence consistent with efficient contracting. Executive compensation Firm performance Efficient contracting Over the last several decades, executive compensation has been an often...

... Publishing Limited 2024 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Media sentiment Institutional investors Stock return Firm performance G13 G14 Market manipulation has historically been a difficult offense to prove, according to securities lawyers, because it can...

... regulated without negatively affecting firm performance. Design/methodology/approach These policies targeted state-owned enterprises (SOEs), especially central state-owned enterprises (CSOEs). Using these policies as natural experiments, the authors investigate how their effects differ on CEO...

..., fraud and firm performance, without connecting the dots on how these different corporate outcomes fit together to form a comprehensive picture. To address this limitation in the existing theoretical frameworks, we build on Bromiley and Rau (2016) and offer a new integrated theoretical framework...

...Paula Hearn Moore; Ben Le; Donna L. Paul Purpose This paper examines how manufacturing firms impacted by the nitrogen oxides (NO_x) Budget Trading Program (NBP) strategically managed working capital to release funds for increased costs and mitigate the negative impact on firm performance...

... the relationship between women’s presence in corporate positions and firm performance in Colombia, finding a positive relationship between gender diversity and firm performance. The study suggests that the impact of gender diversity on firm performance may be context-dependent, with different countries...

... of the two questions above. Specifically, whether the differences between young vs established firms make certain characteristics of young CEOs beneficial to young firms. Firm performance Executive compensation CEO firm match Young firms are different from established firms in several ways...

... of these for research and practice are discussed in the paper. Corporate governance Family-controlled firms Firm performance Jurisdiction Yuan George Shan can be contacted at: george.shan@uwa.edu.au 11 12 2021 12 05 2022 07 06 2022 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2022 Emerald...

... firm performance (ex-post measure). Design/methodology/approach This paper utilizes a comprehensive, proprietary database with information about the educational qualifications and prior professional experience of 1,340 CFOs hired during the period 1994–2014. For each CFO, the authors hand-collected...

... education moderates the linkage of firm performance with regional and religious affiliation. Design/methodology/approach The authors employ pooled Ordinary Least Square with fixed effects and Fama-Macbeth regression techniques to test their hypotheses. Findings The results reveal that firms...

...Guoping Liu; Jerry Sun Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine whether independent directors' financial expertise affects the use of private information in setting bank chief executive officer (CEO) bonuses. Design/methodology/approach The association between future firm performance...

...Imad Jabbouri; Hamza Almustafa Purpose This paper aims to document the impact of corporate cash holdings on firm performance in Middle East and North African (MENA) emerging markets. The authors also examine how the quality of national governance shapes the interaction between corporate cash...

... 30 08 2019 05 12 2019 23 12 2019 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2020 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Small business Credit access Tax structure Firm performance Entrepreneurship Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are often acknowledged...

..., capital expenditures and also cross-product terms between the elements of the corporate focus hypothesis, all of which have received little attention in prior research. There are significant differences between firms announcing positive and negative-valued discontinued operations. Firm performance...

...Nufazil Altaf; Farooq Ahmad Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between working capital financing and firm performance for a sample of 437 non-financial Indian companies. In addition, this study examines the impact of financial constraints on working capital financing...

..., this study documents the existence of an optimal level of NWC in an emerging market. Third, firm performance, as measured in both market and accounting value, can be improved with efficient working capital management. Finally, the study includes the impact of the business cycle in an analysis of the effects...

...Allam Hamdan Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate what effect, if any, foreign ownership has on the relationship between board interlocking and firm performance. Design/methodology/approach Data on 131 firms from various sectors listed in the Saudi Financial Market during...

... Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Firm performance Labour economics Unemployment insurance Volatility of firm performance This paper investigates whether labor unemployment insurance (hereafter, UI) influences firms’ future performance. Extant literature in accounting...

... for ownership structure. Originality/value Departing from the existing literature, the author investigates the role of primary and secondary equity markets for firm performance in an integrated framework because both markets interact closely in reality. The author shows that public listed firms can benefit...