... in advanced economies (Adams et al., 2022 ; García-Meca et al., 2021), the dynamics of corporate governance in emerging markets—particularly in MENA—remain underexplored. Studies from Turkey (Maier and Yurtoglu, 2022), Sub-Saharan Africa (Agyemang-Mintah and Schadewitz, 2019), and South...

...Hamed Soleiymani; Farzaneh Nassirzadeh; Davood Askarany Purpose This study investigates the impact of boardroom psychological traits – narcissism, overconfidence and myopia – on stock price crash risk, focusing on the moderating role of corporate governance. It aims to provide insights into how...

...: Payout policy EDGAR Corporate governance G18 G34 G35 Modern information technology has changed the way investors process information. Among these advancements, the implementation of the Electronic Data Gathering Analysis and Retrieval (EDGAR) represents a noteworthy technological...

... by the fact that most papers studying the nexus leave financial firms from their sample. We attempt to fill this caveat by focussing on the importance of governance in influencing efficiency for the banking sector. The theoretical foundation of corporate governance was initially laid down by Berle...

...Mirela Oana Pintea; Andreea Mădălina Pop; Marius Dan Gavriletea; Ioana Cristina Sechel Purpose The purpose of this research is to evaluate the impact of adopting the principles of corporate governance on the financial performance of companies listed on the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BSE). To assess...

...Md. Ali Rasel; Sandar Win Purpose The purpose of this article is to systematically review extant research on the corporate governance (CG) of microfinance institutions (MFIs) from a global perspective. In the process, it discusses scholarly contributions and highlights key issues from the findings...

... for poor performance. Originality/value The study, therefore, suggests that CEO pay fails to serve as an internal corporate governance mechanism to alleviate agency problem in Nigeria’s listed firms. Corporate governance Nigeria Firm performance Asymmetric information CEO pay © Emerald...

...Sujani Thrikawala; Stuart Locke; Krishna Reddy Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between corporate governance (CG) and microfinance institution (MFI) performance, using a dynamic panel generalised method of moments (GMM) estimator to mitigate the serious issues...

... corporate governance. The policy implication of the findings is that governments, by taking steps that curb corruption, could enhance corporate governance by inducing firms into optimal debt financing and ownership structure decisions. Originality/value – The study focuses on firms in African...

...), or scale efficiency (SE). Research limitations/implications Whether the related schemes of the current corporate governance structure practised in China can achieve their expected results, as well as the possible future development direction of the governance structure, is of the utmost importance...

... Limited 2008 Corporate governance Finance Performance management Ghana Discussions on corporate governance have largely centred around large firms and in most cases in advanced economies. Stephen and Backhaus (2003) have highlighted that the problem of corporate governance...

... problem – to facilitate the establishment of an effective system for corporate governance of the privatised companies. Can it succeed in resolving that problem? This paper provides an analysis of mass privatisation objectives, the legal and economic frameworks of privatisation, funds’ activities...

... discussions leading to the study documented in this book. References Nunnenkamp , P. (1995), “ The German model of corporate governance: basic features, critical issues and applicability to transition economies ”, Kiel Working Paper, No. 713. ...

...Jan Hanousek; Evžen Kočenda This paper discusses the privatisation process in the Czech Republic and its influence on corporate governance. While in 1989 the private sector totalled less than 1 per cent of the GDP, at the end of 1996 more than 70 per cent of the GDP was produced by the private...

... governance given the high information costs of monitoring relative to the individual returns from such activity. Institutional investors (pension funds, life insurance companies, mutual funds) could play an important role in corporate governance, but particularly in the UK, tend to adopt a passive role. When...