... experience higher costs in terms of absorbing and integrating more diverse information extracted from interfirm network ties. Boards of directors Interlocking directorates Resource dependency theory Network analysis How do director network ties impact firm performance? This is a question...

..., while it is strengthened by the gap between the focal firm's performance on succession and the industry-average level of performance Originality/value By establishing a theoretical model, the present study analyzes the process of CEO selection to explore the role of boards of directors...

... 2018 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2018 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Gender Women Boards of directors Corporate governance Corporate social performance Role congruity Research on boards of directors (hereafter, boards) has typically argued...

...Ana B. Hernández-Lara; Juan P. Gonzales-Bustos Purpose Boards of directors of large companies all over the world frequently have a certain number of shared directors, which can be motivated by social structures that foster different types of links, including investments and vertical relationships...

..., few “are devoted to the relationship between the board of directors, as a source of intellectual capital for the company, and corporate performance.” By using the dynamic capabilities framework, we offer a broader and more complex perspective of how director interlocks can generate economic benefits...

... Limited Licensed re-use rights only Network analysis Boards of directors Interlocking directorates Ownership Business groups Business groups, also known as pyramidal organizations, are collections of firms that are bound together, despite being legally separate entities (Granovetter, 2005...

... Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Information processing Boards of directors Executive successions Nominating committees Extensive research illustrates that boards of directors are key to effectively manage executive successions (Finkelstein et al., 2009...

... to the study of the board of directors and particularly to the roles that this governing body undertakes within a company (Kumar and Zattoni, 2014). Although it can be found that boards perform several roles (Johnson et al., 1996 ; Zahra and Pearce, 1989), these can be organized into two main...

...Guclu Atinc; Mark Kroll; Bruce Walters The authors contend that immediately following the initial public offering (IPO), the new owners that replace the original ones are likely to request changes in two corporate governance mechanisms, board of directors and top management teams (TMTs...

.... Family ownership, which, for the purposes of this paper, is established when two or more members of the board of directors, sharing the same name, are also shareholders in the company, consistent with prior works in the family business literature (Chang and Shim, 2015), is common worldwide and different...

... Publishing Limited 2015 Corporate governance Group dynamics Boards of directors Board effectiveness Board composition Perhaps often, and certainly occasionally, men cannot be promoted or selected or even must be relieved because they cannot function, because they ‘do not fit’, where...

... (such as ownership concentration). The integrative, multi-theoretic model that the authors propose in this paper is a unique contribution to the governance literature. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 Management effectiveness Boards of directors Corporate governance For many years...

... studied aspects are the ethical and sustainable behaviours of organisations. These aspects are related to the characteristics of boards of directors, especially to external directors. Independent directors may disagree with disclosing information about CSR practices because they fear that this information...

... of the board were the main contributing factors to the company's collapse. Practical implications The implications include impacts on the way in which European organisations are governed and the composition of the management teams and Board of Directors. Additional implications include changes...

... are provided for subsequent empirical testing. The paper holds environmental complexity and munificence constant, but discusses the implication of that in the conclusions. Practical implications The research has implications for shareholders and bondholders. It also has implications for Boards of Directors...

...Nada K. Kakabadse; Hong Yang; Richard Sanders Purpose The primary aim of this paper is to examine whether boards of directors with independent members function as effective corporate governance mechanisms in Chinese State‐Owned Enterprises (SOEs), by analysing four characteristics of non‐executive...

... credence to the argument that boards represent a supplemental source of value creation in the buyout process. Research limitations/implications For scholars, the study presents a platform for further inquiry into the role of boards of directors in R‐LBOs as well as the inclusion of resource dependence...

...Jelena Petrovic Purpose This paper seeks to examine the current debate regarding the role of a board director. Design/methodology/approach A comprehensive review of the corporate governance (CG) literature is undertaken, with a particular focus on director contribution to board effectiveness...

...T.M. Nisar; R. Martin; Michael R. Braun; Scott F. Latham Purpose The purpose of the study is to explore the board of directors in leveraged buyouts (LBOs) as a distinct source of value creation and to conceptually investigate the going‐private transaction via LBO as a response to deficient...

... and contribution of IJV board directors to board effectiveness. Further, it is concluded that current understanding of IJV board functioning and the ways in which directors of IJV boards contribute to board effectiveness remains incomplete. Originality/value Apart from highlighting the need for further study...