Corporate Governance: Volume 18 Issue 2

Are female leaders more efficient in family firms than in non-family firms?

Per-Olof Bjuggren, Louise Nordström, Johanna Palmberg

The aim of this study is to investigate whether female leaders are more efficient in family firms than in non-family firms.

Ownership structure and firm performance: evidence from the subprime crisis period

Mamduh M. Hanafi, Bowo Setiyono, I Putu Sugiartha Sanjaya

This paper aims to compare the effect of ownership on firm performances in the 1997 and 2008 financial crises. More specifically, it investigates the effect of cash flow rights…

Board independence, state ownership and stock return volatility during Chinese state enterprise reform

Cheng Zhang, Kee Cheok Cheong, Rajah Rasiah

This study aimed at investigating the influence of corporate governance on firm risk during the Chinese state enterprise reform. The purposes of this study are to examine the…

The effectiveness of internal corporate governance and audit quality: the role of ownership concentration – Malaysian evidence

Adel AlQadasi, Shamharir Abidin

This study is motivated by the competing views on whether internal governance mechanisms complement or substitute for external auditing, and how this association is affected by…

Corporate governance risk and the agency problem

Walaa Wahid ElKelish

This study aims to investigate the relationship between corporate governance risk and agency costs across different countries.

Does corporate governance structures promote shareholders or stakeholders value maximization? Evidence from African banks

Baah Aye Kusi, Agyapomaa Gyeke-Dako, Elikplimi Komla Agbloyor, Alexander Bilson Darku

The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between corporate governance structures and stakeholder and shareholder value maximization perspectives in 267 African…

Human capital and financial performance in professional football: the role of governance mechanisms

Vincenzo Scafarto, Panagiotis Dimitropoulos

The main purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between human capital investments and financial performance in the professional football industry. The authors…

A longitudinal analysis of corporate greenhouse gas disclosure strategy

Yang Stephanie Liu, Jessica Hong Yang

This paper aims to investigate the extent to which greenhouse gas (GHG)-sensitive companies in the FTSE 100 disclose carbon emission information in their annual reports and…

An integrative approach to HRM–firm performance relationship: a missing link to corporate governance

Jelena Petrovic, George Saridakis, Stewart Johnstone

The purpose of this paper is to contribute to ongoing debates regarding the human resource management (HRM)-firm performance relationship. In seeking to provide a more complete…

Women directors’ propensity towards risk in technology firms

Syed Shafqat Mukarram, Tahira Ajmal, Abubakr Saeed

This study aims to investigate the impact of the presence of women directors on firm’s risk-taking behavior in industries where innovation is pivotal and how this impact varies…