Corporate Governance: Volume 16 Issue 2

Boards attributes that increase firm risk – evidence from the UK

Sudha Mathew, Salma Ibrahim, Stuart Archbold

The purpose of this paper is to identify the board attributes that significantly increase firm risk. The study aims to find whether board size, percentage of non-executive…

Corporate governance: the impact of director and board structure, ownership structure and corporate control on the performance of listed companies on the Ghana stock exchange

Josephine Darko, Zakaria Ali Aribi, Godfrey C. Uzonwanne

The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between corporate governance and firm performance of listed Ghanaian companies.

Awakening giants? The politically contested modification of institutional investors

Markus Kallifatides, Sophie Nachemson-Ekwall

The purpose of this paper is to offer a political perspective on modifications in corporate governance regulation. In the wake of the financial crisis, the investment rationale of…

A multi-methodology on building a corporate governance index from the perspectives of academics and practitioners for firms in Greece

Michail Nerantzidis

The purpose of this paper is to look inside the “black box” in corporate governance (CG) measurement, and shed some light on how to construct a transparent, reliable and valid…

On the impact of outside blockholders’ voting power

Zhonghui Hugo Wang

The purpose of this paper is to complement existing research of the relationship between concentrated ownership and firm performance by theoretically exploring the impact of…

Corporate governance mechanisms and agency costs: cross-country analysis

Tatiana Garanina, Elina Kaikova

The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether specific corporate governance mechanisms, such as board size, board composition, leverage and firm size, tend to mitigate…

Business students’ perceptions of corporate governance best practices

Kathryn M. Zuckweiler, Kirsten M. Rosacker, Suzanne K. Hayes

This paper aims to develop a better understanding of business students' perceptions of the relative importance of corporate governance best practices within the context of major…

Earnings quality and audit attributes in high concentrated ownership market

Ahmed Hussein Al-Rassas, Hasnah Kamardin

The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of the audit committee (AC) independence, financial expertise, internal audit function, audit quality and ownership…

An examination of the quality of social and environmental disclosures by Nigerian oil companies

Odhiambo Odera, Albert Scott, Jeff Gow

This study seeks to examine the quantity and quality of social and environmental disclosures (SEDs) of Nigerian oil companies. The study aims to analyse SED activities as reported…

Corporate governance and firm performance in developing countries: evidence from India

Akshita Arora, Chandan Sharma

This study aims to examine the impact of corporate governance on firm performance for a large representative sample.