Corporate Governance: Volume 21 Issue 7

The effect of social and ethical practices on environmental disclosure: evidence from an international ESG data

Salim Chouaibi, Habib Affes

Given the rising global interest in the environmental, social and governance (ESG) index, the purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of social and ethical practices on…

Voluntary appointment of independent directors: evidence from Taiwan

Mao-Feng Kao, Lynn Hodgkinson, Aziz Jaafar

Using a data set of Taiwanese listed firms from 2002 to 2015, this paper aims to examine the determinants to voluntarily appoint independent directors.

Board processes revisited: an exploration of the relationship between board processes, board role performance and board effectiveness in comparable European listed companies

Peter AM Jansen

This study aims to analyse the relationships between board processes, board role performance and board effectiveness for a cross-country (UK and Romania) sample of comparable…

Determinants of the quality of external board evaluation in the UK

Abdus Sobhan, Emmanuel Adegbite

This study aims to examine the influence of the following on the quality of externally facilitated board evaluation, namely, the timing of adoption of external board evaluation…

Financial soundness of Islamic banks: does the structure of the board of directors matter?

Afef Khalil, Imen Ben Slimene

The purpose of this paper is to examine the Board of Directors’ characteristics and their impact on the financial soundness of Islamic banks.

Governance failure and its impact on financial distress

Sourour Hazami-Ammar, Amal Gafsi

The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of corporate governance failure, excess remuneration and entrenchment of managers, company variables and corporate governance…

Board diversity and performance in a masculine, aged and glocal supply chain: new empirical evidence

Giuseppe Giulio Calabrese, Alessandro Manello

This study aims to contribute to the debate on the relationship between board diversity and performance, a hot topic for scholars and shareholders. A number of studies have found…

Corporate governance and risk-taking of Islamic banks: evidence from OIC countries

Ejaz Aslam, Razali Haron

This paper aims to investigate the impact of corporate governance and other related factors on the risk-taking of Islamic banks. Risk-taking is defined according to credit risk…

Managerial ability and real earnings management in family firms

Adhitya Agri Putra, Nanda Fito Mela, Ferdy Putra

This study aims to examine the effect of managerial ability on real earnings management (hereafter REM) in family firms.

Corporate social responsibility and financial performance: bidirectional relationship and mediating effect of customer loyalty: investigation in Sweden

Abir Hichri, Moez Ltifi

The study is based on a hybrid model composed of accounting and business data and is amongst the first to test the impact of corporate social responsibility (CSR) performance on…