Corporate Governance: Volume 22 Issue 1

How does corporate social responsibility influence firm financial performance?

Sourour Ben Saad, Lotfi Belkacem

This paper has three main purposes. First, this paper aims to study the effect of corporate social responsibility (CSR) on firm financial performance. Second, this study aims to…

Corporate governance in small and medium enterprises: a review

Kuldeep Singh, Deepa Pillai

Research signifies that well-governed companies exhibit long-run financial results and sustainable growth. In the context of SMEs, this paper aims to review the literature on…

Corporate governance and firm performance: empirical evidence from Pakistan

Muhammad Farooq, Amna Noor, Shoukat Ali

The purpose of this research is to look into the governance–performance relationship in the context of critical firm characteristics, such as firm size.

The heterogeneous effect of governance mechanisms on zero-leverage phenomenon across financial systems

Flávio Morais, Zélia Serrasqueiro, Joaquim J.S. Ramalho

The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether the effect of country and corporate governance mechanisms on zero leverage is heterogeneous across market- and bank-based…

Meta-frontier and measures of efficiency emphasising optimal corporate governance risk across countries

Walaa Wahid ElKelish, Panagiotis Zervopoulos

This paper aims to investigate the internal and external determinants of firms’ efficiency and develop optimal corporate governance risk benchmarks for the manufacturing sector…

Sustainable procurement practices in the supplier selection process: an exploratory study in the context of Brazilian manufacturing companies

Alex Moysés Barbanti, Rosley Anholon, Izabela Simon Rampasso, Vitor William Batista Martins, Osvaldo Luiz Gonçalves Quelhas, Walter Leal Filho

This paper aims to evaluate the adoption of sustainable procurement practices adopted by Brazilian manufacturing companies in supplier selection; additionally, it is aimed to…

How far the ownership structure is relevant for CSR performance? An empirical investigation

Ritu Pareek, Tarak Nath Sahu

Taking hints from the lacunas in the field of ownership structure and corporate social responsibility (CSR) performance of the firms in India, especially when the moderating…

Corporate governance and generalist CEOs: evidence from board size

Pattanaporn Chatjuthamard, Viput Ongsakul, Pornsit Jiraporn, Ali Uyar

The purpose of this study is to contribute to the debate in the literature about generalist CEOs by exploring the effect of board governance on CEO general managerial ability…

Does risk matter for executive compensation?

Mehtap Aldogan Eklund

The purpose of this study is to examine whether chief executive officer (CEOs) are paid for the systematic and/or unsystematic risks and whether there is any optimum risk premium…

Integrated reporting, textual risk disclosure and market value

Tamer Elshandidy, Moataz Elmassri, Mohamed Elsayed

Exploiting the mandatory provision of integrated reporting in South Africa, this paper aims to investigate whether this regulatory switch from the conventional annual report is…

Sustainable corporate governance and new auditing issues: a preliminary empirical evidence on key audit matters

Pietro Fera, Michele Pizzo, Rosa Vinciguerra, Giorgio Ricciardi

This paper aims to investigate the relationship between the quality of internal corporate governance mechanisms and the audit issues disclosed by external auditors in their…