This paper systematically reviews 314 empirical studies that examine the relationship
between board leadership structure and firm performance. The results show that the mixed …

We provide a comprehensive analysis of the International Review of Financial Analysis
(IRFA) between 1992 and 2020 using bibliometrics, regression analysis, and structural topic …

This study investigated the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on firm risk and performance in
different country-level governance qualities in the MENA region. Analyzing a sample of 739 …

Abstract Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) play a vital role in an economy; therefore, it
is important to study the avenues that contribute towards their viability. As a result, we …

Drawing on upper echelons and resource dependence theories and using data of European
listed companies over the period 2009–2016, we examine the effects of corporate social …

Drawing on the agency theory perspective and following the recent calls to contemplate
multiple dimensions of diversity simultaneously, this study intends to empirically investigate …

Based on the notion that a diverse board takes a more balanced perspective and pays
greater attention to financial reporting oversight, this paper examines the association …

The objective of this study is to examine the effects of board characteristics and country
governance quality on both individual aspects and the overall level of environmental …

This paper examines the effect of geopolitical risk on corporate investment in emerging
Asian countries. Using an extensive sample spanning 1995–2018, we find that geopolitical …

Purpose Motivated by the agency theory, this study aims to empirically examine the nexus
between board attributes and a firm's financing decisions of non-financial listed firms in …