Governance structures, director independence and corporate performance in the UK

C Weir, D Laing - European Business Review, 2001 - emerald.com
A number of Committees have been set up in recent years to investigate the governance of
UK quoted companies. The key one was the Cadbury Committee, which recommended a …

Corporate governance and firms financial performance in the United Kingdom

M Kyere, M Ausloos - International Journal of Finance & …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The objective of this study is to examine empirically the impact of good corporate
governance on financial performance of United Kingdom non‐financial listed firms. Agency …

[PDF][PDF] Board dynamics and corporate performance: Review of literature, and empirical challenges

B Lawal - International Journal of Economics and Finance, 2012 - academia.edu
This paper is an attempt to conduct a comprehensive survey of relevant literatures in respect
of the relationship between board dynamics and firm performance. The investigation reveals …

Does the presence of independent and female directors impact firm performance? A multi-country study of board diversity

S Terjesen, EB Couto, PM Francisco - Journal of Management & …, 2016 - Springer
This study empirically analyzes whether gender diversity enhances boards of directors'
independence and efficiency. Using data from 3,876 public firms in 47 countries and …

Integrating sustainability practices into islamic corporate governance for sustainable firm performance: from the lens of agency and stakeholder theories

AA Jan, FW Lai, MU Draz, M Tahir, SEA Ali, M Zahid… - Quality & Quantity, 2021 - Springer
While the literature indicates that Islamic Corporate Governance (ICG) practices enhance
firm performance, there is scant research on how sustainability practices affect the nexus …

Do board characteristics drive firm performance? An international perspective

MC Pucheta-Martínez, I Gallego-Álvarez - Review of Managerial Science, 2020 - Springer
The aim of our research is to analyze how board characteristics influence firm performance.
In this paper, we specifically examine how board size, board independence, CEO duality …

The relationship between ownership structure and firm financial performance: Evidence from Jordan

TTY Alabdullah - Benchmarking: An International Journal, 2018 - emerald.com
Purpose Previous studies that dealt with corporate governance have witnessed gradually
significant growth that created some new trends. The purpose of this paper is to be involved …

The board of directors and firm performance: empirical evidence from listed companies

A Merendino, R Melville - … : The international journal of business in …, 2019 - emerald.com
Purpose This study aims to reconcile some of the conflicting results in prior studies of the
board structure–firm performance relationship and to evaluate the effectiveness and …

Board structure and firm performance: Evidence from India's top companies

B Jackling, S Johl - Corporate governance: an international …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT Manuscript Type: Empirical Research Question/Issue: This paper investigates
the relationship between internal governance structures and financial performance of Indian …

The impact of board size on firm performance: evidence from the UK

PM Guest - The European Journal of Finance, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
We examine the impact of board size on firm performance for a large sample of 2746 UK
listed firms over 1981–2002. The UK provides an interesting institutional setting, because …