This study empirically examines whether and how ESG rating divergence affects corporate
green innovation. Using a sample of Chinese listed companies, we find that ESG rating …

Patents and citations are powerful tools increasingly used in financial economics (and
management research more broadly) to understand innovation. Biases may result, however …

A number of studies have found little economic impact of board gender diversity on firm
performance. We return to this issue in the context of large European firms. Our contribution …

This article reviews existing research on board diversity. What role does diversity of board
members play in board governance, and how does it influence firm behavior and firm value …

This paper examines the relationships between corporate governance and corporate
sustainability by focusing on two main components of companies' governance structure …

Contribution/Originality: Extant findings from literatures have shown that most prior studies
engrossed mostly on corporate governance mechanisms and firm performance (FP), and …

Directors are not one-dimensional. We characterize their skill sets by exploiting Regulation
SK's 2009 requirement that US firms must disclose the experience, qualifications, attributes …

We examine whether the industry expertise of independent directors affects board
monitoring effectiveness. We find that the presence of independent directors with industry …

Firms sharing a board member with a media company receive more news coverage. This in
turn affects those firms' financing choices: they issue more bonds, rely less on bank loans …

This study examines how various dimensions of a firm's network affect innovation and
pricing of innovation by market participants. We use board interlocks to build interfirm …