The importance of board committees–specialized subgroups that exist to perform many of
the board's most critical functions, such as setting executive compensation, identifying …

Abstract Research Question/Issue In this comprehensive literature review, we synthesize
and analyze the current state of academic research regarding the relatively understudied …

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 …

We examine stock market reactions, direct costs of compliance, and board adjustments to
California Senate Bill No. 826 (SB 826), the first mandated board gender diversity quota in …

Much research has suggested that independent boards of directors are more effective in
reducing agency costs and improving firm governance. How they influence innovation is …

Leveraging as a quasi-natural experiment the staggered passage of universal demand laws,
which raise the difficulty of shareholder lawsuits, we examine the effect of shareholder …

Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the mediating role of corporate board
characteristics in the relationship between ownership structure and firm performance in the …

Driven by the current surge in environmental and climate issues and the pressure of the
government and regulatory bodies on corporations to diminish their carbon trails, this study …

We examine the relationship between brand capital and stock price crash risk. Crash risk,
defined as the negative skewness in the distribution of returns for individual stocks, captures …

Little is known about how the demographic characteristics of executive teams affect
corporate governance in banking. Exploiting a unique dataset, we investigate how age …