Abstract Research Question/Issues We conduct a comprehensive analysis of all scholarly
publications in the field of corporate governance (CG) since the Enron scandal of 2001 …

Corporate political connections (CPCs)—ties that firms forge with political actors—directly
affect firms, political actors, and various stakeholders in societies. This topic has been …

This paper provides an overview of the academic literature on the market for corporate
control, and focuses specifically on firms' performance around and after a takeover. Despite …

This study focuses on the impact of politically connected CEOs on the firms' green
innovation. Using the data from Chinese listed industrial firms from 2008 to 2015, we find …

Increasing attention has been focused on the extent to which corporate political connections
influence the growing pollution due to the rapid growth in the popularity of firm pollution in …

This study explores the ways of how corporate governance quality affects firms' financial
leverage using a panel sample of non-financial listed firms in China during 2000–2018 …

We examine the effect of the cross-border merger and acquisition (M&A) activities of
Chinese firms on their corporate social responsibility (CSR) performance. We find that …

To explore the motivations underpinning corporate social responsibility (CSR) decisions in
China, a country characterized by extensive government intervention, this paper investigates …

This study analyzes how family control influences firms' acquisition activity using a
socioemotional wealth (SEW) approach and discusses their anticipated SEW gains and …

We establish a comprehensive political connection index based on manually collected
personal profiles of top firm managers or board members to examine the contribution of …