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 Information processing, agency, and resource
dependence perspectives provide diverging predictions regarding the relationship between …

We document and analyze board committee structures utilizing a novel dataset containing
full board committee membership for over 6,000 firms. Board committees provide benefits …

We study board executive committees for which, despite their broad powers, there exists
limited empirical evidence. We find empirically robust evidence that firms with executive …

The board‐level gender quota enacted in France has induced the massive arrival in
corporate boards of a new population—namely, women with no prior board experience. We …

Purpose This study aims to test whether the introduction of a gender quota impacts
functioning of boards of directors and internal committees thanks to female capacity in effort …

In this study, we examine how the concentration of authority within the board of directors
affects the variability of firm performance. Using directors' committee assignments as a proxy …

En France, le rôle du conseil d'administration dans les sociétés anonymes est ainsi défini
par le Code du commerce (article L. 225.35):«Le Conseil d'administration détermine les …

Purpose Directors can become overextended when they serve on multiple boards
simultaneously. Previous scholars mostly considered directorships held at listed companies …

We investigate how community social capital, captured by the strength of cooperative norms
and social networks within a geographical community, affects the internal structure of …