Recent research into the gender aspects of small business financing has shown that in crisis
periods, banks actively reward female entrepreneurs with privileged access to loans …

We examine the link between board gender diversity and managerial ability to transform
corporate resources into revenue. Drawing on a sample of US firms during the period 2001 …

Corporate risk‐taking is key to a firm's ability to achieve competitive advantages. Drawing on
the attention‐based view and the information‐processing perspective, we argue that firms …

Abstract Research Question/Issue We examine the role of board gender diversity in
attenuating loan covenant violations. We also investigate whether the relationship is …

This paper investigates how the aftermath of the 2008 crisis affected firm productivity in the
UK, focusing particularly on the cohort effect of firms established after 2008–a previously …

Abstract The Big Three Institutional investors (State Street, Blackrock, and Vanguard)
launched a board gender diversity campaign in 2017. Gormley et al.(J Financ Econ 149 (2) …

This paper tests for the presence of the symbolic management of women board directors.
The data are based on companies in the UK FTSE All‐Share Index between 1996 and 2017 …

This study empirically examines the impact of board composition on firm sustainability within
Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries from 2017 to 2021. Using a sample of 135 non …

Using a sample of firms listed on the S&P1500 index for the period 2006–2021, we develop
a comprehensive board refreshment index to examine why firms refresh as well as to …

During the COVID pandemic, the mobility of individuals is largely reduced. This paper is to
investigate how this immobility-induced social isolation affects conference calls sentiment …