This paper analyses the relationship between firm performance and women on boards and top management positions in a sample of large Spanish firms in the period 2000-2004. The results of the study indicate that the percentage of women on boards and top management teams is much lower in industrial...

The division between ownership and management and the existence of minority shareholders have led to the need for control systems which allow for the convergence of shareholders and managers' objectives. The disclosure of information for shareholders and corporate governance stand out among...

The study of the effectiveness of boards of directors is a tremendously interesting area of investigation, heightened by the many financial scandals of the recent past. Research efforts have suffered from several deficiencies like the inconsistency of many of the results achieved (Daily, Dalton...

This article presents a review of the studies on on boards of directors and corporate social responsibility practices in the banking industry. Several characteristics of bank boards, in particular independence and diversity, may impact their CSR commitments. By studying a sample of 159 banks in...

The purpose of this study is to determine a system of indicators to assess the quality of corporate governance of Honduran banks. To achieve it, the importance attributed by bank supervisors and supervised bankers to the dimensions and indicators of Corporate Governance (CG) was deepened....

Financial literature and empirical evidence in global markets indicate that those companies that adequately manage their stakeholders, strengthen and disclose their corporate governance policies, achieve greater effectiveness in their institutional operation. In the context of an emerging...

En el presente estudio se analiza si la actividad de fusiones y adquisiciones (M&A, por su sigla en inglés) transnacionales está influenciada por los estándares de gobierno corporativo de los países. Para lograrlo, se recurre al modelo gravitacional. Se toma la actividad proveniente de...