Purpose: This study aims to examine cash dividend practices of travel and leisure (T&L) companies listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE). Design/methodology/approach: The study uses a panel data set of 524 firm-year observations of 55 unique publicly listed UK T&L companies between 2007 and...

Purpose: This study aims to investigate the impact of board independence on the cash dividend payments of family firms listed on the Borsa Istanbul (BIST) in balancing controlling families’ power to mitigate agency problems between family and minority shareholders in the post-2012 period. The...

Purpose: This study aims to examine the governance role of shareholders and board of directors in determining firm performance through an eclectic multi-theoretic model that integrates structure and incentive functions of agency theory and capability aspect of the resource-based view....

Purpose: This study aims to investigate the impact of corporate governance structures on environmental disclosure practices in the Middle East and Africa (MEA). Design/methodology/approach: The research model uses a panel data set of 121 publicly listed (non-financial and non-utility) firms...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to shed light on the ongoing debate of dividend policy, which is considered one of the most controversial topics in corporate finance literature. Design/methodology/approach: The paper provides a survey of literature; it, first, outlines the main theoretical...