Australian firms hire an increasing number of foreign directors who bring various cultural perspectives to their boards' conversations. We evaluate the effect of board cultural diversity contributed by foreign directors on firm performance for a sample of Australian companies, constituents of...

We examine how board gender diversity is associated with biodiversity disclosures of a firm, and whether the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and the EU biodiversity strategy reinforce this relationship. Using institutional theory and resource dependency theory, our sample comprises 4,013...

The participation of women in top-level corporate boards (or rather the lack of it) is subject to intense public debate. Several countries are considering legally binding quotas to increase the share of women on boards. Indeed, research on board diversity suggests positive effects of gender...

The participation of women in top-level corporate boards (or rather the lack of it) is subject to intense public debate. Several countries are considering legally binding quotas to increase the share of women on boards. Indeed, research on board diversity suggests positive effects of gender...

This study aims to examine the impact of gender diversity in the Board of Directors (BOD) on the firm performance-return of assets (ROA) and return of equity (ROE)-using a sample of Palestinian non-financial companies for the period 2008-2015. Gender diversity was measured as a percentage of...

Applying a mixed theoretical approach, this paper addresses the causal relationship between the presence of women on steering committees (SC) and in senior management positions and the firm's stock return, measured through the price-earnings ratio (P/E). To do so, we disaggregate the composition...

Culture is the core factor of corporate innovation, and board culture is the core embodiment of cultural factors in corporate governance. Board culture will have an important impact on corporate innovation, So what kind of board culture can Chinese boards build to better contribute to corporate...