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The Impact of Corporate Governance on the Performance of Lebanese Banks

Chaarani, Hani El - In: The International Journal of Business and Finance Research 8 (2014) 5, pp. 35-46

performance of Lebanese banks. The research also finds a significant and negative relationship between CEO duality and bank …

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Board of directors and financial performance in the Middle East

Salloum, Charbel; Bouri, Elie; Schmitt, Christophe - In: International Journal of Business Performance Management 14 (2013) 3, pp. 274-292

Lebanon. Our findings may well urge Lebanese investors and regulators toward the implementation of governance practices, to …

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Institutional ownership, liquidity and firm performance

Bougatef, Khemaies; Missaoui, Sahbi - In: American Journal of Finance and Accounting 3 (2014) 2/3/4, pp. 109-127

The study of the relationship between corporate governance and financial performance is an ambiguous theme. Several studies have focused on this topic by defining a relationship between the firm performance and its ownership structure. However, empirical findings did not reach a consensus on the...

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Corporate governance mechanisms and firms' financial performance in Nigeria

Sanda, Ahmadu U.; Mikailu, Aminu S.; Garba, Tukur - In: Afro-Asian Journal of Finance and Accounting 2 (2010) 1, pp. 22-39

This paper investigates the effects of certain corporate governance mechanisms on the performance of firms listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange. Based on a sample of 93 firms for the period 1996 through 1999, our results show an optimal board size of ten, favour concentrated over diffused...

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Investigating the effect of the directors' board characteristics on financial performance through innovation activities

Chouaibi, Jamel; Jarboui, Anis - In: International Journal of Behavioural Accounting and Finance 3 (2012) 1/2, pp. 65-87

Several previous research studies have reported mixed results concerning the direct relationship between corporate governance and firm performance. Actually, the presence of innovation as a mediating variable within this relationship has not yet been fully established. Hence, this article's...

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The impact of the characteristics of the board of directors on the financial performance of Tunisian companies

Zied, Bouaziz; Mohamed, Triki - In: International Journal of Managerial and Financial Accounting 5 (2013) 2, pp. 178-201

The board of directors plays a key role as an internal mechanism of corporate governance. Indeed, its effectiveness is dependent on the presence of several factors, the most important are related to characteristics that relate primarily to the independence of its members, board size, the...

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The effect of globalization on commitment to ethical corporate governance and corporate social responsibility in Lebanon

Charbaji, Abdulrazzak - In: Social Responsibility Journal 5 (2009) August, pp. 376-387

responsibility (CSR) and ethical corporate governance in Lebanon. Design/methodology/approach – A sample of 278 university educated … employees of public and private firms in Lebanon were asked to complete a self-administered questionnaire on various issues …-sector organizations in Lebanon is mainly influenced by globalization and a desire to practice CSR, whereas such commitment among private …

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Principal–principal conflicts in Lebanese unlisted family firms

Azoury, Nehme; Bouri, Elie - In: Journal of Management and Governance 19 (2015) 2, pp. 461-493

-held family firms from Lebanon, we find that the inequality between cash flow and voting rights of the controlling shareholders … minority shareholders from being abused. The relevance of our results is not limited to Lebanon but can be transferable to …

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Corporate Governance and Financial Performance of Banks: Evidence from Nigeria

Ogege, S.; Boloupremo, T. - In: Hyperion Economic Journal 2 (2014) 2, pp. 25-36

buoyant banking system with effective corporate governance practices. In Nigeria, the Central Bank replaced the past … each bank was examined using the CBN code of corporate governance (2012) as a guide. The results of the study showed that a …

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Effects of Board Composition on Financial Performance: Empirical Analysis of Companies Listed at the Nairobi Securities Exchange

Bosire, Eric M.; Ongore, Vincent O. - In: International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues 5 (2015) 1, pp. 23-43

The aim of this study is to find out the effects of board composition on financial performance of firms listed at the NSE. 46 firms participated in the study which adopted a survey research design and a census. The study deduced that independent board members as a component of board composition...

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