This paper elaborates whether women bringing their diversity, cross-cultural awareness and transformational leadership skills to corporate boards offer strategic advantages for firms. In the analysis the effect of women in the board room on innovation activity and corporate firm performance as...

China's listed companies have two-tier boards comprising of a supervisory board and a board of directors. The supervisory board has the responsibility to oversee and monitor the board of directors. Similarly, the role of the independent non-executive directors (INEDs) is to advise and monitor...

In this paper, we integrate agency theory, resource dependence theory, and institutional perspective to investigate the relationship between the factors associated with the composition of the board of directors and firm performance in the context of emerging economy - China. Our sample will be...