Board effectiveness is particularly important in the Nigerian banking industry because a number of financial failures, frauds, and questionable business practices had adversely affected investors' confidence.This study evaluated corporate governance in Nigerian banks with regards to board...

Corporate governance has emerged in the last decade mainly due to a number of corporate failures and scandals that have drawn the global attention. Furthermore, the current financial crisis has highlighted issues of CG in a widest sense and the corporate governance codes and recommendations are...

Purpose: This study examines how organisational demography (organizational age, organisational size and number of years listed in the Athens Stock Exchange, ATHEX), may impact the board structure (board size, CEO duality and CEO dependence/independence). Design/Methodology/approach: The...

This study examines how organisational demography (organizational age, organisational size and number of years listed in the Athens Stock Exchange, ATHEX), impacts board structure (board size, CEO duality and CEO dependence/independence). Data was collected from the annual reports of 140...

Board size is recognized as one of the most important elements of any board. Before providing some facts about the different board sizes as they appear in the literature, it is worth starting with a generally accepted conclusion. Based on latest studies and some new trends, it can be argued that...