Purpose: The objective of this study is to examine the impact of family ownership on firm performance. In particular we investigate whether family firms outperform non-family firms and whether first generation family firms perform better than second generation family firms in an emerging economy...

The study investigates the relationship between the corporate governance structure and performance of listed banks in Bangladesh. We find that board independence and board size have a significant positive impact on performance. However, female directors appear to have no impact on performance....

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of family ownership on firm performance. In particular the authors investigate whether family firms outperform non-family firms and whether first generation family firms perform better than second generation family firms in an...

We investigate the relationship between corporate board structure and firm performance of Bangladeshi companies. Using a sample of 654 firm year observations for the period 2005-2009, the results show some support for aspects of agency theory as a greater proportion of independent directors on...