This study examines how the financial experience of senior executives influences corporate social responsibility (CSR) performance and reporting activities. With a sample of Chinese listed companies over the period 2009–2018, we find that companies with senior executives with financial...

For private equity (PE) firms, follow-on funds provide additional streams of management fees for a considerable time. When prospective limited partners (LPs) evaluate the performance of a PE firm’s latest funds, they have to rely on valuations reported by PE firms. The link between PE firms’...

As outside advisors, independent directors serve as both consultants and monitors. Based on empirical studies of corporate innovation and independent directors, we used data from listed firms in China from 2007 to 2017 to examine the effect of hiring independent technical directors on the board...