business performance, and how differently these services are perceived by high and low performing firms. …

between 2002 and 2006. It also explored the way quality of governance is related to three variables: risk, performance, and … applied to construct various models involving the relationships among: a) governance; b) performance as measured by ROE … among high levels of governance, low risk, strong performance and high value. This suggests that governance affects the …

has changed in this period, and to understand if strategic management practices and performance are correlated. Data for … activities. Furthermore, these practices were found to be positively correlated with performance. …

firm performance after cash dissipation and associate it with the degree of financial constraints. We find that cash … constraints on firm performance is not driven by differences in corporate governance. Financial constraints actually substitute …

borrow from financial intermediaries if their compensation is tied to firm performance. Additionally, it is noted that a more …

We examine the performance and compensation implications of firms' decisions to combine the roles of CEO and board … significantly lower announcement returns and subsequent performance, and lower contributions of investments to shareholder wealth …. Further, these performance outcomes are more negative for firms with higher predicted probabilities of duality based on a …

accounting measures of firm performance using a sample of oil and gas firms from 1990 to 2008. We employ estimates based on panel … significantly impact the performance of oil and gas firms in North America using accounting measures of performance. The recent … financial crisis of 2007 and 2008 negatively influenced oil prices and the financial performance of oil and gas firms. On the …

performance in family and non-family firms, family firms can benefit more when they match their concern for natural environmental …