In 2024, the share of women on the top decision-making boards of the largest companies in Germany increased. A solid 19 percent of all executive board members at the 200 largest companies are now women, and almost 26 percent of members at the 40 largest listed companies are women. The financial...

The achievement of board effectiveness has been the subject of substantial research and merits continued investigation. The topic has prompted many important and complex questions, all of which can be summarized by an enduring enigma: Why do similar boards of directors that govern comparable...

Purpose - This study explores the relationships between corporate board characteristics (CBCs) and corporate social responsibility budget (CSRB) of selected Bangladeshi banks. CSRB was regarded as the sole dependent variable. In contrast, CBCs was separated into three independent constructs:...

Research on firm's motivation to undertake search behaviors in situations of positive and negative performance feedback is limited in empirical literature. In addition, the role of institutionalized corporate governance mechanisms in mediating firm's aspiration-driven search behaviors is yet to...

We examine the relationship between returnee chief executive officers (CEOs) and audit fees in China using robust econometric modeling with 25,630 firm-year observations between 2008 and 2020. A returnee CEO is a Chinese CEO who has previously worked or studied outside mainland China. Consistent...

Purpose This study examines whether CEO power influences the book-based and market-based performance of Russian companies when it is restricted by the presence of essential shareholders, namely, state and influential businessmen. Design/methodology/approach Managerial power is divided into...

This paper investigates how board gender diversity (BGD) impacts information asymmetry (IA) and investment efficiency (IE), in addition to the moderating role of board gender diversity on the nexus between information asymmetry and investment efficiency in Egypt, motivated by the unclear lens...

This thesis investigates the influence of elite supervisory board members on the performance of German firms. Following the transformation of the German business landscape post-reunification, elite board members, characterized by their exceptional social capital, continue to play a crucial role....

This essay explores the evolving landscape of corporate governance amid global disruptions and changing stakeholder demands. We argue that traditional governance models are unable to effectively address contemporary challenges such as technological advancements, sustainability pressures, and...

The growing emphasis on sustainability in the business landscape has prompted scholars and industry practitioners to explore the role of corporate governance, particularly the board of directors, in promoting corporate sustainability. Companies are called upon to operate ethically and to...

Personalrisiken sind im Risikokatalog vieler Unternehmen unterrepräsentiert. Das ist deshalb überraschend, weil ein strategisch orientiertes Personalrisikomanagement hilft, z. B. Transformationsprozesse erfolgreich zu managen sowie Fachkräfte und Beschäftigung zu sichern. Auch bestehen klare...

Die vorliegende Bestandsaufnahme zum Einfluss privatrechtlicher Normung auf Mitbestimmung, Personalpolitik und Arbeitsschutz macht deutlich, dass die Mitbestimmungsakteure zum Thema sensibilisiert und aufgeklärt werden sollten, da viele der in Unternehmen eingesetzten Managementsysteme und...

This exploratory study is about understanding the structure of networks of financial institutions in the Philippines. The literature notes that the financial sector occupies a central position within corporate networks. More importantly, the significance of learning more deeply about the...

Purpose: As elsewhere in the world, family firms (FFs) play a critical role in the South African economy. There is, however, scant research on how, if at all, listed South African FFs differ from their non-family counterparts concerning board composition and independence. The purpose of this...

Purpose - The purpose of our study is to investigate the effects of politically-connected boards (PCBs) on over-(under-)investment in labor. We also examine the impacts of the supervisory board (SB)'s optimal tenure on the association between PCBs and over-investment in labor....

Purpose - This paper aims to analyse the influence of board characteristics on corporate reputation. Design/methodology/approach - In total, 128 Brazilian publicly traded companies from Refinitiv Eikon were analysed between 2016 and 2020. The dependent variable was corporate reputation, whereas...