...Christo Karuna ABSTRACT Magnanelli, Nasta, and Raoli (2020) examine the relation between female director presence on corporate boards and firm performance in Italy. Using the mandatory gender quota law that was introduced in Italy as an exogenous shock to the appointment of female directors...

...David Broadstock; Xiaoqi Chen; C. S. Agnes Cheng; Wenli Huang ABSTRACT We investigate whether the aggregated political relations of a firm's top management team (TMT) add value to the firm's performance. We distinguish between the political relations that arise from TMT's own work experience...

...Barbara Sveva Magnanelli; Luigi Nasta; Elisa Raoli ABSTRACT This paper investigates how the presence of female directors on corporate boards impacts the performance of family firms. This study enriches the literature on gender diversity on corporate boards and its effects on firm performance...

... the CSR-firm performance association. Board independence enhances the efficacy of CSR reporting by elevating the reliability of the disclosed information and amplifying its signaling power regarding the firm's future prospects. Our empirical evidence supports the U.K. corporate governance code main...

...Joanna L. Y Ho; Xiongsheng Yang; Xiang Li ABSTRACT Governments in transitional economies have long been concerned with whether privatization of state-owned enterprises can improve firm performance and, if so, through which mechanisms this can be achieved. Using 135 publicly listed firms that China...