ABSTRACT Manuscript Type: Empirical Research Question/Issue: This paper investigates
the relationship between internal governance structures and financial performance of Indian …

We examine the number of external appointments held by corporate directors. Directors who
serve larger firms and sit on larger boards are more likely to attract directorships. Consistent …

The large publicly held firm dominates business in the United States despite its critical
infirmities, namely the frequently fragile relations between stockholders and managers …

This study examines the association between multiple-directorships and tenure of
independent audit committee members and financial misstatements in the pre-and post …

The other body of research on which we draw is the work of contemporary economists on
the relationship between measures of financial development and such variables as the …

This paper extends the literature on multiple directorships, busy directors and firm
performance by providing evidence from an emerging economy, India, where the incidence …

Businesspeople need contractual assurance. Most transactions are less straightforward than
a cash sale of an easily identifiable item. Buyers need assurance of the quality of what they …

We explore how changes in ownership affect the productivity and profitability of producers.
Using detailed data from the Japanese cotton spinning industry at the turn of the last century …

Corporate governance is on the reform agenda all over the world. How will global economic
integration affect the different systems of corporate ownership and governance? Is the Anglo …

The nineteenth century saw the standardization and rapid spread of the modern business
corporation around the world. Yet those early corporations differed from their contemporary …