This article reviews family firm studies in the finance and accounting literature, primarily
those conducted using data from the United States and China. Family owners have unique …

Annual reports are the main sources of information for outside investors' investment
decisions and enable shareholders to supervise the management. Difficulties with the …

Asian firms started to adopt independent directors (InDs) to boards only in the late 1990s
after the Asian financial crisis. Despite its relatively short history, Asian firms' practice of …

Purpose This paper aims to examine whether ownership concentration and earnings
management affect the stock market liquidity of Malaysian firms. Design/methodology …

In this study, we investigate the relationship between gender-diverse boards and stock
liquidity in Australia. We expect that the gender-diverse boards, with their efficient monitoring …

Purpose The readability of annual reports is an important feature that determines the quality
of communication between a firm and its stakeholders. Extant literature has demonstrated …

We explore the conflicts between the controlling founder of a firm and her family members by
studying how their ownership affects executive compensation differently. Using a sample of …

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of corporate governance quality and
ownership structure on the relationship between the agency cost and firm performance. Both …

Purpose This study aims to examine the determinants of the female representations on
Chinese listed firm's boards. This study also investigates the effect of gender diversity on …

Purpose This study aims to investigate the impact of audit fees on audit quality, the impact of
audit quality on firm value and whether these effects are conditional on audit tenure by …