International business literature has long acknowledged the powerful influence of the upper
echelons of firms, leading to an impressive volume of research delving into the impacts of …

In this article, we review recent archival research articles (98 studies) on the impact of
corporate governance on restatements, enforcement activities and fraud as corporate …

This study examines the effects of female CEOs on green innovation. Drawing on
contingency theory, we also investigate the moderating effect of state ownership, regional …

We show that firms with younger CEOs are more likely to experience stock price crashes,
including crashes caused by revelation of negative news in the form of breaks in strings of …

SUMMARY A primary goal of both financial reporting research and audit research is to
understand the determinants of quality, and researchers in both areas have identified a wide …

The question of whether females tend to act more ethically or risk-averse compared to males
is an interesting ethical puzzle. Using a large sample of US firms over the 1992–2014 …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of chief executive officer
(CEO) characteristics on the earnings management examined by the discretionary accruals …

The increasing presence of women in upper echelon positions draws attention to the
possible effects of executive gender on corporate decisions and actions. In this study, we …

This article investigates the impact of CEO attributes on corporate reputation, financial
performance, and corporate sustainable growth in India. Using static panel data …

Interest in the drivers of firms' corporate social responsibility (CSR) is growing. However,
little is known about the influence of a CEO's childhood experience of natural disasters on …