The influence of the state on firms in the global economy is alive and well. States have
become dominant owners of companies in many countries around the world. Firms have …

There is a widely held view that the performance of firms depends not only on the ability of
managers to exploit economic markets but also on their ability to succeed in political …

The examination of political risk, political uncertainty, and political institutions in the
international business literature has, not unexpectedly, been shaped by the prevailing …

This study investigates the role of gender diversity in fraud commission and detection with a
view to identifying whether companies with more female corporate leaders are less likely to …

Using a sample of 50 largest Chinese banks during the period of 2003–2010, we explore a
comprehensive set of board characteristics (size, composition and functioning of the board) …

We examine the role of firms' government connections, defined by government intervention
in CEO appointment and the status of state ownership, in determining the severity of …

Financial frictions are important transmission mechanism of the adverse effect of policy
uncertainty on economic output. We use Chinese listed firms' data to verify the mechanism …

Taking advantage of corruption scandals in China, we construct a natural experiment and
identify the ousting of corrupt politicians, and firms connected with them through bribery and …

In this research, we aim to understand the influence of government subsidies on enterprises'
research and development (R&D) investment behavior, particularly in China's renewable …

This paper examines whether politically connected firms use related party transactions as a
tunneling mechanism in Indonesia. We further investigate whether the presence of tunneling …