We show how board diversity influences stock price crash risk. By classifying board diversity
into relation-oriented diversity (gender and age) and task-oriented diversity (tenure and …

Purpose The world economy has experienced several economic downturns, and each
phase emphasised that no industry is immune to inappropriate risk-management practices …

We propose that firms in regions with strong tax enforcement efforts have low stock price
crash risk. Using a large sample of Chinese firms from 2003 to 2017, we find that tax …

In this paper, we examine the effect of firms' employee relations, measured by the number of
employee lawsuits divided by the total number of employees, on stock price crash risk. Firms …

We show how board social capital influences stock price crash risk. Considering that
directors are embedded in two kinds of social capital—internal and external—the …

Research question/issue Although the dark side of corporate political connections has been
highlighted in recent studies, their adverse consequences on board decision making have …

A platform is a triadic exchanging system with two-sided customers, it faces heterogeneous
or even conflicting consumer needs from both sides. According to the theory of inventive …

Purpose Utilizing the expectation states theory in sociology, this study probes into the
influence of the board's informal hierarchy on the quality of enterprise innovation, originating …

Against the backdrop of driving global economic sustainability, corporate Environmental,
Social, and Governance (ESG) performance has gradually emerged as a crucial theoretical …

Abstract Research Question/Issue This study attempts to examine how the fit of CEO and
CFO high promotion focus, an important motivational‐based psychological trait, can affect …