Japanese keiretsu: Past, present, future

J McGuire, S Dow - Asia Pacific journal of management, 2009 - Springer
This article reviews major theoretical and empirical work on vertical and horizontal
Japanese keiretsu. We first outline the history, characteristics, and strategic and …

Do board characteristics drive firm performance? An international perspective

MC Pucheta-Martínez, I Gallego-Álvarez - Review of Managerial Science, 2020 - Springer
The aim of our research is to analyze how board characteristics influence firm performance.
In this paper, we specifically examine how board size, board independence, CEO duality …

Does corporate governance predict firms' market values? Evidence from Korea

BS Black, H Jang, W Kim - Journal of Law, Economics, and …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
We report strong OLS and instrumental variable evidence that an overall corporate
governance index is an important and likely causal factor in explaining the market value of …

Board monitoring and capital structure dynamics: evidence from bank-based economies

E Ezeani, R Salem, F Kwabi, K Boutaine, Bilal… - Review of Quantitative …, 2022 - Springer
We examine the impact of board characteristics on the speed of adjustment and the capital
structure dynamics of firms in bank-based economies. Using 3927 firm-year observations …

Family firms and debt: Risk aversion versus risk of losing control

M González, A Guzmán, C Pombo… - Journal of Business …, 2013 - Elsevier
This study examines the effect of family management, ownership, and control on capital
structure for 523 Colombian firms between 1996 and 2006. The study finds that debt levels …

How does working capital management affect the profitability of Indian companies?

N Altaf, FA Shah - Journal of Advances in Management Research, 2018 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between working capital
management (WCM) and firm profitability for a sample of 437 non-financial Indian …

Outside directors, board interlocks and firm performance: Empirical evidence from Colombian business groups

C Pombo, LH Gutiérrez - Journal of Economics and Business, 2011 - Elsevier
We investigate the relation of board structure through the appointments of outside directors
and the role of busy directors on firm return on assets within an environment of no regulation …

Does gender diversity matter? Female directors and firm carbon emissions in Japan

P Fan, X Qian, J Wang - Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
Research on the impact of corporate board diversity on corporate governance for corporate
sustainability development is on the rise. However, studies on the effects of gender diversity …

Board characteristics and firm performance in Spain

M Rodriguez-Fernandez, S Fernandez-Alonso… - Corporate …, 2014 - emerald.com
Purpose–This paper aims to investigate the relationship between internal governance
structure and financial performance of listed Spanish companies. The effectiveness of the …

Diverse boards and firm performance: The role of environmental, social and governance disclosure

UER Fayyaz, RNUD Jalal, M Venditti… - Corporate Social …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The present study examines the relationship between the diverse board of directors and firm
performance using a panel data sample of the top 73 EU nonfinancial sustainable firms …