Investigating a sample of firms from the S&P 500 Index (between 2004 and 2015), the paper addresses the relationship between the representation of Women on Corporate Boards (WOCB) and the Corporate Social Performance (CSP). It adopts the instrumental …
Hedge funds' engagements do not cause value‐enhancing as acknowledged by previous research; new insights highlight how distinct strategies combine into configurational causes of value improvement of the two common short‐run and long‐run forms of …
Hedge fund activism and firm characteristics can be combined to explain targets' engagements in innovative activities. The “difference in difference” regression framework is first performed and shows that target firms experience an improvement in …
This paper analyzes the relationship between bank governance mechanisms and credit risk in the MENA region. Methodology: Fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) was used to analyze a sample of 38 commercial MENA banks for the period …
Many studies have investigated the relationship between women on corporate boards (WOCB) and firm performance in accordance with the business case for board gender diversity. However, these have been conducted on large firms. This study re-examines …
The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of board structure on the performance of French firms in the presence of several monitoring committees. We studied 80 publicly listed French firms spanning from 2001 to 2013. We concluded that …
Using a sample of 40 French companies listed on the SBF 120 for the period 2002- 2009, we examine if board structure (board size, independence of its members and the cumulative functions of decision and control) relate to their performance. To test …