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CEO Tenure, Board Composition and Regulation
SSRN Electronic Journal, 1998We examine the effect of deregulation in the 1970s and 1980s on the size of the board of directors, its composition, and on CEO tenure. Using panel data techniques, we consider those effects in the aggregate and for individual industries while controlling for firm size, CEO age, time and firm-specific effects.
Rick Geddes, Hrishikesh D. Vinod
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Earnings Informativeness, Board Size, Board Composition and Board Leadership Structure
Advanced Science Letters, 2015One of the functions of board of directors is to monitor the quality of financial reporting.Therefore, it is important to understand whether board of director characteristics influence the quality of financial reporting.This paper examines whether earnings informativeness varies with board size, board composition and board leadership structure.
Abdul Manaf, Kamarul Bahrain +2 more
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Board Evaluation and It's Effect on Board Composition and Board Work
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2012In this paper, the effect board evaluation has on the board’s composition and work is studied. Board evaluation is considered vital for the development of the board’s work, which in turn is essential for the development of the company. The study is performed on companies listed on the NASDAQ OMX Nordic list and the Oslo Stock Exchange as a ...
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Composition of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
Archives of Neurology, 1994The 1992-1993 Annual Report of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Inc 1 is of special interest and importance for neurologists. Of the eight Neurology Directors of the Board, all eight practice in teaching and referral centers and six are training program directors as well. None of them represents the community practice of neurology. Of the
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The gender composition of corporate boards: A review and research agenda
The Leadership Quarterly, 2018In recent years, the composition of boards and, particularly, the inclusion of women on boards has attracted significant scholarly interest and public debate. In this article, I comprehensively review the academic literature on board gender composition.
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Board Composition, Quality, & Turnover
2020This Research Spotlight provides a summary of the academic literature on board composition, quality, and turnover. It reviews the evidence of: The appointment of outside CEOs as directors, the importance of industry expertise to performance, the relation between director skills and performance, the stock market reaction to director resignations, and ...
Larcker, David F., Tayan, Brian
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Understanding Change in Board Composition: Determinants of board composition and effects of outside directors (Japanese) [PDF]
, 2012 This paper examines the determinants of board composition and the effects of outside directors using a sample of Japanese firms listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) first section from 2005 to 2010. Our empirical results are mainly consistent with the hypothesis that firms choose board composition based on the benefits and costs of advising and ...
MIYAJIMA Hideaki, OGAWA Ryo
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Determinants of Board Size and Composition: A Theory of Corporate Boards
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2004AbstractThis paper models the interaction of firm insiders and outsiders on a corporate board and addresses the question of the board's ideal size and composition. In the model, the board is responsible for monitoring projects and making CEO succession decisions.
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Board Composition and Its Heterogeneity
2021In this chapter, I analyze the relation between board composition (with a focus on the role of heterogeneity) and performance. Specifically, I introduce the two main theories that support this relation: the agency theory and the resource dependency theory [In the following chapters, other theories are investigated, i.e., stewardship theory ...
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