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Does concentrated founder ownership affect board independence? Role of corporate life cycle and ownership identity

, 2020
We examine the impact of increasing levels of concentrated founder ownership on board independence and extend the knowledge by exploring whether the impact of concentrated founder ownership on board independence varies with firm's life cycle stages ...
Shashank Bansal, M. Thenmozhi
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Identifying Effective Boards: Boards’ Symbolic versus Psychological Independence

Academy of Management Proceedings, 2015
In spite of decades of research on determinants of board effectiveness, the empirical evidence on what accounts for board effectiveness remains ambiguous. In this paper, we propose an alternative perspective on board effectiveness, using developments in identity theory and its application.
Sanjay Goel, Dawn A Harris
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Board Independence and Corporate Misconduct: A Cross-National Meta-Analysis

Journal of Management, 2018
Although increased board independence is a commonly offered solution to curbing corporate misconduct, scholars have expressed skepticism about its effectiveness, and empirical evidence is mixed.
François Neville, Kris Byron, Corinne Post, Andrew J. Ward   +3 more
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Board Independence and Corporate Spending

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2018
We examine the effect of board independence on spending and payout policy using the 2003 NYSE and NASDAQ board independence requirements as an exogenous shock. Non-compliant firms that are forced to raise board independence reduce the spending on acquisitions and capital expenditures and increase dividends.
Erik Lie, Keyang Yang
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Board independence and GRI-IFC performance standards: The mediating effect of the CSR committee

Journal of Cleaner Production, 2019
The aim of this paper is to analyse the role played by independent directors and their decisions regarding the disclosure of information on corporate social responsibility (CSR).
Isabel‐María García‐Sánchez, M. Gómez-Miranda, F. David, Lázaro Rodríguez‐Ariza   +3 more
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Board independence, frequency of meetings and performance

Journal of Islamic Marketing, 2019
PurposeThis study aims to investigate the relationship between board structure and performance from an Islamic point of view.Design/methodology/approachConsequently, the researcher developed a multiple linear regression model to investigate the nature of
Abdalmuttaleb Al-Sartawi
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Corporate governance in the digital age: the role of social media and board independence in CSR disclosure. Evidence from Italian listed companies

Journal of Management and Governance, 2022
Luigi Lepore, L. Landriani, S. Pisano, G. D’Amore, S. Pozzoli   +4 more
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Board Independence and Credit Ratings

2010
Using Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) as a natural experiment, we find evidence consistent with an optimal level of board independence for credit ratings. We test two hypotheses that could explain this optimality: information cost hypothesis (ICH) that the effectiveness of independent boards increases with the private benefits of the management, and decreases
Bradley, Michael, Chen, Dong
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Independent Chemical Accident Board Funded

Chemical & Engineering News Archive, 1997
Yielding to chemical companies, environmental groups, labor unions, and Congress, President Bill Clinton has withheld his threatened veto pen and provided $4 million for a long-delayed independent chemical accident investigation board. The President made his decision on the last possible day, Nov.
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Board remuneration and independency

2011
In good corporate governance practice non-executive and supervisory directors should have required diversity of knowledge, judgment and experience to complete their tasks properly. They should have particular competences that are relevant to their services in the board.
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