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Corporate governance and firm performance in the Saudi banking industry [PDF]
Banks and Bank Systems, 2019 The current research aims to explore the impact of corporate governance on the Saudi banking performance for the period of 2014–2017. Though many researchers tested the relationship of corporate governance and firm performance, globally as well as in ...
Ahmed Almoneef, Durga Prasad Samontaray
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Share Repurchases and Board Independence [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2021 Share repurchases have come under criticism as they may be used for earnings management and take capital away from productive investment. However, share repurchases can also reduce the agency costs of free cash flow and offset the dilution of current shareholders. Whether firms engage in good or manipulative share repurchases can crucially hinge on the
Anna Grosman, Mario Daniele Amore
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Monitoring the impacts of weather and climate extremes on global agricultural production
Weather and Climate Extremes, 2015 The World Agricultural Outlook Board (WAOB), under the direction of the Department of Agriculture's Office of the Chief Economist, employs a staff of agricultural meteorologists whose mission is to monitor and assess the impacts of weather and climate on
Robert Johansson +4 more
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Corporate governance data of 6 Asian economies (2010–2017)
Data in Brief, 2018 This article contains firm-level data on 1) aggregated corporate governance score, and 2) financial data for the period 2010–2017. The study includes 626 companies from 6 Asian countries: China, India, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea and Thailand ...
Raja R.R. Singareddy +3 more
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International Journal of Accounting and Information Management, 2021 Purpose This study aims to investigate the impact of board independence on the cash dividend payments of family firms listed on the Borsa Istanbul (BIST) in balancing controlling families’ power to mitigate agency problems between family and minority ...
Erhan Kilincarslan
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Understanding Independence: Board of Directors and CSR [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2020 On August Business Roundtable (2019), the Business Roundtable redefined the purpose and social responsibility of the corporation. Yet, this statement must be followed by substantial changes in the business models of corporations for it to avoid becoming empty rhetoric.
Reyes Calderón +3 more
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Board Independence and CEO Turnover [PDF]
Journal of Accounting Research, 2006 ABSTRACTThis paper analyzes how board independence affects the CEO's ability to extract rents from the firm. The CEO is assumed to possess private information about his ability, which the board needs in order to decide whether to replace him. If the board is more active in removing low quality CEOs, the incumbent is better able to use his information ...
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Creditor Control Rights and Board Independence [PDF]
The Journal of Finance, 2018 ABSTRACTWe find that the number of independent directors on corporate boards increases by approximately 24% following financial covenant violations in credit agreements. Most of these new directors have links to creditors. Firms that appoint new directors after violations are more likely to issue new equity, and to decrease payout, operational risk ...
Ferreira, Daniel +2 more
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Independence on Triangular Triangle Boards
Discrete Mathematics, 2005 Triangular parts of the Euclidean triangle tessellation of the plane are considered as gameboards Tn. Thirteen chess-like pieces are defined as in [1]. The independence number βn is the maximum number of non-attacking copies of a piece on Tn. For nine of the chess-like pieces βn is determined completely.
Dietrich, Heiko, Harborth, Heiko
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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BOARD INDEPENDENCE AND CSR SPENDING OF ISLAMIC BANKS IN BANGLADESH
Journal of Islamic Monetary Economics and Finance, 2022 This study examines the relationship between board independence and CSR expenditures on education, health and human and disaster relief for the case of Islamic banks in Bangladesh, Using unbalanced panel data from 2010 to 2020, the results indicate that ...
Umar Habibu Umar
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