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Impact of Board Size, Board Independence, Foreign Ownership, Bank Size and Leverage on Bank Performance in Nepal

open access: greenSSRN Electronic Journal, 2014
This study examines the relationship between the corporate governance and bank performance in Nepal. The performance of the banks is analyzed through return on asset (ROA) and return on equity (ROE). The data set is obtained from annual reports for the year 2007/08-2011/12.
Jagadish Prasad Bist   +4 more
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The impact of board size on firm performance: evidence from the UK [PDF]

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Finance, 2009
We examine the impact of board size on firm performance for a large sample of 2746 UK listed firms over 1981-2002. The UK provides an interesting institutional setting, because UK boards play a weak monitoring role and therefore any negative effect of ...
Guest, P, Guest, Paul M.
exaly   +2 more sources

The Importance of Board Size

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2020
Board size is recognized as one of the most important elements of any board. Before providing some facts about the different board sizes as they appear in the literature, it is worth starting with a generally accepted conclusion. Based on latest studies and some new trends, it can be argued that while there is still a place for larger boards of ...
Dimitrios N. Koufopoulos   +3 more
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SSVEP by checkerboard related to grid size and board size

2015 Asia-Pacific Signal and Information Processing Association Annual Summit and Conference (APSIPA), 2015
The steady-state visual evoked potential (SSVEP) is used for input signals of brain computer interfaces (BCIs). There are two types of stimulus for SSVEP. One is flushing visual stimuli and the other is flipping checker board patterns. We have been studying SSVEPs with checker board patterns.
Arao Funase   +3 more
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A Theory of Board Control and Size

Review of Financial Studies, 2006
We extend the traditional view of corporate boards as monitors to include a role for outside board members as suppliers of expertise or information. Indeed, both outsiders and insiders may have private information relevant to the decision. Because of the agency problem between managers and owners (who are assumed to be represented by the outside ...
Milton Harris, Artur Raviv
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Board Independence and Board Size: An Examination of Other Shareholder Constraints

The Journal of Developing Areas, 2021
We examine whether large shareholders (other than the largest shareholder) could constrain the influence of the largest shareholder by electing more independent directors to the board. Moreover, we assess whether this constraining ability is related to the size of other large shareholders' ownership position relative to the largest shareholder. Using a
Wang, Fangjun   +3 more
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Firm size and board diversity

Journal of Management & Governance, 2013
This study seeks to understand the relation between firm size and supervisory board composition. Specifically, we ask if and how firm size influences occupational and international background diversity in supervisory boards. Relying on resource dependence theory and theories of organizational behavior, we hypothesize that board diversity with respect ...
Martin Arnegger   +3 more
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Size and Composition of the Board

2021
Chapter 35 of the Stage 2 Key Code and Advanced Handbook examines the size and composition of the board.
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Board Size and Corporate Failure

1999
We discussed earlier whether it was possible — with our current state of knowledge — to identify the major determinants of corporate performance. In particular, the following question is often posed: ‘Given two companies belonging to the same industrial sector and operating in the same environment, what makes one more successful than the other?’ The ...
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Employee representation and board size in the Nordic countries

European Journal of Law and Economics, 2015
Several European countries have mandatory employee representation on company boards, but the consequences for corporate governance are debated. We use employee representation rules in the otherwise quite similar Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden) to elicit information on shareholder preferences for employee representation and board
Thomsen, Steen   +2 more
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