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Types of director, board diversity and firm performance

, 2020
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of board diversity on firm performance.,From different theories perspective and based on data collected about the composition of board of directors in Spanish non-financial firms, the paper ...
Miguel A. Fernández-Temprano, Fernando A. Tejerina-Gaite   +1 more
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Director Appointments: It Is Who You Know

, 2021
Using 9,801 director appointments during 2003-2014, we document the dramatic impact of connections - 69% of new directors have professional ties to incumbent boards, a group representing 13% of all potential candidates.
Jie Cai, Tu Nguyen, Ralph A. Walkling
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Independent Director Reputation Incentives, Accruals Quality and Audit Fees

Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, 2020
While prior research provides abundant evidence that independent directors are associated with favorable outcomes, researchers have only recently started to investigate the impact of independent director reputation incentives. This study examines whether
David B. Bryan, Terry W. Mason
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The Importance of Director External Social Networks to Stock Price Crash Risk*

, 2020
Prior research documents that information transmitted via director networks affects firms’ policies and real economic activities. We explore whether information flow through director networks influences managers’ ability to hoard bad news.
Xiaohua Fang, Jeffrey A. Pittman, Yuping Zhao   +2 more
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