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Showing 1 to 20 of 25 for “"Board diversity"”.
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The Influence of Board Diversity: An Investigation of Management Fraud
… study investigates the relationship between the board of directors’ structure and the occurrence of management fraud. Specifically, I examine the relationship between the presence of female and ethnic minority board members of fortune 1500 companies and the existence of fraud perpetrated by …
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Corporate Donations to Social Justice: The Influence of Board Diversity
… racial composition and gender composition of boards of directors. The demographic compositions of boards are explored in isolation then findings are compared to uncover whether and to what extent directors influence corporate donation behaviors. Using pledge donation announcements made by …
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BOARD DIVERSITY E PRINCIPIO DI LIBERA SCELTA DEGLI AMMINISTRATORI TRA PROFITTO E SOSTENIBILITÀ
The thesis examines the issue of diversity in the composition of the management body (so-called board diversity) of listed joint-stock companies, analysing how this aspect fits into the constraints on the shareholders’ meeting’s power to appoint directors. In particular, in an era where the …
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The Impact of Board Diversity on Textual Social, Environmental Disclosures, and Corporate Performance
… approach to the measurement and assessment of board diversity to understand how high(er) performing boards can be built i.e., the multi-dimensional diversity index (MDI). The proposed MDI captures the joint effect of differences in director attributes at four diversity levels for 26,743 …
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Limited leadership: an examination of Houston nonprofit board diversity and whether selection processes and executive director perceptions of governance models affect composition
Nonprofit governing board diversity recently gained attention from scholars, and the changing demographics of the United States' population create urgency around understanding how to diversify nonprofit boards. This study examined nonprofit board diversity in the largest majority-minority city in …
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Building inclusive boards : the perspectives of nonprofit leaders and prospective board members
… diverse, data on the composition of nonprofit boards nationally indicate a persistent pattern of under-representation of minority groups. This exploratory study was conducted in a large metropolitan area with a diverse population. The research investigated board diversity with a small sample of …
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DO COMPANY CHARACTERISTICS INFLUENCE THE QUALITY OF INTEGRATED REPORTING? A STUDY OF SOUTH AFRICAN JSE TOP 100 LISTED COMPANIES. LISTED COMPANIES
… other studies. The results show that firm size, board diversity, board independence and firms in the resource sector show a statistically significant positive association with components of integrated reporting quality as described in the Integrated Reporting Framework. The results suggest that …
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The Impact of Board Characteristics on Earnings Management: Evidence From South Africa
… studies have questioned the effectiveness of the board of directors’ characteristics in restraining corporate misconduct, one of which is earnings management. This is because the board of directors is the linchpin of corporate governance and provides legitimacy for management's actions. This …
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ESSAYS ON CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
… In the third chapter, we examine the effect of board gender diversity policies on firm value. First, we confirm the previously documented negative investor reaction to the 2018 CA gender quota requirement (SB 826). Additionally, we find significantly negative cumulative abnormal returns (CARs) …
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Three Essays on the Role of Corporate Governance in Firms' Spending on R&D and Controlling Earnings-Management Practices: The Role of Independent Directors’ Tenure and Network in Controlling Earnings-Management Practices; The Impact of Board Diversity on the Corporate Propensity to R&D Spending; The Association between Directors’ Multiple-Board Sittings, Tenure, Financial Expertise, and R&D Spending
… by building on agency theory and emphasising board monitoring, first essay investigates the role of independent directors’ tenure and connection to several boards in controlling real earnings management (REM). This study finds that independent directors elected to board before appointment of …
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Áhrif setu kvenna í stjórnum íslenskra fyrirtækja á vinnubrögð stjórna
… er fjölbreytileiki í stjórnum fyrirtækja (Board diversity). Fyrst eru hugtökin stjórnarhættir fyrirtækja (Corporate governance) og hlutverk stjórnarmanna (Board roles) skilgreind. Því næst er fjallað um fjölbreytileika í stjórnum. Ein af mörgum skilgreiningum á hugtakinu „Stjórnarhætti …
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The Influence of Afrocentric Phenotype On Promotion Decisions For African American Males
… basis of population base rates (The Alliance for Board Diversity, 2005; Corporate Board Initiative, 2006; Fortune, 2006; McCoy, 2007; Thomas & Gabarro, 1999). One potential explanation for these equivocal results is that much of this research assumes that race has an equal impact within a given …
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Using Financial and Accounting Analytics for a Multi-faceted Assessment of Board Age Diversity and Its Impact on Firm Performance
The board diversity literature has been growing steadily. Regulators and lawmakers are already implementing some measures to cater to the yearnings of their constituents and mandate representation on the boards of publicly traded companies. Still, some constructs such as board age diversity and …
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Essays on the Determinants and Consequences of Corporate Biodiversity Disclosure
Corporate biodiversity disclosure (BD) is an increasingly important aspect of sustainability reporting, reflecting the growing recognition of biodiversity loss as a material global risk. Yet, BD remains under-researched compared to other environmental disclosures, such as carbon emissions, and …
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The effects of different institutional investors and board of director characteristics on corporate social responsibility of public listed companies: the case of Nigeria
… the effects of institutional investors and board of director (BOD) characteristics on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) of Public Listed Companies (PLCs) in Nigeria. This study is motivated by the lack of empirical studies in Nigeria concerning the role of different institutional …
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Critical Mass of Women on Biotech Corporate Boards and Its Implication For Firm Performance: A Mixed Method Explanatory Sequential Study
… purposeful semistructured interviews with eight board members from the dataset. The combined results resolved several ambiguities present in the literature regarding board selection, composition, and the correlation of board diversity with firm performance. This study used the well-known …
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Interrelationship between insider trading and managerial attributes
… that the presence of female directors on board can mitigate stock price crash risk, whereas, firms with powerful or younger CEOs are more likely to experience crashes. Overall, the thesis provides empirical evidence on the interrelationship between corporate insider trading and managerial …
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Internal corporate governance structures and firm financial performance: evidence from South African listed firms
… of the financial performance measure used, board diversity, the frequency of board meetings, and the establishment of board committees except the presence of a nomination committee seem to have no impact on firm financial performance. Second, board size is statistically significant and …
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The Effects of Board Gender Diversity on Bank Performance and Risk-taking: Evidence from the Banking Sector in sub-Saharan Africa
… (SSA), where female representation on corporate boards continues to lag behind that observed in other regions. Despite growing global attention to board diversity, most empirical evidence on the relationship between gender diversity, performance, and risk-taking originates from developed …
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An investigation of the roles and responsibilities of the board of directors in the Libyan banking sector
… will improve the practice and effectiveness of boards of directors. But while much has been written about CG in developed countries, developing countries represent relatively untravelled territory in terms of CG research. Libya is the largest oil producer in Africa and its oil revenues form a …
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