Does Board Composition Matter? The Relationship Between Board Characteristics and Financial Performance: Evidence From Chinese Listed Agricultural Companies

The paper aims to make new insight some of the contradicting findings in prior studies board structure–firm performance relationship and assess this connection specific context Chinese listed agricultural companies practice. study investigates data from 2008 2017, using multiple regression authors examine between characteristic financial performance. Conducted by empirical analysis shows that CEO duality size are significantly positively correlated with (proxies - ROA, ROE, EPS). Although, contrary made Western institutional settings paper’s results testify independence has no significant impact on China. study’s enrich understanding linkage “board performance”, especially China – have proved differ many ways other jurisdictions. Additionally, provides an in-depth synthesis research into date.