The Diversity of Board of Directors Characteristics and Firm Value

The Effect of the Characteristics of Board of Directors on Real Earnings Management

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of the characteristics of board of directors (Chief Executive Officer Duality, CEO tenure duration, size and independence of the board of directors) on earnings management. In this study, data from 62 companies listed in the Tehran Stock Exchange during the years of 2011 to 2015 were used. The statistical method used in this research is panel ...

Board Composition and Firm Value with the Effect of Directors’ & Officers’ Insurance

This paper investigates the relationship between firm value and board composition with consideration of the effects of D&O insurance: monitoring incentive and moral hazard. Based on three measurements of firm value, we find that (1) D&O insurance provides monitoring incentive for the board; (2) firm value is significantly related to board composition and D&O insurance; and (3) the function of D...

phylogeography and genetic diversity of the lesser mouse- eared bat (myotis blythii) in iran

in current study, 63 samples of bat populations collected from differ regions were used for evaluating the geographic variations. twenty cranial and dental characters for traditional morphometric and landmarks method on the ventral, dorsal skull and mandible for geometry morphometric studies were used. statistical analyses of traditional morphometric and geometry morphometric data indicated low...

How age diversity on the Board of Directors affects Firm Performance

Directors, Outsiders and Efficiency An Analysis of How Board Characteristics Influence Firm Productivity

This paper investigates the relationship between firm productivity and four different board characteristics, including board size, board composition, board ownership and board leadership. Using total factor productivity (TFP) as a measure for productivity, we find an inverse association between board size and productivity and a positive relationship between board composition and productivity in...