Extant literature on board gender diversity focuses the main pillars of sustainability while ignoring important subdimension – waste management. Using a sample 8365 firm-year observations for period 2002–2017 from 37 countries, we provide novel empirical evidence that significantly reduces (increases) generation (waste recycling) in firms. We also note impact is significant with two or more fem...

This study examines the association between board structure and corporate performance, where performance is defined as the value added (VA) efficiency of the firm’s physical and intellectual resources rather than the more commonly used financial terms or profitability ratios. It is argued that the inclusion of intellectual elements into the measurement provides a long-term measurement of corpor...

The notion that female directors are better disposed to protect shareholders’ interests has brought boardroom gender diversity into the limelight. Echoing these emerging trends, this paper analyzes relationship between board diversity, i.e., proportion of on corporate board, and Chief Executive Officer’s (CEO) compensation. Consistent with conjecture, analysis suggests large diversified boards ...

This memo documents the composition, selection, roles, and organization of the Internet Architecture Board. It replaces RFC 1601.

We investigate the influence of the composition of the board of directors and stock ownership patterns on the decision to enter markets in Central and Eastern Europe. Our findings suggest that board composition alone does not influence the entry decision while firms with less concentrated stock ownership were more likely to enter these developing markets. We also found that while better perform...

The composition of the editorial boards of leading general paediatric journals was assessed. The board members' country of current affiliation was classified according to the Human Development Index. The results showed that only a very small number of the board members are based in the developing world.

This study draws on prior research on corporate governance and examines whether the informativeness of earnings, proxied by the earnings±returns relationship, varies with the fraction of outside directors serving on the board and board size. The results suggest that earnings of ®rms with the smallest boards in the sample (with a minimum of ®ve board members) are perceived as being more informat...

We investigate the relation between board composition and operational risk events of financial institutions in the period from 1996 to 2010. Drawing from corporate governance literature, we consider the impact of board characteristics on the likelihood of operational risk events. Overall, our findings suggest that board size is negatively and non-linearly associated with the possibility of oper...