This paper presents a framework for our hypotheses that the independence of a board of directors and the use of digital technology might influence the way a corporation performs environmentally. For empirical verification of our thesis, we take a sample of 53 publicly listed Italian companies and look at data on their board composition, greenhouse ...
The environmental compliance of Chinese corporations is promoted in two main dimensions. On the one hand, based on external pressure from the legal system surrounding national environmental protection, corporations need to adjust their production and operations to comply with environmental law requirements. On the other hand, environmental complian...
The purpose of this study is to investigate the role of capital structure as mediating variable in the relationship between corporate governance and company performance. Data for this study was obtained from financial statements and was done in Indonesia’s non-financial sector. From among the companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange between...
Digitalization and sustainability are changing companies by transforming products, services and operations. While the growth of a digital and sustainable economy may increase firm performance, these new trends also raise potential challenges for companies pertaining to corporate governance structures. Companies are now faced with various alternativ...
Published in Frontiers in Environmental Science
Introduction: The study’s motivation is to investigate the role of environmental and financial disclosure, IT adoption, and good governance on firms’ sustainability from 1990–2019. A sample of 75 financial institutions enlisted in Bangladesh’s capital market was considered for relevant data collection. Methodology: Secondary data sources were used ...
This paper empirically studies the impact of economic policy uncertainty on executives’ self-interest behaviors, distinguishes explicit self-interest behaviors from implicit ones, and studies the moderating effect of internal control. The results illustrate that rising policy uncertainty will inhibit explicit self-interest behaviors of executives, ...
Published in Frontiers in Psychology
Saudi Arabia has now opened its markets to foreign investors in line with its strategy to diversify its economy. However, investors need to feel confident that Saudi enterprises are being monitored and regulated appropriately. This study identifies the impact of improvements in Saudi corporate governance practices among insurance firms. The effects...
This paper examines the innovation spending gap associated with overborrowing in China’s state-owned enterprises (SOEs). Based on the double agency problem of the banking sector, the authors hypothesize that SOEs are more inclined to a higher level of overborrowing and therefore worsen firms’ debt governance system for innovation. We argue that obt...
Research Question/Issue: The strategy role of the board of directors is a contentious topic in both theory and practice and the debate on what boards should or should not do around firm strategy has intensified with changes in global corporate governance. Boards face interventionist regulatory developments, calls for changes in their composition, g...
