Scientific journal paper Q3
The influence of diversity on boards on profitability: an overview across Iberian listed companies
Ilídio Tomás Lopes (Lopes, I. T.); Duarte Pitta-Ferraz (Ferraz, D. P.); Maria Martins (Martins, M. M.);
Journal Title
Corporate Ownership And Control
Year (definitive publication)
2016
Language
English
Country
Ukraine
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Abstract
In modern economies, the corporate governance principles have been understood as drivers that mitigate the risk derived from the existing gap between managerial practices and ownership structure. This research contributes to the literature review, analyzing the relationship between the board characteristics, audit firms, and a set of indicators taken as proxies of performance. Based on a dataset of 124 non-financial companies, a linear model was regressed. We found that some characteristics of board of directors significantly influence the companies’ performance. These new insights can also provide new guidelines for policy makers towards the establishment of new common rules and principles that accurately grant the efficiency of corporate governance mechanisms and ensure the desired international comparability. © 2016, Virtus Interpress. All rights reserved.
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Keywords
Corporate governance,Diversity on boards,Profitability,Portugal,Spain,Iberian countries
  • Economics and Business - Social Sciences
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UID/GES/00315/2013 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

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