Croci The Board of Directors

Corporate Governance and the Effect on Firm Value
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-3-319-96616-8
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 158 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Psychology and Our Planet

Boards of directors are a central feature of any corporate governance regime. The role of directors and how they affect firm value and policies is examined in depth in academic literature. However, it is easy to get both lost and overwhelmed when searching through the literature review that investigates several characteristics, often one at the time. This book provides a careful and concise look at corporate finance literature, specifically with regard to the board of directors, summarizing the main findings and reconciling them. This book documents the pros and cons associated with the various attributes of the board and the directors as found in the current literature and provides sections geared specifically to practitioners in this space, as well, allowing for a better and more comprehensive description of this important corporate governance mechanism. The resulting book aims to facilitate the interpretation of changes in corporate governance through the lens of the recent academicliterature.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Croci, Ettore

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. The Board of Directors.- Chapter 2. Board, Firm Value, and Corporate Policies.- Chapter 3. The Characteristics of the Directors.- Chapter 4. Conclusions.

Über Autor(innen)

Ettore Croci is Associate Professor at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, Italy. He received his PhD from the Università della Svizzera Italiana (USI), Switzerland. His research focuses on empirical corporate finance and corporate governance.