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Board Composition

Board Composition is a corporate governance construct that denotes the configuration of an organization’s board of directors in terms of the number and types of directors and their collective attributes—such as independence, expertise, diversity, and tenure—relative to the organization’s strategic, regulatory, and ownership context.

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Higher market valuation of companies with a small board of directors

David Yermack · Journal of Financial Economics · 1996 · 6.8K citations · Full text

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Women in the boardroom and their impact on governance and performance☆

Renée B. Adams, Daniel Ferreira · Journal of Financial Economics · 2009 · 5.6K citations

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Audit committee, board of director characteristics, and earnings management

April Klein · Journal of Accounting and Economics · 2002 · 4.5K citations · Full text

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Corporate governance, chief executive officer compensation, and firm performance

John E. Core, Robert W. Holthausen, David F. Larcker · Journal of Financial Economics · 1999 · 4.5K citations

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Outside directors and CEO turnover

Michael S. Weisbach · Journal of Financial Economics · 1988 · 4.4K citations

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  1. RB
    Renée B. Adams

    University of Oxford, United Kingdom

    26 publications · 12.5K citations

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  2. PJ
    Pornsit Jiraporn

    Pennsylvania State University, United States

    29 publications · 1.9K citations

    21

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  3. DR
    Dan R. Dalton

    Indiana University, United States

    25 publications · 6K citations

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  4. MH
    Morten Huse

    BI Norwegian Business School, Norway

    22 publications · 5.2K citations

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  5. CG
    Collins G. Ntim

    University of Southampton, United Kingdom

    19 publications · 3K citations

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  1. European Corporate Governance Institute

    Brussels, Belgium

    43 h-index

    137 publications

    26.4K citations

  2. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    31 h-index

    59 publications

    6.1K citations

  3. Arizona State University

    Tempe, United States

    31 h-index

    56 publications

    20K citations

  4. Northern University of Malaysia

    Jitra, Malaysia

    31 h-index

    83 publications

    5.7K citations

  5. University of Southampton

    Southampton, United Kingdom

    27 h-index

    43 publications

    7.3K citations

  6. The University of Queensland

    Brisbane, Australia

    26 h-index

    41 publications

    11.9K citations

  7. Universidad de Salamanca

    Salamanca, Spain

    25 h-index

    54 publications

    5.4K citations

  8. UNSW Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    23 h-index

    36 publications

    5.7K citations

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  1. Corporate Governance An International Review

    148 publications · 20.2K citations

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  2. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 395 publications · 24.6K citations

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  3. Corporate Governance

    139 publications · 11.3K citations

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  4. Journal of Business Ethics

    67 publications · 21.3K citations

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  5. Academy of Management Journal

    AMJ · 61 publications · 20.2K citations

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