Boards and Company Performance ‐ Research Challenges the Conventional Wisdom

Theory of the firm: Managerial behavior, agency costs and ownership structure

Michael C. Jensen, William H. Meckling · Journal of Financial Economics · 1976 · 70.7K citations

Management, Business Economics, Corporate Governance +16

The economic institutions of capitalism firms, markets, relational contracting

Oliver E. Williamson · 1987 · 7.3K citations

Business, Economics, Contract Theory +15

Stewardship Theory or Agency Theory: CEO Governance and Shareholder Returns

Lex Donaldson, James H. Davis · Australian Journal of Management · 1991 · 3.5K citations

Management, Corporate Governance, Strategic Management +17

Size and Composition of Corporate Boards of Directors: The Organization and its Environment

Jeffrey Pfeffer · Administrative Science Quarterly · 1972 · 2K citations

Management, Corporate Governance, Organization Studies +13

Corporate Governance and the Board of Directors: Performance Effects of Changes in Board Composition

The Journal of Law Economics and Organization · 1985 · 1.8K citations

Management, Corporate Governance, Agency Theory +11