Globalizing the boardroom-The effects of foreign directors on corporate governance and firm performance

Journal of Accounting and Economics

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 527-554

  Masulis, Ronald W ^a   Wang, Cong ^b   Xie, Fei ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Board meeting attendance; CEO compensation; CEO turnover; Cross border acquisition; Earnings restatement; Firm performance; Foreign directors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862794796     PISSN: 01654101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacceco.2011.12.003     Document Type: Article

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