Social Performance and Firm Risk: Impact of the Financial Crisis
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DOI: 10.1007/s10551-016-3017-x
Abstract: Abstract This paper examines the impact of the recent financial crisis (2008–2009) on the relation between a firm’s risk and social performance (SP) using a sample of non-financial U.S. firms covering the period 1991–2012. We… read more here.
Keywords: risk; social performance; financial crisis; firm risk ... See more keywords
Does board gender diversity affect firm risk-taking? Evidence from the French stock market
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DOI: 10.1007/s10997-019-09473-1
Abstract: Drawing from a sample of French companies that made up the SBF 120 index over the period 2006–2010 (before the enactment of the Cope–Zimmermann law on gender quotas on boards), this paper investigates the relationship… read more here.
Keywords: risk taking; firm risk; board gender; gender diversity ... See more keywords
The effect of co-opted directors on firm risk during a stressful time: Evidence from the financial crisis
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DOI: 10.1016/j.frl.2020.101538
Abstract: Abstract Co-opted directors are those appointed after the incumbent CEO assumes office. Prior research shows that co-opted directors affect the quality of board monitoring. We explore how co-opted directors influence firm risk during a stressful… read more here.
Keywords: risk; opted directors; firm risk; risk stressful ... See more keywords
Strategic orientation and firm risk
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijresmar.2019.01.004
Abstract: Abstract Entrepreneurial orientation (EO) and market orientation (MO) have received substantial conceptual and empirical attention in the marketing and management literature and both orientations have consistently been linked to stronger financial performance. Yet the way… read more here.
Keywords: orientation; strategic orientation; orientation firm; risk ... See more keywords
The (non-) effect of labor unionization on firm risk: Evidence from the options market
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2020.101816
Abstract: Abstract Labor unionization has no causal effect on firm risk. Using a regression discontinuity design to study the impact of labor union elections on option-implied firm risk, we find that unionization per se does not… read more here.
Keywords: unionization; risk; labor; firm ... See more keywords
The impact of COVID-19 on firm risk and performance in MENA countries: Does national governance quality matter?
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0281148
Abstract: This study investigated the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on firm risk and performance in different country-level governance qualities in the MENA region. Analyzing a sample of 739 non-financial listed firms in 12 MENA countries… read more here.
Keywords: impact covid; impact; governance; firm risk ... See more keywords
Firm’s Risk-Return Association Facets and Prospect Theory Findings—An Emerging versus Developed Country Context
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DOI: 10.3390/risks6040143
Abstract: A risk-return association under normal market conditions can be conventional positive (risk-averse) or “paradoxical” negative (risk seeking). This study has the objective to investigate whether such an association is stable across market trends (i.e., bull… read more here.
Keywords: risk; return association; firm risk; risk return ... See more keywords