OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Corporate Governance-An International Review is 4. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Strategic leadership and technological innovation: A comprehensive review and research agenda	67
Board diversity and corporate innovation: Regional demographics and industry context	64
The role of the board chair—A literature review and suggestions for future research	55
Does green banking performance pay off? Evidence from a unique regulatory setting in Bangladesh	49
Board reforms around the world: The effect on corporate social responsibility	43
Mapping the corporate governance scholarship: Current state and future directions	39
Sustainable corporate governance: A review of research on long‐term corporate ownership and sustainability	37
CEO tenure: An integrative review and pathways for future research	34
Corporate governance and institutions—A review and research agenda	33
Financial literacy and security‐based crowdfunding	32
Corporate governance in the Middle East and North Africa: A systematic review of current trends and opportunities for future research	31
Confucian culture and executive compensation: Evidence from China	29
Does managerial ability matter for corporate climate change disclosures?	29
Boardroom gender diversity and investment inefficiency: New evidence from the United Kingdom	27
Corporate governance “bundles” and firm acquisitiveness	26
Public family firms and capital structure: A meta‐analysis	25
Corporate governance and labor investment efficiency: International evidence from board reforms	22
The founder chief executive officer: A review of current insights and directions for future research	22
Do firms practicing integrated reporting engage in less myopic behavior? International evidence on opportunistic earnings management	21
Female representation on boards and corporate ethical behavior in Latin American companies	20
Toward a synthesis of the board‐strategy relationship: A literature review and future research agenda	18
Social norms for fairness and board voting behavior: An experimental investigation	17
Private communication and management forecasts: Evidence from corporate site visits	17
Board demographic, structural diversity, and eco‐innovation: International evidence	17
Social capital and board gender diversity	17

Rule of law and purpose of the corporation	15
Making political connections work better: Information asymmetry and the development of private firms in China	15
The corporate governance consequences of small shareholdings: Evidence from sovereign wealth fund cross‐border investments	15
The cost of conformity to good governance: Board design and compensation	14
Excess control rights in family firms: A socioemotional wealth perspective	13
International differences in the CEO gender pay gap	13
Foreign institutional ownership and corporate risk‐taking: International evidence	12
Corporate performance and CEO dismissal: The role of social category faultlines	12
The role of managerial ownership in dividend tunneling: Evidence from China	11
Institutional cross‐ownership and firm social performance	11
A configurational perspective of boards' attention structures	11
Country‐, firm‐, and director‐level risk and responsibilities and independent director compensation	11
Disciplining entrenched managers through corporate governance reform: Implications for risk‐taking behavior	10
Ownership and corporate governance across institutional contexts	10
Corporate governance dynamics of political tie formation in emerging economies: Business group affiliation, family ownership, and institutional transition	9
Non‐family shareholder governance and the digital transformation of family firms: Evidence from China	9
Corporate governance and the use of external assurance for integrated reports	9
Bank board changes in size and composition: Do they matter for investors?	9
Social hierarchy effect of political strategy: Exploring chairman's political position influence on independent directors' dissent	9
Climate risk and corporate tax avoidance: International evidence	9
Do foreign institutional investors influence corporate climate change disclosure quality? International evidence	8
Corporate governance and wealth and income inequality	8
Courtesy calls for reciprocity: Appointment of uncertificated independent directors in China	8
The effect of ownership structure on investment decisions under exogenous shocks	7
Institutional cross‐ownership and trade credit: Evidence from China	7
Does proxy voting really promote corporate sustainability?	7
The effects of director tenure on monitoring and advising: New insights from behavioral governance and learning theories	7
Accounting conservatism and corporate cash levels: Empirical evidence from Latin America	7
Women directors, board attendance, and corporate financial performance	7
It's a family affair: How social identification influences family CEO compensation	7
Antecedents of top management team and board gender diversity: A review and an agenda for research	7
Board change and firm risk: Do new directors mean unstable corporate policies?	7
Challenge in the boardroom: Director–manager question‐and‐answer interactions at board meetings	7
CEO origin and stock price crash risk: Insider versus outsider CEOs	7
Board meetings dynamics and information diffusion	6
Pay inequality and gender dynamics in top executive positions	6
Does the presence of executives with a legal background affect stock price crash risk?	6
Institutional Investors and ESG Preferences	6
Collusion or governance? Common ownership and corporate risk‐taking	6
Controlling owner type, state capitalism, and corporate social responsibility in Africa	6
CEO turnover: Cross‐country effects	5
All that glitters is not gold! Independent directors' attributes and earnings quality: Beyond formal independence	5
Climate‐linked compensation, societal values, and climate change impact: International evidence	5
When does a female leadership advantage exist? Evidence from SOEs in China	5
Owners' nonfinancial objectives and the diversification and internationalization of business groups	5
Ideological homophily in board composition and interlock networks: Do liberal directors inhibit viewpoint diversity?	5
Do terrorist attacks matter to dividend policy?	5
Board surname sharing and investment efficiency: Evidence from Chinese state‐owned enterprises	5
Private benefits of corporate philanthropy and distortions to corporate financing and investment decisions	5
For love or money? Family versus financial blockholders in international acquisitions	5

R&D investment decisions in business groups: Evidence from a natural experiment	4
The effect of female board representation on the level of ownership in foreign acquisitions	4
Challenges for corporate governance at the national and firm levels	4
The diffusion of governance standards in public corporate governance codes: Measurement framework and three countries comparison	4
Bankers' remuneration reforms and new challenges	4
Alternative corporate governance: Does tax enforcement improve the performance of mergers and acquisitions in China?	4
Performance, investment, and financing patterns of family firms after going public	4
Corporate venture capital, disclosure, and financial reporting	4