• openAccess   Age Diversity: An Empirical Study in the Board of Directors 

      Ferrero-Ferrero, Idoya; Fernandez-Izquierdo, Maria Angeles; Muñoz-Torres, María Jesus Taylor & Francis (2015)
      This study aims to explore how board age diversity affects corporate performance. This study develops three hypotheses built on the perspective of the upper echelons and Harrison and Klein's (2007 Harrison, D. and K. Klein. ...
    • openAccess   Female Institutional Directors on Boards and Firm Value 

      Pucheta-Martínez, María Consuelo; Bel-Oms, Inmaculada; Olcina-Sempere, Gustau Springer (2016-07-18)
      The aim of this research is to examine what impact female institutional directors on boards have on corporate performance. Previous research shows that institutional female directors cannot be considered as a homogeneous ...
    • closedAccess   The impact of the board of directors characteristics on corporate performance and risk-taking before and during the global financial crisis 

      Ferrero-Ferrero, Idoya; Fernandez-Izquierdo, Maria Angeles; Muñoz-Torres, María Jesus Springer-Verlag (2012-07)
      Over recent years, the effectiveness of good corporate governance practices has received considerable attention by the financial literature. In the current global finance crisis, several practitioners, academic and regulators ...