The Effect of Board Characteristics on Firm Performance in Japan

This paper analyzes the effect of similarity among board members on firm performance in Japanese manufacturing firms. The similarity measures regarding age and educational background of individual directors were used to predict firm performance. The analyses revealed that similarity of age among boa...

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Main Authors: Oona Cha, Taehun Jung
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korea Institute for International Economic Policy 2009-06-01
Series:East Asian Economic Review
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.11644/KIEP.JEAI.2009.13.1.199