THE BOARD STRUCTURE AND FIRM PERFORMANCE IN SMES: EVIDENCE FROM SPAIN

The aim is to analyse the efficiency of the board of directors as a corporate governance mechanism. For this purpose, we examine the effect of board composition, size, activity, leadership structure and CEO tenure on firm performance. To test our hypothesis we use a sample of 307 Spanish SMEs, none...

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Main Authors: Arosa, Blanca, Iturralde, Txomin, Maseda, Amaia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2013-09-01
Series:Investigaciones Europeas de Dirección y Economía de la Empresa
Subjects:
SME
Online Access: http://www.elsevier.es/es-revista-investigaciones-europeas-direccion-economia-empresa-345-resumen-la-estructura-del-consejo-rentabilidad-90218047