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The Board of Directors

Corporate Governance and the Effect on Firm Value

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Authors:
  1. Ettore Croci

    1. Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milano, Italy

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  • Provides a clear focus on a single corporate governance mechanisms: the board of directors

  • Showcases an in-depth analysis of the characteristics of the board and the attributes of the directors

  • Highlights what attributes are beneficial to value creation?

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Table of contents (4 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. The Board of Directors

    • Ettore Croci
    Pages 1-39

  3. Board, Firm Value, and Corporate Policies

    • Ettore Croci
    Pages 41-106

  4. The Characteristics of the Directors

    • Ettore Croci
    Pages 107-149

  5. Conclusions

    • Ettore Croci
    Pages 151-156

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 157-158
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About this book

Boards of directors are a central feature of any corporate governance regime. The role of directors and how they affect firm value and policies is examined in depth in academic literature. However, it is easy to get both lost and overwhelmed when searching through the literature review that investigates several characteristics, often one at the time. This book provides a careful and concise look at corporate finance literature, specifically with regard to the board of directors, summarizing the main findings and reconciling them. This book documents the pros and cons associated with the various attributes of the board and the directors as found in the current literature and provides sections geared specifically to practitioners in this space, as well, allowing for a better and more comprehensive description of this important corporate governance mechanism. The resulting book aims to facilitate the interpretation of changes in corporate governance through the lens of the recent academic literature.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milano, Italy

    Ettore Croci

About the author

Ettore Croci is Associate Professor at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, Italy. He received his PhD from the Università della Svizzera Italiana (USI), Switzerland. His research focuses on empirical corporate finance and corporate governance.​


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Board of Directors

  • Book Subtitle: Corporate Governance and the Effect on Firm Value

  • Authors: Ettore Croci

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96616-8

  • Publisher: Palgrave Pivot Cham

  • eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG, part of Springer Nature 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-96615-1Published: 13 December 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-96616-8Published: 04 December 2018

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 158

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Corporate Finance, Corporate Governance

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