Governance-Led Corporate Performance

Apu Manna is Assistant Professor at Balurghat College, India. He has published widely in the field of commerce, economics and management, contributing to several national and international journals and edited volumes.Tarak Nath Sahu is Assistant Professor at Vidyasagar University, India. He has authored and edited several books and research articles in reputed national and international journals and is the author of Investment Behaviour: Towards an Individual-Centred Financial Policy in Developing Economies (Emerald, 2018).  Arindam Gupta is Professor at Vidyasagar University, India. He has published over ninety journal articles, edited one book and authored three books within the area of finance and corporate governance.

This book examines the effect of corporate governance variables on firm performance, through a study of companies in India. It discusses the theoretical aspects of this relationship, as well as practices of corporate governance. It addresses corporate governance mechanisms and dimensions; the characteristics of corporate governance in India and recommendations of different corporate governance committees from government agencies; related empirical and theoretical literature; the data and methodology used in the authors' study; their empirical findings on the nature and degree of the relationship between corporate governance and corporate performance in the context of specific variables, particularly ownership structure, board composition, and chief executive officer characteristics; and the contributions of the study.

• Chapter 1. Conceptual Approach of Corporate Governance Chapter 2. Corporate Governance in India Chapter 3. Literature Review Chapter 4. Data and Methodology Chapter 5. Analysis and Findings Chapter 6. Summary and Conclusion