Corporate Boards, Insider Ownership and Firm-Related Characteristics: A Study of Indian Listed Firms

Abstract

The basic purpose of this article is to ferret out whether there exists any association amongst board characteristics, insider ownership and firm-specific characteristics (firm size and age) in relation to Indian corporates listed on Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE). A total of 15 measures including several proxies and modulations has been contrived, which reflect the composition, independence, diligence as well as functioning period of corporate boards. Empirical investigation has been performed using one-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and Welch ANOVA under Robust Tests of Equality of Means (including post-hoc tests) on the sample of top Indian firms ranked on the basis of market capitalisation. The present research findings involve the use of several modulations and formulations in the spectrum of board characteristics regarding the testing of board governance in India. Findings of the study have contributed to the extant corporate governance literature by deprehending significant relationships between board, insider ownership structures and firm-specific characteristics that would guide the policymakers to devise suitable policies for Indian corporate boards in future.

Determinants of corporate financial performance relating to board characteristics of corporate governance in Indian manufacturing industry

“…The study explored this relationship empirically with the use of board size, board independence and board meeting and found contradictory results regarding firms’ performance parameters. These results were consistent and similar to previous studies (Arora and Sharma, 2015; Palaniappan and Rao, 2015; Sarpal and Singh, 2013). The study found that board size of a firm has emerged as an important determinant of firm’s performance but the interesting part is that it is negatively related with firm performance (Gugnani, 2013).…”