Number of Directors and Financial Performance: A Meta-Analysis

Although a host of theory-driven rationales suggest a relationship between board of directors size and firm performance, the literature provides no consensus about the direction of that relationship. A meta-analysis of 131 samples (N= 20, 620) provided systematic evidence of nonzero, positive, true...

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Managers
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Statistical analysis
Studies
Systematic review
Variables
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