Title
The Finance Committee of the Board and Financial Performance: A Resource Dependence Perspective
Abstract
This study examines whether properly staffed board-level finance committees improve firm performance. Using a sample of US firms, directors are categorized using resource dependence taxonomy. Hypotheses related to firm performance are formulated and metrics including accounting measures, stock market performance, and long-term investments tested. There is some support that firms with a finance committee showed greater Jensen productivity measures. The evidence also suggests that finance committees are most effective in improving performance when staffed with top management from publicly traded companies and investment or commercial bankers. Consistent with others, we find little association between firm performance and overall board composition.
Department(s)
Finance and General Business
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2013
Recommended Citation
Peterson, Craig A., and James Philpot. "The Finance Committee of the Board and Financial Performance: A Resource Dependence Perspective." Journal of Leadership, Accountability and Ethics 10, no. 2 (2013): 16.
Journal Title
Journal of Leadership, Accountability and Ethics
