Social capital of directors and corporate governance: A social network analysis

• Main Authors: NIU, Zihan, CHEN, Christopher C. H.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2017
• Subjects: social network; corporate governance; family firm; independent director; centrality; Business Law, Public Responsibility, and Ethics; Commercial Law; Social Media
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/2218; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/4170/viewcontent/Social_Capital_of_Directors_and_Corporate_Governance__A_Social_Ne.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This Article examines how a director’s social capital might affect his or her behavior, the board’s performance, and corporate governance, as well as the potential normative implications of the director’s social network. We argue that the quality of board performance could be improved where the soci...