Corporate Governance Monitoring Mechanisms and Corporate Performance and Valuation: Lessons from India (India Studies in Business and Economics)

This book delves deep into performance effects of corporate governance mechanisms. It explores how impact of board of directors, promoter owners, non-controlling large owners, and auditor independence varies according to different organizational circumstances. Examining corporate finance decisions and corporate governance practices of non-financial firms listed on NIFTY 500 index, it illustrates the main and conditional effects of corporate governance monitoring devices by checking their influence on corporate finance decisions. The book renews the business case for good corporate governance practices that go beyond a firm's valuation and profitability. It evaluates the impact of corporate governance on those corporate decisions, which have been shown to affect a firm's value. One of its most notable qualities, is its due consideration to a firm's varied organizational circumstances. As a result, the book is a useful resource toward understanding 'how' superior corporate governance mechanisms can drive a firm's value.

Shveta Singh is PFS Chair Professor and Area Chair of Finance at the Department of Management Studies (DMS), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, India. She is also the coordinator of the National Centre on Corporate Governance. She has contributed to various research and consulting assignments for organizations like the CIO Foundation, CISO Foundation, Lok Sabha, National Foundation for Corporate Governance (NFCG), Directorate General of Supplies and Disposals (DGS&D), National Buildings Construction Corporation (NBCC), Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), UK-India Education and Research Initiative (UKIERI), ReNew Power, the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, the Ministry of Food and Consumer Affairs, the Indian Navy, and the Indian Air Force. She is also a member of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) sectional committees on Sustainable Finance. She is Associate Editor of Journal of Advances in Management Research (JAMR). In addition to publishing more than 180 research papers, she has co-authored a textbook and four research monographs, all published by Springer. She has been honored twice with the “Literati” award for outstanding research and is recipient of the Lok Sabha Fellowship and the Fetzer Fellowship from the Academy of Management, USA as well as the National Stock Exchange – Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (NSE-IGIDR) Corporate Governance Research Initiative Grant. She has also been honored by the “Leadership” award in research from the Institute of Business and Finance Research in USA.

Samridhi Suman has completed her PhD in finance from the Department of Management Studies, IIT Delhi, India. Presently, she is working as Lecturer at University of Southampton Delhi, Gurgaon, India. Prior to this she was Lecturer at Jindal School of Banking & Finance, O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat, India. Her research interests are in the field of corporate governance and corporate finance. She has published her manuscript in high-ranked journals including American Business Review and International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management. She has also presented her research work at several conferences organized by eminent institutes and associations.