Trond Randøy

TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of foreign board membership on corporate performance measured in terms of firm value was examined using Tobin's Q. The study indicates that a significantly higher value for firms that have outsider Anglo-American board member(s), after a variety of firm-specific and corporate governance related factors have been controlled for.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors used a sample of 68 small-and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) publicly traded in Norway and found that founding family leadership moderates the relationship between ownership structure and firm performance.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined a sample of 120 Norwegian, founding family controlled and non-founding family controlled firms, to address two important research questions: (1) is founding family control associated with higher firm value; and (2) are there unique corporate governance conditions under which a founding family controlling firm can be more valuable?

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the internationalization of corporate boards, using a sample of 346 non-financial listed Nordic firms during 2001-2008, and found that the percentage of foreign directors was related primarily to financial internationalization rather than foreign sales, and thus presumably to the monitoring rather than advisory functions.

TL;DR: This paper examined how various aspects of international influence affect microbanks' financial and social performance and found that the internationalization of microbanks to a large extend enhances social performance, but does not enhance financial performance.