Do Boards of Directors Really Matter in the Cooperation Behavior of Firms? An Exploratory Analysis in Spain

Maria Sonia Medina-Salgado, María Sacristán-Navarro and Luis Ángel Guerras-Martín
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Maria Sonia Medina-Salgado: Department of Economía de la Empresa (ADO), Economía Aplicada II y Fundamentos del Análisis Económico, Facultad de Ciencias Jurídicas y Sociales, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, 28032 Madrid, Spain
María Sacristán-Navarro: Department of Economía de la Empresa (ADO), Economía Aplicada II y Fundamentos del Análisis Económico, Facultad de Ciencias Jurídicas y Sociales, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, 28032 Madrid, Spain
Luis Ángel Guerras-Martín: Department of Economía de la Empresa (ADO), Economía Aplicada II y Fundamentos del Análisis Económico, Facultad de Ciencias Jurídicas y Sociales, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, 28032 Madrid, Spain

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 23, 1-18

Abstract: This paper explores the relationship between one of the major aspects of the internal mechanism of corporate governance, i.e., the board of directors, and the corporate strategy of cooperation. The study was designed to investigate whether certain board of director characteristics have an influence on the propensity to cooperate in Spanish listed non-financial firms. Our findings reveal that the propensity to cooperate in Spanish firms is driven more by a tight “management effect” whereby the highest probability of occurrence is related to firms with duality on their boards and a lower proportion of nominee directors representing controlling shareholders. This paper adds evidence to the corporate governance-corporate strategy (alliance propensity) discussion in a continental country such as Spain.

Keywords: corporate governance; alliance propensity; board of directors; duality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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