In this research, we conduct a literature review of various papers pertaining to the relationship between corporate governance and firm performance. We begin our review with the landmark G-Index developed by Gompers, Ishii, and Metrick (2003) and compare it with the Gov-Score developed by Brown and Caylor (2004). We find sufficient evidence to suggest that the latter is a better indicator of firm performance. We then proceed to review various studies from around the world, including USA, UK and Eurozone countries, Australia, China, Middle East, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Nigeria, and finally return...

The value of inducting high performance work systems in firms operating in both private and public sectors of Pakistan was investigated in 9 different firms taking both objective and subjective measures of performance evaluation for organizations into account. Objective parameters of performance evaluation indicated the association of high performance work systems with both financial and non-financial outcomes of firms. Study indicates some of the practices of high performance work systems if deployed adequately have a statistically significant impact on firms overall productivity and...