E. Research Instrument

E.1. Regression/Parametric Analysis

119

E.2. Smart PLS-SEM

1

E.3. Case Study

2

E.4. Survey

2

E.5. Descriptive Statistics/Non parametric analysis

1

E.6. Essay

5

E.7. Data Envelopment analysis (DEA) and Regression Analysis

1

E.8. Literature Review

8

E.9. Fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis (fs/QCA)

1

F. Thematology of Board Diversity

F1. Board Diversity and firms’ decisions

Elmagrhi et al. (2017) , Sanan (2019) , Tahir et al. (2020) , Ye et al. (2019) , Al-Rahahleh (2017) , Zhu and Shen (2016) , Nguyen et al. (2021) , Waweru and Prot (2018) , Hoang et al. (2017) , Mohammad et al. (2016) , Villarón-Peramato et al. (2018) , Detthamrong et al. (2017) , Benkraiem et al. (2017) , Van Peteghem et al. (2018) , Agyei-Mensah (2021) , Elmagrhi et al. (2018) , Midavaine et al. (2016)

F2. Board Diversity and Corporate Governance

Kabwe et al. (2020) , Agyei-Mensah (2019) , Piekkari et al. (2015) , Elmagrhi et al. (2016) , Nerantzidis and Tsamis (2017) , Marquardt and Wiedman (2016) , Torchia et al. (2015) , Bianco et al. (2015) , Buse et al. (2016) , Psaros and Seamer (2015) , Mardini and Lahyani (2020) , Farag and Mallin (2016)

F.3. Board Diversity, firms’ efficiency and innovation

Zeineb and Mensi (2018) , Adeabah et al. (2018) , Valencia (2018) , Xia et al. (2021) , Wang (2021)

F.4. Opportunity Cost of Board Diversity

Ferreira (2015)

F.5. Board Diversity and Risk Management

Saggar and Singh (2017) , Abou-El-Sood (2019) , Mathew et al. (2017) , Moussa (2019) , Süsi and Lukason (2019) , Gangi et al. (2019) , Cao et al. (2015) , Busru et al. (2020) , Jizi and Nehme (2017) , Darrat et al. (2016) , Bhat et al. (2019) , Jebran et al. (2020)

F.6. Board Diversity and Sustainability/CSR/ESG

Elsayih et al. (2018) , Liao et al. (2015) , Rao and Tilt (2016a) , Lone et al. (2016) , Katmon et al. (2019) , Ashfaq and Rui (2019) , Sundarasen et al. (2016) , Khan et al. (2019a) , Zahid et al. (2020) , El-Bassiouny and El-Bassiouny (2019) , Rao and Tilt (2016b) , Khan et al. (2019b) , Muttakin et al. (2015) , Hoang et al. (2018) , Nicolò et al. (2021) , Cucari et al. (2018) , Ong and Djajadikerta (2018) , Harjoto et al. (2019) , Shu and Chiang (2020) , Kyaw et al. (2017) , Setó-Pamies (2015) , Wang et al. (2021) , Crifo et al. (2019) , Naciti (2019) , Ferrero-Ferrero et al. (2015) , Beji et al. (2021) , Nadeem et al. (2017) , Harjoto et al. (2015) , Nadeem (2021) , Kiliç et al. (2015) , Liao et al. (2018) , Hussain et al. (2018) , Manning et al. (2019) , Ben-Amar et al. (2017) , Shaukat et al. (2016) , Chouaibi et al. (2021) , Giannarakis et al. (2020) , Garcia-Torea et al. (2016) , García-Sánchez et al. (2019) , García-Sánchez et al. (2015) , Garegnani et al. (2015) , Glass et al. (2016) , Gangi et al. (2019) , Haque (2017) , Luo and Tang (2021) , Alazzani et al. (2017) , Martínez-Ferrero and García-Sánchez (2017)