The disclosure of corporate governance compliance and its effects to the firm's performance: Evidence from public listed companies in Malaysia

This study investigates the level of corporate governance compliance among the board of directors (BOD) of public-listed companies in Malaysia and the effects to firm’s performance. To analyze the level of corporate governance compliance among companies, secondary data is used, which are gathered...

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Main Author: Mohd Saad, Noriza
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2007
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Online Access:https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/2471/1/Noriza_Mohd_Saad_.pdf
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description This study investigates the level of corporate governance compliance among the board of directors (BOD) of public-listed companies in Malaysia and the effects to firm’s performance. To analyze the level of corporate governance compliance among companies, secondary data is used, which are gathered from the analysis of companies’ annual report taken from a sample of 131 companies represent four industries: (i) consumer products (ii) Industrial products (iii) trading and services and (iv) plantation in the Main Board of Bursa Malaysia Security Berhad over the period between 2001 and 2005 were randomly selected. Throughout, this study uses Regression Analysis to run the entire dependent (DV): Return on Assets (ROA), Return on Equity (ROE) and Net Profit Margin (NPM) and independent variables (IV): Board Meeting (BM), Board Composition (BC), Board Training (BT) and Board Remuneration (BR). The result found that most of the company has complied well with the code of corporate governance in Malaysia. This study also had found the evidence that there is a relationship between corporate governance practices with the firm’s performance. Overall, the company with good corporate governance compliance can maximize the shareholders wealth by maximizing their profitability performance.
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spelling uum-24712011-02-22T09:43:24Z https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/2471/ The disclosure of corporate governance compliance and its effects to the firm's performance: Evidence from public listed companies in Malaysia Mohd Saad, Noriza HF Commerce This study investigates the level of corporate governance compliance among the board of directors (BOD) of public-listed companies in Malaysia and the effects to firm’s performance. To analyze the level of corporate governance compliance among companies, secondary data is used, which are gathered from the analysis of companies’ annual report taken from a sample of 131 companies represent four industries: (i) consumer products (ii) Industrial products (iii) trading and services and (iv) plantation in the Main Board of Bursa Malaysia Security Berhad over the period between 2001 and 2005 were randomly selected. Throughout, this study uses Regression Analysis to run the entire dependent (DV): Return on Assets (ROA), Return on Equity (ROE) and Net Profit Margin (NPM) and independent variables (IV): Board Meeting (BM), Board Composition (BC), Board Training (BT) and Board Remuneration (BR). The result found that most of the company has complied well with the code of corporate governance in Malaysia. This study also had found the evidence that there is a relationship between corporate governance practices with the firm’s performance. Overall, the company with good corporate governance compliance can maximize the shareholders wealth by maximizing their profitability performance. 2007 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/2471/1/Noriza_Mohd_Saad_.pdf Mohd Saad, Noriza (2007) The disclosure of corporate governance compliance and its effects to the firm's performance: Evidence from public listed companies in Malaysia. In: International Economic Conference on Trade and Industry (IECTI) 2007, 3 - 5 December 2007, Bayview Hotel Georgetown, Penang. (Unpublished)
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The disclosure of corporate governance compliance and its effects to the firm's performance: Evidence from public listed companies in Malaysia
title The disclosure of corporate governance compliance and its effects to the firm's performance: Evidence from public listed companies in Malaysia
title_full The disclosure of corporate governance compliance and its effects to the firm's performance: Evidence from public listed companies in Malaysia
title_fullStr The disclosure of corporate governance compliance and its effects to the firm's performance: Evidence from public listed companies in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed The disclosure of corporate governance compliance and its effects to the firm's performance: Evidence from public listed companies in Malaysia
title_short The disclosure of corporate governance compliance and its effects to the firm's performance: Evidence from public listed companies in Malaysia
title_sort disclosure of corporate governance compliance and its effects to the firm s performance evidence from public listed companies in malaysia
topic HF Commerce
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