Corporate Governance Structure and Firm Performance: Evidence from Industrial Sector in Malaysia & Singapore

This research studies the influences of corporate governance structure on firm performance in Malaysia & Singapore. The governance structure variables are board size, CEO duality, CEO tenure and audit committee. ROA & OCF are the measures of firm performance. In Malaysia, firm performance i...

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Main Author: Al-Manseb, Abdullah Othman Omar
Format: Thesis
Language:English
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Published: 2010
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spelling oai:etd.uum.edu.my:21232013-07-24T12:14:31Z https://etd.uum.edu.my/2123/ Corporate Governance Structure and Firm Performance: Evidence from Industrial Sector in Malaysia & Singapore Al-Manseb, Abdullah Othman Omar HD2709-2930.7 Corporations This research studies the influences of corporate governance structure on firm performance in Malaysia & Singapore. The governance structure variables are board size, CEO duality, CEO tenure and audit committee. ROA & OCF are the measures of firm performance. In Malaysia, firm performance is positively correlated with board size and CEO duality but negative with CEO tenure and audit committee. In Singapore, the relationship between governance structure and firm performance is positive and significant with board structure and audit committee but negative with CEO duality and CEO tenure. 2010-05 Thesis NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en https://etd.uum.edu.my/2123/1/Abdullah_Othman_Omar_Al-Manseb.pdf application/pdf en https://etd.uum.edu.my/2123/2/1.Abdullah_Othman_Omar_Al-Manseb.pdf Al-Manseb, Abdullah Othman Omar (2010) Corporate Governance Structure and Firm Performance: Evidence from Industrial Sector in Malaysia & Singapore. Masters thesis, Universiti Utara Malaysia.
spellingShingle HD2709-2930.7 Corporations
Al-Manseb, Abdullah Othman Omar
Corporate Governance Structure and Firm Performance: Evidence from Industrial Sector in Malaysia & Singapore
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title Corporate Governance Structure and Firm Performance: Evidence from Industrial Sector in Malaysia & Singapore
title_full Corporate Governance Structure and Firm Performance: Evidence from Industrial Sector in Malaysia & Singapore
title_fullStr Corporate Governance Structure and Firm Performance: Evidence from Industrial Sector in Malaysia & Singapore
title_full_unstemmed Corporate Governance Structure and Firm Performance: Evidence from Industrial Sector in Malaysia & Singapore
title_short Corporate Governance Structure and Firm Performance: Evidence from Industrial Sector in Malaysia & Singapore
title_sort corporate governance structure and firm performance evidence from industrial sector in malaysia singapore
topic HD2709-2930.7 Corporations
url https://etd.uum.edu.my/2123/1/Abdullah_Othman_Omar_Al-Manseb.pdf
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