How well does political connection affect firms’ performance? / Nurul Azlin Azmi ...[et al.]

• Main Authors: Azmi, Nurul Azlin, Zakaria, Nor Balkish, Abd Sata, Fazrul Hanim, Mohd Sanusi, Zuraidah, Busirin, Mohd Fazrin
• Other Authors: Md Kassim, Fazdilah
• Format: Book Section
• Language: English
• Published: UiTM Cawangan Johor 2019
• Subjects: Organizational effectiveness. Performance measurement
• Online Access: http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/39059/1/39059.pdf; http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/39059/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Mara

The purpose of this study is to examine the influence of political connections on firms’ performance by controlling the effect of board attributes and firms characteristics. Specifically, it is argued that politically connected firms enjoy a lot of benefit from the government and said to provide gre...