Role of corporate governance in Internet firms during the 2000 shakeout.

• Main Authors: Chen, Yiyi., Wong, Suk Mei., Yee, Melissa Shu Juan.
• Other Authors: Lim, Chee Yeow
• Format: Final Year Project
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: DRNTU::Business::Finance::Corporate governance
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/9404
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This paper examines the association between Internet firm performance and corporate governance (CG) mechanisms, namely Board size, proportion of independent directors and duality, and if these same CG mechanisms affect the likelihood that an Internet firm will be delisted during the period 1996-2002...