Corporate governance : an empirical study of Malaysian companies

This paper investigates the association between corporate governance structure, firm performance and corporate leverage in Malaysia. Our results indicate that leverage is negatively associated with common equity ownership concentration and positively associated with board independence. We find that...

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Main Authors:	Neo, Roslyn Hui Zhi, Lim, Alfred Yung Way, Koh, Xin Yi
Other Authors:	Lee, Kin Wai
Format:	Final Year Project
Published:	2008
Subjects:	DRNTU::Business::Finance::Corporate governance
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10356/9490
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Institution:	Nanyang Technological University

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spelling	sg-ntu-dr.10356-94902023-05-19T06:16:18Z Corporate governance : an empirical study of Malaysian companies Neo, Roslyn Hui Zhi Lim, Alfred Yung Way Koh, Xin Yi Lee, Kin Wai Nanyang Business School DRNTU::Business::Finance::Corporate governance This paper investigates the association between corporate governance structure, firm performance and corporate leverage in Malaysia. Our results indicate that leverage is negatively associated with common equity ownership concentration and positively associated with board independence. We find that corporate governance structure affects firm performance. Specifically, we find that firm performance is positively associated with equity ownership concentration. 2008-09-24T07:32:56Z 2008-09-24T07:32:56Z 2004 2004 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/9490 Nanyang Technological University application/pdf
institution	Nanyang Technological University
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topic	DRNTU::Business::Finance::Corporate governance
spellingShingle	DRNTU::Business::Finance::Corporate governance Neo, Roslyn Hui Zhi Lim, Alfred Yung Way Koh, Xin Yi Corporate governance : an empirical study of Malaysian companies
description	This paper investigates the association between corporate governance structure, firm performance and corporate leverage in Malaysia. Our results indicate that leverage is negatively associated with common equity ownership concentration and positively associated with board independence. We find that corporate governance structure affects firm performance. Specifically, we find that firm performance is positively associated with equity ownership concentration.
author2	Lee, Kin Wai
author_facet	Lee, Kin Wai Neo, Roslyn Hui Zhi Lim, Alfred Yung Way Koh, Xin Yi
format	Final Year Project
author	Neo, Roslyn Hui Zhi Lim, Alfred Yung Way Koh, Xin Yi
author_sort	Neo, Roslyn Hui Zhi
title	Corporate governance : an empirical study of Malaysian companies
title_short	Corporate governance : an empirical study of Malaysian companies
title_full	Corporate governance : an empirical study of Malaysian companies
title_fullStr	Corporate governance : an empirical study of Malaysian companies
title_full_unstemmed	Corporate governance : an empirical study of Malaysian companies
title_sort	corporate governance : an empirical study of malaysian companies
publishDate	2008
url	http://hdl.handle.net/10356/9490
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Corporate governance : an empirical study of Malaysian companies

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