The influence of internal and external corporate governance mechanisms on the financial performance in Malaysia’s companies / Hajar Shahira Husin

This study investigate four corporate governance variables which are hypothesized to have an influence in financials’ performance in Malaysia. The variables consist of two internal corporate governance mechanisms measures which is board size and director’s academic qualification, while the remaining...

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主要作者: Husin, Hajar Shahira
格式: Thesis
语言:English
出版: 2023
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在线阅读:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/77746/1/77746.pdf
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总结:This study investigate four corporate governance variables which are hypothesized to have an influence in financials’ performance in Malaysia. The variables consist of two internal corporate governance mechanisms measures which is board size and director’s academic qualification, while the remaining two variables encompassed of external corporate governance mechanisms which is institutional investors and lenders. Many researchers have an interest in studying on the internal corporate governance towards firms’ and financials’ performance, however there are little research had been conducted on external corporate governance. The results of this study based on the data involving 56 samples of Travel, Leisure and Hospitality over a four-year period from 2018 to 2021. Furthermore, the data of samples was obtained from Thomson Reuters Eikon DataStream. An econometric model using panel data regression techniques was employed to analyse the financial performance of the firms. Using return on assets as the dependent variable, it was established that board size and accounting academic qualifications (an internal corporate governance mechanisms) significantly influences the financial performance of firms. None of the other corporate governance mechanisms relating to institutional investors and lenders played any role in influencing financial performance.