Compliance of Listed Companies with Codes of Corporate Governance and Impact on Corporate Performance: Evidence from Sri Lanka

2021 ◽  
pp. 481-504
Author(s):  
D. H. S. W. Dissanayake ◽  
D. B. P. H. Dissabandara ◽  
A. R. Ajward
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Corporate Performance ◽  
Listed Companies

scholarly journals Governance and ownership in Malaysia: their impacts on corporate performance

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 285-298
Author(s):  
Nazli Anum Mohd Ghazali
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Corporate Performance ◽  
Listed Companies ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Annual Reports ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Company Performance ◽  
Government Ownership ◽  
Board Size ◽  
Content Type

PurposeThe aim of this paper is to examine the relative influence of regulatory enhancements relating to corporate governance and attributes of business traits on performance of Malaysian listed companies.Design/methodology/approachRegression analysis was performed on all 742 non-financial main board companies listed on Bursa Malaysia using data from 2013 annual reports.FindingsThe results show that the number of board meetings held during the year, role separation and board size have a significant impact on corporate performance. By contrast, independent directors, government ownership and director ownership do not influence corporate performance.Research limitations/implicationsThe study investigated non-financial companies for the financial year 2013. Hence, the results may not apply to financial companies and other years. Future research can perhaps include all types of listed companies and carry out a longitudinal study to gain more comprehensive results and understanding on the relationship between corporate governance and corporate performance. Additionally, future research could also consider employing a different methodology to further unveil factors influencing corporate performance.Practical implicationsThe above findings provide new evidence of the effectiveness of the Malaysian Code on Corporate Governance in improving company performance. The significance of board meetings, role separation and board size shows the importance of internal governance in shaping company processes and hence performance.Originality/valueThe result suggests that although the Malaysian Code on Corporate Governance follows the corporate governance code of developed countries, the applicability of the recommendations to a developing country is evidenced. Companies in Malaysia are predominantly government-owned or closely held, but it appears that role separation matters even in these types of companies in achieving better performance.

scholarly journals Empirical Analysis of Listed Agricultural Corporate Governance Structure and Corporate Performance

2021 ◽  
Vol 235 ◽  
pp. 02029
Author(s):  
Danchen Zheng
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Corporate Performance ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Listed Companies ◽  
Governance Structure ◽  
Multiple Regression Model ◽  
Structural Factors ◽  
Corporate Governance Structure ◽  
The Board Of Directors ◽  
The Relationship

Agriculture is the basic industry in China, and the development of agricultural listed companies is influenced by internal structure and corporate governance. An effective corporate governance structure can reduce costs to a certain extent, thereby increasing company value and overall strength. This paper selects the financial data of 2013-2018 A-share agricultural listed company in Shanghai and Shenzhen as a sample, puts forward the hypothesis through theoretical analysis, conducts Pearson correlation test on the sample data, and constructs multiple regression model to verify the three aspects of corporate governance structure. The relationship between corporate performance and research results shows that the relationship between equity concentration, equity balance, executive compensation and corporate performance of agricultural listed companies in China is in a “U” shape, and the size of the board of directors is significantly positively correlated with corporate performance to some extent, while the correlation between other governance structural factors and firm performance is not significant.

scholarly journals The Effect of Corporate Governance on Firms’ Capital Structure of Listed Companies in Sri Lanka

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 19-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Siromi Bulathsinhalage ◽  
◽  
Chandrapala Pathirawasam ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Capital Structure ◽  
Listed Companies

scholarly journals Corporate performance and boards’ dilemma of listed subsidiaries

2013 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 130-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emiliano Di Carlo ◽  
Francesco Ranalli
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Firm Performance ◽  
Financial Performance ◽  
Ownership Structure ◽  
Corporate Performance ◽  
Listed Companies ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Parent Companies

The paper focuses on listed companies controlled by other (listed or not listed) entities. The decisionmaking power of listed subsidiary’s boards could be strongly influenced by (or instead could be autonomous from) the parent companies’ board. However, so far literature on corporate governance seems not to have considered adequately this aspect as well as the impact of that influence on listed companies’ financial performance and on corporate governance variables. The main objective of this paper is to explore how and why this phenomenon is relevant, giving some preliminary suggestions on the interpretation of the ownership structure, board demography and the financial performances of directed listed subsidiaries. In order to explore the relevance of the phenomenon, we use a sample of Italian listed companies controlled and consolidated by other companies for the year 2010. The analysis shows that 71.4% (145 firms) of Italian non-financial listed companies are consolidated by the respective controlling entities and 24.1% (35 firms) of these listed subsidiaries declare to be directed by their parents. Thus, they are not independent economic entities and the effort to study the relationship between corporate governance variables and firm performance could be strongly biased.

Audit Committee Effectiveness Among Malaysian Listed Companies

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shamsul Nahar Abdullah ◽  
Ku Nor Izah Ku Ismail
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Audit Committee ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Listed Companies ◽  
The Other ◽  
Interactive Effects ◽  
Committee Chairman ◽  
Kuala Lumpur ◽  
Political Costs ◽  
Leadership Structure

This study investigates further the previous paper by Shamsul Nahar and Al-Murisi (1997) by examining the interactive effects of the variables in that paper and introducing other variables associated with corporate governance and political costs. The present study postulated that percentage of external directors on audit committee interacted with the presence of an accountant on audit committee and with the number of years an audit committee in existence, respectively, to influence audit committee effectiveness. The study also posited that the interaction of the presence of an accountant on audit committee and the number of years an audit committee in existence positively and significantly influenced audit committee effectiveness. Addition. ally, the roles of leadership structure, audit committee chairman, and a firm's size on audit committee effectiveness were also investigated. Using a multiple regression from a sample consisting the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange listed companies, results showed that only a firm's size significantly influenced audit committee effectiveness in the predicted direction. Other variables, on the other hand, did not show any significant influence on audit committee effectiveness.  

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