scholarly journals Board composition, ownership structure and voluntary disclosure: An empirical study of the listed companies in Egypt

2014 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 415-426 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammed Moustafa Soliman ◽  
Aiman A. Ragab ◽  
Mohammed B. Eldin
Keyword(s):  
Ownership Structure ◽  
Voluntary Disclosure ◽  
Institutional Ownership ◽  
Ownership Concentration ◽  
Board Composition ◽  
Board Independence ◽  
Managerial Ownership ◽  
Voluntary Disclosures ◽  
Board Size ◽  
The Relationship

The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between board composition and ownership structure variables on the level of voluntary information disclosures of companies listed on the Egyptian Stock Exchange. Board composition is examined in terms of board independence; board size; and CEO duality; also, ownership structure is examined in terms of ownership concentration; institutional ownership; and managerial ownership. The results show that there is a significant negative relationship between CEO duality and voluntary disclosures. However, board independence; board size; ownership concentration; institutional ownership; and managerial ownership are not associated with voluntary disclosures. Also, the results of the regression analyses show that size and leverage of firms are significantly and positively associated with the level of voluntary information disclosures. Profitability of a firm is not significantly associated with voluntary disclosures. Finally, this paper indicates the relationship among board composition, ownership structure and corporate voluntary disclosure, and provides evidence for Egyptian regulators to improve corporate governance and optimize ownership structure.

Investigating the Relationship Between Ownership Structure and Investment Efficiency in Emerging Markets: Evidence From the Egyptian Stock Market

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Ahmed Sayed Rashed ◽  
Ebitihj Mostafa Abd ◽  
Esraa Fathi Mohamed Ismail ◽  
Doaa Mohamed Abd El Samea
Keyword(s):  
Ownership Structure ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Panel Data Analysis ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Institutional Ownership ◽  
Managerial Ownership ◽  
Investment Efficiency ◽  
Outside Director ◽  
Director Ownership ◽  
The Relationship

This paper aims to examine the relationship between Ownership Structure Mechanisms (Managerial Ownership, Institutional Ownership, Block holder Ownership and Outside Director Ownership) and Investment Efficiency by using panel data analysis. To investigate this relationship used the multiple regression models. Findings of investigation of 35 firms listed on the Egyptian Stock Exchange in the period 2006 to 2015 by balanced Panel model representative. Results indicated that Managerial Ownership isn’t related with investment efficiency. In contract, institutional ownership, block holder ownership and outside director ownership have a negative relationship with investment efficiency. In addition, the researcher found that control variables (Firm size, Debt ratio, Tobin’s Q) not related to investment efficiency. These findings imply that the Majority of Egyptians firms relies on institutional without individual ownership and then reduces much of possible from agency problems and decreasing information asymmetry and facilitating the monitoring of investment decisions.

scholarly journals Ownership structure and voluntary disclosure in corporate annual reports of Malaysian listed firms

2011 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 296-312 ◽  
Author(s):  
Poh-Ling Ho ◽  
Gregory Tower
Keyword(s):  
Ownership Structure ◽  
Voluntary Disclosure ◽  
Positive Association ◽  
Institutional Ownership ◽  
Ownership Concentration ◽  
Annual Reports ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Listed Firms ◽  
Ownership Structures ◽  
The Impact

This paper examines the impact of ownership structure on the voluntary disclosure in the annual reports of Malaysian listed firms. The result shows that there is an increase in the extent of voluntary disclosure in Malaysian listed firms over the eleven-year period from 1996 to 2006. Ownership concentration consistently shows positive association with voluntary disclosure. Firms with higher foreign and institutional ownership have a significantly positive association with voluntary disclosure levels while firms with family ownership exhibit lower voluntary disclosure. Consistent with agency theory, different ownership structures have varied monitoring effects on agency costs and clearly influence firm’s disclosure practices. The findings provide insights to policy makers and regulators in their desire to increase transparency and accountability amidst the continual enhancement of corporate governance. The findings provide evidence that optimized ownership structure in any jurisdiction should be considered in any regulatory process that seeks to improve transparency.

Ownership structure and audit quality: the mediating effect of board independence

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Moncef Guizani ◽  
Gaafar Abdalkrim
Keyword(s):  
Ownership Structure ◽  
Audit Quality ◽  
Institutional Ownership ◽  
Audit Fees ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Board Independence ◽  
Government Ownership ◽  
Content Type ◽  
New Perspective ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose This study aims to examine the mediating effect of board independence on the relationship between ownership structure and audit quality. Design/methodology/approach The research uses generalized methods of moments regression to test the relationship between ownership structure and audit quality. The sample consists of 162 non-financial firms listed on the Gulf Cooperation Council stock markets between the years of 2009 and 2016. To test the significance of the mediating effect, this paper uses the Sobel test. Findings Empirical findings show that companies with higher family ownership are less likely to demand extensive audit services and, as a result, pay lower audit fees. Conversely, this study finds that companies with higher active and passive institutional ownership are more likely to engage high-quality auditors and pay larger audit fees. As for government ownership, it has no significant impact on audit fees. The results also reveal that the negative (positive) effect of family (institutional) ownership on audit quality follows the path through reducing (enhancing) board independence. Further tests are conducted and support the main findings. Practical implications This study has important implications for policymakers and regulators to address the conflict between controlling shareholders and minorities by promoting higher standards of audit quality. The study findings may be useful to investors, assisting them in making better-informed decisions and aids other interested parties in gaining a better understanding of the role played by ownership structure in audit quality. The study also contributes to the strategic board behavior by bringing a new perspective on how boards engage in monitoring by requesting external audit services. This behavior is likely to be influenced by the type of controlling shareholder. Originality/value The main contribution of the present paper is to examine the board composition as a potential mediating variable between ownership structure and audit quality. Moreover, it highlights the issue of improving governance mechanisms.

scholarly journals Ownership Structure and Dividend Policy of Listed Deposit Money Banks in Nigeria: A Tobit Regression Analysis

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Idris Ibrahim ◽  
Hussaini Shuaibu
Keyword(s):  
Ownership Structure ◽  
Dividend Policy ◽  
Institutional Ownership ◽  
Free Cash Flow ◽  
Ownership Concentration ◽  
Managerial Ownership ◽  
Tobit Regression ◽  
Diverse Range ◽  
Dividend Payment ◽  
Ex Post

Free cash flow hypothesis posit that regular paying of dividend can reduce agency conflict and through this, the range of future probable misuse of resources by management reduces. Ownership structure has been identified to have relationship with dividend policy of a firm.  Though the relationship is different for different class of owners and at different level; it does not influence dividend policy uniformly. Although, the linkage between the two has been monitored by many researchers, yet empirical researches do not provide consensus as to the direction of the relationships. Thus, the paper investigates the likelihood impact of ownership structure on dividend policy in the context of agency relation while using managerial ownership, institutional ownership, ownership concentration and foreign ownershipon dividend policy in the listed Deposit Money Banks (DMBs)in Nigeria. The research designs are Correlational and ex-post facto using secondary data extracted from the sampled companies’ annual financial reports for the period 2010-2014. Maximum likelihood (panel data tobit regression) is adopted as a technique of analysis for the study, using a sample of ten (10) out of seventeen (17) listed DMBs in Nigeria that served as population. The result shows that managerial ownership and ownership concentration are likely to have significant negative impact on dividend policy of listed DMBsin Nigeria, while institutional ownership is found to have likely significant positive impact on dividend policy of listed DMBs in Nigeria. But foreign ownership is found not to have likely significant impact on dividend policyof listed DMBsin Nigeria. Based on the findings, it is recommended among others that policy makers (Security and Exchange Commission and Corporate Affairs Commission) to design future policies where dividend payment could be facilitated and the diverse range of shareholders to be satisfied most especially minority shareholders. And that a limit should be set for managers on the proportion of shares to be held as this can facilitate dividend payment.

scholarly journals The Association of Board Composition, Intellectual Capital and Firm Performance in a High Ownership Concentration Context: Evidence from Italy

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 317 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefania Veltri ◽  
Romilda Mazzotta
Keyword(s):  
Firm Performance ◽  
Intellectual Capital ◽  
Ownership Structure ◽  
Capital Market ◽  
Ownership Concentration ◽  
Board Composition ◽  
Firm Efficiency ◽  
Management Literature ◽  
Sophisticated Model ◽  
The Relationship

<p>The association of Corporate Governance (CG) with Firm Performance (FP) has always been an issue relevant to management literature. Nevertheless, the notable heterogeneity of studies and their mixed results highlight the opportuneness of continuing to investigate the association of CG with FP. The article aims to contribute to this research by building and employing a sophisticated model to take into account beyond the  board composition ownership structure and firm efficiency in using its intellectual capital (as measured by VAIC<sup>TM</sup>). The findings provide evidence that the board composition, the ownership concentration and the efficiency of intellectual capital increases firm efficiency in producing profits (as measured by ROA). Furthermore, our findings add knowledge to the relationship between CG and FP, by confirming a positive relationship in Italy, a continental European capital market under-investigated on this issue.</p>

scholarly journals Ownership Structure, Corporate Governance and Capital Structure of Non-Financial Firms of Pakistan

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-46
Author(s):  
Hassan Ahmad ◽  
Nasreen Akhter ◽  
Tariq Siddiq ◽  
Zahid Iqbal
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Capital Structure ◽  
Ownership Structure ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Institutional Ownership ◽  
Board Independence ◽  
Managerial Ownership ◽  
Debt Ratio ◽  
Significant Negative Impact ◽  
The Impact

This study is undertaken with the purpose of investigating the impact of ownership structure and corporate governance on the capital structure of Pakistani listed firms from 2011-2014, feasible general least square is used to investigate the impact of ownership structure and corporate governance on capital structure of KSE 100 index firms. Explanatory variables include ownership concentration, managerial ownership, foreign ownership, institutional ownership, board size, board independence and CEO duality along with the three control variables namely firm size, firm profitability and liquidity. There is insignificant positive relationship between ownership concentration and capital structure, managerial ownership has a significant negative impact on debt ratio. Foreign ownership has also a significant negative impact on firm capital structure and institutional ownership has significant positive impact on capital structure. Board size is positively related to capital structure, board independence also positively related to firm’s debt ratio but CEO duality negatively related to the dependent variable, all these variables have significant impact on capital structure of Pakistani firms. 

scholarly journals PENGARUH STRUKTUR KEPEMILIKAN TERHADAP KEBIJAKAN DIVIDEN PADA PERUSAHAAN MANUFAKTUR

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 167
Author(s):  
Evy Sumartha
Keyword(s):  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Ownership Structure ◽  
Dividend Policy ◽  
Control Variable ◽  
Institutional Ownership ◽  
Managerial Ownership ◽  
Company Size ◽  
Dividend Payout ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
The Relationship

Abstrak: Pengaruh Struktur Kepemilikan Terhadap Kebijakan Dividen pada Perusahaan Manufaktur. Struktur kepemilikan sebagai variabel independen dalam penelitian ini diproksikan dengan kepemilikan institusional dan kepemilikan manajerial. Penelitian ini juga untuk mendapatkan bukti mengenai fungsi moderasi dari konsentrasi kepemilikan dalam hubungan antara struktur kepemilikan dan kebijakan dividen. Variabel dependen adalah kebijakan dividen yang diukur dengan Dividend Payout Ratio (DPR). Sampel yang diperoleh sebanyak 97 perusahaan selama tahun pengamatan. Pengujian hipotesis dilakukan dengan Moderating Regression Analysis dan analisis regresi data panel. Hasilnya menunjukkan bahwa konsentrasi kepemilikan berfungsi sebagai variabel moderating pada hubungan antara struktur kepemilikan dan kebijakan dividen. Untuk kepemilikan institusional pada perusahaan yang tidak mempunyai kepemilikan manajerial berpengaruh negatif terhadap Dividend Payout Ratio, sedangkan kepemilikan institusional pada perusahaan yang mempunyai kepemilikan manajerial berpengaruh positif. Kepemilikan manajerial berpengaruh positif terhadap Dividend Payout Ratio. Variabel kontrol profitabilitas dan ukuran perusahaan berpengaruh pula terhadap kebijakan dividen perusahaan. Kata Kunci: konsentrasi kepemilikan, kepemilikan institusional, kepemilikan manajerial, ROA, ukuran perusahaan, dividend payout ratio Abstract: Pengaruh Struktur Kepemilikan Terhadap Kebijakan Dividen pada Perusahaan Manufaktur Ownership structure; as independent variables in this research; is represented by institutional ownership and managerial ownership. This research also aimed to obtain evidence of moderation function of the concentration of ownership in the relationship between ownership structure and dividend policy. The dependent variable is dividend policy which is measured by Dividend Payout Ratio (DPR). There are 97 sample companies. Hypothesis testing is done by Moderating Regression Analysis (MRA) and panel regression analysis. The results of this research show that the concentration of ownership serves as a moderating variable on the relationship between ownership structure and dividend policy. Institutional ownership in companies that do not have a managerial ownership has a negative effect on Dividend Payout Ratio; while institutional ownership in companies that have a managerial ownership has a positive effect on Dividend Payout Ratio. Profitability and company size as a control variable has effect on dividend policy. Keywords: the concentration of ownership, institutional ownership, managerial ownership, ROA, company size, dividend payout ratio

scholarly journals Ownership Structure and Firm Value of Quoted Consumers Goods Firms in Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 214-228
Author(s):  
Godwin Emmanuel Oyedokun ◽  
Shehu Isah ◽  
Niyi Solomon Awotomilusi
Keyword(s):  
Ownership Structure ◽  
Consumer Goods ◽  
Firm Value ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Institutional Ownership ◽  
Foreign Ownership ◽  
Ownership Concentration ◽  
Annual Reports ◽  
Managerial Ownership

This study examined the ownership structure's effect on the firms' value of quoted manufacturing firms (consumer goods) in Nigeria for 2010-2018. The total numbers of quoted consumer goods firms in the Nigeria stock exchange as of 31st December 2018 were twenty-one (21). A judgmental sampling technique was used to sample nineteen (19) consumer goods firms for the study. The study sought to examine whether ownership structure proxy by managerial Ownership, Institutional Ownership, foreign Ownership, and ownership concentration affect firms' values of quoted consumer goods in Nigeria. Data were collected from secondary sources through the annual reports and accounts of sampled consumer goods firms in Nigeria. The study adopted a panel regression technique as a tool of analysis. The result showed a negative effect of managerial ownership on firm value. While institutional Ownership, foreign Ownership, and Ownership concentration all positively affect the firm value of consumer goods firms in Nigeria. Therefore, the study recommends that the numbers of shares held by management should be reduced to increase the firm value of the listed consumer goods companies in Nigeria. 

scholarly journals Peranan Karakteristik Dewan Direksi dan Struktur Kepemilikan dalam Pengungkapan Sukarela Perusahaan Publik Indonesia

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica Yeo ◽  
Meiliana Suparman
Keyword(s):  
Board Of Directors ◽  
Ownership Structure ◽  
Voluntary Disclosure ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Institutional Ownership ◽  
Size Composition ◽  
Fixed Effect Model ◽  
Foreign Ownership ◽  
Voluntary Disclosures

The objective of this study is to demonstrate that characteristics of the board of directors and ownership structure influence the level of voluntary disclosure. Board of directors’ characteristics include the board's size, composition, frequency of meetings, gender, expertise, and compensation. These attributes reflect the ownership structure, which includes foreign ownership, institutional ownership, and director ownership. Control variables include company size, firm age, leverage, profitability, and liquidity. This study utilized secondary data from 52 consumer goods companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange for the period 2016 to 2020. In total, 228 observations were tested for hypotheses, after 32 outliers were removed from the data. The hypotheses were tested using panel regression with a Fixed Effect Model (FEM). The study found that all independent variables simultaneously have a significant impact on voluntary disclosures. According to the partial test (t-test), only the remuneration of directors and institutional ownership had a significant and positive effect on voluntary disclosures, while other variables had no significant impact. In addition, the foreign ownership variable had a significant affect on voluntary disclosure, however the direction is negative.

scholarly journals PENGARUH EARNINGS MANAGEMENT DAN TAX AVOIDANCE TERHADAP NILAI PERUSAHAAN DENGAN STRUKTUR KEPEMILIKAN SEBAGAI MODERATING VARIABLE PADA PERUSAHAAN KELOMPOK LQ 45 DI BEI TAHUN 2013-2016

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nurhanimah Nurhanimah ◽  
Rita Anugerah ◽  
Vince Ratnawati
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Earnings Management ◽  
Ownership Structure ◽  
Firm Value ◽  
Tax Avoidance ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Institutional Ownership ◽  
Managerial Ownership ◽  
Analysis Technique ◽  
The Relationship

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of earnings management and tax avoidance on firm value with ownership structure as a moderating variable. This research was conducted on companies registered in the LQ 45 index for the period 2013-2016 with a purposive sampling technique. Data analysis technique using WarpPLS version 5.0. The results show that earnings management affects the value of the company, whereas tax avoidance does not affect the value of the company. The researcher also found managerial ownership does not moderate the relationship between earnings management and tax avoidance on firm value. Institutional ownership moderates the earnings management on firm value but does not moderate the relationship between tax avoidance on firm value.

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