scholarly journals OWNERSHIP STRUCTURES, INVESTORS CONFIDENCE AND FINANCIAL DECISIONS IN FAMILY FIRMS: EVIDENCE FROM GCC MARKETS

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-68
Author(s):  
Muhammad Sadiq Shahid ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Ownership Structure ◽  
Family Firms ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Annual Reports ◽  
Stock Exchanges ◽  
Investment Funds ◽  
Financial Decisions ◽  
Ownership Structures ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Impact

The objective of this study is to examine the impact of financial decisions on the ownership structure. This study adopted two themes of ownership structure (e.g., 25% & 50%) that categorized the family-owned firms (FOF) and non-family firms (NFOF). The data was collected from 286 firms listed at GCC stock exchanges annual reports, stock exchange database, and Data Stream that range from 2010-2016 periods. The findings of this study showed that the FOFs have lesser investment-internal fund sensitivity than NFOFs. Though, there is an insignificant effect of the block holder on investment funds sensitivity. However, the little implication of dividend payout in FOFs as compare to NFOFs was disclosed in the results. Moreover, it wrapped up that there are less agency problems and information asymmetry in FOFs comparatively.

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.

Is family ownership of a firm associated with the control of managerial discretion and corporate decisions?

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Martinez Ferrero ◽  
Lázaro Rodríguez-Ariza ◽  
Manuel Bermejo-Sánchez
Keyword(s):  
Ownership Structure ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Family Firms ◽  
Managerial Discretion ◽  
Family Ownership ◽  
Managerial Decisions ◽  
Corporate Decisions ◽  
Type Design ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Impact

Purpose This paper considers the association between family firms and managerial discretion, hypothesising that a higher degree of family ownership may decrease the conflict of interest between owners and managers, thus avoiding the risk of discretionary actions by the latter. Design/methodology/approach Our empirical analysis is based on a large sample of international listed companies from 20 countries including the Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong and covers the period 2002–2010. Methodologically, we use a logit model with marginal effects on the panel data. Findings Our analysis shows that family ownership is associated with greater control and monitoring of managerial decisions, thus avoiding information asymmetries and, therefore, the risk of discretionary actions. In other words, family owners impose a stronger discipline and dissuade non-family managers from using managerial discretion to act in their own interest. Finally, we clarify the inconclusive results reported previously about the effects of family ownership on discretionary practices. Originality/value Our paper contributes to the family firm literature by providing evidence of the impact of ownership structure on the level of discretionay practices. Furthermore, we explore the differences between family and non-family firms as each group has its own varied characteristics. Moreover, in contrast to most previous studies, which have focused on only one country, we extend the analysis to include an international sample of 20 countries. This leads to potentially more powerful and generalizable results.

scholarly journals CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND FIRM PERFORMANCE NEXUS: A CASE OF CEMENT INDUSTRY OF PAKISTAN

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdul Ghafoor Kazi ◽  
Muhammad Asad Arain ◽  
Payal Devi Sahetiya
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Firm Performance ◽  
Ownership Structure ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Cement Industry ◽  
Annual Reports ◽  
Board Structure ◽  
The Impact

Corporate governance is the system of rules, practices and method by that business corporations are directed and controlled. The aim of this research is to examine the impact of the corporate governance on the financial performance of the enlisted cement industry on the Pakistan Stock Exchange from the year 2013-17. This research is a “quantitative research” which focuses on numbers and results based on empirical analysis of actual data and logic. Ten out of seventeen cement firms listed at PSX from the period 2013-17 are selected as sample of the study. Data was collected from documents and records. Descriptive statistics, Pearson’s correlation and multiple regressions were used for data analysis. The results showed that there is no significant relationship between leverage and firm performance, the board structure has no significant relationship with firm performance, and firm size has an insignificant relationship with firm performance. The results however suggested that ownership structure has significant relationship with firm performance. The future investors in cement industry of Pakistan must consider above factors before investments. This study helps shareholders and management in decision making about the effect of ownership structure on firm performance and how these can change ownership structure. This study helps students to gain knowledge and understanding about good corporate governance and its impact on firm performance. It will also help them to go through the annual reports of companies and to analyse the financial statements so that they could learn how to analyse the performance of the firm in terms of ROE. Moreover, the study would also be a direction for future researchers and students to further add value to the subject of corporate governance and firm performance.

Commentary: The Servant, the Parasite, and the Enigma: A Tale of Three Ownership Structures and Their Affiliate Directors

2008 ◽  
Vol 32 (6) ◽  
pp. 1027-1033 ◽  
Author(s):  
James G. Combs
Keyword(s):  
Ownership Structure ◽  
Family Firms ◽  
Alternative Interpretation ◽  
Diversification Strategy ◽  
Public Firms ◽  
The Public ◽  
Ownership Structures ◽  
Professional Management ◽  
The Family ◽  
Dispersed Ownership

In private family firms, affiliate directors are largely resource–providing servants of the family. In nonfamily public firms with dispersed ownership, affiliates are, figuratively speaking, symbiotic parasites loyally supporting their professional management hosts while extracting revenues for their home firms. The public family firm stands somewhere between and the affiliate directors in such firms are consequently an enigma. Jones, Makri, and Gomez–Mejia compare affiliate directors in public family firms with those in public nonfamily firms and find that they positively influence diversification strategy only in public family firms. They interpret this outcome as evidence that affiliate directors in public family firms act like the servants found in private family firms. I offer an alternative interpretation by suggesting that affiliate directors in public family firms are more successful versions of their parasitic cousins in public nonfamily firms. I draw attention to the Janus–headed nature of these directors to underscore why it is useful to study public family firms as a distinct ownership structure.

scholarly journals Political Connection, Ownership Structures and Tax Aggressiveness: The Case of Indonesia

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (01) ◽  
pp. 31
Author(s):  
Agita Zafi Rahmasari ◽  
Agung Nur Probohudono ◽  
Doddy Setiawan
Keyword(s):  
Ownership Structure ◽  
Boards Of Directors ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Institutional Ownership ◽  
Foreign Ownership ◽  
Annual Reports ◽  
Political Connection ◽  
Government Ownership ◽  
Tax Aggressiveness ◽  
Ownership Structures

<p><em>The main </em><em>purpose</em><em> of this research is to examine the influences of political connection and ownership structures towards the tax aggressiveness</em><em> in Indonesian companies</em><em>. This research is a quantitative research and the </em><em>samples</em><em> consist of the companies listed in the Indonesia Stock Exchange in 2015-2016. Furthermore, the data used in this research is secondary data obtained from the companies’ financial reports and annual reports. The tax aggressiveness </em><em>is</em><em> measured with Book Tax Differences (BTD) proxy. The result of this research shows that political connection</em><em>,</em><em> </em><em>government ownership, and foreign ownership give negative significant effects towards tax aggressiveness, while institutional ownership give no significant effect towards tax aggressiveness. The limitation of this research is the using of 2-year samples only that consist of companies in various sectors. In addition, the companies that are classified in a particular sector, are given different tax treatment by Directorate General of Taxes.</em><em> </em><em>This research can be beneficial for making taxation regulation in the future. This research is also expected to be the supporting literature for the next research for the scholars in the taxation and accounting field related to the company’ tax aggressiveness. This research extends the previous research by adding some type of ownership structure in analyzing factors that affect tax aggressiveness in Indonesia. The ownership structure consists of government ownership, foreign ownership, and institutional ownership. Furthermore, political connections in this study were analyzed from connections through boards of directors and commissioners.</em><em></em></p>

scholarly journals Impact of Family Ownership on Market Value of a Firm: A Comparative Analysis of Family and Non-Family Companies Listed at Karachi Stock Exchange (Pakistan)

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (12) ◽  
pp. 673-683
Author(s):  
Safdar Husain Tahir ◽  
Hazoor Muhammad Sabir
Keyword(s):  
Ownership Structure ◽  
Family Firms ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Generalized Method Of Moments ◽  
Chief Executive ◽  
Family Ownership ◽  
Young Generation ◽  
Listed Firms ◽  
Inflection Points ◽  
The Impact

The current study attempts to investigate the impact of family ownership structure on value of firms listed at the Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) of Pakistan. For the distinction of FOB from Non-FOB, two threshold points (25% & 50%) of ownership structure are used. A sample of 280 listed firms at KSE is collected ranging for the period 2002-13. Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) is applied on panel data to estimate the coefficients of variables. The empirical results indicate that the family firms outperform the non-family ones. The better performance of young generation of family firms over succeeding generation is also revealed but professional chief executive officer (CEO) over family member is preferred. Furthermore, this study discovers inflection points i.e. (62% & 57%) for family and non-family firms under quadratic specification respectively.

scholarly journals The impact of ownership structure on firm performance: The role of chairman and CEO in Portugal

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 6-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lious Agbor Tabot Ntoung ◽  
Jorge Eduardo Vila Biglieri ◽  
Helena Maria Santos de Oliveira ◽  
Benjamim Manuel Ferreira de Sousa ◽  
Ben C. Outman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ownership Structure ◽  
Family Firms ◽  
Corporate Performance ◽  
Active Management ◽  
Set Covering ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Family Control ◽  
Listed Firms ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Impact

This analysis investigates how family ownership structure affects the corporate performance of Portuguese listed firms using a panel data set covering the period from 2006 to 2014. Three characteristics of family firms (such as active management, active founder or heir and second blockholder) were examined with respect to the corporate performance. The main finding is that family firms over perform non-family in term productivity and profitability. This indicates that companies that have total family control are more productive and profitable than those market favour firms that the family does not have total ownership. Specifically, family firms with active founders perform better whereas those with active heirs significantly outperform compared to family firms with passive owners or heirs. Family firms with a family member in the company as either CEO or Chairman create more value and are more profitable than non-family firms. Family firms with descendant as CEO perform better meanwhile family firms with the founder as CEO significantly outperform family firms with Outside CEO for corporate performance. Lastly, the presence of a second blockholder who owns between 5-10% of the voting right enhances the corporate performance of the family firms as it counterbalances the controlling shareholder from unnecessary behaviours.

scholarly journals Ownership Structure, Board Composition and Voluntary Disclosure by Non-financial Firms Listed in )ASE)

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 93
Author(s):  
Dana Adel Alqatameen ◽  
Mahmoud Abd Alhaleem Alkhalaileh ◽  
Mohammad Nadeem Dabaghia
Keyword(s):  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Ownership Structure ◽  
Voluntary Disclosure ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Annual Reports ◽  
Board Composition ◽  
Financial Firms ◽  
The Board Of Directors ◽  
Financial Disclosures ◽  
The Impact

This study aims to examine the impact of ownership structure and board composition on the level of voluntary disclosure by non-financial firms listed in the Amman Stock Exchange (ASE). The study uses panel hand-collected data from 443 annual reports for a 5-year period (2012 &ndash; 2016) and employs an OLS-regression to test the study predictions. Compatible with the study predictions and most prior related studies&rsquo; findings, both higher managerial ownership and the CEO-duality produce low levels of voluntary disclosure, while foreign ownership is positively associated with the level of voluntary disclosure. Findings also indicate that larger firms deemed to provide higher levels of voluntary disclosures than smaller firms. Besides, companies audited by big4 firms disclose more voluntary information than those audited by others. The study findings have implications for policymakers and regulators. Policymakers and regulators may encourage, emphasize and enforce, if necessary, the regulation that enhances the quality of financial disclosures including the separation between the Chairman of the board of directors and CEO roles to improve the level of control and supervision and enhance the transparency of financial reporting by Jordanian firms.

scholarly journals PENGARUH CSR TERHADAP NILAI PERUSAHAAN: INTEGRASI MANAJEMEN LABA SEBAGAI MEDIASI DAN KEPEMILIKAN KELUARGA SEBAGAI MODERASI

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Stacia Senjaya ◽  
Fransiskus Randa ◽  
Ferdinandus Sampe
Keyword(s):  
Earnings Management ◽  
Firm Value ◽  
Family Firms ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Annual Reports ◽  
Family Ownership ◽  
Financial Reports ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

<p><em>The purpose of this study is to investigate the role of family ownership integration in moderating and earnings management in mediating the relationship between CSR and firm value. The population used is all companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (BEI) with the 2015-2018 research period. The number of samples is 67 companies each year, which were selected by purposive sampling method. This study uses documentary data, namely annual reports and financial reports. Path analysis is used to analyze data. The results of this study indicate that CSR has a significant positive effect on earnings management, also earnings management on firm value has a significant positive relationship. The family ownership variable in moderates the relationship between CSR and earnings management is type Pure Moderation, conversely earnings management in mediating the relationship between CSR to the firm's value is type of No Mediation, nor is there any effect of integration of family ownership and earnings management on the relationship of CSR and firm value. The implication of this research, especially for family firms to maintain control of the company's operations, especially in the socio-emotional aspect compared to the financial aspect, because this contributes stakeholder to avoid the impact of earning management practices with the higher the discretionary accrual value is indicated to hide actions that harm firm’s reputation.</em></p>

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