scholarly journals Women's Leadership and Pragmatism Incidences on Performance of Listed Family-Owned Firms in the Cultural Context of Arab Countries

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 251
Author(s):  
Azzeddine Allioui ◽  
Badr Habba ◽  
Taib Berrada El Azizi

This research paper aims to study the level and determinants of the financial performance of family businesses, according to the gender of the board of directors’ chairman in the Arab world. Our research approach is based on a sample of 152 listed family-owned businesses and a control sample of 166 listed non-family businesses over the 2011-2018 periods. The research results indicate that the female gender issue has a positive influence on the financial performance of businesses with family ownership. This is explained by the fact that women leaders have a prudent and pragmatic leadership style that limits stereotypical images of women presidents’ leadership style in the Arab world. This result is original since it can be considered as the first one to ever clarify the relationship between female leadership in the board of directors, risk-taking, and financial performance in the context of family ownership in the Arab countries.

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 8-17
Author(s):  
Abdelkader Derbali ◽  
Lamia Jamel ◽  
Ali Lamouchi ◽  
Ahmed K Elnagar ◽  
Monia Ben Ltaifa

The board of directors plays a crucial role as an internal structure of corporate governance. Certainly, its efficiency is needy on the existence of numerous issues; the greatest significance is correlated to its characteristics that relay principally to the individuality of its memberships, board dimension, combining the purposes of pronouncement and regulator as well the grade of the individuality of the audit board and the diverse gender of the committee. To assess the authenticity of our assumptions, which stipulate the presence of deterministic characteristics of the committee on the profitability of Tunisian banks, we evaluated by three different ratios i.e., ROA (return on asset), ROE (return on equity), and MP (market performance); and we estimate three models with linear regressions. The empirical findings were performed on a data sample composed of 11 Tunisian banks listed on the Stock Exchange of Tunisia (SET) during the period from 1999 to 2018. From the estimated regressions, we find a satisfactory outcome indicating the significance of the influence of the characteristics of the committee on the banking performance in Tunisia. Then, the percentage of outside directors negatively affects the level of the financial performance of banks. The number of institutional administrators performs an essential role in improving financial performance. Finally, the duality of the Presidency of the Council General-Directorate has a negative effect on the level of stock market performance of Tunisian banks.


Accounting ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 987-992
Author(s):  
Khaled Salmen Aljaaidi ◽  
Abdulaziz Alothman ◽  
Raj Bahadur Sharma ◽  
Omar Ali Bagais

This paper examines the association of the presence of royal family members on the board of directors with audit committee effectiveness. The sample of this study consists of 444 listed manufactured firms in Saudi Arabia for the period 2012-2019. Using the Pooled OLS regression, the result of the study shows that royal family ownership is associated with audit committee effectiveness, giving support to the substitution hypothesis. The result indicates that members from the royal families are good monitors imposed into the companies' managements as both taking the role of decision makers and owners who may substitute the effectiveness of the audit committee. The presence of royal family members on the board has an alternative for the effectiveness of the audit committee. The marginal effect of audit committee effectiveness as an internal corporate governance mechanism is substituted by the presence of royal family members on the board. This study provides insightful evidence to regulators and policy makers at the company and country levels on the relationship of royal family ownership and audit committee effectiveness.


Author(s):  
Robert F. Bruner

A new director of this small brewery must prepare to vote on three issues coming before the board of directors the next day: (1) approval of the financial plan for 1993, (2) quarterly dividend declaration, and (3) incentive-compensation plan for the marketing manager. The tasks for the student are to evaluate the past and prospective financial performance of the company and to assess the extremely liberal credit and inventory terms the company is extending to its distributors. The objective of the case is to introduce and exercise tools and concepts of financial-statement analysis. Perhaps the biggest insight gained by students concerns the link between incentives and financial performance: in this case, the marketing manager is motivated to build sales volume, which he accomplishes by a dramatic buildup in receivables and inventory.


2016 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 211-225 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gizelle Willows ◽  
Megan van der Linde

Purpose By looking at both theoretical and empirical findings, this study aims to investigate whether gender diversity results in improved corporate governance and financial performance for companies. Design/methodology/approach An analysis of the board composition of the Johannesburg Securities Exchange Top 40 companies as at 30 June 2013 and a comparison of the financial performance of the company were conducted. Findings Female directors were found to make up, on average, 18.78 per cent of the board of directors, with the majority of these women being in non-executive positions. Women representation appears to influence company performance positively when using accounting-based measures of performance (such as return on assets and return on equity), but negatively when using market-based measures (such as Tobin’s Q). The critical mass concept is also assessed and is found to have a positive effect. Originality/value These findings are of relevance to the boards of directors adhering to corporate governance requirements by challenging the role of women on the board of directors, as well as that of investors and those in practice, to understand the current status of women representation.


1996 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 403-421 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guido Corbetta ◽  
Salvatore Tomaselli

This paper presents some of the early results of an international research project conducted in Italy and coordinated by Prof. Miguel Angel Gallo. The research project involved Spain, Portugal, Italy, Brazil, Argentina, and the U.S. The authors of this paper are responsible for the Italian part of the project. The project aims to further the understanding of the role of the board of directors in family businesses, and how the board functions.


Accounting ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Ida Bagus Anom Purbawangsa ◽  
Henny Rahyuda

The purpose of this study is to examine and analyze the direct and indirect effects of the variable ownership structure, board composition, dividend policy, and financial performance and stock returns in the manufacturing industry on the Indonesia Stock Exchange. The population of this research is manufacturing industrial companies on the IDX since 2015 and was still active until 2019. The sample obtained is 92 issuers who continuously distribute dividends. Testing the research hypothesis, using the structural equation model (SEM) with the Partial Least Square (PLS) software approach. The results show that the ownership structure significantly affected the composition of the board of directors and dividend policy. Ownership structure has no significant effect on stock returns and financial performance. The composition of the board of directors has a significant effect on dividend policy and financial performance but has no significant effect on stock returns. Dividend policy has a significant effect on financial performance but has no significant effect on stock returns. Financial performance has no significant effect on stock returns.


2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 273-287
Author(s):  
Desi Pipian Pujakusum

This study aims to examine the effect of good corporate governance mechanism on the financial performance of banking companies listed on the Indonesian Stock Exchange 2012-2016 period. The corporate governance mechanism is proxied by the size of the board of directors, the size of the board of commissioners, audit committee size, the board of director's education, and the board of commissioner’s education. The company's financial performance is proxied by return on assets (ROA). Samples were taken by using purposive sampling. The total number of samples used in this study amounted to 180 research samples. This study was tested with SPSS 20 program. Data analysis technique used in this research is simple regression analysis.  The results showed that the size of the board of directors, the size of the board of commissioners, and audit comitee size have a significant effect on return on assets. These three factors have a significant effect on return on assets, while the board of commissioners education and the board of director's education have no significant effect on return on assets.


2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 521-530
Author(s):  
Evada Dewata ◽  
Hamdy Hadi ◽  
Hadi Jauhari

This research aimed at analyzing the influence of the size of the board of directors, the composition of the independent commissioners, the effectiveness of audit committee and government ownership of the financial reporting quality and its implications on the financial performance of state-owned enterprises. Research population is state-owned enterprises listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange from 2010-2014. There were 50 companies assigned as the sample of this research by using purposive sampling method. The results showed that partially, the size of the board of director, the composition of the independent commissioners and government ownership did not have the significant influence on financial reporting quality. The effectiveness of audit committee positively and significantly influenced financial reporting quality. The size of the board of directors, the effectiveness of the audit committee and financial reporting quality positively and significantly influenced financial performance. The composition of an independent commissioner and government ownership negatively and significantly influenced financial performance


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