scholarly journals The Impact of the Board of Directors Characteristics on the Risk of IPO Earnings Forecasts Errors

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (11) ◽  
pp. 75
Author(s):  
Abdulaziz Mohammed Alsahlawi ◽  
Mohammed Abdullah Ammer

This paper aimed to investigate the effect of corporate governance mechanism on the risk of IPO earnings forecasts errors. It focuses on the relationship between the board of directors characteristics and the risk of earnings forecasts errors. Required data was gathered from 190 Malaysian IPO prospectuses for the year 2002 to 2012, after which data was analyzed using ordinary least squares (OLS) regression. Based on the obtained findings, the earnings forecasts of Malaysian IPO reflected a pessimistic picture with unsatisfactory percentage of accuracy. In particular, the findings of multiple regression analysis of the relationships between the size, independence and CEO duality of the board of directors, and the risk of earnings forecasts errors were negative and insignificant. The study findings have several implications for relevant individuals, including regulators, investors, financial analysts and financial statements users.

Accounting ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (7) ◽  
pp. 1655-1660
Author(s):  
Khaled Salmen Aljaaidi

This paper examines the impact of the government and its agencies’ ownership on the effectiveness of one the main internal governance mechanisms, namely; board of directors, for a sample of 140 energy and petrochemical Saudi listed firms over 2012-2019. The Saudi Arabia provides an interesting context due to the domination of government-linked corporations’ ownership. This setting arranges for the impact of such ownership on the board of directors’ monitoring and advisory roles. The board of directors’ effectiveness is measured as an interaction term of the board size and meetings of the board of directors. The study finds that government-linked energy and petrochemical corporations’ ownerships are inversely related to the board of directors’ effectiveness. This result is sensitive to the measurement of the board of directors’ effectiveness as each variable consisting of the board of directors’ effectiveness was examined individually. The study also finds that government-linked corporations’ ownership had a strong negative impact on the board size. In contrast, the proposed model does not provide any evidence supporting the relationship of the government-linked corporations’ ownerships with board meetings. Overall, the evidence supports the substitution hypothesis on the relationship of government-linked corporations and board of directors’ effectiveness.


2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 153
Author(s):  
Ola Muhammad Khersiat

This study aimed to identify the application of joint audits to the detection of fraud in financial statements as well as the impact of joint audits on the detection of fraud in financial statements from the point of view of Jordanian auditors. The study focused on investigating the impact of joint audits of the procedures of understanding management and the board of directors, as well as examining the relationship with the relevant parties, the company and financial industry, financial results and operational characteristics in order to identify the impact of joint audits on detecting fraud in financial statements through these procedures. Results indicate that there is no statistically significant impact of joint audits on the detection of fraud in the financial statements at the level of (5%) for all fraud detecting procedures in the financial statements. The study recommends not adopting or applying joint audit.


2004 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 96-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lanfeng Kao ◽  
Anlin Chen

This paper examines the relationship between board characteristics and earnings management. Management of a firm may engage in earnings management for his own benefit. However, under proper corporate governance mechanism, the board of directors might be able to monitor the firm and prevent the management from engaging in earnings management. We find that when the board size is large, the higher the extent of earnings management. However, when there are more outside directors in the board, the extent of earnings management is lower. The effects of board characteristics on earnings management are significant only for group affiliation firms or non-electronic firms.


2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-20
Author(s):  
Yushita Marini ◽  
Nisha Marina

This study aimed to get empirical evidence regarding the corporate governance mechanism proxied by the size of the board of commisioners, independent directors, the size of the board of directors and audit committees that affect the value of the company. This study using purposive sampling method for collecting samples of the companies listed in Indonesia Stock Exchange that publish the complete annual financial statements for 2010-2014, have the data necessary corporate governance in research, the company has never delisted and present its financial statements in Indonesian Rupiah , From the analysis of the study showed that the size of the board of commisioners, independent directors, and the size of the board of directors affect the value of the company, while the audit committee does not affect the value of the company.


2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 162
Author(s):  
Mahdi Filsaraei ◽  
Reza Jarrahi Moghaddam

Given the importance of corporate governance for increasing the monitoring of company operations, i.e., reducing information asymmetry and increasing control over operations, in this study, we investigate some indicators of corporate governance and financial distress as one of the most important criteria in the decisions of the users of financial statements. Corporate governance Indicators that have been mentioned in this study, including the independence of the board of directors (the ratio of non-executive members), institutional investors and duality of CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors. This study is applied research and the required information is gathered from financial statements of listed companies on the TSE. Using a sample of 82 company stock during the period 2010-2014 and multivariate regression analysis, the results of the analysis of information gathered indicates that institutional ownership reduces the financial distress. However, there was no significant relationship between board independence (proportion of outside board members) and the duality of CEO and Chairman of the Board with the financial distress. The results also indicate that financial leverage and a qualified audit opinion increases financial distress and firm size and management performance reduces it.


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.


2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-96
Author(s):  
Evy Rahman Utami

The objective of this study is to examine the relationship between changes of    performance and changes of compensation of board commissioners and board of directors. In contrast to previous research, this study compare the relationship on conventional banking  and Islamic banking in Indonesia. The samples of this research are conventional and Islamic banking between periode 2011-2015. Data in this study were obtained from financial statements. Regression analysis will be employed to answer the research questions. The result showed that there is a positive relationship between changes of performance and compensation. However, there is no difference the relationship of performance and compensation on the conventional and Islamic banking. This study supported the agency theory, but it does not support the stewardship theory.


Author(s):  
Sami Ben Mim ◽  
Yosra Mbarki

This study investigates the efficiency of the Shariah supervisory board as a corporate governance mechanism in Islamic banks. The authors mainly seek to examine the effect of the Shariah board's composition (size and academic background of its members) on the performance of Islamic banks. They also try to highlight the transmission channels explaining this effect, and compare the efficiency of the Shariah board with that of traditional corporate governance mechanisms, namely the board of directors. The empirical investigation is based on a sample of 72 Islamic banks from 19 countries. Estimation results suggest that the Shariah board positively affects the Islamic banks performance through the number of Islamic Shariah scholars. This effect is mainly due to the size and cost transmission channels. These results are robust to different performance measures. On the other hand, results show that the board of directors' size produces a positive effect on a bank's performance, offering evidence for complementarity between traditional and Islamic governance mechanisms.


2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ben Kwame Agyei-Mensah

Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate the influence of board characteristics on firms’ investment decisions. Design Methodology Approach The study used data sourced from annual reports of firms listed on the Ghana Stock Exchange from 2014 to 2018. Descriptive analysis was performed to provide the background statistics of the variables examined. This was followed by a regression analysis which forms the main data analysis. Findings The multiple regression analysis results indicated that the proportion of independent directors and financial experts on the board are negatively related to firm investment. These findings imply that independent directors and financial experts on the board can help firms reduce overinvestment and improve investment efficiency. Originality Value The extant literature shows that the board of directors are an effective mechanism to reduce agency problems in firm decisions and operating performance. However, there has been little research on the role of the board of directors in corporate investment policy.


2016 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 458-471 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ricardo Limongi França Coelho ◽  
Denise Santos de Oliveira ◽  
Marcos Inácio Severo de Almeida

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to measure the impact of post type (advertising, fan, events, information, and promotion) on two interaction metrics: likes and comments. The measuring involved two popular social media, Facebook and Instagram, and in business profiles of five different segments (food, hairdressing, ladies’ footwear, body design, fashion gym wear). Design/methodology/approach – The method used was multiple regression analysis with an estimator of the ordinary least squares for 1,849 posts from five different companies posted on Facebook (680 posts) and Instagram (1,169 Instagram) over an eight-month posting period. Regression analysis was used to identify the relationship between the dependent variables (likes and comments), and the independent variables (post typology, segments, week period, month, characters and hashtag). Findings – It was seen that the post types events and promotion led to a greater involvement of followers in Instagram, in particular. In Facebook, the events post type was only significant in the like’s interaction. Another finding of the research is the relevance of the food and body design segment which was significant in both virtual social media. This indicates a user preference involving their day-to-day lives, in this case, having a tattoo done or seeing a photo of a dessert. Originality/value – With the findings of this study, academics and social media managers can improve the return indicators of interactions in posts and broaden the discussion on the types of post and interaction in different virtual social media.


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