Variation of Ownership Structure and Firm Efficiency: An Empirical Evidence

2021 ◽  
pp. 95-106
Author(s):  
Sallahuddin Hassan ◽  
Zalila Othman ◽  
Mukaramah Harun
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Ownership Structure ◽  
Firm Efficiency

scholarly journals Ownership Structure Variation and Firm Efficiency

2014 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sallahuddin Hassan ◽  
Zalila Othman ◽  
Mukaramah Harun
Keyword(s):  
Ownership Structure ◽  
Structure Variation ◽  
Firm Efficiency

scholarly journals Do family firms perform better: A Belgian survey

2007 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 173-182
Author(s):  
Christiane Bughin ◽  
Olivier Colot ◽  
Karin Comblé
Keyword(s):  
Agency Theory ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Ownership Structure ◽  
Family Firms ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Family Values ◽  
Economic Literature ◽  
Paired Samples ◽  
Better Than

A large conceptual economic literature presents assumptions that family owned and controlled firms perform better than others, essentially on the basis of agency theory, ownership structure, cultural specificities and particular management practices. Large empirical evidence has been supplied by various studies, even if there are still contradictory debates. This paper uses the paired samples methodology to compare operational, economic and financial profitabilities of Belgian family firms. Evidence is given that they perform better, and this significantly for economic profitability. Discussion is engaged about the contribution of family values and practices to their results.

scholarly journals Ownership Structure and earnings management: Empirical evidence from listed pharmaceuticals and chemical firms of Bangladesh

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 58-69
Author(s):  
Dewan Azmal Hossain
Keyword(s):  
Earnings Management ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Ownership Structure ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Foreign Ownership ◽  
Jel Classification ◽  
Financial Information ◽  
Least Square ◽  
The Relationship

Objective – This study aims to examine the relationship between ownership structure (determined by institutional and foreign ownership) and earnings management in the context of Bangladeshi Pharmaceuticals and Chemical firms. Methodology/Technique – Out of 32 listed firms, this study examined 29 firms from the pharmaceuticals and chemical industry of Bangladesh from 2014 to 2018. Three firms are omitted as they got listed in 2018 and 2019 respectively. This study uses discretionary working capital accrual to measure earnings management that is the dependent variable. Ordinary least square regression analysis is conducted to assess the result of this study. Institutional and foreign ownership are independent variables. ROA, size, cash flow from operation, and leverage are control variables. Findings – It is found that institutional ownership is negatively related to earnings management and foreign ownership is positively related to earnings management but none of them are statistically significant indicating institutional and foreign ownership do not help in resolving or reducing the earnings management problems in the context of Bangladeshi pharmaceuticals and chemical firms. Novelty – Previous studies in Bangladesh deal only with the techniques of earnings management. To my knowledge, it is the first study that tries to assess the relationship of ownership structure defined by institutional and foreign shareholdings with earnings management in the context of Bangladeshi pharmaceuticals and chemical firms. These two ownership patterns are selected because they are supposed to increase the quality of financial information and also because in Bangladesh state and general shareholders are too dispersed to monitor the governance issues. The practical implications of this study is that investors should not consider institutional and foreign ownership percentage as a determining factor of good governance when considering investment decisions rather should look for other firm-specific factors as institutional and foreign shareholders are found to be inactive in increasing the quality of financial information in the context of Bangladesh. Policymakers should identify why institutional and foreign shareholders are not active and should revise the governance mechanisms accordingly. Type of Paper: Empirical Keywords: Ownership structure; Institutional Shareholdings; Foreign Shareholdings; Earnings Management; Bangladesh. Reference to this paper should be made as follows: Hossain, D.A. 2020. Ownership Structure and earnings management: Empirical evidence from listed pharmaceuticals and chemical firms of Bangladesh, J. Fin. Bank. Review, 5 (2): 58 – 69 https://doi.org/10.35609/jfbr.2020.5.2(3) JEL Classification: G40; G41; G49.

Ownership Structure, Management Control and Agency Costs: Direct Empirical Evidence

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sridhar Gogineni ◽  
Scott C. Linn ◽  
Pradeep K. Yadav
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Ownership Structure ◽  
Agency Costs ◽  
Management Control

Board compensation and ownership structure: empirical evidence for Italian listed companies

2009 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roberto Barontini ◽  
Stefano Bozzi
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Ownership Structure ◽  
Listed Companies ◽  
Board Compensation
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