Firm Characteristic and Fair Value Adoption in the Measurement of Biological Assets

Research on how fair value adoption plays an essential role in changing accounting systems in companies. Therefore, this study was conducted to find out the firm characteristics affecting the application of fair value in companies in Vietnam. Statistical analysis technique through a logit model based on 186 companies shows that two business sizes and types of companies impact fair value adoption. In which large-scale companies tend to apply fair value higher than small enterprises. State-owned companies tend to apply fair value higher than joint stock companies operating in the community's interests.

Effect of Corporate Governance, Firm Characteristic, Disclosure of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) on Firm Value

This study aims to determine the effect of corporate governance, firm characteristics, disclosure of corporate social responsibility (CSR) on firm value. It analyzes the firms which became the participants of the 2014 Sustainability Report Award. Corporate governance is proxied by the proportion of independent commissioners, while firm characteristic is proxied through the age of the firm. Meanwhile, the disclosure of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the sustainability report is stated in the Corporate Social Responsibility Index (CSRI). The firm value was calculated using the Tobins’Q formula. The hypothesis was tested using linear regression. The test results show corporate governance and firm characteristics have a positive effect on firm value. Meanwhile, corporate social responsibility (CSR) disclosure has a positive but insignificant effect on the dependent variable. If all independent variables are tested simultaneously, all three variables have a positive effect. However, disclosure of corporate social responsibility (CSR) has no significant effect.Keywords: corporate governance, firm characteristics, corporate social responsibility (CSR), firm value, sustainability report Pengaruh Corporate Governance, Karakteristik Perusahaan, Pengungkapan Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) terhadap Nilai PerusahaanAbstrak: Penelitian ini untuk mengetahui pengaruh corporate governance, karakteristik perusahaan, pengungkapan corporate social responsibility (CSR) terhadap nilai perusahaan. Periode penelitian tahun 2014-2018 yang merupakan perusahaan peserta Sustainability Report Award 2014. Corporate governance diproksi dengan proporsi dewan komisaris independen. Kemudian karakteristik perusahaan diproksi melalui umur perusahaan yang dihitung dari tahun berdiri perusahaan dikurangi dengan tahun penelitian. Sedangkan pengungkapan corporate social responsibility (CSR) pada laporan sustainability report dinyatakan dalam Corporate Social Responsibility Index (CSRI) yang disyaratkan oleh Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). Variabel dependen nilai perusahaan dihitung menggunakan rumus tobins’Q. Pengambilan sampel menggunakan metode purposive sampling dengan jumlah sampel sebanyak 19 perusahaan. Pengujian hipotesis dengan regresi linear. Hasil pengujian menunjukkan corporate governance dan karakteristik perusahaan berpengaruh positif terhadap nilai perusahaan. Sedangkan pengungkapan corporate social responsibility (CSR) berpengaruh positif namun tidak signifikan. Jika seluruh variabel independen diuji secara bersamaan, ketiga variabel mempunyai pengaruh positif. Namun pengungkapan corporate social responsibility (CSR) tidak memiliki pengaruh yang siginifikan.Kata kunci: corporate governance, karakteristik perusahaan, corporate social responsibility (CSR), nilai perusahaan, sustainability report.

The Heterogeneity of Speed of Adjustment Capital Structure Across Industrial Sectors

This study aims to analyze heterogeneity of speed of adjustment on basic industry, consumer goods, and misceleeneous companies. The population in this study uses basic industry, consumer goods, and miscellenoeus companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange in 2009-2018 period. The method of determining the sample using a pusposive sampling technique based on criteries determined by researchers. We employ two-step partial adjustment model and use measure of book leverage and firm characteristic; profitability, size, tangibility, and growth which has an influence leverage target to estimate speed of adjustment. For three industries, there is evidence of heterogeneity of speef adjustment. The result showed that speed of adjustment 24% of basic industry, 37.1% of consumer goods, and 27.3% of miscellaneous industry.

PENGARUH TATA KELOLA PERUSAHAAN DAN KARAKTERISTIK PERUSAHAAN TERHADAP PENGUNGKAPAN TANGGUNG JAWAB SOSIAL PERUSAHAAN

The purpose of this study was to get empirical evidence about the effect of corporate governance and firm characteristic on corporate social responsibility disclosure. The corporate governance include board size, board independent, audit committee, ownership concentration, foreign ownership and public ownership. The firm characteristic include firm size, leverage, firm age, type of industry and profitability. Sample of this study consisted of 690 data from 179 non finance companies listed in Indonesia Stock Exchange from 2011 to 2014 and selected by purposive sampling method. Data were analyzed by multiple regression analysis. The results showed thatboard independent, audit committee, ownership concentration, public ownership, firm size and type of industry have an effect on corporate social responsibility disclosure. While the board size, foreign ownership, leverage, firm age and profitability have no effect on corporate social responsibility disclosure.The better the corporate governance, the control and supervision of management to disclose information about corporate social responsibility is increasing. The bigger the company, the greater the demand for the company to disclose information about corporate social responsibility.

Effect of Firm Characteristic to Profitability in PT Indofood Cbp, Sukses Makmur Tbk and PT Mayora Indah Tbk

This research is aims to examine, analyze, and find the empirical evidence of the influence of firm characteristic proxied by firm age, firm size, sales growth, liquidity, and leverage on profitability proxied by return on sales in PT Indofood CBP, Sukses Makmur Tbk, and PT Mayora Indah Tbk. The study using employed multiple regression as tool for the analysis. The results of this study show that firm age, liquidity, and leverage have significant effect on profitability. However, the firm size and sales growth has no effect on profitability.

FIRM VALUE, CAPITAL STRUCTURE, PROFITABILITY, FIRM CHARACTERISTIC AND DISPOSIBLE INCOME AS MODERATOR: AN EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION OF RETAIL FIRMS IN INDONESIA

This study examined the effect of capital structure on firm value; firm characteristic on firm value with disposible income as moderator variable; the effect of profitability on firm value. The study was conducted in Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) with samples of retail firms listed on the IDX in 2014 to 2016 as many as 21 retail firms. The analysis methode used Moderated Regression Analysis (MRA), classical assumption test and t test. The results showed that the capital structure didn’t have a significant negative effect on firm value. Profitability had a significant positif effect on firm value. Firm characteristic didn’t have a significant negative effect on firm value with disposible income as a moderator. The conclusion of research indicated that capital structure and profitability had a significant effect on firm value while firm characteristic with disposible income as moderator didn’t have significant effect on firm value

EFFECTS OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE, BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT AND FIRM CHARACTERISTIC ON THE ADOPTION OF MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING

On the one hand, the adoption of managerial accounting in business is determined by corporate governance; on the other hand, it is also dependent on business environment and firm characteristic. Nonetheless, so far the causal relationships from corporate governance, business environment and firm characteristic to the adoption of managerial accounting in business have not been empirically explored in Vietnam. This research is conducted to investigate the simultaneous effects of corporate governance, business environment and firm characteristic on the adoption of managerial accounting in business. This study employs reliability analysis, exploratory factor analysis and regression analysis to deal with the data. The findings indicate that, corporate governance, business environment and firm characteristic concurrently affect the adoption of managerial accounting in business.

PENGARUH MANAJEMEN LABA DAN KARAKTERISTIK PERUSAHAAN TERHADAP TAX AVOIDANCE

Penghindaran pajak adalah upaya yang dilakukan oleh perusahaan untuk menghemat pembayaran pajak yang dapat dilakukan secara legal. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk memperoleh bukti empiris tentang pengaruh manajemen laba dan karakteristik perusahaan terhadap penghindaran pajak pada perusahaan manufaktur di Bursa Efek Indonesia untuk periode 2014-2016. Populasi dalam penelitian ini adalah perusahaan yang terdaftar di Bursa Efek Indonesia, dengan sampel perusahaan manufaktur yang memenuhi kriteria penelitian sebanyak 69 perusahaan sampel menggunakan metode purposive sampling. Penelitian ini menggunakan manajemen laba dan karakteristik perusahaan sebagai variabel independen dan penghindaran pajak sebagai variabel dependen. Analisis yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah analisis regresi linier berganda. Hasil penelitian ini adalah salah satu karakteristik perusahaan, yaitu leverage berpengaruh positif terhadap penghindaran pajak, sedangkan ukuran dan intensitas modal yang merupakan karakteristik perusahaan dan manajemen laba tidak mempengaruhi penghindaran pajak. Tax avoidance is an effort made by the company to save tax payments that can be done legally. The purpose of this study is to obtain empirical evidence about the effect of earnings management and firm characteristics on tax avoidance in manufacturing companies in the Indonesia Stock Exchange for the period 2014-2016. The population in this study are companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange, with a sample of manufacturing companies that meet the research criteria as many as 69 sample companies using purposive sampling method. This study uses earnings management and firm characteristics as independent variables and tax avoidance as the dependent variable. The analysis used in this study is multiple linear regression analysis. The results of this study are one of the firm characteristic, that is leverage has a positive effect on tax avoidance, while the size and capital intensity which is the firm characteristic and earnings management does not affect tax avoidance.

Corporate Governance Dan Karakteristik Perusahaan Sebagai Determinan Kinerja Keuangan Perusahaan

The objectives of this research is to investigate the relationship between board of commissioners, independent board of commissioners, amount of board commissioners meeting, firm size and firm age in the financial performance of manufacturing industry in Indonesian stock exchange period 2016. Sampel in this study using purposive sampling as many as 94 companies in Indonesia. The results shows that proportion of independent board of commissioners and firm age have significant effect on the companys financial performance. Then board of commissioners, amount of board of commissioners meeting and firm size have no significant effect on financial performanceKeywords: GCG, Firm characteristic, financial performance