The determinants of financial distress in Malaysian construction sector / Muhammad Danial Azalan and Nur Zulaiqa Abd Rahman

The objective of this study is to identify the determinants of financial distress in Malaysian construction sector. The dependent variable of this study is time interest earned while the independent variables are debt to capital, working capital and sales index. The type of data used in this study i...

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Main Authors: Azalan, Muhammad Danial, Abd Rahman, Nur Zulaiqa
Format: Student Project
Language:English
Published: Faculty of Business and Management 2016
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Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/26796/
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description The objective of this study is to identify the determinants of financial distress in Malaysian construction sector. The dependent variable of this study is time interest earned while the independent variables are debt to capital, working capital and sales index. The type of data used in this study is panel data. The sample of study consists of 67 companies in the construction sector and data collected cover the period from 2001 until 2015. This study employs Panel Regression Fixed Effect Model in order to study the relationship between those variables. The result of this study shows that debt to capital, working capital and sales index has significant relationship with financial distress. In conclusion, it will be important determinants to use in to see the financial distress in the construction industry.
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spelling uitm-267962020-04-02T02:51:05Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/26796/ The determinants of financial distress in Malaysian construction sector / Muhammad Danial Azalan and Nur Zulaiqa Abd Rahman Azalan, Muhammad Danial Abd Rahman, Nur Zulaiqa Construction industry HG Finance Financial management. Business finance. Corporation finance The objective of this study is to identify the determinants of financial distress in Malaysian construction sector. The dependent variable of this study is time interest earned while the independent variables are debt to capital, working capital and sales index. The type of data used in this study is panel data. The sample of study consists of 67 companies in the construction sector and data collected cover the period from 2001 until 2015. This study employs Panel Regression Fixed Effect Model in order to study the relationship between those variables. The result of this study shows that debt to capital, working capital and sales index has significant relationship with financial distress. In conclusion, it will be important determinants to use in to see the financial distress in the construction industry. Faculty of Business and Management 2016 Student Project NonPeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/26796/1/PPb_MUHAMMAD%20DANIAL%20AZALAN%20%20BM%20M%2016_5.pdf Azalan, Muhammad Danial and Abd Rahman, Nur Zulaiqa (2016) The determinants of financial distress in Malaysian construction sector / Muhammad Danial Azalan and Nur Zulaiqa Abd Rahman. (2016) [Student Project] <http://terminalib.uitm.edu.my/26796.pdf> (Unpublished)
spellingShingle Construction industry
HG Finance
Financial management. Business finance. Corporation finance
Azalan, Muhammad Danial
Abd Rahman, Nur Zulaiqa
The determinants of financial distress in Malaysian construction sector / Muhammad Danial Azalan and Nur Zulaiqa Abd Rahman
title The determinants of financial distress in Malaysian construction sector / Muhammad Danial Azalan and Nur Zulaiqa Abd Rahman
title_full The determinants of financial distress in Malaysian construction sector / Muhammad Danial Azalan and Nur Zulaiqa Abd Rahman
title_fullStr The determinants of financial distress in Malaysian construction sector / Muhammad Danial Azalan and Nur Zulaiqa Abd Rahman
title_full_unstemmed The determinants of financial distress in Malaysian construction sector / Muhammad Danial Azalan and Nur Zulaiqa Abd Rahman
title_short The determinants of financial distress in Malaysian construction sector / Muhammad Danial Azalan and Nur Zulaiqa Abd Rahman
title_sort determinants of financial distress in malaysian construction sector / muhammad danial azalan and nur zulaiqa abd rahman
topic Construction industry
HG Finance
Financial management. Business finance. Corporation finance
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/26796/