The impact of ownership concentration on firm sustainability: evidence from Malaysian top 200 public listed firms

Larger companies cannot escape from facing financial distress, which eventually leads to insolvency and unsustainability. In this regard, this study examined the relationship between ownership concentration and firm sustainability of top 200 Malaysian public listed companies for the period between t...

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Main Authors: Norazlin, Ahmad, Irene, Wei Kiong Ting, Mohd Ridzuan, Darun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. 2020
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author Norazlin, Ahmad
Irene, Wei Kiong Ting
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description Larger companies cannot escape from facing financial distress, which eventually leads to insolvency and unsustainability. In this regard, this study examined the relationship between ownership concentration and firm sustainability of top 200 Malaysian public listed companies for the period between the years 2009 and 2015. The two-stage least squares regression results of this study showed that ownership concentration was significantly and negatively related to firm sustainability. This finding remained the same when different proxies of ownership concentration and firm sustainability were used. Generally, this finding indicated that excessive concentrated ownership may lead to decisions that did not satisfy all key shareholders, and may reduce the level of firm sustainability.
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spelling ump-304062022-04-13T05:11:51Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/30406/ The impact of ownership concentration on firm sustainability: evidence from Malaysian top 200 public listed firms Norazlin, Ahmad Irene, Wei Kiong Ting Mohd Ridzuan, Darun HD Industries. Land use. Labor Larger companies cannot escape from facing financial distress, which eventually leads to insolvency and unsustainability. In this regard, this study examined the relationship between ownership concentration and firm sustainability of top 200 Malaysian public listed companies for the period between the years 2009 and 2015. The two-stage least squares regression results of this study showed that ownership concentration was significantly and negatively related to firm sustainability. This finding remained the same when different proxies of ownership concentration and firm sustainability were used. Generally, this finding indicated that excessive concentrated ownership may lead to decisions that did not satisfy all key shareholders, and may reduce the level of firm sustainability. Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. 2020 Article PeerReviewed pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/30406/1/The%20impact%20of%20ownership%20concentration%20on%20firm%20sustainability1.pdf Norazlin, Ahmad and Irene, Wei Kiong Ting and Mohd Ridzuan, Darun (2020) The impact of ownership concentration on firm sustainability: evidence from Malaysian top 200 public listed firms. International Journal of Business Excellence (IJBEX), 22 (3). pp. 283-300. ISSN 1756-0055. (Published) https://doi.org/10.1504/IJBEX.2020.110967 https://doi.org/10.1504/IJBEX.2020.110967
spellingShingle HD Industries. Land use. Labor
Norazlin, Ahmad
Irene, Wei Kiong Ting
Mohd Ridzuan, Darun
The impact of ownership concentration on firm sustainability: evidence from Malaysian top 200 public listed firms
title The impact of ownership concentration on firm sustainability: evidence from Malaysian top 200 public listed firms
title_full The impact of ownership concentration on firm sustainability: evidence from Malaysian top 200 public listed firms
title_fullStr The impact of ownership concentration on firm sustainability: evidence from Malaysian top 200 public listed firms
title_full_unstemmed The impact of ownership concentration on firm sustainability: evidence from Malaysian top 200 public listed firms
title_short The impact of ownership concentration on firm sustainability: evidence from Malaysian top 200 public listed firms
title_sort impact of ownership concentration on firm sustainability: evidence from malaysian top 200 public listed firms
topic HD Industries. Land use. Labor
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