EVA as Superior Performance Measurement Tool

Prior to the East Asian financial crisis scholars found the necessity of a true financial performance measure in Malaysia. After more than one decade of the crisis Malaysian firms still stick with the conventional performance measures, which are criticised due to general accepted accounting princi...

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Main Authors: Abdullah, Al Mamun, Shazali, Abu Mansor
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Language:English
Published: Scientific Research Publishing 2012
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description Prior to the East Asian financial crisis scholars found the necessity of a true financial performance measure in Malaysia. After more than one decade of the crisis Malaysian firms still stick with the conventional performance measures, which are criticised due to general accepted accounting principles. In this vein, this study aims to study a value based financial performance measure which can be adopted by the Malaysian firms over the conventional measures currently used. Economic Value Added (EVA) was introduced and advocated by Stern Stewart and Co. in 1982. This study intended to identify why EVA should be used as financial performance measure over the conventional measures and any added value or added advantage in EVA compare to conventional methods. EVA has been able to gain attention of the corpo- rate giants like Coca-Cola, Sprint Corporation and Quaker Oats, as it is able to depict the true profitability of the company, however, there have been very little research conducted on EVA in Asian countries including Malaysia.
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spelling unimas-179612017-10-11T00:57:14Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/17961/ EVA as Superior Performance Measurement Tool Abdullah, Al Mamun Shazali, Abu Mansor H Social Sciences (General) Prior to the East Asian financial crisis scholars found the necessity of a true financial performance measure in Malaysia. After more than one decade of the crisis Malaysian firms still stick with the conventional performance measures, which are criticised due to general accepted accounting principles. In this vein, this study aims to study a value based financial performance measure which can be adopted by the Malaysian firms over the conventional measures currently used. Economic Value Added (EVA) was introduced and advocated by Stern Stewart and Co. in 1982. This study intended to identify why EVA should be used as financial performance measure over the conventional measures and any added value or added advantage in EVA compare to conventional methods. EVA has been able to gain attention of the corpo- rate giants like Coca-Cola, Sprint Corporation and Quaker Oats, as it is able to depict the true profitability of the company, however, there have been very little research conducted on EVA in Asian countries including Malaysia. Scientific Research Publishing 2012 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/17961/7/EVA%20as%20Superior%20Performance%20Measurement%20Tool%20%28abstract%29.pdf Abdullah, Al Mamun and Shazali, Abu Mansor (2012) EVA as Superior Performance Measurement Tool. Modern Economy, 2. pp. 310-318. ISSN 2152-7261 http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/me.2012.33041 doi : 10.4236/me.2012.33041
spellingShingle H Social Sciences (General)
Abdullah, Al Mamun
Shazali, Abu Mansor
EVA as Superior Performance Measurement Tool
title EVA as Superior Performance Measurement Tool
title_full EVA as Superior Performance Measurement Tool
title_fullStr EVA as Superior Performance Measurement Tool
title_full_unstemmed EVA as Superior Performance Measurement Tool
title_short EVA as Superior Performance Measurement Tool
title_sort eva as superior performance measurement tool
topic H Social Sciences (General)
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