Board structures, ownership structure and firm value in Malaysian public listed manufacturing companies

(ThiS study examines the relationships between board structure variables which are board size, board independence, board monitoring intensity and firm value. The sample covers Malaysian public listed manufacturing companies in year 2008. In addition, the relationship between insider ownership and fi...

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Main Author: Lee, Wen Chiat
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) 2011
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Online Access:http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/9045/
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/9045/2/Lee%20Wen%20Chiat.pdf
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description (ThiS study examines the relationships between board structure variables which are board size, board independence, board monitoring intensity and firm value. The sample covers Malaysian public listed manufacturing companies in year 2008. In addition, the relationship between insider ownership and firm value is also examined. The data coUected from Bursa Malaysia were estimated using Ordinary Least Square (OLS) regression analY~ The results show that all board size, board independence and board monitoring intensity have negative relationships with board value whereas insider ownership has non-linear relationship with the finn value. The study also reveals that Tobin's Q is better than ROA to explain the relationships between board structure variables, insider ownership and firm value, respectively.
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spelling unimas-90452023-03-06T07:45:18Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/9045/ Board structures, ownership structure and firm value in Malaysian public listed manufacturing companies Lee, Wen Chiat TS Manufactures (ThiS study examines the relationships between board structure variables which are board size, board independence, board monitoring intensity and firm value. The sample covers Malaysian public listed manufacturing companies in year 2008. In addition, the relationship between insider ownership and firm value is also examined. The data coUected from Bursa Malaysia were estimated using Ordinary Least Square (OLS) regression analY~ The results show that all board size, board independence and board monitoring intensity have negative relationships with board value whereas insider ownership has non-linear relationship with the finn value. The study also reveals that Tobin's Q is better than ROA to explain the relationships between board structure variables, insider ownership and firm value, respectively. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) 2011 Thesis NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/9045/2/Lee%20Wen%20Chiat.pdf Lee, Wen Chiat (2011) Board structures, ownership structure and firm value in Malaysian public listed manufacturing companies. Masters thesis, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS).
spellingShingle TS Manufactures
Lee, Wen Chiat
Board structures, ownership structure and firm value in Malaysian public listed manufacturing companies
title Board structures, ownership structure and firm value in Malaysian public listed manufacturing companies
title_full Board structures, ownership structure and firm value in Malaysian public listed manufacturing companies
title_fullStr Board structures, ownership structure and firm value in Malaysian public listed manufacturing companies
title_full_unstemmed Board structures, ownership structure and firm value in Malaysian public listed manufacturing companies
title_short Board structures, ownership structure and firm value in Malaysian public listed manufacturing companies
title_sort board structures, ownership structure and firm value in malaysian public listed manufacturing companies
topic TS Manufactures
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/9045/
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/9045/2/Lee%20Wen%20Chiat.pdf