The influence of ownership structures and board characteristics towards firm performance: Evidence from listed companies in Dubai

The influence of ownership structures and board characteristics towards firm performance: Evidence from listed companies in Dubai

Corporate governance has received much attention globally, especially after numerous accounting scandals and failures that involve large companies throughout the world. Numbers of previous studies have been conducted in examining the association of corporate governance with firm performance. This s...

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The influence of ownership structures and board characteristics towards firm performance: Evidence from listed companies in Dubai
description Corporate governance has received much attention globally, especially after numerous accounting scandals and failures that involve large companies throughout the world. Numbers of previous studies have been conducted in examining the association of corporate governance with firm performance. This study examines the role of board of directors and ownership structures towards firm performance in Dubai. This study is being tested on 79 listed companies in Dubai for year 2014. The results of this study show that independent directors and foreign ownership structure influence the firm performance as measured by ROA and ROE. In addition, the results show that firm size is positively significant to firm performance either ROA or ROE. However, there are no significant relationship between board size and firm performance. Similarly, GCC and Arab ownership structures, which are insignificant in this relationship
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title The influence of ownership structures and board characteristics towards firm performance: Evidence from listed companies in Dubai
title_short The influence of ownership structures and board characteristics towards firm performance: Evidence from listed companies in Dubai
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title_fullStr The influence of ownership structures and board characteristics towards firm performance: Evidence from listed companies in Dubai
title_full_unstemmed The influence of ownership structures and board characteristics towards firm performance: Evidence from listed companies in Dubai
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spelling my-uum-etd.55892021-03-18T00:12:57Z The influence of ownership structures and board characteristics towards firm performance: Evidence from listed companies in Dubai 2015 Abd, Zaman Sahib Salim, Basariah Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business HF5601-5689 Accounting Corporate governance has received much attention globally, especially after numerous accounting scandals and failures that involve large companies throughout the world. Numbers of previous studies have been conducted in examining the association of corporate governance with firm performance. This study examines the role of board of directors and ownership structures towards firm performance in Dubai. This study is being tested on 79 listed companies in Dubai for year 2014. The results of this study show that independent directors and foreign ownership structure influence the firm performance as measured by ROA and ROE. In addition, the results show that firm size is positively significant to firm performance either ROA or ROE. However, there are no significant relationship between board size and firm performance. Similarly, GCC and Arab ownership structures, which are insignificant in this relationship 2015 Thesis https://etd.uum.edu.my/5589/ https://etd.uum.edu.my/5589/1/s814905_01.pdf text eng public https://etd.uum.edu.my/5589/2/s814905_02.pdf text eng public masters masters Universiti Utara Malaysia Abor, J., & Biekpe, N. (2006). Does corporate governance affect the capital structure decisions of Ghanaian SMEs? Corporate Ownership & Control, 1, 113-118. Adams, R. B., & Mehran, H. (2005). Corporate performance, board structure and its determinants in the banking industry, in EFA 2005 Moscow Meetings. Aitken, B. J., & Harrison, A. E. (1999). Do domestic firms benefit from direct foreign investment? Evidence from Venezuela. American Economic Review, 605-618. Aljifri, K., & Moustafa, M. (2007). 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