Corporate Governance and Firm Performance

Abstract

This research project is to study corporate governance and firm performance. The objective of this research is to investigate the relationship between independent variable and dependent variable. The dependent variable used in this research is firm performance whereas board size, board independence, compensation and CEO duality are considered as the independent variables. All of the variables will be further elaborate and explain in detailed. 100 listed companies by market capitalization in Malaysia will be selected to conduct this research due to they are served as industry leader in the market. In this research, secondary data approach is used to gather all the data and information. The data and information of the study will be analyzed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) computer program. The analysis consists of descriptive statistic, normality test, correlation analysis, multicollinearity analysis and regression analysis.