Equity Ownership and Capital Structure Determinants: A Study of New Zealand-Listed Firms

Are Board Size And Ownership Structure Beneficial In Emerging Markets’ Firms? Evidence From Jordan

“…The study can deduct significant relationship between board size and ROA. This result is consistent with p revious studies that were done in both developed and developing countries (Adams & Mehran, 2005;Belkhir, 2009;Fauzi & Locke, 2012). They mentioned that there a positive relationship between board size and ROA.…”

In Pursuit of the Determinants of Users’ Views on and Usage Practices Associated with the use of Virtual Systems in an Emerging Economy

“…Overall, what is the best size for a board of directors? The number of board members is considered to be one of the factors affecting firm performance, but there is no one optimal size for a board (Fauzi & Locke, 2012).…”

“…It determines the activities in which corporations are properly engaged (Brown, Beekes & Verhoeven, 2011). The corporate governance function is intended to develop ownership and governance structures for companies to ensure that managers behave ethically and make decisions that benefit shareholders (Fauzi & Locke, 2012).…”

“…One of the reasons for this prominence is the events surrounding a series of recent US scandals and corporate failures of the late 1990s (Becht, Bolton & Roell, 2002). Existing studies have explored the relationship between corporate governance attributes and corporate performance in various countries, e.g., Australia (Balatbat, Taylor & Walter, 2004), China (Claessens & Djankov, 1999;Xu & Wang, 1999;Hovey, Li & Naughton, 2003;Bai, Liu, Lu, Song & Zhang, 2004;Li & Naughton, 2007), Italy (Alimehmeti & Paletta, 2012), Malaysia (Abdullah, 2006;Zakaria, Purhanudin & Palanimally, 2014;Abidin, Kamal & Jusoff, 2009), New Zealand (Fauzi & Locke, 2012), Spain (Arosa, Iturralde & Maseda, 2010), and the UK (Weir & Laing, 2001).…”

“…Thus, this study focuses on exploring the impacts of board and ownership structures on the performance of Thai nonfinancial companies listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET). Claessens, Djankov, Fan and Lang (2002) propose that a good corporate governance framework can benefit a firm through easier financing, lower costs of capital, improved stakeholder favour, and overall better company performance (Fauzi & Locke, 2012). This study focuses particularly on various aspects of the structure of a board and how they affect the performance of a firm.…”