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One of the most common problems of corporate finance is the issue of financingdecision among financial managers. A mistaken funding decision may impact thecompany’s efficiency and result in a lower return to the owner and even expose thecompany to financial distress. The presence of corporate governance is critical to directa firm towards better governance and making a sound financing decision to ensurecompany survival. Prior studies provide the mixed result on the rela...

Board characteristics are gradually being recognized as a significant element ofcompany value. Thus, information on board characteristics is important in decisionmaking both within the company and for external stakeholders. The purpose of thisstudy is to determine the relationship between board characteristics which are genderdiversity, board independence, and CEO duality towards company performances inMalaysian Public Listed Companies. A total of 210 observation sample...

Islamic banking has grown tremendously for over the last two decades. The developmentof Islamic banking is getting more support because able to cater demands of nicheconsumers. However, many new risks have emerged along with growth of Islamicbanking such as Shari’ah non-compliance risk. This is due to poor supervision, weakgovernance and lacking in disclose information especially in non-compliant events.Islamic bank should ensure that every activity, transaction, and pr...

This study examines the association between certain attributes / structure ofcorporate governance towards the performance of public listed companies inMalaysia specifically those that are from construction industry. Data has beencollected from annual reports from Bursa Malaysia’s website and / or thewebsite of the sample companies from period of 2013 to 2018. Though therehave been numerous past researches done to investigate relation betweencorporate governance and ...

In order to end global poverty, corruption is expected to be one of the most debatableproblems by 2030. Combating corruption is a key element of the sustainability goalsand achieves targeted goals for financing development. In the context of corporations,good corporate governance structure is one of the key components of business effortsto improve conditions, policy and counter the unethical activities that the corporationsface. As several empirical researches have show...