Browsing by Subject "Firm performance"
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Audit committee characteristics and firm performance during the global financial crisis
( Blackwell Publishing Ltd , 2012 , Article)We address the question ‘do governance enhancing audit committee (AC) characteristics mitigate the firm performance impact of significant-adverse-economic events such as the Global Financial Crisis (GFC)?’ Our analysis ... -
Debt maturity, financial crisis and corporate performance in GCC countries: A dynamic-GMM approach
( Inderscience Publishers , 2015 , Article)This study investigates the effect of debt financing and debt maturity on corporate performance, using evidence from Gulf Cooperation Council countries (GCC): Qatar, Oman, Kuwait, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, United Arab ... -
Deploying partial least squares to investigate the influence of managerial assumptions on corporate social responsibility in the hotel industry
( Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. , 2018 , Article)Purpose: This paper aims to investigate the interplay between managerial assumptions and institutional corporate social responsibility, and determines how such fit affects performance. Design/methodology/approach: The ... -
Effect of aggregate, mandatory and voluntary disclosure on firm performance in a developing market: The case of Kuwait
( Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. , 2019 , Article)This paper examines the relationship between corporate disclosure and firm performance for the case of listed companies in the Kuwait Stock Exchanges (KSE). Our sample contains 51 non-financial firms that represent 42% of ... -
Financial leverage and firm performance evidence from amman stock exchange
( Universita Carlo Cattaneo , 2019 , Article)This study tests the relationship between financial leverage and firm performance. Previous studies found mixed results (e.g., Gill et al. 2011, Mouna et al. 2017, and Abubaker (2015). Some suggest including the effect of ... -
Government ownership, business risk, financial leverage and corporate performance: Evidence from gcc countries
( Virtus Interpress , 2012 , Article)This study investigates the effect of government ownership structure, business risk and financial leverage among other variables (size, age and growth) on a company’s performance in a panel data, using 191 companies from ... -
Political connections, media coverage and firm performance: evidence from an emerging market
( Emerald , 2022 , Article)Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of politically connected directors (PCDs), media coverage and their interaction on firm performance in an emerging market economy (UAE). Design/methodology/approach: ...