Agency costs, corporate governance mechanisms and performance of public listed family firms in Malaysia

We compare corporate governance and performance between family and non-family ownership of public listed companies in Malaysia from 1999 through 2005 measured by Tobin’s Q and ROA. We also examine the governance mechanisms as a tool in monitoring agency costs based on asset utilization ratio and exp...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: H. Ibrahim, F. A. Samad
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AOSIS 2011-09-01
Series:South African Journal of Business Management
Online Access:https://sajbm.org/index.php/sajbm/article/view/496