Broadband infrastructure has numerous economic potentials. This study examines the impact of broadband penetration on economic growth in the panel of 10 countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) from 1998 to 2011. Based on the pooled Ordinary Least Squares (OLS), fixed...

Purpose: This study uses the unique setting of unusual market activity (UMA) replies to examine the market reaction and the effects of disclosure and investor protection amid information uncertainty. Design/methodology/approach: A total of 1527 hand-collected UMA replies from the interlinked...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify the relationships between risk management committee characteristics and risk taking of the Malaysia's insurance companies, from 2003-2011. The paper aims to examine three identified characteristics of a risk management committee, namely, size,...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide insights on how a firm's size is related to risk taking of Malaysia's insurance companies, from 2000-2010. Design/methodology/approach – The sample used for empirical testing in this study comprised direct insurance firms licensed under...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide insights on how a firm's size is related to risk taking of Malaysia's insurance companies, from 2000-2010. Design/methodology/approach – The sample used for empirical testing in this study comprised direct insurance firms licensed under...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between women on board and the financial performance of Malaysian listed companies. Design/methodology/approach: Panel generalised method of moments (GMM) analysis was used over 928 public-listed companies listed on the Malaysian...