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committee and concentrated ownership in reducing earnings management among 97 firms listed on the Main Board of Bursa Malaysia … Jones, where abnormal working capital accruals are used as proxy for earnings management. Findings – The study reveals that … earnings management is positively related to the size of the board of directors. This supports the view that larger boards …
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Purpose – This study aims to examine auditor reporting behaviour in the presence of aggressive earnings management (EM …) in the context of the Asian Economic Crisis as it affected Malaysia. In the vein of Bartov, Gul and Tsui, the interaction … to test the hypotheses. Findings – As per earlier findings using Western data, Big 5 auditors in Malaysia appear to …
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We derive a consistent valuation approach that integrates the interdependent effects of cash dividends, share … predetermined proportion of the flow to equity is used for share repurchases instead of cash dividends. Additionally, we examine the … simulations to investigate the valuation differences caused by the distribution of excess cash via cash dividends or share …
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2002 was a bad year: the shareholder value destruction of the companies in the S&P 500 was $3.3 trillion. In 2002 only 16% of the companies created value (80 companies created value and 420 companies destroyed value). The percentage of value creators was 35%, 54%, 47% and 53% for 2001, 2000,...
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During 2003, 87% of the companies in the S&P 500 created value, compared to just 17% in 2002. The market value of the 500 companies in 2003 was $10.1 trillion, compared to $7.9 trillion in 2002. The top shareholder value creators in 2003 were Intel, Cisco, Citigroup, General Electric and Exxon....
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In this paper, we quantify shareholder value creation for 276 American companies. We provide the created shareholder value for each and every company for years 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2001. The market value of the 276 companies was 8,716 billion dollars in 2001 and 9,729 billion dollars in 2000. We...
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This study investigates the cross sectional determinants of online disclosure practices of companies listed in the Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE). Regression analysis is employed to explore the potential dependence of online corporate disclosure practices on size, profitability, leverage and the...
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This study investigates the cross sectional determinants of online disclosure practices of companies listed in the Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE). Regression analysis is employed to explore the potential dependence of online corporate disclosure practices on size, profitability, leverage and the...
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