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2014

Audit committee

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The Association Between Audit Committee Multiple-Directorships, Tenure, And Financial Misstatements, Vineeta Sharma, Errol Iselin Jul 2014

The Association Between Audit Committee Multiple-Directorships, Tenure, And Financial Misstatements, Vineeta Sharma, Errol Iselin

Errol Iselin

More than 3,000 microfinancing institutions (MFIs) in developing countries provide financial assistance to the needy poor who are denied access to institutional credit from other sources. This study’s motivation comes from the importance of MFIs and the lack of knowledge about them. Adopting the balanced scorecard (BSC) model, this exploratory study investigates the critical performance measures that MFIs need to emphasize in their performance reporting to drive high performance. The study first argues that four dimensions (sustainability, increasing the outreach, depth of outreach, and portfolio at risk) are needed to measure the performance of MFIs, and then analyzes the impact …


Redefining Internal Audit Performance: Impact On Corporate Governance, Razimah Abdullah Dec 2013

Redefining Internal Audit Performance: Impact On Corporate Governance, Razimah Abdullah

Razimah Abdullah

One of the preventive measures to situations akin to world financial crises increasingly forwarded is effective internal audit function (IAF) (e.g., Imhoff, 2003; Mohamad & Muhamad Sori, 2011). Internal audit, a component of corporate governance, continues to evolve due to changes in business strategies and requirements placed on it by legislators. The roles of internal auditors and audit committees (ACs), the key personnel in IAFs, are changing to a more value-added approach as business strategies move towards corporate sustainability and organisational excellence. Suggestions forwarded to improve the performance or determining the quality of IAF include effective involvement of ACs in …


The Role Of Professional Bodies In Malaysia: Supporting Good Corporate Decision-Making, Razimah Abdullah Dec 2013

The Role Of Professional Bodies In Malaysia: Supporting Good Corporate Decision-Making, Razimah Abdullah

Razimah Abdullah

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