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The Impact Of Foreign Ownership In Jordanian Companies On Performance: An Empirical Study, Years 2011-2014, Ata Taani
Jerash for Research and Studies Journal مجلة جرش للبحوث والدراسات
Foreign investment is very important for all nations, an urgent requirement for the rich and poor countries, but that the need for this funding in poor countries more urgent Because it has a big gap in the financing requirements of the development processes, and that the severe shortage of domestic savings and its inability to meet the requirements of development, because most studies have focused on the study of the impact of foreign investment on the overall local economy (macroeconomic level), due to the lack of studies that focused on the microeconomic level this study focused on the effect of …
Corporate Governance And Financial Performance: An Empirical Study On Cement Companies Listed In Saudi Stock Market, Mohammed Bajaher
Corporate Governance And Financial Performance: An Empirical Study On Cement Companies Listed In Saudi Stock Market, Mohammed Bajaher
Jerash for Research and Studies Journal مجلة جرش للبحوث والدراسات
This paper investigates the impact of corporate governance on financial performance by cement firms listed in Saudi stock market during the period of 2012-2016. Many studies have examined the association between corporate governance mechanisms, ownership structure and firm performance, the most of them conducted in the developed countries, produced diverse findings, influenced by the nature of the dominant governance system for each country. Using the Least Ordinary Square (OLS), the results of the current study revealed that managerial ownership and firm size have a positive and significant impact on firm performance. However, board independence, board size, board meeting and audit …