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2014

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Implications Of Ownership Identity And Insider's Supremacy On The Economic Performance Of The Listed Companies, Qaiser Rafique Yasser, Abdullah Al Mamun Jan 2014

Implications Of Ownership Identity And Insider's Supremacy On The Economic Performance Of The Listed Companies, Qaiser Rafique Yasser, Abdullah Al Mamun

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We adopt a multi-theoretic approach to investigate a previously unexplored phenomenon in extant literature, namely the differential impact of ownership identity and director dominate shareholding on the performance of emerging market firms. The main research question addressed is, whether the impact of this relationship is conditional on the identity of the block investor. First, the relationship between overall block ownership and firm performance is tested by employing multiple regressions on 500 firm-year observations for the period from 2007 to 2011. Then, the block ownership is classified as the state, individuals, insiders, financial institutions, corporate and foreign investors and the influence …


Internationalization Of Malaysian Firms And The Effects Of Major External Economic Crises, Ah Ba Sim Jan 2014

Internationalization Of Malaysian Firms And The Effects Of Major External Economic Crises, Ah Ba Sim

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This paper examines and analyzes the internationalization of international firms from Malaysia over two time periods of major external economic crises, the Asian financial crisis and the global economic crisis based on a study of four case firms. The findings indicate variations and changes in strategies during early and continued internationalization over the 11 year time studied. These findings and their research implications are examined and discussed.