The impact of ownership concentration on firm sustainability: evidence from Malaysian top 200 public listed firms

Norazlin, Ahmad and Irene, Wei Kiong Ting and Mohd Ridzuan, Darun (2020) The impact of ownership concentration on firm sustainability: evidence from Malaysian top 200 public listed firms. International Journal of Business Excellence (IJBEX), 22 (3). pp. 283-300. ISSN 1756-0055. (Published)

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Abstract

Larger companies cannot escape from facing financial distress, which eventually leads to insolvency and unsustainability. In this regard, this study examined the relationship between ownership concentration and firm sustainability of top 200 Malaysian public listed companies for the period between the years 2009 and 2015. The two-stage least squares regression results of this study showed that ownership concentration was significantly and negatively related to firm sustainability. This finding remained the same when different proxies of ownership concentration and firm sustainability were used. Generally, this finding indicated that excessive concentrated ownership may lead to decisions that did not satisfy all key shareholders, and may reduce the level of firm sustainability.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: firm sustainability; Malaysian public listed firms; agency theory; ownership concentration.
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor
Faculty/Division: Faculty of Industrial Management
Institute of Postgraduate Studies
Depositing User: Noorul Farina Arifin
Date Deposited: 31 Dec 2020 07:52
Last Modified: 13 Apr 2022 05:11
URI: http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/30406
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