• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제7권10호
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• pp.601-611
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• 2020

The study aims to investigate the impact of ownership structure on corporate voluntary disclosure in the listed companies of Bangladesh. While many studies on the impact of ownership structure on voluntary disclosure have looked at developed and developing countries, few studies have been carried out in a transition economy. Using a three-step relative voluntary disclosure index, the study applies a multivariate analysis on the cross-sectional data for the year 2018. The findings indicate that the quality of voluntary disclosure in transition economy is still below average but has improved compared to findings from the previous literature. We found a significant inverse relationship between corporate voluntary disclosure and public ownership, while no significant relationships between voluntary disclosure and institutional ownership, director ownership, and foreign ownership have been found. The empirical findings of the study will provide evidence to promote the voluntary disclosure characterized by the ownership structures. The findings have important implications for both local and foreign investors as they make their investment decisions especially related to a transition economy. Besides, the findings will assist, not only the corporate executives in rearranging their reporting paradigm, but also the regulators and governments in similar transition economy in adopting and formulating their corporate policies and strategies.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.163-174
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• 2023

This study aims to investigate the effect of the composition of the board and ownership structure on a firm's value in Jordanian firms. Specifically, it aims to determine the effect of board size, (CEO) duality, and family, foreign, institutional, and government ownership on a firm's value. An ordinary least square regression (OLS) was employed to examine the study hypotheses in a sample of 35 Jordanian industrial firms (175 firm-year observation) for a period of five years from 2016-2020. As measured by Tobin's Q (Q ratio) and market-to-book (MB ratio) for Jordanian industrial firms listed on Amman Stock Exchange (ASE). The result found that foreign ownership, institutional ownership, and family ownership have a significant and positive effect on firm value. By contrast, government ownership does not have a significant effect on firm value. With respect to board composition (CEO duality and board size), the study results found no evidence to support the effect of board composition on firm value. The study recommended the concerned authorities with several recommendations, most notably: taking the necessary measures to ensure the continuity and growth of family businesses because of their positive impact on the value of the company and economic growth, spreading awareness about how governance protects the interests of investors.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제8권5호
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• pp.627-637
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• 2021

This research extends the literature on the effect of board characteristics and ownership structure on audit fees; these factors affect the firm's agency costs and how the auditor assesses various risks, hence the audit efforts and fees. The paper introduces political connections as a determinant of audit fees for the first time in Jordan, where the political connection is prevalent and affects decision making on the Jordanian boards. The sample consists of 109 manufacturing and service firms listed on the Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) over the years 2012-2019. Data is obtained from the ASE and the company's annual reports. Board characteristics are measured by board size, independence, leadership duality, meetings frequency, political connections, and audit committee. Ownership structure was measured by concentration, foreign ownership, and Institutional ownership. The study hypotheses were tested by using Generalized Least Squares regression. The Findings showed that larger boards, politically connected firms, and firms with leadership duality are more likely to pay higher fees. Besides, Firms with greater foreign ownership pay less fees, whereas the rest of the variables are insignificant. Results suggest that political connections play a major role in determining audit fees; this provides a recommendation to policymakers in Jordan to reconsider regulations regarding political connections.

• 재무관리연구
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.155-173
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• 2008

Controlling for the impacts of main strands of debt maturity theories, we highlight the relationship between syndicated loan maturity and ownership structure of Korean borrowers. We find that as the ownership of large shareholders increases, the maturity of syndicated loans also increases. Additionally, we identify a negative relation between foreigners' ownership and loan maturity, indicating that foreign institutional investors serve valuable monitoring functions; as their equity shares increase, they fully take advantage of frequent renewals through the short maturity of syndicated loan. We also show that the predicted value of leverage is more systematically and positively related to the maturity of syndicated loan.

• 경영과정보연구
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• 제5권
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• pp.185-209
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• 2000

A review of shows that past research has focused predominately on foreign market entry strategy issues in relatively well-established firms. These studies have either ignored venture firms or have failed to treat these firms separately. Only recently, researchers have broadened their search to include aspects of the foreign market investment of the venture. The purposes of this study are to identify and explain the impact factors such as ownership specific advantage, transaction cost, and location specific advantage on the choice of foreign market entry strategy for venture firms. To find the perceived the foreign market entry strategy and determinant factors, 130 venture CEOs from the computer and communications equipment industries were asked to describe their venture's foreign market entry strategy through 17 questionnaire items on competitive method. Using factor analysis, the six determinant factors were categorized. To test the relationships between the foreign market entry strategy and factors such as ownership specific advantage, transaction cost, and location specific advantage, the data collected by questionnaire from 92 ventures. The main results of this research are as follows. First, the factors of ownership specific advantage have partially significant impact on the foreign market entry strategy of venture firms, Second, the factors of transaction cost have significant impact on their foreign market entry strategy. Third, the factors of location specific advantage have significant impact on their foreign market entry strategy. This study has produced evidence to demonstrate that the foreign market entry strategy profile of venture firms can be distinguished from those of relatively well-established firms. An expanded study would allow for stronger conclusions regarding the relative explanatory power of individual variables in the method. Additional research is also needed to examine other determinant variables connecting foreign market entry strategy.

• Journal of the Korean Data Analysis Society
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• 제20권6호
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• pp.3025-3035
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• 2018

본 연구는 대만증권거래소에 상장된 종목을 대상으로 하여 모멘텀 현상이 어떠한 경우에 나타나는지를 분석한다. 특히, 기업 규모, 외국인 투자자 지분율, 개인 투자자 지분율, 기관 투자자 지분율에 따른 모멘텀 현상의 차이에 대해 살펴보는 것이 본 연구의 목적이다. 대만 주식시장에서 모멘텀 현상을 실증 분석한 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 전체 표본 기간 동안 모멘텀 현상이 존재하지 않는 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 기업 규모별로 나누어도 모멘텀 전략의 수익성이 존재하지 않는 것으로 드러났다. 그러나 지분율에 따라 세부적으로 나누면 결과는 달라진다. 셋째, 개인 투자자 지분율이 높은 기업에는 유의적인 양(+)의 모멘텀이 존재하는 것으로 드러났다. 따라서 기관 투자자 지분율이 낮은 기업에서는 양(+)의 모멘텀을 관찰할 수 있다. 마지막으로, 외국인 지분율에 따라 나눌 경우 모멘텀 현상이 나타나지 않았다. 본 연구는 기존 연구들과 달리 대만 주식시장에서 외국인 투자자의 지분율뿐만 아니라 개인 투자자 및 기관 투자자 지분율과 모멘텀 현상 간의 관계에 대해 추가적인 실증분석을 실행하였다는 점에 있어서 학술적 공헌을 가진다.

• 국제지역연구
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.79-105
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• 2010

본 논문은 외국인투자자가 국내 기업의 배당과 투자 의사결정에 미치는 영향에 관하여 2001년에서 2008년까지 거래소에 상장된 12월 결산 비금융업체를 대상으로 분석하였다. 연구결과 첫째, 전체 외국인투자자의 경우 배당성향을 증가시켰으나 이러한 경향은 최근으로 올수록 약화되었다. 또한 투자목적을 구분한 경우 기업의 배당성향 증가에 영향을 미치지 않았다. 둘째 외국인 투자자들의 지분이 증가할 경우 고정자산증가율과 유형자산증가율로 본 설비투자는 감소하였으며 5%이상 외국인 투자자와 경영참가목적 외국인 투자자의 경우 연구개발비율에서 유의한 양(+)의 계수값을 보였다. 또한 5%이상 외국인 투자자의 영향력은 경영참가목적 외국인 투자자에 의해 주도됨을 알 수 있었다. 셋째, 외국인 투자자 지분율과 기업의 배당 의사결정 간의 내생성 문제를 고려하기 위해 HT-IV/GLS 방법을 선택한 결과와 회귀분석, 고정효과 모형 간에 계수 값의 크기와 유의성에 차이가 있어 내생성을 고려할 필요가 있음을 알려주었다.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제8권7호
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• pp.195-201
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• 2021

This study aims to assess the impact of ownership structure of commercial banks on bank credit risk in Vietnam. The authors used the unbalanced table data of 28 commercial banks in the period from 2004 to 2020 with 439 observations. The ratio of loan loss provisioning to loans (CR) is selected as a dependent variable representing credit risk at commercial banks. The regression methods used include: least squares method (OLS), fixed-effect model (FEM), random-effect model (REM) and general least squares method (GLS). The results reveal that, with interaction variable between the ratio of equity to total assets and foreign ownership, the national GDP annual growth rate is negatively associated with credit risk. With the ratio of equity to total assets, the interaction variable between equity and state ownership, and bank size have a significant positive impact on credit risk. In addition, inflation has negligible impact on the credit risk of commercial banks in Vietnam over the research period. The findings of this study suggest that, if foreign-owned banks increase equity capital, there will be a stronger impact on reducing credit risk than other banks. On the other hand, when state-owned commercial banks in Vietnam increase equity, they will have higher credit risk.

• Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.68-78
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• 2020

This study attempted to uncover the characteristics of health information non-seekers among the United States foreign-born population and identify potential predictors of their non-seeking behavior. The trends of foreign-born health information nonseekers over the past twelve years were also examined. Statistical analysis was conducted with two sets of Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS) data: HINTS 2 (2005) and HINTS 5 Cycle 1 (2017) datasets. It was found that foreign-born nonseekers differ from foreign-born seekers in terms of a variety of variables including education, income, English proficiency, the uses of Internet and social media, ownership of digital devices, ownership of health insurance, perceived health status, and level of trust in health information sources. Among them, education, Internet use, and trust in online health information were identified as predictors of the foreign-born population's non-seeking of health information. In addition, three variables - race/ethnicity, age, and place of accessing the Internet - which were significant factors in the 2005 dataset, were no longer significant in the 2017 dataset, implying the possible influence of smartphones that reduces Internet accessibility gaps among different racial/ethnic and age groups.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제27권8호
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• pp.701-709
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• 2018

Few prior studies investigated the correlation between corporate ownership structure and environmental information disclosure. Using environmental index disclosure in GRI (Global Reporting Initiative) reports of the Korean companies, the study examines the effects of ownership structure on the magnitude of environmental information disclosure. A total of 220 firm-years during 2013-2016 period are analyzed. The empirical results of the study indicate that the institutional and foreign investors' ownership have positive correlations with environmental information disclosure, while the executives' within board of directors has a negative correlation. The ownership by largest shareholders including those with special interests shows no significant relationship with the environmental information disclosure.