Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues is a peer-reviewed journal which publishes original research papers and case studies

Even though several studies have been done on intellectual capital, ownership structure, and firm performance, their status has remained uncertain in developing countries like Malaysia. Prior studies have generally focused on a single industry and overlooked the input of all Malaysian non-financial firms. This study investigates the impact of intellectual capital, its components, and ownership structure on firm performance. This study employs a balanced panel data examination for the data of 409 non-financial firms from 11 sectors listed on Bursa, Malaysia for five years (2016–2020). The modified value-added intellectual coefficient model was applied to examine the effect of IC efficiency on firm performance. The empirical findings revealed that IC efficiency, human capital efficiency, structural capital efficiency, capital employed efficiency, and relational capital efficiency are positively and significantly related to firm performance. However, physical and structural capital is the most substantial element of intellectual capital efficiency in augmenting profitability. In addition, government and foreign ownership positively affect firm performance. The research will help managers, policymakers, and investors understand how IC investments increase performance and make prudent investment choices in government and foreign ownership firms.

Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues is a peer-reviewed journal which publishes original research papers and case studies

The paper aims to examine the significant relationship amongst institutional stockholdings and firms’ performance as measured by ROA, ROE, PE, EPS and capital structure as measured by long term debt to capital ratio of companies listed on the Main Board of Bursa Malaysia. The results show that there is a significant relationship between the institutional stockholdings on the firms’ performance measured by EPS and PE ratio of firms listed on the Main Board of BURSA. Moreover, it is revealed that there is no significant relationship between the institutional stockholdings on firms’ capital structure.

Objective – The purpose of this research is to empirically examine how company characteristics, corporate governance and audit quality affect earnings management. Methodology/Technique – The population used for this research is manufacturing companies listed on the Indonesian Stock Exchange between 2013 and 2015. The sampling method used in this research is purposive sampling. 64 companies are examined, with 192 items of data being obtained. Findings – This research also uses statistical testing through a multiple regression. The results show that return on assets, financial leverage, free cash flow, and sales growth all have an influence on earnings management. Meanwhile, other variables such as managerial ownership, institutional ownership, board size, the presence of an audit committee, firm size, and audit quality have no significant effect on earnings management. Novelty – In this research, company characteristics are proxied with the return on assets, financial leverage, firm size, free cash flow, and sales growth, while corporate governance is proxied with managerial ownership, institutional ownership, board size, and the presence of an audit committee. Type of Paper: Empirical. Keywords: Company Characteristics; Corporate Governance; Audit Quality; Earnings Management; Agency Theory. Reference to this paper should be made as follows: Firnanti, F.; Pirzada, K.; Budiman. 2019. Company Characteristics, Corporate Governance, Audit Quality Impact on Earnings Management, Acc. Fin. Review 4 (2): 43 – 49 https://doi.org/10.35609/afr.2019.4.2(2) JEL Classification: M40, M41, M49.