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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS IN FAMILY CONTROLLED FIRMS: EVIDENCE FROM MALAYSIA

International Journal of Business and Society

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Title CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS IN FAMILY CONTROLLED FIRMS: EVIDENCE FROM MALAYSIA
 
Creator Chu, Ei-Yet
Lai, Tian-So
Song, Saw-Imm
 
Description The hypothesis of financial constraints suggests that firms will be denied profitable investment dueto inaccessible to external capital markets as debt and equity financing are no longer perfectsubstitutions after firms utilize internal capital. In view of reduced investments during globalfinancial crisis in 2008-2009, the study investigates 157 firms, whether they face the issues offinancial constraints in Malaysia. In general, non-family firms rely heavily on the external debtmarket while family controlled firms utilizing internal cash and reducing their dependence on debtmarket for their investments, confirming financial constraints in family firms. However, thepresence of CEO duality does not exaggerate the problem of financial constraints, but rather leadsfamily firms to become stagnant in their investments. Independent directors appear to beineffective in governing family firms in issuing finances for investment. Apparently, their presencein family firms reduces firms’ investment opportunities either through internal cash and externaldebt financing, which could reduce shareholders’ value in the long-term.Keywords: Investments; Financial Constraints; Corporate Governance; Duality; IndependentDirector; Family Controlled firms.
 
Publisher Faculty of Economics and Business, UNIMAS
 
Date 2017-11-21
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://publisher.unimas.my/ojs/index.php/IJBS/article/view/534
 
Source International Journal of Business and Society; Vol 17 No 3 (2016): International Journal of Business and Society
1511-6670
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://publisher.unimas.my/ojs/index.php/IJBS/article/view/534/478
 
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