Corporate governance effect on firms' performance - evidence from the UAE

• Main Authors: Farhan, Ayda, Sheikh Obid, Siti Normala, Annuar, Hairul Azlan
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. 2017
• Subjects: HF5601 Accounting. Bookkeeping
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/56734/1/JEAS%20-%20Corporate%20Governance%20and%20firms%27%20performance%20in%20the%20UAE.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/56734/13/56734_Corporate%20governance%20effect%20on%20firms%E2%80%99%20performance_WOS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/56734/; http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full/10.1108/JEAS-01-2016-0002

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to show the effect of the corporate governance (CG) on firms’ performance in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The governance mechanisms employed in this study are board size, board independence and audit committee’s (AC) characteristics. The examined AC charac...