Corporate governance mechanisms and accretive share buyback to meet or beat earnings per share forecast

• Main Authors: Chandren, Sitraselvi, Ahmad, Zamri, Ali, Ruhani
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak 2015
• Subjects: HD28 Management. Industrial Management
• Online Access: http://repo.uum.edu.my/18671/1/IJBS%2016%203%202015%20344%20-%20363.pdf; http://repo.uum.edu.my/18671/; http://www.ijbs.unimas.my/repository/pdf/Vol16-no3-paper1.pdf

This study examines the Malaysian accretive share buybacks firms from year 2001 to 2008 to determine the relationship between the corporate governance mechanisms and accretive share buybacks, the earnings management device to meet or beat earnings per share (EPS) forecast. The regression results of...