Nexus between corporate governance disclosure and firm performance: a study on the Bangladeshi pharmaceutical companies

The paper intended to evaluate the extent of corporate disclosure compliance and its effect on the financial performance of Bangladeshi pharmaceutical companies listed on the DSE during a twelve year period, from 2007 to 2020. The study explored the affinity between the Corporate Governance Disclosu...

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Published inInternational Journal of Research in Business and Social Science Vol. 13; no. 1; pp. 303 - 313
Main Authors Islam, Md Nazrul, Hossain, Syed Zabid, Sayaduzzaman, Md
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Istanbul Society for the Study of Business and Finance 18.02.2024
Subjects
Accountability
Affinity
Annual reports
Auditing standards
Capital markets
Companies
Corporate governance
Disclosure
Economic growth
Environmental policy
Financial performance
Financial statements
Investments
Investors
Organizational performance
Pharmaceutical industry
Securities markets
Stock exchanges
Stock market crashes
Stockholders
Transparency
Bangladesh
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Summary:The paper intended to evaluate the extent of corporate disclosure compliance and its effect on the financial performance of Bangladeshi pharmaceutical companies listed on the DSE during a twelve year period, from 2007 to 2020. The study explored the affinity between the Corporate Governance Disclosure Index (CGDI) and firm financial performance employing econometric techniques, such as fixed effect and random effect models. The study calculated the disclosure scores as a percentage of a given firm's overall score to the probable score it could achieve. The CGDI of the sample companies showed a positive and substantial effect on company performance as an accounting measure ROA and an insignificant effect as a market measure Tobins Q. The study also revealed that sample firms followed the BSEC guidelines partially. These findings have implications for companies that fail to comply with the full disclosure principle, which holds that a company must disclose all material information in its financial statements in order to touch the reader's comprehension of those statements. In addition, these results imply that the code of CG requires a thorough examination to make essential modifications.
ISSN:2147-4478
DOI:10.20525/ijrbs.v13i1.3175