This document summarizes a study that examined the relationship between corporate governance and banking performance in Sri Lanka. The study analyzed four dimensions of corporate governance - board size, board diversity, percentage of outside directors, and board meeting frequency. Banking performance was measured by return on equity and return on assets. The results showed that most corporate governance variables were positively correlated with return on equity in state banks and private banks. Similarly, most variables had a negative relationship with return on assets in state banks and private banks. Overall, the study found that corporate governance had a moderate impact on performance in both private and state banks in Sri Lanka.
This presentation is an overview of SA 320 (R). Prepared with Prof. S. Sircar.
Dr. Soheli Ghose ( Ph.D (University of Calcutta), M.Phil, M.Com, M.B.A., NET (JRF), B. Ed).
Assistant Professor, Department of Commerce,St. Xavier's College, Kolkata.
Guest Faculty, M.B.A. Finance, University of Calcutta, Kolkata
Efficiency, Harmony, unity of command, unity of direction, follow-through, effective Communication, efficient control, the individual contribution for the development of the organization,
Corporate Governance and Its Impact on Financial Performance in Nepalese Comm...IJMREMJournal
Corporate governance is about building credibility, ensuring transparency and accountability as well as
maintaining aneffective channel of information disclosure that would foster good corporate performance.
Corporate governance is the extent to which companies are run in an open and honest manner is important for
overall market confidence. Corporate governance describes all of the devices, institutions, and mechanisms by
which corporations are governed. The basic objective of the study is to analyze the level and structure of
corporate governance in Nepal and determine its effects on financial performance in commercial banks of
Nepal. Descriptive research design has been followed and multistage sampling method is used. Both primary as
well as secondary data have been used to collect the information. It is found that corporate governance has
played the significant role to keep the corporate governance in Nepalese commercial Banks
This presentation is an overview of SA 320 (R). Prepared with Prof. S. Sircar.
Dr. Soheli Ghose ( Ph.D (University of Calcutta), M.Phil, M.Com, M.B.A., NET (JRF), B. Ed).
Assistant Professor, Department of Commerce,St. Xavier's College, Kolkata.
Guest Faculty, M.B.A. Finance, University of Calcutta, Kolkata
Efficiency, Harmony, unity of command, unity of direction, follow-through, effective Communication, efficient control, the individual contribution for the development of the organization,
Corporate Governance and Its Impact on Financial Performance in Nepalese Comm...IJMREMJournal
Corporate governance is about building credibility, ensuring transparency and accountability as well as
maintaining aneffective channel of information disclosure that would foster good corporate performance.
Corporate governance is the extent to which companies are run in an open and honest manner is important for
overall market confidence. Corporate governance describes all of the devices, institutions, and mechanisms by
which corporations are governed. The basic objective of the study is to analyze the level and structure of
corporate governance in Nepal and determine its effects on financial performance in commercial banks of
Nepal. Descriptive research design has been followed and multistage sampling method is used. Both primary as
well as secondary data have been used to collect the information. It is found that corporate governance has
played the significant role to keep the corporate governance in Nepalese commercial Banks
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Introduction to Corporate Governance
Corporate Governance on Directors
Corporate Governance on Shareholders
Corporate Governance Practice in Sri Lanka
Benefits and Issues of Corporate Governance
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Corporate governance is recognized as one of the most important implications in building marketplace confidence. The study will assess the level of implementation of corporate governance and level of performance in seven companies from different industries in some countries. We selected seven companies (Audi Bank, Nestlé Group, Dana Gas, Medgulf, Coca Cola, SABIS, Al Baraka Banking Group) which operate in different sectors (Banking, Food and beverages, Energy, Insurance, Education, and Islamic Banking).
The result of the study shows that there is a significant relationship between corporate governance practices and companies' performance. It is expected that the findings of this research paper would contribute to improve understanding about corporate governance practices and their impacts on improving overall performance of the companies.
Results of the study shows that through appropriate application of the standards of corporate governance companies increase profitability, effectiveness and efficiency, improve their credibility, sustainability, transparency, disclosure, reputation, competitiveness and quality in all aspects and enhance management control, risk management, financial management, oversight and relations with key stakeholders such as investors, business partners, employees, customers, etc.
The study recommends that companies should implement corporate governance principles and standards in their strategy and decision making process. They should focus on board of directors, committee structure, risk management, internal audit, external audit, internal control, human capital, sustainability, social responsibility, financial management, disclosure, transparency and the rights of shareholders.
A brief overview on "Labor Management" covering topics like:
- What is a Union?
- Why do people join unions?
- Labor laws in India
- Process & Outcomes of Collective Bargaining
- Implications for Managers
What is Controlling, Importance, Limitations & Features of Controlling, The Basic Control Process, Characteristics of effective control system, Dimensions of Control, What is Benchmarking, Control as a Feedback System, Feedforward Control, Comparison of Simple Feedback and Feedforward Systems, Requirements for Feedforward Control, CONTROL OF OVERALL PERFORMANCE, PROFIT AND LOSS CONTROL, What is Budgeting?, Productivity, Operations Management, and Total Quality Management, Steps in Product and Production Design, Operations Research, Value Engineering, Mass Production Versus Lean Production Managerial Practices
Part of Management Process. How the management process evolved from the early years.
Many experts contributed for this evolution. I compiled the list and little bit history along with the theory developed by each contributor for this process.
Introduction to Corporate Governance
Corporate Governance on Directors
Corporate Governance on Shareholders
Corporate Governance Practice in Sri Lanka
Benefits and Issues of Corporate Governance
This slide content discusses about Introduction to Management that includes types of managers, roles of managers, evolution of management, types of business organization, organization culture, current trends and issues in management.
The Impact of Corporate Governance on Improving Overall Performance of the Co...CSCJournals
Corporate governance is recognized as one of the most important implications in building marketplace confidence. The study will assess the level of implementation of corporate governance and level of performance in seven companies from different industries in some countries. We selected seven companies (Audi Bank, Nestlé Group, Dana Gas, Medgulf, Coca Cola, SABIS, Al Baraka Banking Group) which operate in different sectors (Banking, Food and beverages, Energy, Insurance, Education, and Islamic Banking).
The result of the study shows that there is a significant relationship between corporate governance practices and companies' performance. It is expected that the findings of this research paper would contribute to improve understanding about corporate governance practices and their impacts on improving overall performance of the companies.
Results of the study shows that through appropriate application of the standards of corporate governance companies increase profitability, effectiveness and efficiency, improve their credibility, sustainability, transparency, disclosure, reputation, competitiveness and quality in all aspects and enhance management control, risk management, financial management, oversight and relations with key stakeholders such as investors, business partners, employees, customers, etc.
The study recommends that companies should implement corporate governance principles and standards in their strategy and decision making process. They should focus on board of directors, committee structure, risk management, internal audit, external audit, internal control, human capital, sustainability, social responsibility, financial management, disclosure, transparency and the rights of shareholders.
Corporate governance and bank performance: Empirical evidence from Nepalese f...Rajesh Gupta
This paper examines the effects of corporate governance on bank performance in the context of Nepal. Return on assets (ROA) and return on equity (ROE) are dependent variables for bank performance, and board size, female board members, financial institutions, CEO duality, independent directors, firm size, firm age, earnings per share, and the capital adequacy ratio are independent variables for corporate governance.
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ABSTRACT: Corporate governance and its effect on firm performance are investigated in this research. Research independent variables include non-bound members of board of directors, board of directors’ independence, institutional shareholders, and dependent variable includes assets return which is the index of firm’s performance. Accordingly, data of 125 accepted firms in Tehran securities exchange during 2009 to 2013 was extracted and panel data regression model was applied to test the hypotheses. Results indicate an inverse significant relationship between non-bound members of board of directors and assets return and a positive significant relationship between board of directors’ independence and firm’s performance. Also, there is a positive relationship between institutional shareholders and firm’s performance. In general, results showed that appropriate corporate governance improves firms’ performance.
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Citation: Delima, V. J., & Ragel, V. R. (2017). Impact of corporate governance on organizational performance. International Journal of Engineering Research and General Science, 5(5).
Abstract- This study examined whether corporate governance has impact on organizational performance in Financial Institutions as research problem. This research was carried out with objective to measure association between Corporate Governance and Financial Institution’s Performance in Batticaloa district. Conceptual framework has been developed to measure linkages between Corporate Governance and Financial Institution’s Performance. Board Size, Corporate Governance Mechanism, Communication Strategies, and Code of Conduct are considered as the measurement variables of Corporate Governance which was derived from Changezi & Saeed (2013) and Customer Satisfaction, Employee Commitment and Corporate Reputation are considered as the measurement variable of Organizational Performance which was derived from Bayoud (2012) and Carton (2004). Questionnaires were used to collect data for this study. 115 Management Respondents and 115 Customers from whole Financial Institutions in Batticaloa district have been selected for this study. Data were analyzed and evaluated by Univariate and Bivariate techniques. In Univariate analysis, Descriptive statistic has been used for the analysis. In Bivariate analysis, Correlation and multiple regressions have been used for the analysis. Findings have shown the Corporate Governance and Organizational Performance are at high level. Moreover, it also found that there is a strong positive relationship between Corporate Governance and Organizational Performance. Corporate Governance significantly impacts Organizational Performance of Financial Institutions. These findings would be useful to consider more on Corporate Governance practices to avoid the Corporate Collapses and to achieve successful Organizational Performance
Impact of Corporate Governance on Firms’ Financial Performance: Textile Secto...inventionjournals
Purpose: The basic standard of this article is to find out the outcome of corporate governance on firm’s profitability in textile sector of listed companies in Pakistan. Methodology: The data are collected from respective textile sector annual reports from 2005 to 2014.The results of different variables arise by using different techniques like descriptive, correlation and regression in using software of E-views in this study. Findings: These results of study explain that corporate governance and firm’s financial performance shows positive relationship between each other. This indicates that in textile sectors adopting corporate governance and plays a significant role in textile sectors. Research limitations: This study restricts by fewer digit of determinantslinked corporategovernance and data gathered from 2005 to 2014 were addressed, which restrictions the overview of the result. Further research can be conduct by using more variables and more years for finding more in future. Originality: This study shows that the firm’s performance has increased by using corporate governance in textile sector firms.
Impact of Corporate Governance on Firms’ Financial Performance: Textile Secto...inventionjournals
Purpose: The basic standard of this article is to find out the outcome of corporate governance on firm’s profitability in textile sector of listed companies in Pakistan. Methodology: The data are collected from respective textile sector annual reports from 2005 to 2014.The results of different variables arise by using different techniques like descriptive, correlation and regression in using software of E-views in this study. Findings: These results of study explain that corporate governance and firm’s financial performance shows positive relationship between each other. This indicates that in textile sectors adopting corporate governance and plays a significant role in textile sectors. Research limitations: This study restricts by fewer digit of determinantslinked corporategovernance and data gathered from 2005 to 2014 were addressed, which restrictions the overview of the result. Further research can be conduct by using more variables and more years for finding more in future. Originality: This study shows that the firm’s performance has increased by using corporate governance in textile sector firms.
Corporate Governance and Corporate Profitability Empirical Study of Listed La...ijtsrd
Corporate governance is concerned with ways in which all parties interested in the well- being of the organization attempt to ensure that mangers and other insiders take measures or adopt mechanisms that safeguard the interests of the stakeholders.. The purpose of the study is to find out the impact of corporate governance on profitability of listed Land and Property companies in Sri Lanka. Return of Assets is used as dependent variable. To measure the corporate governance, Board size, Board composition and independent directors of Remuneration committee. number of auditors are considered in this study. Firm size was considered as control variable in this study. The data were collected from firms annual financial reports and Data Stream over the period of 2011to 2016, from the CSE website. Descriptive statistics, correlation analysis, multiple linear regression analysis were used to analyse the data and examine the hypotheses by using the E-views 10 version, in this study. The findings revealed that there is a positive and significant relationship between ROA with auditors, board composition. Independent directors of Remuneration committee and board size are insignificantly correlated with ROA. Furthermore, it was found that the control variable firm size was insignificant in influencing firm performance ROA ..This study provides useful information for policy makers, regulators in improving the corporate governance policies in the future and also helps in increasing and understanding the relationship between corporate governance and firms performance. S. Anandasayanan | H. Thavarasasingam "Corporate Governance and Corporate Profitability: Empirical Study of Listed Land and Property Companies in Sri Lanka" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-3 | Issue-2 , February 2019, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd20309.pdf
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Corporate Governance and Firm Performance: The Role of Transparency & Disclos...Muhammad Arslan
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The corporate governance is a popular topic within two last decade, and the emerging economies are practicing &enhancing their performances. The review is conducted to assess the effectiveness of the corporate governance implications on firm’s performances. The study followed the deductive approach and the journal articles, and the reports have used the source of the review. As per the literature findings, the researcher developed a conceptual design for the case review. The independent variable is the corporate governance mechanism, and the dependent variable is organizations performances. Both independent and dependent variables comprise the different type of corporate governance practice and the different function of the organizational performances. The review found that all the types of corporate governance practices are influenced to the organizational performance and the better corporate governance mechanism can enhance all type of performances.
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Corporate governance and banking performance a comparative study between private and state banking sector in sri lanka.
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Corporate Governance and Banking Performance: a Comparative
Study between Private and State Banking Sector in Sri Lanka.
Ajanthan, A; Balaputhiran, S & Nimalathashan, B
University of Jaffna, Jaffna, Sri Lanka
e-mail: ajanthan198703@gmail.com
Abstract
The main objectives of this study are to find out the relationship between corporate governance and banking
performance and also find out the impact of corporate governance on banking performance. This study focused
on four aspects of corporate governance namely; Board Size (BS), Board Diversity (BD), Outside Directors
Percentage (OSDP) & Board Meeting Frequency (BMF). Banking performance has been measured through
Return on Equity (ROE) and Return on Assets (ROA). The results revealed that all variables of corporate
governance are positively correlated with ROE in state banks as well as, in private banks except BD and BMF
other variables have strong negative relation with ROE, which is significant at 5percent level of significance.
Similarly, except BMF other variables have negative relationship with ROA in state banks. Private Banks also
show same relation except the variable BD. BD have strong negative relationship with ROA in state banks which
is significant at 5 percent level of significance, but in private banks; positive relationship is denoted by BD
which is not significant. Further corporate governance has a moderate impact on performance of both private and
state banks.
Keywords: Corporate Governance, Banking Sector, Banking Performance
INTRODUCTION
Corporate governance can be defined as the relationship among shareholders, board of directors and the top
management in determining the direction and performance of the corporation (Wheelen and Hunger 2006). It
also includes the relationship among the many players involved (the stakeholders) and the goals for which the
corporation is governed. The principal players are the shareholders, management and the board of directors.
Other stakeholders include employees, suppliers, customers, banks and other lenders, regulators, the
environment and the community at large (http://en.wikipedia.org). Ruin (2001) stated that corporate governance
as a group of people getting together as one united body with task and responsibility to direct, control and rule
with authority. On a collective effort, this body is empowered to regulate, determine, restrain, curb and exercise
the authority given to it. However, corporate governance describes the set of processes, customs, policies, laws
and institutions affecting the way a corporation is directed, administered or controlled (http://en.wikipedia.org).
Shleifer and Vishny (1997) argued that corporate governance is the way in which suppliers of finance to
corporation ensure themselves of getting a return on their investments. Nonetheless, Melvin and Hirt (2005)
described the concept of corporate governance as referring to corporate decision-making and control, particularly
the structure of the board and its working procedures. It is also sometimes used very widely, embracing a
company’s relations with a wide range of stakeholders or very narrowly referring to a company’s compliance
with the provisions of best practice codes. In addition, Thomas (2002) described corporate governance in the
ways and means by which the government of a company (the directors) is responsible to its electorate (the
shareholders).Corporate governance can also be stated as the set of rules and procedures that ensure that
managers do indeed employ the principles of value based management (Brigham & Ehrhardt ,2005).
On the other hand, Low (2003) viewed as corporate governance as dealing with mechanisms by which
stakeholders of a corporate exercise control over corporate insiders and management in such a way that their
interests are protected. Nevertheless, corporate governance comprises a country’s private and public institutions,
both formal and informal, which together govern the relationship between the people who manage corporations
(corporate insiders) and all others who invest resources incorporations in the county (Oman, Charles, Fries,
Steven & Buiter, & Willem, 2003).
Researcher focus is on the relationship between governance and performance. There are several reasons to
expect that better governed banks may have more efficient operations and better performance. First, governance
may reduce the incidence and amounts of related parties’ transactions and other “self-dealing” practices. Since
such transactions are usually sub-optimal from the efficiency point of view, the reduction in such transactions
should translate into improved performance. Second, better governed banks may have lower cost of capital,
especially if they employ subordinated debt financing. Third, better governance may translate into more efficient
and streamlined operations, as the supervisory board and management functions are separated and modernized.
Corporate governance initiatives in Sri Lanka commenced in 1997 with the introduction of a voluntary code of
best practice on matters relating to the financial aspects of corporate governance. Voluntary codes of best
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practices on corporate governance were issued in 2003 (ICASL, 2003), and in 2007 corporate governance
standards were made mandatory for all listed companies for the financial year commencing on or after 1st
April
2008. This code covered the effectiveness of the board, separation of the position of CEO and the chairman,
appointment of the chairman, non-executive directors, professional advice, director’s training, directors
responsibility for the presentation of financial statements, compliance reporting, internal control and committee
structures for boards, including audit committee, and remuneration committees and nomination committees
(Watawala, 2006).
The new Companies Act No. 7 was enacted in 2007 to keep abreast with prevalent international laws and to
safeguard the interest of all stakeholders including directors, major shareholders, minority shareholders and
creditors. The act introduced greater protection to minority shareholders, directors’ duties, and transparency and
accountability. The new Company Act No. 7 was based on Canadian, New Zealand and other modern practices.
It became operative for all listed companies from 1st April 2007, and was mandatory from 1st April 2008. The
civil war which ended in 2009 could have been expected to have had a major impact on economic growth.
Instead, by 2007, the Sri Lankan economy recorded a growth rate of above 6 per cent for the third consecutive
year. This raises the question: did the introduction of the corporate guidelines contribute to this result? If so, the
changes in corporate governance practices would be expected to be significantly related to firm performance.
The governance changes investigated in this study were the board structures.
In general, corporate governance is considered as having significant implications for the growth prospects of an
economy, because best practice corporate governance reduces risks for investors, attracts investment capital and
improves the performance of companies (Spanos, 2005). In Sri Lanka, effective corporate governance is
considered as ensuring corporate accountability, enhancing the reliability and quality of financial information,
and therefore enhancing the integrity and efficiency of capital markets, which in turn will improve investor
confidence (Rezaee, 2009).
Cadbury (1992) pointed out corporate governance as “the system by which companies are directed and
controlled”. It is concerned with the duties and responsibilities of a company’s board of directors to successfully
lead the company, and their relationship with its shareholders and other stakeholder groups. It is also defined as a
“process through which shareholders induce management to act in their interests, providing a degree of investor
confidence that is necessary for the capital markets to function effectively” (Rezaee, 2009).
LITERATURE REVIEW AND HYPOTHESES DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND BANKING PERFORMANCE
Agency theory is the theoretical framework most often used by investors in finance and economics to understand
the link between board characteristics and firm value. The arguments of Fama and Jensen (1993) are well known
but, as a general statement, they propose a very important role for the board as a mechanism to control and
monitor managers. The role of the board in an agency framework is to resolve agency problems between
managers and shareholders by setting compensation and replacing managers that do not create value for the
shareholders.
It is a general belief that good corporate governance enhances a firm performance. However, there have been
some studies that have gone against this notion. For this reason it is inconclusive or inconsistent to say that
corporate governance and firm performance are directly correlated. In a study by Akyereboah-Coleman (2008),
the effect of corporate governance on performance of firms in Africa was carried out. He found a clear
relationship between corporate governance and performanc.An empirical analysis was also carried out in Kenya,
between the relationship of corporate governance and bank performance (Barako & Tower, 2007). The research
was to empirically examine the relationship between ownership structure and bank performance (Barako &
Tower, 2007: 139).Wolfgang (2003) good corporate governance lead to increased valuation, higher profit, higher
sales growth and lower capital expenditure.
Board Size
There is a view that larger boards are better for firm value because they have a range of expertise to help make
better decisions, and are harder for a powerful CEO to dominate. However, some authors have advocated for
smaller boards. Fama & Jensen (1983) argue that large boards are less effective and are easier for the CEO to
control. When a board gets too big, it becomes difficult to coordinate, encourages free riding and poses problems.
Smaller boards however reduce the possibility of free riding, and increase the accountability of individual
directors. Hence there will be a positive or negative relationship between board size and firm value.
Board Diversity
One argument is that diversity increases board independence because people with a different gender, ethnicity, or
cultural background might ask questions that would not come from directors with more traditional backgrounds.
In other words, a more diverse board might be a more activist board because outside directors with
nontraditional characteristics could be considered the ultimate outsider. However, a different perspective may
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not necessarily result in more effective monitoring because diverse board members may be marginalized. Hence
there will be a positive or negative relationship between board diversity and firm value.
Outside Directors Percentage
Best practice recommendations on corporate governance require boards to be composed of a majority of non-
executive directors (ASX Corporate Governance Council 2003; Cadbury 1992; Hampel 1998). These
recommendations were also incorporated in the code of best practice on corporate governance in Sri Lanka,
because investors consider boards composed of non-executive directors as an important determinant of firm
performance. Fama (1980) and Fama & Jensen (1983) consider the board as an important element of corporate
governance and acknowledge the role of outside directors as monitors of management and providers of “relevant
complementary knowledge”.
In the code of best practice on corporate governance in Sri Lanka, board composition is also an important
component of the board structure. The assumption is that an effective board comprised of a greater proportion of
non-executive directors (Zahra & Pearce, 1989), is significant to firm performance. However, the principle A.5
of the code of best practice on corporate governance states that it is preferable for the board to have a balance of
executive and non-executive directors such that no individual or small group of individuals can dominate the
board’s decision-taking. Furthermore, Principle A.5.1 states the board should include non-executive directors of
sufficient calibre and number for their views to carry significant weight in the board’s decisions. The board
should include at least two non-executive directors or such number of non-executive directors equivalent to one
third of total number of directors, whichever is higher (ICASL & SEC of Sri Lanka, 2008).
Empirical evidence regarding the relationship between firm performance and board composition is mixed. Some
studies find that there is a positive link between the firms’ performance and its composition. Weir and Laing
(2001) state that “if non-executive directors resulted in effective monitoring, their effectiveness would increase
in line with their board representation”. Consistent with the above, Baysinger and Butler (1985), found that in
266 US firms with higher numbers of outside directors on the board had a greater return on equity than the board
with executive directors.
Ezzamel and Watson (1993) also found that non-executive directors were positively associated with profitability
among a sample of UK firms. Contrary to the above and consistent with the stewardship theory, Kesner (1987)
found a positive and significant relationship between the proportion of executive directors and returns to
investors in an examination of the Fortune 500 companies. However in contrast, there is also a large body of
research, which has found no relationship between composition and firm performance (Abdullah 2004; Chaganti,
Mahajan & Sharma 1985; Daily & Dalton 1992, 1993).
Board Meeting Frequency
Board meeting frequency potentially carries important governance implications as it is less costly to adjust the
frequency of its board meetings to attain better governance of the firm, than to change the composition of its
board or ownership structure. The association between board meeting frequency and firm value remains unclear.
In addition, the linkage between board activity and the degree of monitoring is difficult to isolate. Jensen (1993)
argues that boards of well-functioning firms should be relatively inactive and exhibit few conflicts. Frequently
scheduled meetings generate costs including managerial time, travel expenses, administrative support and
directors’ meeting fees. As a firm’s performance declines, boards are likely to become more actively scrutinized
by shareholders and are likely to meet more often to cope with the declining value. The benefits to increased
board activity will include more time for directors to confer, set strategy and monitor management. Hence there
will be a positive or negative relationship between board meeting frequency and firm value.
Firm Performance
Bank performance is the bank profitability and productivity in banking (Jeon and Miller, 2006). In addition,
performance may also refer to the development of the share price, profitability or the present valuation of a
company (Melvin and Hirt ,2005).A wide variety of definitions of firm performance have been proposed in the
literature (Barney ,2002). Velnampy and Nimalathasan (2008) examined about firm size on profitability between
Bank of Ceylon and Commercial Bank of Ceylon in Sri Lanka during ten years period from 1997 to 2006 and
found that there is a positive relationship between Firm size and Profitability in Commercial Bank of Ceylon Ltd,
but there is no relationship between firm size and profitability in Bank of Ceylon. Various studies identified the
determinants of profitability (Islam and Mili, 2012, Velnampy, 2005 & 2005, 2013, Velnampy and
Pratheepkanth, 2012, and Niresh and Velnampy, 2012) The existing literature on corporate governance practices
has used accounting-based performance measures, such as return on equity (ROE) and return on assets (ROA),
and market-based measures, such as Tobin’s Q, as proxies for firm performance (Abdullah 2004; Bhagat &
Black 2002; Daily & Dalton 1993).
RESEARCH QUESTIONS
Specifically, this study has been undertaken to explore the answers to the following research questions;
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Corporate
Governance
Banking
Performance ROE
ROA
RQ1: What are the dimensions that represent the corporate governance and banking performance?
RQ2: Is there any relationship between corporate governance and banking performance in private and state
banks?
RQ3: Do corporate governance have any impact on banking performance?
RESEARCH OBJECTIVES
Objectives of this study are as follows;
a) To identify the dimensions that represent the corporate governance and banking performance.
b) To identify the relationship between corporate governance and banking performance in private and state
banks.
c) To identify the impact of corporate governance on banking performance.
CONCEPTUAL FRAME WORK
After the careful study of literature review, the following conceptual model is formulated to illustrate the
relationship between corporate governance and banking performance.
BS
BD
OSDP
BMF
Source: Author Constructed
Figure-1: Conceptual Frame Work
Where,
BS – Board Size
BD – Board Diversity
OSDP – Outside Directors Percentage
BMF – Board Meeting Frequency
Above conceptualization model shows the relationship between corporate governance and performance of
selected state and private banks.
HYPOTHESES DEVELOPMENT
H1: There is a relationship between corporate governance and banking performance.
H1a: There is a relationship between corporate governance and ROE.
H1b: There is a relationship between corporate governance and ROA.
H2: There is an impact of corporate governance on banking performance.
H2a: There is an impact of corporate governance on ROE.
H2b: There is an impact of corporate governance on ROA.
METHOD
Research methodologies of the present study are outlined below.
Sample
The sample for this study is the state and private sector banking organizations in Sri Lanka. For the research
study two state banks [Bank of Ceylon (BOC) and Peoples Bank (PB)] and two private banks [Commercial Bank
of Ceylon Plc (CBC) Hatton National Bank (HNB)] have been selected as per the convenience sampling.
Data Sources
In order to meet the objectives and hypotheses of the study, data is collected from secondary source mainly from
financial report of the selected banks as the sources of samples data for the sample period from 2002 to 2011.
Furthermore, this research only focuses on the directors’ reports, balance sheets, and income statements in their
annual reports.
Reliability and Validity of Data
Secondary data for the study is drawn from audited accounts [i.e., income statements (statement of
comprehensive income) and balance sheets (statement of financial position)] of the concerned banks as fairly
accurate and reliable. Therefore, these data may be considered reliable for the study. Necessary checking and
cross checking were done while scanning information and data from the secondary sources. All these made in
order to generate validity data for the present study. Hence, researchers satisfied content validity.
Test of Multi-co linearity
The variance inflation factor (VIF) is used to detect whether one predictor has a strong linear association with
the remaining predictors (the presence of Multicollinearity among the predictors).VIF measures how much the
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variance of an estimated regression coefficient increases if your predictors are correlated. The largest VIF among
all predictors is often used as an indicator of severe Multicollinearity. Montgomery and Peck, 1982 suggest that
when VIF is greater than 5-10, then the regression coefficients are poorly estimated.
Mode of Analysis
In the present study, we analyze our data by employing correlation and multiple regressions. For the study, entire
analysis is done by personal computer. A well known statistical package like ‘Statistical Package was used in
order to analyze the data. The following two models are formulated to for Social Sciences’ (SPSS) 16.0 Version
was used in order to analyze the data. The following two models are formulated to measure the impact of
corporate governance on banking performance.
ROE = β0 + β1 BS +β2 BD +β3 OSDP +β4 BMF +e ----------------------------------------- (1)
ROA = β0 + β1 BS +β2 BD +β3 OSDP +β4 BMF + e----------------------------------------- (2)
Where, β0, β1, β2, β3, β4, are the regression co-efficient;
ROE = return on equity
ROA = return on assets
BS = board size
BD = board diversity
OSDP = outside directors percentage
BMF = board meeting frequency
e = error term
Results and Discussion
Correlation analysis is performed to find out the relationship between variables; BS, BD, OSDP, BMF, ROE and
ROA .Table 1 provides the results.
Table 1(a): Correlation Matrix for State Banks
** Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).
* Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).
Table 1(a) shows the correlation values of state banks. Corporate governance is positively correlated with ROE,
which is not significant as well as corporate governance is negatively correlated with ROA except BMF. In this
case, BD shows strong negative relationship with ROA, which is significant at 5% level of significance.
Table 1(b): Correlation Matrix for Private Banks
** Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).
* Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).
Variable ROE ROA BS BD OSDP BMF
ROE 1
ROA
-0.868**
(0.001)
1
BS
0.369
(0.294)
-0.627
(0.052)
1
BD
0.523
(0.121)
-0.761*
(0.011)
0.449
(0.193)
1
OSDP
0.281
(0.432)
-0.471
(0.169)
0.124
(0.733)
0.860**
(0.001)
1
BMF
0.121
(0.740)
0.259
(0.470)
-0.136
(0.708)
-0.354
(0.316)
-0.457
(0.184)
1
Variable ROE ROA BS BD OSDP BMF
ROE 1
ROA
0.768**
(0.009)
1
BS
-0.731*
(0.016)
-0.242
(0.501)
1
BD
0.417
(0.231)
0.446
(0.196)
-0.169
(0.640)
1
OSDP
-0.744*
(0.014)
-0.226
(0.530)
0.745*
(0.013)
-0.185
(0.609)
1
BMF
0.475
(0.165)
0.331
(0.351)
-0.187
(0.605)
0.267
(0.455)
-0.431
(0.214)
1
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Table 1(b) shows the correlation values of private banks. BS and OSDP are negatively correlated with ROE,
which is significant at 5% level of significance. Other variables BD and BMF are positively correlated which is
not significant. Similarly corporate governance is correlated with ROA which is not significant.
Then a multiple regression analysis is performed to identify the predictors of banking performance as
conceptualized in the model. Further the following models are formulated to examine the impact of corporate
governance on banking performance. An Enter Method is used in the regression analysis and Table 2 provides
the summary measure of the model.
Table 2(a): Predictor of Banking Performance – Model Summary (State Banks)
DETAILS ROE ROA
BS -3.143 (0.992) -.372 (0.632)
BD 55.256 (0.302) -0.223 (0.123)
OSDP -8.870 (0.588) 0.038 (0.365)
BMF 45.310 (0.528) 0.061 (0.733)
Constant -1324.049 ( t = -0.447;P = 0.674) 5.693 ( t = -0.766; P = 0.478)
R 0.662 0.857
R2 0.438 0.734
Adjusted R2
-0.012 0.521
Standard Error 362.38388 0.90811
F Value .973 (0.497) 3.44 (0.104)
Note: Figure in the Parentheses indicate P- value
The specification of the four variables such as BS; BD; OSDP and BMF in the above model reveals the ability to
predict performance (R2
= 0.438 & 0.734 respectively). In this model R2
value of above two performance ratios
denote that 43.8% & 73.4% to the observed variability in performance can be explained by the differences in
four independent variability, namely BS; BD; OSDP and BMF. The remaining 56.2% & 26.4% are not explained,
because the remaining part of the variance in performance is related to other variables which are not depicted in
the model.
An examination of the model summary in conjunction with ANOVA (F–value) indicates that the model explains
the most possible combination of predictor variables that could contribute to the relationship with the dependent
variables. For model 1- F value is 0.973 and respective P value is 0.497 which is statistically not significant.
Again considering model 2- F value is 3.44 (P=0.104) which is statistically not significant. However, it should
be noted here that there may be some other variables which can have an impact on performance of state banks,
which need to be studied.
Table 2(b): Predictor of Banking Performance – Model Summary (Private Banks)
DETAILS ROE ROA
BS -2.362 (0.273) -.088 (0.736)
BD .153 (0.380) -.019 (0.402)
OSDP -.058 (0.502) .002 (0.881)
BMF 0.387 (0.477) .035 (0.618)
Constant 36.662( t =2.244; P = .075) 1.314 ( t = .623; P = .561)
R 0.854 0.519
R2 0.730 0.270
Adjusted R2
0.513 -.315
Standard Error 2.22333 .28705
F Value 3.372 (0.107) 0.461 (.763)
Note: Figure in the Parentheses indicate P- value
The specification of the four variables such as BS; BD; OSDP and BMF in the above model reveals the ability to
predict profitability (R2
= 0.730 & 0.270 respectively). In this model R2
value of above two performance ratios
endorse that 73% & 27% of the variation in the dependent variable is explained by the independent variables of
the model, namely BS; BD, OSDP and BMF. The remaining 27% & 73% variation in the dependent variables
remain unexplained by the independent variables of the study.
An examination of the model summary in conjunction with ANOVA (F–value) indicates that the model explains
the most possible combination of predictor variables that could contribute to the relationship with the dependent
variables. For model 1- F value is 3.372 and respective P value is 0.107 which is statistically not significant.
Again considering model 2- F value is 0.461 (P=0.763) which is statistically not significant. However, it should
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be noted here that there may be some other variables which can have an impact on performance of state banks,
which need to be studied.
Results of VIF
Variables Variance Inflation Factor [ VIF ]
State Private
Board Size 1.957 2.386
Board Diversity 7.405 1.095
Board Independence 6.684 2.801
Board Meeting 1.328 1.362
The Multi-co linearity test shows that all regression models have the variance inflation factor (VIF), a tool to
verify whether one independent variable has a high correlation with the remaining independent variables ranging
between 1 to 3 in private banks and 1 to 7.5 in state banks. Which is less than 10, thereby demonstrating that no
Multicollinearity exists between independent variables in the regression models?
Hypotheses Testing
S.No Tools Hypotheses Results
H1 Correlation There is a relationship between corporate
Governance and banking performance. Partially
Accept
H2 Regression There is an impact of corporate governance on banking
performance.
Partially
Accept
CONCLUDING REMARKS
This study examined corporate governance and its impact on banking performance: A comparative study
between private and state banking sector in Sri Lanka. The comparative analysis shows all variables of corporate
governance are positively correlates with ROE in state banks as well as, in private banks except BD and BMF
other variables have strong negative relation with ROE, which is significant at 5% level. Similarly, except BMF
other variables have negative relationship with ROA in state banks. Private Banks also show same relation
except the variable BD.BD have strong negative relationship with ROA in state banks which is significant at 5%
level, but in private banks positive relationship is denoted by BD which is not significant. Further corporate
governance has a moderate impact on performance of both private and state banks.
DIRECTIONS FOR FURTHER RESEARCH
The study is based on a simplistic model of corporate governance that has taken into account only four aspects,
namely, BS, BD, OSDP and BMF. There are other factors, internal as well as external that also may affect state
of corporate governance in an organization. A further study may be carried out including more factors in the
model and by expanding its scope to other industries for better understanding and generalizing of the findings.
Further, banking performance has been measured through Return on Equity (ROE) & Return on Assets (ROA).
Other Key Performance Indicators (KPI) may also be introduced in the model for more authentic measurement
of banking all round performance.
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