The Effect of Corporate Governance Mechanism and Company Size on Financial Distress (original) (raw)

Good Corporate Governance Mechanisms and Financial Performance in Controlling Financial Distress

ADPEBI International Journal of Business and Social Science

Purpose – This study aims to investigate the impact of corporate governance mechanisms on financial distress in firms listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX). Methodology/approach – This study uses secondary data from the financial statements of firms, between 2014 and 2019. The number of samples that met the established criteria was 341 firms unbalanced panel, which were further analyzed using logistic regression and sub-group logistic regression analysis. Findings – This study concludes that corporate governance mechanisms (independent commissioners and board size of commissioners), has a mixed impact on financial distress. The larger of board commissioners, the better the company's financial condition, while the proportion of independent commissioners has no significant effect on financial distress. Profitability consistently has a significant effect on financial distress. Ownership i.e. state-owned enterprises (SOE) and non-state-owned enterprises (NSOE) change the dire...

The influence of good corporate governance on financial distress

Insyma 15, 2018

This study aims to analyze the influence of good corporate governance (GCG) on financial distress. This study also aims to create a bankruptcy prediction model by using historical data from nonfinancial sector companies listed on Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) over the period of 2011 - 2015. This study used quantitative approach by using logistic regression. The final sample used in this study were 337 companies with 1,685 years observation. The study findings suggest that the proportion of independent outside directors, audit opinion, size, and ownership type from the category of good corporate governance are incorporated into the model. All the variables are significant. The results suggest that the accuracy of this bankruptcy prediction model was 99.7%.

The Effect of Board and Ownership Structure on the Possibility of Financial Distress

Journal of Accounting and Investment

Research aims: This study aims to examine the effect of corporate governance, specifically relating to the ownership structure and board structure, on the possibility of financial distress.Design/Methodology/Approach: The sample used in this study are companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) from 2015 to 2019, excluding the financial industry. Conditional logistic regression is used as the study uses paired data based on the total assets of the company.Research findings: The results of this study indicate that board ownership, independent commissioners, and the board of directors can increase the likelihood of financial distress. On the other hand, institutional ownership and concentrated ownership are proven to have no effect on the likelihood of financial distress. The results of sensitivity testing using logistic regression showed different results on the variable institutional ownership, which is that institutional ownership can increase the likelihood of financial...

Corporate Governance and Financial Ratios of Manufacturing Companies on Financial Distress: The Main Board and Development Board of IDX

Media Ekonomi dan Manajemen

Financial distress is a condition where a company is unable to meet its obligations when they directed to bankruptcy. The purpose of this study was to analyze influence of corporate governance, profitability, liquidity, leverage and earning growth on financial distress. Research sample data used in this study were manufacturing companies listed on the main board and development board on the Indonesia Stock Exchange in 2016-2020. Logistic regression analysis had been applied to analyze data of study. The results show that the factors that influence Financial Distress in manufacturing companies on the main board and development board were different. For manufacturing companies on main board, influencing factors of financial distress were independent audit committee, liquidity, leverage, and earning growth. Meanwhile, board size, profitability, liquidity, leverage and earning growth were influencing factors of financial distress for manufacturing companies on development board.

Review of Corporate Governance Practices and Financial Distress Prediction

International Journal of Engineering & Technology

Good corporate governance practices play an import role in increasing the firm value. Based on the agency theory related to corporate governance, if an agent (management) does not protect interest of principal (shareholders) then, agency cost is occurred and this creates a bad impact on the corporate performance. Therefore, it is necessary to address weak corporate governance practices in early stages otherwise firms can go in financial distress and eventually become bankrupt. The objective of this current study is to conduct a nonsystematic review of literature on theories and models related to corporate governance and financial distress. In the light of thorough review of literature, it is found that corporate governance variables (i.e. ownership concentration, board size, board composition, CEO duality, level of independence of board from management and managerial ownership) are good predictors for predicting financial distress. Moreover, it is also found that these corporate gov...

Corporate Governance Structures and Probability of Financial Distress: Evidence From Indonesia Manufacturing Companies

International Journal of Financial Research, 2020

This study aims to examine the effect of four variables, which include independent commissioners, audit committees, institutional ownership and managerial ownership as a proxy for the corporate governance mechanisms on financial distress. This was carried out on the manufacturing companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) in 2016-2018. The samples were selected using the purposive sampling method and 224 data were obtained. The hypothesis in this study was tested using logistic regression. The results showed that independent commissioners have a negative influence on financial distress, while the audit committee, institutional ownership and managerial ownership have no effect. This implies that an independent commissioner functions as an effective supervisory mechanism to prevent a company from experiencing financial distress. Furthermore, two control variables used in this study, namely leverage and profitability, were able to produce results as predicted. It was discov...

Financial performance, corporate governance, and financial distress

Insyma, 2018

This study aims to analyze the effect of financial ratios and corporate governance on financial distress by making a prediction model of bankruptcy using data from non-financial sector companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX). This research used the quantitative approach with a logistic regression model. The samples used in this study were 310 companies from the non-financial sector with 1550 observations. The research findings suggested that the variables included in the model are current liabilities to total assets, total liabilities to total assets, book-to-market value, blockholder ownership, sales to total assets, earnings before interest, and taxes to total assets. While the audit opinion variable has no significant effect. Although not all the variables which have been incorporated into the model were significant, the insignificant variables still remained in the model to improve the accuracy of the prediction model. The results suggested that the accuracy of this bankruptcy prediction model was 98.1%.

The Impact of Corporate Governance on the Financial Distress: Evidence from Pakistani Listed Companies

Jinnah Business Review, 2017

This study intends to assess how corporate governance affects the financial distress in non-financial listed companies in Pakistan. Sample of 53 companies was obtained from non-financial institutes listed in Pakistani stock exchange. Regression analysis is used to estimate the impact of explanatory variables including size of board, composition of board, audit committee independence and duality of CEO on the financial distress. The findings show that size of board, composition of board and CEO duality has a positive impact on Z-score of Pakistani listed firms. This implies that better the corporate governance practices in companies, lower will be the financial distress and vice versa.

Corporate governance on financial distress: Evidence from Indonesia

Management Science Letters, 2021

The main objective of this paper is to explore the most significant determinants of financial distress of manufacturing companies in Indonesia and to provide explanations on this issue by using multiple regression models. With Modigliani and Miller’s and Trade-off theories were reviewed to formulate a testable proposition on the determinants of financial distress of manufacturing companies in Indonesia. Multiple regression models were used as a statistical tool to investigate the most significant profitability determinants of manufacturing companies in Indonesia. The Lisrel software was used to analyze 300 manufacturing companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange. It was found that institutional ownership, firm size, profitability, and board independence as variables had a positive relationship in an effort to avoid financial distress. Meanwhile, the board size variable had an insignificant positive relationship. The findings are consistent with the pecking order and financial ...

The Influence of Good Corporate Governance (GCG) on Financial Distress

Proceedings of the 15th International Symposium on Management (INSYMA 2018), 2018

This study aims to analyze the influence of good corporate governance (GCG) on financial distress. This study also aims to create a bankruptcy prediction model by using historical data from nonfinancial sector companies listed on Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) over the period of 2011-2015. This study used quantitative approach by using logistic regression. The final sample used in this study were 337 companies with 1,685 years observation. The study findings suggest that the proportion of independent outside directors, audit opinion, size, and ownership type from the category of good corporate governance are incorporated into the model. All the variables are significant. The results suggest that the accuracy of this bankruptcy prediction model was 99.7%.