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Journal of Finance & Economics Research - Volume 6, Issue 1 2021
By Saeed Siyal, Muhammad Yaseen, Shafique Ahmed Siyal, Sayed Fayaz Ahmad
10.20547/jfer2106105
Keywords: Corporate governance, family businesses, firm financial performance, emerging economy, board independence, board size.
Family businesses are prominent and quite sound identity in every corner of the world. Dominant families have a solid motive for extracting personal advantages through minority shareholder resource exploitation and indulging in lessening the shareholders' wealth, especially in developing countries. An effective governance system guards against these activities while still influencing long-term results by eliminating these. This analysis broadens this focus by exploring the impact of independent directors, board scale, leverage, dividend delivery, and firm size on financial performance in Chinese listed family-owned businesses. Secondary data from released annual reports and governance practices reports was used to analyze 212 family-owned businesses from 2010 to 2017. Throughout this analysis, the static or dynamic models: fixed - effects (FE), random effect (RE), and generalized form of the moment (GMM) are important measurement methods. The findings indicate that board independence positively impacts firm financial efficiency, suggesting that governance is successful in family businesses. In contrast, board size has a negative impact on the performance of a firm, offering ineffective governance. Finally, the study includes governance suggestions for lenders as well as all other stakeholders.