Abubakar Ahmed

Department of Accounting, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria Kaduna-Nigeria

abuimam1@yahoo.co.uk

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Research Article Vol. 11, Issue 2

BUSINESS COMPLEXITY EFFECT ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DIRECTORS’ OWNERSHIP AND FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE IN NIGERIAN MANUFACTURING FIRMS

Abubakar Ahmed^*, Hussaini Shuaibu

Agency theory suggests that higher information asymmetry in complex firms leads to greater agency conflict. The paper examined the role of directors’ ownership on financial performance and the moderating role of business complexity on that effect. Data were collected from secondary source through published annual reports of 22 firms for the period ...

Dec, 2015 Vol. 11, Issue 2 54 views 46 downloads

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Research Article Vol. 10, Issue 1

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND PRE-ADJUSTED FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE: EVIDENCE FROM LISTED MANUFACTURING FIRMS IN NIGERIA

Abubakar Ahmed^*, Samuel Dame

Studies on the influence of corporate governance mechanisms on firmperformance often overlook the possibility that reported earnings can bemisrepresented by managers in order to achieve a variety of objectives.This paper examined the relationship between corporate governance oncorporate financial performance when performance is stripped of thediscr...

Jun, 2014 Vol. 10, Issue 1 81 views 60 downloads

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