Corporate Governance and Firm Performance, an Empirical Evidence from Selected Listed Companies in Nigeria
Student: GODWIN Obi AIGBOJE (Project, 2025)
Department of Accounting
Auchi Polytechnic, Auchi, Edo State
Abstract
The study examined the relationship between corporate governance and performance of firms. The study has four specific objectives. These include; to determine the impact of board size on performance; examine the relationship between board independence and firm performance; ascertain if audit committee size has significant effect on deposit money banks' performance; and to investigate if firm size affects firm performance in Nigeria, respectively The study formulated four research hypotheses based on the research objectives. These hypotheses include that board size does not have any impact on firms performance in Nigeria: that there is no significant relationship between board independent and firms performance in Nigeria; that firm size does not affect firm performance in Nigerian; and that audit committee size does not affect firm performance in Nigeria. The study employed secondary data obtained from annual financial statement of forms in Nigeria individual study utilized the Ordinary Least Square and Panel Data Regression techniques to estimate the results.
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- UMA UKPAI SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY, UYO, AKWA IBOM STATE (AFFL TO UNIVERSITY OF UYO) 1
- Umaru Ali Shinkafi Polytechnic, Sokoto, Sokoto State 24
- Umaru Musa Yaradua University, Katsina, Katsina State 28
- Umca, Ilorin (Affiliated To University of Ibadan), Kwara State 1
- University of Abuja, Abuja, Fct 117
- University of Africa, Toru-Orua, Bayelsa State 4
- University of Benin, Benin City, Edo State 362
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- University of Calabar, Calabar, Cross River State 240
- University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State 14