Shaista Wasiuzzaman

TL;DR: In this paper, the differences in bank characteristics of Islamic and conventional banks in Malaysia, especially when it comes to their profitability, capital adequacy, liquidity, operational efficiency and asset quality are also considered Corporate governance issues and economic conditions are also included in the analysis.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the relationship between working capital efficiency and firm value and the influence of financing constraints on this relationship and found that improvements in working-CAP efficiency through reduction in working capital investment results in higher firm value.

TL;DR: In this article, the determinants of the level of investment in net operating working capital by firms in Malaysia were examined using the OLS regression technique for this purpose, and it was found that younger and smaller firms with less tangible assets, low leverage, high immediate sales growth, high operating cash flows, less volatile revenues and low levels of asymmetric information are likely to have the highest investments in operating working assets.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigate the effects of firms' ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) disclosures on firm performance, moderated by firm competitive advantage, and find consistent evidence that an increase in ESG disclosure by one unit will increase firm performance by approximately 4 percent in Malaysia.

TL;DR: In this paper, the implications of the Revised Malaysian Code on Corporate Governance (2007) toward the effectiveness of the board and audit committees in Malaysian manufacturing companies are examined and the findings show that the corporate governance mechanism in Malaysian firms is currently inadequate in preventing earnings management and extra effort is needed to improve board governance.