Abstract—This paper seeks to investigate the relationship
between corporate governance and firm’s performance of
twenty firms listed at Karachi Stock Exchange. The
performance of corporate governance is analyzed through
Tobin’s Q, while performance of the firms is measured by
return on assets (ROA) and return on equity (ROE). The data
set is obtained from the annual reports for the year 2005-2009.
The multiple regression models are applied to test the
significance of corporate governance and firm profitability. The
result shows that leverage and growth have a positive
relationship with Tobin’s Q, which confirms a significant effect
in measuring performance of the firm. It means that firms with
having good corporate governance measures perform well as
compared to the firms having no or less corporate governance
practices.
Index Terms—Tobin’s Q, Leverage, Return on assets, Return
on equity, Karachi Stock Market, Pakistan.
Humera Khatab, MS Scholar, Department of Management Sciences,
COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Abbottabad, Pakistan.
Maryam Masood, MS Scholar, Department of Management Sciences,
COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Abbottabad, Pakistan.
Khalid Zaman, Assistant Professor, Department of Management Sciences,
COMSATS institute of Information Technology, Abbottabad, Pakistan
(+92-(0)-334-898-2744; fax: +92-(0992-383-441; e-mail:
khalidzaman@ciit.net.pk).
Sundas Saleem, MS Scholar, Department of Management Sciences,
COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Abbottabad, Pakistan.
Bilal Saeed, MS Scholar, Department of Management Sciences,
COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Abbottabad, Pakistan.
Department of Management Sciences, COMSATS Institute of Information
Technology, Abbottabad, Pakistan.
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Cite:Humera Khatab, Maryam Masood, Khalid Zaman, Sundas Saleem, and Bilal Saeed, "Corporate Governance and Firm Performance: A Case study of Karachi Stock Market," International Journal of Trade, Economics and Finance vol.2, no.1, pp. 39-43, 2011.