Can the board of directors increase firm value? Evidence from the Nigerian Exchange Group

Autor: Benjamin Iorsue Awen, Joseph Majiyebo Onyabe, Onipe Adabenege Yahaya
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
Předmět:
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7479215
Popis: This article examines the impact of board of directorson the value of companies listed on the Nigerian Exchange Group. Board of directors refers to board independence, board size, board composition, and board gender; while firm value isTobin's Q. Data is extractedfrom the annual reports and accounts of 116 companies out of 157 companies listed on the trading floor of the Nigeria Exchange Group (accounting for 74%). 39 companies have been delisted due to technical reasons cited by the Nigerian Exchange Group, including restructuring, poor listing standards, and missing regulatory filings. The results cover a period of 10 years (2012-2021) and the analysis includes descriptive statistics, correlation and regression while taking into account tests such as normality, linearity, multicollinearity, heteroscedasticity (homogeneity), autocorrelation (serial independence). The test results found that they are all within the threshold and therefore passed the tests. However, it is only the composition and the diversity of the board genderthat have significantimpact on the value of the company. Therefore, we conclude that the composition and diversity of directors are the determinants of the value of the company. Given these results, we recommend that regulators and owners pay careful attention to boardformation and the inclusion of women on boards. This articlehas some flaws like all empirical studies. Due to the lack of information,39 companies were excluded, only 116 companies were included in the survey. It is also possible that other factors have impactson the value of the company.
Databáze: OpenAIRE