Investor Protection And Value Relevance

This chapter covers the background and rationale, statement of the opportunity, purpose, research questions, nature of the study, definition of key terms, the significance of the study, assumptions, and limitations. It also covers the scope, worldview and theoretical foundation depicting the logical path of the research study.

This article is well written with good general flow of thought and easy for the reader to follow. Survey methodology is employed to capture data for quantitative analysis.1

This section of the paper consists of three main parts. First, the research questions that will be addressed, the expected hypotheses and an identification of independent and dependent variables. Second, the supporting literature for the hypotheses is discussed. Third, a conceptualization (definition) and operationalization (measurement) of each independent and dependent variable. Research Questions

Recent high-profile corporate failures, scandals and, in some cases, executive corruption, have focused international regulatory and public attention on the need for having appropriate corporate governance standards and practices. (Leblanc 2005) As such, much emphasis is being placed on board evaluation.

Phenomenal growth of interest in corporate governance has emerged in recent years. The body of literature on the subject has grown markedly in response to successive waves of large corporate failures. Furthermore, there have been numerous attempts to define what constitutes ‘good corporate governance’ and to provide guidelines in order to enhance the quality of corporate governance.

Kluyver, C. (2013). A primer on corporate governance (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Business Expert Press.

This section of the article shall address the approach used in the case study, providing explanations of the preferred research method, sample details, variables under examination, data collection

Data analysis was done using the SPSS software (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences, version 18.0, SPSS). The plan of data analysis is as follows.

The data which we have obtained is in relation to our research questions our group has constructed for this assignment. To obtain this data a varying number of sources where used to achieve the appropriate quantity and most importantly a sound quality of data. The major sources of data that were utilised where book’s, news outlets, internet sources such as (IMF, The World Bank Group) and academic journals. Through having different sources of data different viewpoints where examined and compared. Having different sides of data and literature to every research question allowed our group to be well read on our specific topic and have a sound knowledge to analyse and respond to our research questions and achieve our objectives that where set

Jenkins, L. (2009). Fundamentals of quantitative research: Considerations in research methodology. Retrieved from the website: www.academicwriting.suite101.com on July 18,

Corporations should set up an effective audit committee to oversight the company operation. If company lack of an effective governance mechanism will lead to manager’s corruption. There is a conflict interests and a lack of surveillance of management by the audit committee contributed to the Enron collapse in 2001(Li,2010,p37). ASX gives some recommendations about how to make up an effective audit committee. An effective audit committee should be constituted all of non-executive directors ,a majority of them are independent directors, and there are at least there members. These ways can effectively improve the quality of financial report, establish an honest atmosphere, and improve the confidence of public to financial report’s truth and objectivity. An effective audit committee also should have a formal charter to more competently perform the audit committee’s duties(ASX,2010,pp26-28). These recommendations make corporate governance under oversight to take a more ethical operation.

This essay will present an opinion on ranking of the key principles of corporate governance. The topic will be covered from the perspective of Australian listed companies, which are subject to regulation by the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX).

This chapter describes the research methodology that was chosen and why it was the most suitable for the research propositions. This chapter also covers the data collection and analysis and discusses issues of validity and reliability.

This chapter outlines the research methodology used in the study. It focuses on describing the research philosophy and the design or approach the study adopted. In addition, it provides explanation on sampling, data collection methods, data analysis and techniques adopted and validity and reliability of the research findings.

The methodology chapter will be focused on accomplishing two objectives: 1) it will detail the methodology being utilized for this research study and 2)