SMART Journal of Business Management Studies
Open Access
  • Year: 2020
  • Volume: 16
  • Issue: 1

Corporate governance and firms performance a case of India

1School of Business Administration, Liaoning Technical University, China, ata.chuhan@gmail.com

2School of Business Administration, Liaoning Technical University, China

3Lahore Business School, University of Lahore, Pakistan, ramizrehman@hotmail.com

JEL Code: G34 and L25

Abstract

This study examined the impact of the corporate governance on firm's performance, in the case of India. Different measures of corporate governance like the Board size, Board independence and Board directors, were studied in the Indian firms. The financial performance was measured through the Return on Assets and Return on Equity. After applying the regression analysis, it was found that there was positive relationship between Board size, Board independence and performance of Indian firms.

Keywords

Board Size, Board independence and Firm Performance