Corporate Governance and Earnings per Shares: A Study of Sri Lankan Manufacturing Companies

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2015

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Department of Commerce and Financial Management, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya

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Good corporate governance practices are important in reducing risk for investors, attracting investment capital and improving the performance of companies. This study is initiated on “corporate governance and firm performance” with the samples of 26 listed manufacturing companies in CSE. Data was analyzed using the data representing the periods from 2009 to 2014. Board size, board meeting, executive directors, non-executive directors were used as the determinants of corporate governance whereas earnings per share (EPS) is used as a measure of firm performance. Hypotheses were tested using SPSS statistical software. According to the finding of the research corporate governance make a significant influence on companies EPS. Thus, study concludes that the determinants of corporate governance used in the study are correlated to the performance measures of the organization.

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Corporate governance, Earnings per Share, Listed manufacturing companies, Colombo Stocks Exchange (CSE)

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Ayesha, P.V., Chathurika, P.K.A.G., Kumarihami, H.M.D.A., Sagarika, D.B.T., Senanayaka, C. and Sewwandi, R.M.S. 2015. Corporate Governance and Earnings per Shares: A Study of Sri Lankan Manufacturing Companies. In Proceedings of the 2nd Undergraduate Symposium on Contemporary Management and Theory. Department of Commerce and Financial Management, Faculty of Commerce and Management, University of Kelaniya. pp 201-210.

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