Effects of Corporate Governance Practices On Financial Performance of Manufacturing Sharecompanies in Adama
Effects of Corporate Governance Practices On Financial Performance of Manufacturing Sharecompanies in Adama
Effects of Corporate Governance Practices On Financial Performance of Manufacturing Sharecompanies in Adama
BY:
ASELA, ETHIOPIA
Table of Contents
1. CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION...................................................................................................2
1.1. Background of the study..............................................................................................................2
1.2. Statement of the Problem.............................................................................................................4
1.3. Objective of the Study......................................................................................................................6
1.4 Research Hypotheses.........................................................................................................................7
1.6 Significance of the Study...................................................................................................................7
2. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY.........................................................................................................8
2.1. Introduction.................................................................................................................................8
2.2 Description of the Study Area......................................................................................................8
2.3 Research Design and Approach...................................................................................................9
2.3.1 Research Design..................................................................................................................9
2.2 Research Approach......................................................................................................................9
2.3 Source of Data and Data Collection Methods............................................................................10
2.4 Population of the Study and Sampling Design...........................................................................10
2.5 Variables of the Study and Their Measurement.........................................................................10
2.5.1 Corporate Governance Variables (Independent Variables)................................................11
2.5.2 Firms’ Performance Variable (Dependent Variable)..........................................................11
2.5.3 Control Variable................................................................................................................12
2.5.4 Lists of Variables and Measurement Basis........................................................................12
2.6. Model Specification...................................................................................................................13
2.7. Methods of Data Analysis..........................................................................................................13
3. Work Plan and Budget Application....................................................................................................14
3.1 Work plan activities...................................................................................................................14
3.2 Budget application.....................................................................................................................15
3.2.1 Stationery..........................................................................................................................15
3.2.2. Miscellaneous Expense......................................................................................................15
3.2.3. Summary of Expenses........................................................................................................16
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................................16
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1. CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION
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Company and Private Limited Company. Among those types the study was focused on share
company types only specifically manufacturing share companies. This study will adds value to
the existing literature by giving new evidence about the effect of corporate governance practices
on the manufacturing share companies‟ financial performance measured by accounting based
measures only due to absence of organized stock market in Ethiopia.
1.2. Statement of the Problem
Corporate governance is gradually becoming vital in organizations as an approach of improving
organizational performance. Weak corporate governance has led to low performance of
organizations throughout this world and also suppressing sound and workable economic
decisions. It is highly assumed that the leading agent for the endurance and the progress of the
company is mainly its “Corporate Governance” policies. Companies can follow the stake holder
model or shareholder model. Regardless of this fact the practice of corporate governance is
increasingly becoming important. The increase in financial and managerial scams has led the
investors to increasingly look for transparency and professional management in handling the
company’s business (Pooja Gupta, 2014).
For real, there is no system of governance which can totally protect companies from collapses. It
is difficult to say that all companies around this visible world are governed by common set of
guidelines because of complex business environment. However, review of their corporate
governance attributes/ arms / from time to time is the home work for them to reduce the anxiety
of being financially underperformance. Companies‟ corporate governance practices and their
financial performance relationships are exposed to many factors that limit these relationships.
The legal system and financial structure of a country may have significant impacts on this
relationship (Yılmaza, 2018).
As cited by (Yılmaza, 2018) Ueng (2016) investigated the relationship between the quality of
corporate governance policy and the firm financial performance by using sample of 3068 firms
from corporate library data base. Thus, the relationship between corporate governance and
financial performance has caught wide attention of researchers in the last epoch. Numerous
researches have been conducted in the past to investigate this linkage, but there has been lack of
conclusive evidence (Aggarwal, 2013).
Over the period, due to increase in various corporate frauds, corporate governance mechanisms
of companies across the globe brought about the need for good corporate governance practices.
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Economic crisis and corporate failures have initiated the discussion on corporate governance in
both industry and academia (Kuntluru, 2019).
There is no single model of corporate governance. Governance practices vary not only across
countries but also across firms and industry sectors. Each country has through time developed a
wide variety of mechanisms to overcome the agency problems arising from the separation of
ownership and control (Andersson, 1999).
According to Kang et al. (2007) there was a call for country-specific corporate
governanceperformance study to be conducted. In spite of this there is still a dearth of corporate
governance literature in most developing economies (Darko et al., 2016). The weakness of
corporate governance is possibly the very decisive factor blamed for the corporate failure
consequences. (Wondem, 2019) suggested that the literature on Africa is still very thin or infant
although scholars in the advanced economies have established a large body of literature on the
subject.
The corporate governance framework in Ethiopia comprises the Commercial Code of the Empire
of Ethiopia (1960) and the Ethiopian Code of Corporate Governance (2011, the Code). The Code
was developed by the Private Sector Development hub under the Addis Ababa Chamber of
Commerce and sectorial associations. For listed companies, the application of the Code is based
on the ‘apply or explain’ approach. The Commercial Code of the Empire of Ethiopia is currently
being revised by the Ministry of Justice (Low, 2017).
Corporate governance practices of Ethiopian share companies are not as expected in line with the
varying land scape of corporate business environment. This is due to lack of awareness as to
corporate governance, lack of up to date regulatory framework, absence of policy framework and
Unstructured governance practices because of national principles and codes (Wondem, 2019).
Financial performance is used to identify companies overall financial health over a given period
of time and can also be used to compare similar firms across the same industry or to compare
industries or sectors in aggregation. Most previous studies have been undertaken in Ethiopia on
impacts of corporate governance practices on financial performance of financial institutions like
(Wolde, 2018) (Ferede, 2012) (Harun, 2017) (Zegeye, 2015)and (Mitiku, 2015)
However, these studies relate to more widely Banking industries, Insurance industries and
microfinance institutions and cannot be represent manufacturing industries due to the differences
in corporate governance structures and cultures. As per the knowledge of the researcher there is
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no published research made on the effects of corporate governance practices on manufacturing
share companies’ financial performance. The research gap is in case of underdeveloped countries
dearth of literature. In addition to the area gap there is no specific code of conduct for the
corporate governance of manufacturing share companies in Ethiopia.
Manufacturing is the production of goods for use or sale using machines, tools and labor. It
refers to a series of human activities, from hand craft to high tech, but is most commonly applied
to industrial production, in which raw materials are transformed in to new products finished
goods on a large scale. The manufacturing sector comprises establishments engaged in the
mechanical, physical, or chemical transformation of materials, substances or components in to
new products (CSA, 2015).
Failure of manufacturing companies would affect the entire economy of a country. Therefore, in
order to ensure the improvement of the company’s performance, economic efficiency and
growth, and to increase investors‟ confidence; strong, effective and good corporate governance
has to be developed and implemented. Keeping this in view and the potential contribution of the
manufacturing industry to the economy of underdeveloped countries, this study was conducted to
measure and analyze the effect of corporate governance practices on firm’s financial
performance using manufacturing companies in Adama, Ethiopia. This study fills the gap and
serves as point of reference for further research in corporate governance. It will also provide
empirical evidence on the effect of corporate governance mechanisms on financial performance
of manufacturing share companies.
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To evaluate the effect of board size on the financial performance of manufacturing share
companies in Adama.
To investigate the effect of Board of directors‟ business management experience on the
financial performance of manufacturing share companies in Adama.
To examine the effect of audit committee size on the financial performance of
manufacturing share companies in Adama.
To explore the effect of ownership concentrations on the financial performance of
manufacturing share companies in Adama.
1.4 Research Hypotheses
In this study, the following testable hypotheses were developed.
H1. Size of the board has positive and statistically significant effect on financial performance of
manufacturing share companies in Adama.
H2. Board of directors‟ business management experience has positive and statistically
significant effect on financial performance of manufacturing share companies in Adama.
H3. Size of audit committee has negative and statistically significant effect on financial
performance of manufacturing share companies in Adama.
H4. Ownership concentration has positive and statistically significant effect on financial
performance of manufacturing share companies in Adama.
1.5 Scope of the Study
The study was confined only to those manufacturing share companies operating in Adama city
administration. Even if financial performance can be determined by different factors from
different perspectives, the study aims to examine the effect of corporate governance on the
financial performance of manufacturing share companies in Adama Ethiopia. Methodologically,
the study was used explanatory and descriptive research design with mixed research approach.
Besides, the secondary data that was used for the study includes thirteen years (i.e. 2007-2019)
audited financial statement. Dependent variable is delimited to only accounting based measure
due to absence of organized stock market in Ethiopia.
1.6 Significance of the Study
This study will may be add some value to the decision of policy makers by giving clues on how
the problem can be tackled. It may also provide basic knowledge concerning corporate
governance attributes for the beneficiary. On the other hand, it may help external users of
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companies’ information like suppliers, governmental agencies, creditors, potential investors and
customers by identifying both negative and positive effects of corporate governance variables on
the financial performance. Additionally, it may be used as cornerstone to other researchers who
are intended to conduct the study on the same area. Eventually, it is highly supposed that the
outcome of this study will play its lion share for manufacturing companies by identifying
relevant corporate governance practices and their effect on their financial performance.
1.7 Organization of the paper
The thesis consists of five chapters. First chapter comprises introduction part, statement of
problem, objectives, hypotheses, scope, significance and limitations of the study. Second chapter
gives a highlight of relevant theoretical and empirical reviews of the literature with conceptual
framework. Third chapter gives description about methodology and variables used in the study.
Results and discussions of the study were presented in fourth chapter and finally, the study ends
with summary of findings, conclusions and recommendations.
2. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
2.1. Introduction
In this section the researcher was discussed on the methods that were used in the research. It
includes: description of the study area, research design, data sources, population and sampling,
methods of data collection, description of variables and measurements, model specification and
methods of data analysis.
2.2 Description of the Study Area
Adama (Oromo: Adaamaa or Hadaamaa), the city officially known as Adama formerly known as
Nazret (ናዝሬት), is a city in central Oromia. Adama forms a special zone of Oromia and is
surrounded by East Shewa Zone. It is located at 8.54°N 39.27°E at an elevation of 1712 meters,
99 km southeast of Addis Ababa. The city sits between the base of an escarpment to the west,
and the Great Rift Valley to the east. Adama is a busy transportation center. The city is situated
along the road that connects Addis Ababa with Dire Dawa. Additionally, the new Addis
AbabaDjibouti rail way runs through Adama.
The city name Adama was derived from a popular hotel called Adama found in the city. The
Oromo word adaamii, which means a cactus or a cactus-like tree. More specifically, adaamii
means Euphorbia Candelabrum. Based on the 2007 Census conducted by the Central Statistical
Agency of Ethiopia (CSA), this city has a total population of 220,212, an increase of 72.25%
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over the population recorded in the 1994 census, of whom 108,872 are men and 111,340 women.
With an area of 29.86 square kilometers, Adama has a population density of 7,374.82; all are
urban inhabitants. A total of 60,174 households were counted in this city, which results in an
average of 3.66 persons to a household, and 59,431 housing units. The four largest ethnic groups
reported in Adama were the Oromo (39.02%), the Amhara (34.53%), the Gurage (11.98%) and
the Silte (5.02%); all other ethnic groups made up 9.45% of the population. Amharic was spoken
as a first language by 59.25%, 26.25% spoke Afaan Oromoo and 6.28% spoke Guragiegna; the
remaining 8.22% spoke all other primary languages reported (Wikipedia).
2.3 Research Design and Approach
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study, the quantitative method was predominantly used. However, to have a better insight and
gain a richer understanding about the research problem, the quantitative method was
supplemented by the qualitative method of inquiry. That is, to get the benefits of a mixed
methods approach, as presented earlier, and to alleviate the bias in adopting only either
quantitative or qualitative approach and this study was combining both quantitative and
qualitative research approaches.
2.3 Source of Data and Data Collection Methods
There are two types of data sources namely: primary and secondary data sources. Primary data
can be obtained through observation or through directly communicate with respondents or
through personal interviews while secondary data can be extracted from magazines, reports,
publications, etc. The researcher was used both secondary and primary data sources. The
secondary data was collected from audited financial statement of each manufacturing share
companies between the years 2007-2019, since this time period can provide recent financial
position of those manufacturing share companies and also it enhances the easiness of data
collection. Board related information was collected through questionnaires.
2.4 Population of the Study and Sampling Design
The general objective of this study was examining the effect of corporate governance on the
financial performance of manufacturing share companies doing their business in adama city
administration. The target populations of the study are those manufacturing share companies
which operate in Adama city administration. As per the data obtained from ERCA Adama
branch, currently in 2020, there are 5 manufacturing share companies providing production
activities for their users. For this study the researcher used census survey. A complete
enumeration of all the items in the population is known as a census inquiry. It can be presumed
that in such an inquiry, when all items are covered, no element of chance is left and highest
accuracy is obtained (Kothari, 2004).
2.5 Variables of the Study and Their Measurement
Variables that were used in this study are classified in to three categories. Namely: independent
variables, dependent variable and control variable. Independent variable is that variable which is
predecessor to the dependent variables. Dependent variable is effect variable that is expected to
be influenced by cause (independent) variables. Independent variables that are not related to the
purpose of the study, but may affect the dependent variable are known as extraneous variables
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Kothari (2004). Thus, the researchers need to lessen the impact of these variables. Accordingly,
in this study, the control variable was selected based on previous empirical studies and
fundamental corporate governance theories. The brief definition and their measurement were
discussed below
2.5.1 Corporate Governance Variables (Independent Variables)
Board Size: Board size is the number of board members for the manufacturing share companies
during the period under study.
Boards’ Business Management Experience: boards‟ business management experience is
measured by the number of board of directors having the managerial experience in each study
year.
Audit Committee Size: Measured by total number of audit committee members in each
manufacturing share companies.
Ownership Concentration: is the concentration of shares by few shareholders. This can be
measured as the percentage of shares held by the top ten shareholders out of the total shares
outstanding.
2.5.2 Firms’ Performance Variable (Dependent Variable)
According to Haniffa and Hudaib (2006) there is no single agreed up on proxy on which
financial performance can be measured. They argued that there is no agreement in the literature
on which measure is the best indicator of financial performance. Additionally, they state that
every measure has its own strengths and weaknesses; thus there is no specific measure to be the
best proxy for financial performance. Financial performance of firms can be observed from two
measurement basis. These are market based and accounting based measures. Accounting based
measures consider the current company’s financial performance while market based measures
deal with long term financial performance.
The two mostly known proxies of firms‟ financial performance under accounting based measure
are ROA & ROE. From the perspective of shareholders, ROE is considered to be the most
crucial ratio to measure corporate performance because it focuses on the returns of the
shareholders. Due to absence of secondary market in Ethiopia, the researcher has selected
accounting based measure as proxies for corporate performance and ignores market based
measurement. Market based measures like Tobin’s Q needs current market price of stock and
other market based information. Since there is no secondary market in Ethiopia, It is impossible
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to use Tobin’s Q as well as other market based measures. ROE tends to tell us how effectively an
organization is taking advantage of its base of equity, or capital (Hannagan, 2008). The
researcher has preferred ROE for the following reasons.
ROE has gained popularity for several reasons and has become the preferred measure at huge
(giant) companies. One larger reason for the growing popularity of ROE is simply, that it is not
asset-dependent. ROE can be applied to any line of business or any product. ROE on the other
hand looks at how effectively any business is using shareholders‟ equity. Many observers prefer
ROE, since equity represents the owners‟ interest in the business. ROE is also warren Buffet‟s
favorite measure of performance (www.experian.com). On the other hand, one of the most
crucial profitability metrics is Return on Equity. ROE compares one firm against its peers. With
ROE, it measures performance and generally the higher the better. For this reason ROE is best
used to compare companies in the same industry. This performance ratio concentrates on past
firms‟ performance to get a gauge on future expectation. The formula for Return on Equity is:
Net profit /Average shareholder equity (Total owners’ equity) for period= Return on Equity.
Firm age- It is the number of years the firm being in existence or in operation since its
origination as a firm. Performance can also be influenced by the age of the firms. Older firms are
likely to achieve greater efficiency by reducing costs than younger firms. The variable of age is
defined here as the natural logarithm of years the firm is on the market.
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Experience business management experience in
each study year.
Audit Committee size Measured by the total number of ACZ
Audit committee members in each
period under study.
Ownership Concentration Measured as the percentage of shares OWSHCON
held by the top ten shareholders out
of the total shares outstanding.
Control Variable
Age of manufacturing share Total number of years the firm being AMSHC
companies in existence.
Source: researcher’s own conclusion.
2.6. Model Specification
The empirical model for the study to find out the effect of corporate governance practices on the
financial performance of manufacturing share companies was as follows:
ROEit = β0 + β1a(BSit) + β1b(BBMEit) +β1c (ACZit) + β1d (OWSHCONit) + β1e(AMSHCit) +μit
Where:
i= cross sectional dimension
t= time- series dimension
β0= intercept
BS= Board size
BBME= Boards Business Management Experience
ACZ= Audit Committee Size
OWSHCON= Ownership Concentration
AMSHC= Age of Manufacturing Share companies.
μ= Error Term
2.7. Methods of Data Analysis
The data collected through the aforementioned tools were analyzed using the method known as
descriptive statistics, correlation and multiple panel linear regression methods. The descriptive
statistics has been used to quantitatively describe the important features of the variables using
mean, maximum, minimum and standard deviations. Pearson correlation analysis was used to
identify the relationship among the variables. But it does not allow the researcher to make causal
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inferences regarding the relationship between variables (Marczyk et al., 2005). That is why a
multiple panel linear regression analysis was used to test the hypothesis and to explain the
relationship between corporate governance variables and financial performance measure by
controlling the influence of manufacturing share companies’ age. Qualitative analysis was used
for qualitative data collected through questionnaire. The variables were selected based on
alternative theories agency, resource dependency and stewardship and previous empirical studies
related to corporate governance and firm performance. Accordingly, the theory and empirical
studies, the independent, dependent and control variable of the study was identified in order to
examine the effect of corporate governance mechanisms on manufacturing share companies‟
financial performance.
3. Work Plan and Budget Application
3.1 Work plan activities
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3.2 Budget application
3.2.1 Stationery
Table 3. Costs of Stationery Materials
No. Items Measurement Quantity Unite price Total price
unit Birr Cent Birr Cent
1 Printing paper Pkt 2 120 240
3 Note book Number 1 40 40
4 Pen Number 5 7 35
5 Pen(red) Number 1 7 7
6 Dot pencil Number 1 4 4
7 Re- write able CDs Number 2 60 120
8 Flash Number 1 1 250
9 Bag Number 1 1 450
10 Stapler Number 1 120 120
11 Staples Pkt 2 10 20
12 Pins Pkt 1 10 10
13 Eraser Number 2 7 14
Sub Total 1,310
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