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The determinants of internet financial reporting in Jordan: financial versus corporate governance

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  • Mohammed M. Yassin

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The internet has become widely used as a channel to disseminate financial information by Jordanian listed companies in response to the cross-listing agreement among the Amman Stock Exchange (ASE), Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) and Dubai Financial Market (DFM). This study aimed to investigate the determinants of internet financial reporting (IFR). The results should help policy makers and regulators in building a framework for mandating IFR. An IFR index was developed to measure the level of each firm's information content and format disclosures. IFR determinants were divided into financial characteristics and corporate governance mechanisms. The analysis determined that firms that are larger, profitable, and more leveraged, with a separation between chairperson and CEO positions, with larger board size numbers, and with fewer independent non-executive directors are more likely to engage in IFR. By extending the analysis using OLS and 2SLS regression, the findings suggest that IFR was predicted using size, liquidity, leverage, market-to-book ratio, chairperson/CEO separation, independent non-executive directors, board size, and shareholder number. Corporate governance mechanisms can predict IFR and its components, content and format more accurately than firms' financial characteristics.

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  • Mohammed M. Yassin, 2017. "The determinants of internet financial reporting in Jordan: financial versus corporate governance," International Journal of Business Information Systems, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 25(4), pages 526-556.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijbisy:v:25:y:2017:i:4:p:526-556
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    1. Sharifah Milda Amirul & Noor Ismawati Jaafar & Anna Azriati Che Azmi, 2022. "Two decades of XBRL: a science mapping of research trends and future research agenda," Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology, Springer, vol. 56(4), pages 2301-2324, August.
    2. Jebreel Mohammad Al-Al-Msiedeen & Fawzi A. Al Sawalqa, 2021. "Ownership Structure and CEO Compensation: Evidence from Jordan," Asian Economic and Financial Review, Asian Economic and Social Society, vol. 11(5), pages 365-383, May.
    3. Helmi A. Boshnak, 2021. "Internet Financial Reporting Practices in Saudi Arabia," International Journal of Business and Management, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 15(9), pages 1-15, July.
    4. Mejbel Al-Saidi, 2021. "Ownership Structure and Timeliness of Corporate Internet Reporting (TOCIR): Case of Kuwait," International Journal of Business and Management, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 15(10), pages 1-60, July.

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