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Enhancing corporate governance in listed companies with concentrated shareholdings

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  • Shanthy Rachagan

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Purpose - The paper aims to focus on diverse ownership structures, especially the controlling shareholder system and their impact on corporate governance. Design/methodology/approach - The paper deliberates the agency problems in concentrated shareholder‐listed companies in general which are related transactions involving controlling shareholders, significant corporate actions, and control transactions. The paper further studies agency issues in Malaysian‐listed companies specifically relating to government‐linked companies and family‐owned companies. Findings - The paper identifies agency problems in concentrated shareholding‐listed companies which are government linked or family owned and then provide solutions to overcome these problems. Originality/value - Specific agency problems in Malaysian‐listed companies and solutions to overcome them are presented in this paper.

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  • Shanthy Rachagan, 2010. "Enhancing corporate governance in listed companies with concentrated shareholdings," Journal of Financial Crime, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 17(4), pages 430-440, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:eme:jfcpps:13590791011082788
    DOI: 10.1108/13590791011082788
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