Prague Economic Papers 2008, 17(2):168-179 | DOI: 10.18267/j.pep.328

Economic value added (eva) as a performance measurement for glcs vs non-glcs: evidence from bursa malaysia

Ismail Issham1, Abdul Samad M Fazilah2, Yen Siew Hwa3, Anton Abdulbasah Kamil4, Azli Azli Ayub5, Meor Azli Ayub5
1 Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang (issham@usm.my).
2 Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur.
3 Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang (shyen@usm.my).
4 Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang (anton@usm.my).
5 Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang (azli@usm.my).

EVA is a useful tool for assessing company performance. It combines factors, such as economy, accounting and market information in its assessment. This study employed EVA in an attempt to compare the companies' performances of GLCs (government-linked companies) and non-GLCs. Based on a 4-year pooled panel data of 37 GLCs and 208 non-GLCs, the results show that companies with government as their stakeholders tend to exhibit lower EVA scores than the companies without government stakeholders in Malaysia. Larger size companies were found to have lower EVA values. Companies which have both the characteristics - which are simultaneously large in size and government-owned, tend to be most adversely affected. Thus, any increment in the size of company for GLCs would decrease or destroy the value of the company, and to a greater degree, than companies without government holding.

Keywords: economic value added (EVA), government-linked companies (GLCs), performance, size and performance tool
JEL classification: C11, C23, G14

Published: January 1, 2008  Show citation

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Issham, I., Fazilah, A.S.M., Hwa, Y.S., Kamil, A.A., Azli Ayub, A., & Azli Ayub, M. (2008). Economic value added (eva) as a performance measurement for glcs vs non-glcs: evidence from bursa malaysia. Prague Economic Papers17(2), 168-179. doi: 10.18267/j.pep.328
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