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Using data from companies in Taiwan's electronics industry, this study examines the effect of corporate ownership on firm innovation efficiency and performance. We use a network-typed data envelopment analysis (DEA) approach to calculate firm-level innovation efficiency, which is composed of the R&D efficiency and the commercialization efficiency, respectively. We find that overall innovation efficiency is positively correlated with institutional ownership and directors' ownership. In addition, R&D efficiency is positively associated with ROA and commercialization efficiency positively correlates with Tobin's Q. R&D efficiency partially mediates the relationship between ownership-control deviation and ROA. However, commercialization efficiency plays a mediating role for institutional ownership on a firm's Tobin's Q. Our findings point to a bright side of the role of corporate governance in terms of its effects on corporate innovation and the effects of such innovation, in turn, on firm performance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose: Using a data set of Taiwanese listed firms from 2002 to 2015, this paper aims to examine the determinants to voluntarily appoint independent directors. Design/methodology/approach: This study uses panel estimation to exploit both the cross-section and time-series nature of the data. Further, this paper uses Tobit regression, generalized linear model (GLM) in the additional analysis and the two-stage least squares to mitigate for a possible endogeneity issue. Findings: The main findings show that Taiwanese firms with large board sizes tend to voluntarily appoint independent directors and firms that already have independent supervisors more willingly to accept additional independent directors onto the board. Furthermore, ownership concentration and institutional ownership are positively associated with the voluntary appointment of independent directors. On the contrary, firms controlled by family members are generally reluctant to voluntarily appoint independent directors. Research limitations/implications: The findings are important for managers, shareholders, creditors and policymakers. In particular, when considering the determinants of the voluntary appointment of independent directors, the results indicate that independent supervisors, outside shareholders and institutional investors are significant factors in influencing effective internal and external corporate governance mechanisms. This research work focuses on the voluntary appointment of independent directors. It would be interesting to compare the effectiveness of voluntary appointments with a mandatory appointment within Taiwan and with other jurisdictions. Originality/value: This study incrementally contributes to the corporate governance literature in several ways. First, this study extends the earlier research by using a more comprehensive data set of non-financial Taiwanese firms and using alternative methodologies to investigate the determinants of voluntary appointment of independent directors. Second, prior studies tend to neglect the possible issue of using a censored and fractional dependent variable, the proportion of independent directors, which might yield biased and inconsistent parameter estimates when using ordinary least squares regression estimation. Finally, this study addresses the relevant econometric issues by using the Tobit, GLM and the two-stage least squares for a possible endogeneity concern. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We find that firms in the growth and maturity stage generally have higher levels of institutional ownership, higher Tobin's Q ratios, and are more likely to remain in their life cycle stage over the subsequent six-year period. Further analysis indicates a feedback effect between domestic and foreign institutional ownership. Finally, we find that the impact information transmission of foreign institutional ownership is faster than that of domestic institutional ownership. We conclude that Taiwan's government has been successful in its efforts over the last 20 years to increase economic growth, strengthen corporate governance, and improve the country's capital markets. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Managers are likely to withhold negative news to protect their own interests. When they can no longer withhold such news, extreme negative returns and a stock price crash (SPC) follow. This study explores whether a favorable corporate governance (CG) mechanism helps reduce SPC risk. The findings reveal that CG affects SPC risk. Moreover, the effects of institutional ownership, board size, and disclosure violation frequency are particularly significant in family‐owned businesses. We also examine the effectiveness of CG evaluation (CGE) in Taiwan and discover that companies with high rankings are substantially less likely to encounter an SPC. This study verifies that CGE can be considered an indicator of SPC risk. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper investigates how a firm's integrated market power affects upstream trade credit and institutional ownership in emerging markets. Using data from the Taiwan Economic Journal (TEJ) for the period 1996e2017, and combining factor analysis as well as a variety of regression models, we show that firms' integrated market power (IMP) is negatively correlated to the use of upstream trade credit.We also document that highly integrated market power firms can attract not only foreign institutional investors but also domestic institutional investors. Furthermore, the effect of market power is consistent across the electronic and traditional sectors; however, the impact of market power is larger in the electronic sector than in the traditional sector. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We set out in this study to determine whether there are any discernible variations in the relationship between accounting quality and the cost of capital that may be attributable to the level of institutional ownership. Our analysis involves a flexible econometric approach, based upon a 'panel smooth transition regression' (PSTR) analysis, using data on 64 listed firms in Taiwan covering the period from 2000 to 2017. Our results provide clear evidence to suggest that the relationship between accounting quality and the cost of capital does indeed vary with changes in the level of institutional ownership, a finding which, having relaxed the assumption that the interpretations of accounting information amongst investors are homogeneous, goes beyond the general finding within the extant literature of a linear relationship between accounting quality and the cost of capital. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study investigates whether the education level of a firm's directors significantly influences R&D investment, dependent on the moderating effects of institutional ownership, family involvement and control type. Based on a longitudinal sample of 437 Taiwanese listed firms over the period 2006e2012, we conclude that the education of directors does affect on a firm's R&D investment, and suggest that higher education of directors leads a firm to invest more in R&D. Moreover, internal corporate governance plays a moderating role in the relation between education of directors and R&D investment. Professional management strengthens the positive effect of education of directors on R&D investment, but institutional ownership or family involvement undermines this relationship. Finally, this study further reveals that cross-sectional heterogeneity in R&D investment depends on industry and control type. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper uses Taiwanese data to examine the impact of firm-level corporate governance mechanisms on firms' average cash holdings. Specifically, it examines how a firm's number of banking relationships and the percentages of managerial ownership and board ownership impact the firm's level of cash holdings. We document that higher percentages of managerial ownership and board ownership are associated with higher levels of corporate cash holding. Our results are consistent with the notion that managerial incentives and board monitoring are substitutes for each other. The substitution effect is especially pronounced when firms have poorly incentivized managers. We find that firms with a larger number of banking relationships are associated with lower levels of cash holdings. We find no evidence of a bank monitoring free rider problem. We also document a life-cycle effect in the drivers of cash holdings: there are substantial differences in the drivers of cash holdings for firms that have been in business for more than 5 years relative to those that have not been in business less than 5 years. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The objective of this study was to examine, using a vector autoregressive model, whether the difference in earnings growth rates caused different reaction speeds in stock prices. Monthly returns of stocks listed in the Taiwan stock market from May 2003 to April 2013 were used as empirical data in this study. The analytical results showed that the returns of portfolios with higher earnings growth rates significantly led those portfolios with lower earnings growth rates when size, trading volume, institutional ownership ratio, and revenue factors were controlled, respectively. This paper finds that the earnings growth rate is a significant determinant of the lead-lag patterns observed in monthly stock returns. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the influence of shareholding stability of institutional investors on firm performance. We analyze 647 sample companies listed in the Taiwan Stock Exchange from 2005 to 2009 using the coefficient of variance of institutional holding proportion as the measure for ownership stability. The empirical results show that increasing stability of institutional holdings is related to better firm performance. The low-risk and younger firms with higher CEO incentive compensation, larger insider holdings, and higher growth usually have better performance. Furthermore, when the long-term institutional shareholdings, particularly of foreign institutions, are higher, the firm performance is better. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper reexamines the relationship between ownership and firm performance. Using an unbalanced panel data in the emerging Taiwan market, we adopt a simultaneous equations framework to explore the persistence of the relationship across the life cycle of firms over time. Empirical results suggest that firm performance is a function of institutional ownership, especially in the mature stage. Through dynamic specification, evidence appears to account for lack of persistence of the impacts of ownership on performance over time. To alleviate a potential simultaneity issue, we construct a lagged specification to examine the sensitivity of our results. Consequently, the main results are found to be robust. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on a study that was conducted to examine the determinants and interrelations between corporate ownership structure and corporate performance. Ten-year panel data of 569 Taiwanese listed companies are examined. The study applies the F-test, LM-test and Hausman test to determine the best statistical method. The findings of the study suggest that there is an inverse relationship between insider ownership and corporate performance. The stusy also suggests that government institutional ownership and incorporated companies ownership have a significant negative correlation with corporate performance.