Identifying financial distress firms: a case study of Malaysia’s Government Linked Companies (GLC)

The unhealthy financial state can be a massive and can cause long term distress which can result to restrictions of investments activities, capital flows and performance of firms. Thus it is vital for organizations to identify the reasoning that may lead to a corporate failure and take measures acc...

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Main Authors: Mohd. Israil, Khaliq Ahmad, Motawe Altarturi, Basheer Hussein, Thas Thaker, Hassanudin Mohd, Harun, Md Yousuf, Nahar, Nurun
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Published: International Journal of Economics, Finance and Management 2014
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spelling iium-750372019-10-29T01:30:43Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/75037/ Identifying financial distress firms: a case study of Malaysia’s Government Linked Companies (GLC) Mohd. Israil, Khaliq Ahmad Motawe Altarturi, Basheer Hussein Thas Thaker, Hassanudin Mohd Harun, Md Yousuf Nahar, Nurun H Social Sciences (General) HG Finance HG4001 Financial management. Business finance. Corporation finance. The unhealthy financial state can be a massive and can cause long term distress which can result to restrictions of investments activities, capital flows and performance of firms. Thus it is vital for organizations to identify the reasoning that may lead to a corporate failure and take measures accordingly to refrain from such condition. Thus, this present study addresses the financial distress measurement among 30 GLC’s listed companies in Bursa Malaysia over the period of five years (2008 until 2012). This paper asses the financial distress determinant measured by Z score statistics model. Further on, determinant such as current ratio and debt ratio were identified. Results show that there is significant relationship between both variables and Z – Scores that determine financial distressed of the GLC. International Journal of Economics, Finance and Management 2014-04 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/75037/1/75037_Identifying%20Financial%20Distress%20Firms.pdf Mohd. Israil, Khaliq Ahmad and Motawe Altarturi, Basheer Hussein and Thas Thaker, Hassanudin Mohd and Harun, Md Yousuf and Nahar, Nurun (2014) Identifying financial distress firms: a case study of Malaysia’s Government Linked Companies (GLC). International Journal of Economics, Finance and Management, 3 (3). pp. 141-150. ISSN 2307-2466 http://www.ejournalofbusiness.org/archive/vol3no3/vol3no3_4.pdf
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HG4001 Financial management. Business finance. Corporation finance.
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HG Finance
HG4001 Financial management. Business finance. Corporation finance.
Mohd. Israil, Khaliq Ahmad
Motawe Altarturi, Basheer Hussein
Thas Thaker, Hassanudin Mohd
Harun, Md Yousuf
Nahar, Nurun
Identifying financial distress firms: a case study of Malaysia’s Government Linked Companies (GLC)
description The unhealthy financial state can be a massive and can cause long term distress which can result to restrictions of investments activities, capital flows and performance of firms. Thus it is vital for organizations to identify the reasoning that may lead to a corporate failure and take measures accordingly to refrain from such condition. Thus, this present study addresses the financial distress measurement among 30 GLC’s listed companies in Bursa Malaysia over the period of five years (2008 until 2012). This paper asses the financial distress determinant measured by Z score statistics model. Further on, determinant such as current ratio and debt ratio were identified. Results show that there is significant relationship between both variables and Z – Scores that determine financial distressed of the GLC.
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author Mohd. Israil, Khaliq Ahmad
Motawe Altarturi, Basheer Hussein
Thas Thaker, Hassanudin Mohd
Harun, Md Yousuf
Nahar, Nurun
author_facet Mohd. Israil, Khaliq Ahmad
Motawe Altarturi, Basheer Hussein
Thas Thaker, Hassanudin Mohd
Harun, Md Yousuf
Nahar, Nurun
author_sort Mohd. Israil, Khaliq Ahmad
title Identifying financial distress firms: a case study of Malaysia’s Government Linked Companies (GLC)
title_short Identifying financial distress firms: a case study of Malaysia’s Government Linked Companies (GLC)
title_full Identifying financial distress firms: a case study of Malaysia’s Government Linked Companies (GLC)
title_fullStr Identifying financial distress firms: a case study of Malaysia’s Government Linked Companies (GLC)
title_full_unstemmed Identifying financial distress firms: a case study of Malaysia’s Government Linked Companies (GLC)
title_sort identifying financial distress firms: a case study of malaysia’s government linked companies (glc)
publisher International Journal of Economics, Finance and Management
publishDate 2014
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/75037/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/75037/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/75037/1/75037_Identifying%20Financial%20Distress%20Firms.pdf
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