TY - JOUR ID - scholars8161 IS - Specia N2 - Government Linked-Companies (GLCs) and their performance are an important phenomenon in the corporate world. This study is specially designed to examine the impact of gearing and boardsize on shareholder value of GLCs. A sample of 30 GLCs is selected across the 40 GLCs listed on Bursa Malaysia using judgmental sampling method. Financial data of 10 years of the selected companies are gathered from EXODOS. This study incorporates descriptive statistics and hierarchical regression analysis. The results indicate that gearing has a negative impact on shareholder value, whereas, boardsize positively impacts shareholder value. © 2017, Institute of Advanced Scientific Research, Inc. All rights reserved. VL - 9 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85038074148&partnerID=40&md5=28a483c019e3264cf4224dfc51c63c7b JF - Journal of Advanced Research in Dynamical and Control Systems A1 - Marimuthu, M. A1 - Kolandaisamy, I. A1 - Hassan, R. Y1 - 2017/// SP - 679 TI - Government linked-companies: Impact of gearing and boardsize on firm performance N1 - cited By 1 AV - none EP - 685 SN - 1943023X PB - Institute of Advanced Scientific Research, Inc. ER -