%0 Journal Article %T The Effect of Board of Directors Characteristics on Firm¡¯s Financial Performance: An Empirical Study on the Most Active Firms in the Egyptian Stock Exchange %A Ashraf Mohamed Abdel Atty %A Mohamed Moustafasoliman %A Amr E. Youssef %J Open Access Library Journal %V 5 %N 11 %P 1-19 %@ 2333-9721 %D 2018 %I Open Access Library %R 10.4236/oalib.1104993 %X
This paper seeks examining the effect of Board of Directors Characteristics on firm¡¯s financial performance in Egypt, using a sample of 50 more active Egyp-tian companies listed on the Egyptian Stock Exchange of the non-financial sector covering the period of three financial years from 2012 to 2017. Board of Directors Structure is represented by CEO Duality, Board Size, Board Meet-ings, Independence board members and Gender Diversity. Return on Assets (ROA), Return on Equity (ROE) and Tobin¡¯s Q is used as a proxy for Firm fi-nancial Performance. In this research, correlation and regression analysis are used to examine the relationship between Corporate Governance and firm¡¯s fi-nancial performance.
%K Corporate Governance %K Board of Directors %K Firm Financial Performance %K Egypt %U http://www.oalib.com/paper/5300660