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The moderating impact of concentrated ownership on related party transactions and firm performance in the Malaysian context

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Volume 21 (2025): Issue 1 (March 2025)
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fiqf-2025-0006 | Journal eISSN: 2719-3454
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Language: English
Page range: 76 - 93
Submitted on: Aug 19, 2024
Accepted on: Nov 26, 2024
Published on: Mar 26, 2025
Published by: University of Information Technology and Management in Rzeszow
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 times per year
Keywords:
Related Party Transactions,
Concentrated Ownership,
Firm Performance,
Malaysia
Related subjects:
Business and economics,
Political economics,
Economic theory, systems and structures,
Microeconomics,
Macroeconomics,
Public finance and fiscal theory

© 2025 Abdulsalam Saad Alquhaif, published by University of Information Technology and Management in Rzeszow
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