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

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

Financial Internet Quarterly
Volume 21 (2025): Issue 1 (March 2025)
By: Abdulsalam Saad Alquhaif  
Open Access
|Mar 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 issues 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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