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An Application of the Scorecard Tool to Measure Corporate Governance Quality: Empirical Study in a transition country Cover

An Application of the Scorecard Tool to Measure Corporate Governance Quality: Empirical Study in a transition country

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|Aug 2024

Figures & Tables

Figure 1.

Distribution of companies according to the corporate governance quality score
Distribution of companies according to the corporate governance quality score

Figure 2.

CGQ score of state-owned joint-stock companies according to the field of business
CGQ score of state-owned joint-stock companies according to the field of business

Assessment tool of corporate governance quality (Source: Own elaboration)

Question/categoryNumber of itemsPoints
TotalComplianceGood practices
Level 1 (including 42 compliance criteria and 27 good practices criteria)69422796
A: Rights and equitable treatments of the shareholders and their ownership1810826
B: Roles of stakeholders71613
C: Disclosure and transparency1815321
D: Responsibilities of the board26161036
Level 2 (including two bonus criteria and six penalty criteria)8--(-18, +4)
Bonus score2--+4
Penalty6---18
Total of the scorecard77--100

Sample characteristics (Source: Own elaboration)

Number of companies (n = 220)Percentage (%)
Availability on the stock exchange
Listed11552.27
Unlisted10547.73
Percentage of capital in the company invested by the state
Over 65%6027.27
From 50% to 65%4420.00
From 30% to 50%5123.18
Less than 30%6529.54
Field of business
Banking31.36
Consumer goods3515.90
Consumer services125.45
Finance94.09
Information technology94.09
Materials104.54
Pharmacy and healthcare177.72
Oil and gas10.46
Public services2410.94
Others10045.45

Highest CGQ score by category among Vietnamese state-owned joint-stock companies (Source: Own elaboration)

GroupCategoryHighest achieved score (points)Maximum points in the CG scorecardThe highest percentage of criteria satisfactionThe average percentage of criteria satisfaction
ARights and equitable treatment of shareholders and ownership232678.74%62.20%
BRoles of stakeholders131356.02%36.20%
CInformation disclosure and transparency202174.50%59.13%
DResponsibilities of boards313661.00%57.60%
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fman-2024-0008 | Journal eISSN: 2300-5661 | Journal ISSN: 2080-7279
Language: English
Page range: 127 - 138
Published on: Aug 2, 2024
Published by: Warsaw University of Technology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2024 Thi-Minh-Ngoc Luu, Phuong Mai Nguyen, published by Warsaw University of Technology
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