• DocumentCode
    561746
  • Title

    Investment information via website by Malaysian listed companies

  • Author

    Abdullah, Azrul ; Isa, Rosiatimah Mohd ; Isa, Norshamshina Mat

  • Author_Institution
    Accounting Res. Inst., UiTM, Arau, Malaysia
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    5-6 Dec. 2011
  • Firstpage
    722
  • Lastpage
    727
  • Abstract
    Internet technology is believed to improve efficiency and good practice of information dissemination. This paper examined the investment information disclosed by Malaysian Listed Companies via their websites. Evaluations of investment informations disclosure via the websites were based on score towards the disclosure index developed. One hundred companies listed on the Bursa Malaysia´s Mainboard are selected based on their market capitalization. This study identifies the level of investment information disclosure across industry and found that the investment information disclosure and usage of the multimedia are still unsatisfactory. This study also tests the extent of such disclosure with several firm characteristics (profitability, auditor, efficiency and size) and the result shows that only firm´s size is significant. The implications of these findings are discussed.
  • Keywords
    Internet; Web sites; information dissemination; investment; Bursa Malaysia Mainboard; Internet technology; Malaysian listed companies; Website; auditor; disclosure index; efficiency; firm size; information dissemination; investment information disclosure evaluation; market capitalization; multimedia; profitability; Companies; Industries; Internet; Investments; Manufacturing; Web sites; Investment disclosure; Malaysia;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Humanities, Science and Engineering (CHUSER), 2011 IEEE Colloquium on
  • Conference_Location
    Penang
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-0021-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CHUSER.2011.6163830
  • Filename
    6163830