Corporate Governance and Firm Performance: A Case study of Karachi Stock Market

Abstract

This paper seeks to study the relationship between corporate governance and firms performance of twenty five companies listed at Karachi Stock Market. The performance of corporate governance is analyzed through whereas the performance of the companies is measured by return on assets (ROA) and return on equity (ROE).The data set is obtained from the State Bank of Pakistan Annual Reports for the year 2011-2015. The multiple regression models are applied to check the significance of corporate governance and firm profit. The result shows that leverage and growth have a positive relationship between impacts in measure performance of the firm.