Corporate Governance and its impact on Performance of Automobile Industry of Pakistan: The Role of Foreigner Members in BOD

摘要

Pakistan's automobile sector goes through trouble phase from many years; however, from the last half-decade, it reflects as an emerging sector of Pakistan stock exchange (PSX). The research is to explore the relations of foreign representatives' inboard and the firm's performance with the contemplation of outliers' problem. The study draws special attention by focusing on a gap that never been revealed yet. We examined 12 years of annual data with a robust regression model to treat the outliers. The results reported that the foreigners on board are the primary gauge for the remarkable financial performance of the firms. The board size and audit committees showed up with proper accountability in the system. However, the finding for independent directors and institutional investors presented a negative relation with the firm's performance. The findings of this research will be serving as a base for policymakers of the emerging automobile industry of Pakistan for the financial betterment of the companies.