Women participation on the boards of Malaysian companies and firm performance

This study examines the level of women participation on the boards of Malaysian listed companies, and examines the association between women participation on the board and firm performance. We use normalized Tobin’s q and return on assets (ROA) to measure firm performance. An analysis of 841 companies in 2008 shows that 362 (43 percent) of the boards are represented by women, a majority of which are represented by only one woman. On average, women occupy only 7.72 percent of the board seats. This study also shows that a majority of the female directors belong to the Chinese ethnic group, younger than their male counterparts, have one to five years of director experience, and are non-independent directors. Results on the association between women participation on the boards and firm performance are mixed. Using normalized Tobin’s q as a measure of performance, we find that firms with women directors perform poorer than those without women, at a 10 percent significant level. On the other hand, when the ROA is employed, firms with women on boards perform better than those without women, at a 10 percent significant level. This result is consistent with the hypothesis that women representation on the boards of companies is positively associated with company performance. The findings of this study may provide input to the authority responsible for promoting women to become company directors

Abstracts of the Annual Meeting of Planetary Geologic Mappers, San Antonio, TX, 2009

Topics covered include: Geologic Mapping of the Beta-Atla-Themis (BAT) Region of Venus: A Progress Report; Geologic Map of the Snegurochka Planitia Quadrangle (V-1): Implications for Tectonic and Volcanic History of the North Polar Region of Venus; Preliminary Geological Map of the Fortuna Tessera (V-2) Quadrangle, Venus; Geological Map of the Fredegonde (V-57) Quadrangle, Venus; Geological Mapping of the Lada Terra (V-56) Quadrangle, Venus; Geologic Mapping of V-19; Lunar Geologic Mapping: A Preliminary Map of a Portion of the LQ-10 ("Marius") Quadrangle; Geologic Mapping of the Lunar South Pole, Quadrangle LQ-30: Volcanic History and Stratigraphy of Schr dinger Basin; Geologic Mapping along the Arabia Terra Dichotomy Boundary: Mawrth Vallis and Nili Fossae, Mars; Geologic Mapping Investigations of the Northwest Rim of Hellas Basin, Mars; Geologic Mapping of the Meridiani Region of Mars; Geology of a Portion of the Martian Highlands: MTMs -20002, -20007, -25002 and -25007; Geologic Mapping of Holden Crater and the Uzboi-Ladon-Morava Outflow System; Mapping Tyrrhena Patera and Hesperia Planum, Mars; Geologic Mapping of Athabaca Valles; Geologic Mapping of MTM -30247, -35247 and -40247 Quadrangles, Reull Vallis Region, Mars Topography of the Martian Impact Crater Tooting; Mars Structural and Stratigraphic Mapping along the Coprates Rise; Geology of Libya Montes and the Interbasin Plains of Northern Tyrrhena Terra, Mars: Project Introduction and First Year Work Plan; Geology of the Southern Utopia Planitia Highland-Lowland Boundary Plain: Second Year Results and Third Year Plan; Mars Global Geologic Mapping: About Half Way Done; New Geologic Map of the Scandia Region of Mars; Geologic Mapping of the Medusae Fossae Formation on Mars and the Northern Lowland Plains of Venus; Volcanism on Io: Insights from Global Geologic Mapping; and Planetary Geologic Mapping Handbook - 2009

Northwest Iowan's [sic] share their memories: anthologies written, typed and illustrated by area residents, 1987

These creative stories and poems, written by residents of Northwest Iowa present a part of the scenes and experiences of Iowans in the latter part of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries