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Extent and Determinants of Intellectual Capital Disclosures by Top Listed Companies in Malaysia


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1 Professor of Accounting, Faculty of Management, Cyberjaya Campus, Multimedia University, Malaysia
2 Lecturer, Sunway College, Malaysia
3 Professor of Accounting and MIS, Sam and Irene Black School of Business, Pennsylvania State University, Erie, PA 16563, United States
4 Associate Professor of Accounting, Faculty of Management, Cyberjaya Campus, Multimedia University, Malaysia

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The purpose of this paper was to examine the extent of intellectual capital disclosures and the determinants of such disclosures by the Malaysian companies. A disclosure index for the intellectual capital information consisting of 20 items, using the annual reports of top 100 companies listed in Bursa Malaysia as on December 31, 2013, was developed. Multiple regression was used to test 12 hypotheses, using the data collected from the same annual reports. The results revealed that the intellectual capital disclosure level had increased as compared to the prior studies in Malaysia that suggests increased corporate awareness regarding intellectual capital disclosures, though the disclosure level was lower as compared to the other advanced countries. The results provided evidence that company size, leverage, and industry type significantly affected the intellectual capital disclosure levels. However, the intellectual capital disclosure levels did not have a significant relationship with return on total assets, board independence, audit committee independence, company age, complexity, foreign shareholding, institutional shareholding, and auditor size. The adjusted R square, an explanatory power of the model, was 52%. We also discussed the implications for the standard-setters and regulators. This study makes an incremental contribution to the literature on the intellectual capital disclosures in the Malaysian context.

Keywords

Intellectual Capital, Size, Industry Type, Leverage, Disclosure Index

M41, L1, L25

Paper Submission Date: June 6, 2015 ; Paper sent back for Revision : September 8, 2015 ; Paper Acceptance Date : October 6, 2015.

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Prem Lal Joshi
Professor of Accounting, Faculty of Management, Cyberjaya Campus, Multimedia University, Malaysia
Teoh Hui Min
Lecturer, Sunway College, Malaysia
Ashutosh Deshmukh
Professor of Accounting and MIS, Sam and Irene Black School of Business, Pennsylvania State University, Erie, PA 16563, United States
Nahariah Binti Jaffar
Associate Professor of Accounting, Faculty of Management, Cyberjaya Campus, Multimedia University, Malaysia

Abstract


The purpose of this paper was to examine the extent of intellectual capital disclosures and the determinants of such disclosures by the Malaysian companies. A disclosure index for the intellectual capital information consisting of 20 items, using the annual reports of top 100 companies listed in Bursa Malaysia as on December 31, 2013, was developed. Multiple regression was used to test 12 hypotheses, using the data collected from the same annual reports. The results revealed that the intellectual capital disclosure level had increased as compared to the prior studies in Malaysia that suggests increased corporate awareness regarding intellectual capital disclosures, though the disclosure level was lower as compared to the other advanced countries. The results provided evidence that company size, leverage, and industry type significantly affected the intellectual capital disclosure levels. However, the intellectual capital disclosure levels did not have a significant relationship with return on total assets, board independence, audit committee independence, company age, complexity, foreign shareholding, institutional shareholding, and auditor size. The adjusted R square, an explanatory power of the model, was 52%. We also discussed the implications for the standard-setters and regulators. This study makes an incremental contribution to the literature on the intellectual capital disclosures in the Malaysian context.

Keywords


Intellectual Capital, Size, Industry Type, Leverage, Disclosure Index

M41, L1, L25

Paper Submission Date: June 6, 2015 ; Paper sent back for Revision : September 8, 2015 ; Paper Acceptance Date : October 6, 2015.




DOI: https://doi.org/10.17010/ijf%2F2016%2Fv10i4%2F90797