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Abbreviations and Acronyms
Chapter 1: Introduction
1.1 Background of the Study
1.2 Statement of the Research Problem
1.3 Significance, Justification and Study Objective
1.3.1 Research Questions
1.4 Structure of the Study
Chapter 2: Review of Literature and Theoretical Analysis
2.1 Definitions of Corporate Governance
2.1.1 Mechanisms of Corporate Governance
2.2 Classical Framework
2.2.1 Agency Theory
2.2.2 Theory of Resource Dependency
2.2.3 Stewardship theory
2.2.4 The Theory of Stakeholder
2.3 Comments on Classical Theories
2.4 Related Empirical Studies
2.5 Firm Performance and Corporate Governance
2.5.1 Corporate Performance and Board Size
2.5.2 Firm Performance and Board Composition
2.5.3 Firm Performance and CEO Duality
2.5.4 CEO Tenure and Firm performance
2.5.5 Board of Directors’ Sub-Committees
2.5.6 Audit Committee Size and Performance of Firm
2.6 Measuring Firm Performance
2.7 Comments on Firm Performance and Corporate Governance and Literatures
2.8 Research Gaps and Innovation of the Study
2.9 Overview of Corporate Governance Framework in Ghana
Chapter 3: Research Methodology
3.1 Conceptual Framework and Research Hypothesis Development
3.2 Study Design
3.3 Population and Sample
3.4 The Research Variables and Explanations
3.4.1 The Variables of Firm Performance
3.4.2. Independent Corporate Governance Variables
3.4.3 Size of the Board
3.4.4 Board Composition /Non -Executive Directors (NEDS)
3.4.5 CEO Duality
3.4.6 CEO Tenure
3.4.7 The Audit Committee and Audit Size
3.4.8 Measurement of Control Variables
3.5 Multiple Regression and Model Specification
Chapter 4: Data Presentation and Analysis
4.1 Data Analyses
4.2 Descriptive Statistics
4.3 Correlation Analysis
4.4 Hypothesis Testing, Results and Discussions
Chapter 5: Conclusions and Recommendations
5.1 Conclusion
5.2 Policy Recommendations
5.3 Contribution of the Study
5.4 Future Research Recommendations
5.5 Limitations of the Study
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