Purpose This chapter investigates the short-run and long-run economic implications of the shareholder activism in family-controlled firms in Malaysia. Design/methodology/approach In order to investigate the impact of MSWG activism on RPT, we collected related party transactions data (sales and...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of shareholder activism led by the Minority Shareholder Watchdog Group (MSWG) on the performance of family-controlled firms in Malaysia from 2005 to 2009. Design/methodology/approach – The paper uses event study methodology to...