Purpose – This paper seeks to examine the impact of ownership structure on firm performance and the default risk of a sample of publicly listed firms. Design/methodology/approach – This paper examines the impact of ownership structure on firm performance and the default risk of a sample of...

Islamic banking in Jordan started around two decades ago. Since then it has played an important role in financing and contributing to different economics and social sectors in the country in compliance with the principles of Shariah rules in Islamic banking practices. Since there have been...

This paper examines the impact of ownership structure on firm performance and the default risk of a sample of 59 publicly listed firms in Jordan from 1989 to 2002. The main findings were: (1) ownership structure has significant effects on the accounting measure of performance return on assets...

The central objective of this study is to investigate and examine the effect which capital structure has had on corporate performance using a panel data sample representing of 167 Jordanian companies during 1989-2003. This paper also examines the effect which external shocks have had on...