The study investigates the effect of board independent on firm performance of Sri Lankan listed companies. This study employs a cross section analysis of 120 firms as sample of listed firms in Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) for the financial year ending2019 and multivariate analyses are used to test the proposed hypothesis. The board independent variable being the independent variable and firm performance (ROA) variable being the dependent variable are confirmed under regression model. The results of the study display that board independence is negatively connected with ROA. Further, Board size and CEO duality are significantly negatively associated with ROA. Moreover, a control variable of firm size is significantly positively connected with ROA and leverage is negatively related with ROA though not significant. The findings of the study indicate mixed results which are in consistent with empirical evidence of developed nation.

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This study examines the relationship between board features and firm risk of listed companies in Colombo Stock Exchange for the period of 2010 to 2017. This research was carried out based on positivistic paradigm with the quantitative methodology. Secondary data were collected and analyzed using panel data analyze techniques to obtain quantitative measures of descriptive statistics, correlations, and regression analyses. The results show that the board features variables such as Board size, Women on board, Non-executive director, CEO Duality and Director Interlock have significant impact on firm risk. The results are consistent with agency theory perspective. On the other hand, Audit committee does not show any impact on firm risk in Sri Lankan companies. Our findings reveal that consistence is with theoretical expectation and code best practices. Further, it suggests that as far as the risk is concerned the existing corporate governance practices and code of best practices are effective in Sri Lankan context.

Despite several works on corporate governance examine the ownership structure on earnings management, the empirical research on Real Earnings Management (REM) is limited. Thus, the main purpose of the research is to examine the effect of family and managerial ownership on real earnings management of selected non-financial listed companies at Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) in Sri Lanka. The researchers use quantitative approach to address this current issue, and the data were collected using a sample of 206 firms listed at the CSE during the highest market capitalization period from 2015/2016 to 2019/2020, and eliminated the companies listed in the industry of bank, finance and insurance because the companies are governing by rules and regulation. The study found that family and managerial ownership play a prominent role and negatively related with real earning management activity. The finding of the study contributes to knowledge in earnings management of agency theory literature in developing economies, and help the investors, supplier auditors and policy makers for their decision-making activities by detecting the real earning management in different ownership structure.