Investigating the Relationship between Corporate Governance and Export Performance of Companies Accepted in Tehran Stock Exchange

The issue of the conflict of interests between shareholders and managers and the corporate governance mechanism as a solution to reduce the cost of representing it is one of the important issues that has attracted the attention of many researchers and experts due to its impact on corporate performance. Considering that export development and creating common economic interests with other countries have provided guarantees for the security of companies and the country, this study examines the relationship between corporate governance with export propensity and export performance. Financial information of 160 companies accepted in the Tehran Stock Exchange during the period 2012 to 2017, has been correlated using a statistical method in the form of a research. The results show that there is a significant and positive relationship between CEO tenure, political relationships and ownership concentration with export propensity. There is also a negative and significant relationship between board independence and ownership concentration with export performance. No significant relationship was found between CEO tenure and political relations with export performance