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Firm Value Improvement Strategy, Corporate Social Responsibility, and

Institutional Ownership
M. Chabachib1, Tyana Ulfa Fitriana1, Hersugondo Hersugondo1, Imang Dapit Pamungkas2 & Udin Udin1
1
Business and Economics Faculty, Diponegoro University, Semarang, Indonesia
2
Business and Economics Faculty, Dian Nuswantoro University, Semarang, Indonesia
Correspondence: Udin Udin, Business and Economics Faculty, Diponegoro University, Semarang, Indonesia.

Received: July 1, 2019 Accepted: July 17, 2019 Online Published: July 23, 2019
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Abstract
The study is intended to appraise return on assets (ROA), debt/equity ratio (DER), and firm size (SIZE) on
price-to-book-value (PBV) with corporate social responsibility as an intervening variable and institutional
proprietorship as a moderating variable. By using purposive sampling, 267 manufacturing companies are determined
from the Indonesia Stock Exchange in the period of 2013-2017. Data are analyzed using multiple and bivariate
regression analysis. The results show that ROA and firm size have a positive effect on corporate society awareness,
while DER has no significant effect respectively. Profit gain, firm scope, and corporate social responsibility have a
positive effect on firm utility. It came into a conclusion that corporate social awareness can be used to mediate the
influence on leverage and firm scope toward the firm value, but cannot be used to mediate the effect of profit gain on
firm utility.
Keywords: firm value, corporate social responsibility, institutional ownership
1. Introduction
It is a must that a company to be able to improve welfare for employees, managers, shareholders, related parties and
society. Consequently, every company must also have different perspectives and patterns of thinking in determining
the steps or strategies that will be used as a tool in achieving company goals. The crucial company goals are increasing
its profits and firm value for the welfare of owners and related parties. In this progressively advanced era, companies
are increasingly trying to maintain their business excellence so that their corporate value increases. With high
corporate value, it will improve the welfare of shareholders. With these welfare guarantees, shareholders will not
hesitate to invest their capital. The company's financial performance can be seen with profitability ratios. The
profitability ratio is used to assess the operational effectiveness of the company. The better the company's operational
performance, the more it increases the value of the company (Brimingham and Houston, 2001). The higher the value of
Return on Assets (ROA), the higher the efficiency of the company will be, and the greater the chance for the company
to increase its value.
In determining the value of the enterprise, the size of the firm or entire assets factors needs to be considered. Because
the greater the total assets owned by the company, the use of company assets is more freely used by management.
Even so, the management has the freedom that is comparable to the concern made by the owner of his assets. If
assessed from the side of the company owner, the large number of assets actually makes the value of the company
decrease. However, if assessed from the management side, the ease of controlling the company will increase the
value of the company (Sari, 2016). Leverage is a way to measure how much the company has a risk level of
uncollectible debt to creditors who will later be used to finance company assets. In this study using the proxy Debt to
Equity Ratio (DER) to measure the debt comparative level.
The role of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is very important for companies, especially for companies that
carry out their activities in fields related to natural resources. Because according to the Limited Liability Company
Law No. 40 of 2007 article 74 (www.bapepam.go.id). Decision of the Head of the Capital Supervisory Agency
(KBPM) and Financial Institution No. KEP-134 / BL / 2006 requires public companies to submit their annual reports
which contain an explanation of the activities and costs used in social and environmental responsibility activities.
Corporate Social Responsibility is one aspect that can consider its influence in maximizing firm value. Disclosure of

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CSR can increase firm value because of theory stakeholders emphasize that companies must disclose information
CSR activities as a form of corporate responsibility towards parties stakeholders affected by the existence of the
company (Chairiri and Ghozali, 2007).
Agency theory explains that conflict can be overcome by the mechanism of Good Corporate Governance, one of
which is the internal mechanism, namely institutional ownership. Institutional ownership can reduce agency conflict
because, in company activities, the institution will supervise management, so that it minimizes earnings management.
With institutional ownership, the company's performance will be better maintained so that the relationship between
managers and capital providers can be maintained.

Table 1. Research gap

Dependent Independent Relationship Researcher
Dewi & Wirawati (2018)
(+) Significant Swandari & Sadikin (2016)
Rindawati (2015)
Profitability
Maiyarni et al.,(2014)
(-) Significant Rofiqkoh (2016)
Ratna & Bagus (2016)
(+) Significant Ratna & Bagus (2016)
Swandari & Sadikin (2016)
Size (-) Significant
Rindawati (2015)
CSR Not Significant Maiyarni et al., (2014)
(+) Significant Purnasiwi (2010)
Erwati (2014)
Swandari & Sadikin (2016)
Leverage (-) Significant
Ratna & Bagus (2016)
Rindawati (2015)
Not Significant Isnaini (2017)
Elvina et al.,(2016)
Institutional (+) Significant
Zulvina et al., (2017)
Ownership
(-) Significant Swandari & Sadikin (2016)
(+) Significant Ayu & Suarjaya (2017)
CSR (-) Significant Ratna & Bagus (2016)
Not Significant Dewi & Wirawati (2018)
(+) Significant Dewi & Wirawati (2018)
Triagustina (2015)
Profitability (-) Significant
Ratna & Bagus (2016)
Firm Value
Not Significant Khumairoh et al.,(2016)
Pramana & Mustanda (2016)
(+) Significant
Khumairoh et al., (2016)
Firm Size
(-) Significant Rambe & Torong (2014)
Not Significant Nurminda et al.,(2017)
Leverage (+) Significant Wihardjo (2014)

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Khumairoh et al.,(2016)
Putri (2016)
Ogolmagai (2013)
(-) Significant Nurminda et al.,(2017)
Ratna & Bagus (2016)
Not Significant Isnaini (2017)
Farshid et al., (2014)
(+) Significant
Institutional Elva Nuraina (2012)
Ownership (-) Significant Wahyudi dan Pawestri (2006)
Not Significant Siddik (2017)
Source: various journals published

Based on data from inconsistent phenomena and research gaps that have been summarized among variables, namely
profitability, size, leverage, and institutional ownership of CSR, the value of the company is inconsistent, so further
research is essential. The objectives of this study are as follows: (1) Analyzing the effect of profitability (ROA), size,
leverage (DER) and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) on firm value (PBV). (2) Analyzing the impact of
profitability (ROA), size, leverage (DER) and institutional ownership on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). (3)
Analyzing the impact of profit gain (ROA) in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) after being influenced by
moderating variables, namely institutional ownership. (4) Analyzing the effect of profitability (ROA) on firm value
after being influenced by the moderating variable namely institutional ownership. (5) Analyzing the effect of
profitability (ROA), size, leverage (DER) on firm value (PBV) after being influenced by the corporation awareness
towards society(CSR) as an intercede variable.
2. Theoretical Framework and Hypotheses
Legitimacy is a psychological condition that states the partiality of people and groups who are very sensitive to the
symptoms of the surrounding environment, both physical and non-physical (Hadi, 2011). Legitimacy can be obtained
if there is a match between the existence of a company and the existence of a value system that exists in society and
the environment. The legitimacy of the company will be threatened if there is a shift towards nonconformity (Deegan
and Tobin, 2002). Therefore, in the eyes of stakeholders, significant factors to support the company's image and
reputation are corporate legitimacy (Hadi, 2011). Thus, the disclosure of information on Corporate Social
Responsibility (CSR) can be applied as a foundation for the construction of enterprise strategy. Moreover, the
long-term investment and the disclosure of CSR information has benefits in improving image and legitimacy.
According to The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), CSR is a business dedication
contributing to sustainable economic development, by collaborating their employees, families, communities and the
general public to upgrade the quality of life. There are laws which regulate corporate awareness towards society in
Indonesia and they are the Limited Liability Company Law No.40 of 2007 article 74, and Law No.19 of 2003
concerning SOEs are then elaborated in more detail by Minister of BUMN State Regulation No.4 of 2007 which
administered the CSR starting from the number of funds to the procedures for implementation. The level of
disclosure of information on corporate social responsibility assessed through the activities carried out by 7
companies was then measured using the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). This is an organization-based network
that has introduced the development of the world, using mostly the framework of the sustainability report and is
performed to continue making improvements and implementations throughout the world (www.globalreporting.org).
The declaration of CSR activities is a good cue for investors and stakeholders showing that the company is active in
implementing CSR activities, and the company's market value is in a good position. A good corporate social
performance assists the company to gain a reputation from the capital and tally market so as to make the value of a
company increase. Signal theory states that the company's executives have more knowledge of the enterprise. This
shall encourage companies to transfer this knowledge to prospective investors so that the company's stock price shall
increases. If profitability increases, the company is increasingly active in expressing social responsibility and the
environment. Dewi and Wirawati (2018) stated that the high level of company profitability was due to good
performance achievements which would have an impact on the increasing measures of the company's resources

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where the company would get a lot of public attention. The company will make CSR disclosures more broadly so
that the existence of the company can be accepted by stakeholders in order to make sure the survival of the enterprise
and obtain greater profits in the future. Recent empirical evidence shows that companies with good ratings on material
sustainability CSR issues significantly outperform companies with a poor rating on sustainability issues (Khan et al.,
2016; Rezaee et al., 2019).
Based on agency theory, the greater the agency costs owned by large companies, the wider the disclosure of
information is implemented to minimize the organization’s spend. In addition, big enterprises are issuers that are
widely highlighted, a bigger revelation is a reduction in political costs as a manifestation of corporate social
responsibility (Sembiring, 2005). Cowen et al., (1987) suggest that large companies may have shareholders who
focusing on social programs created by the enterprise in annual reports, which are media to disseminate information
about social enterprise responsibility. CSR is a shape of social responsibility carried out by the company to all
stakeholders in the social and environmental environment in matters relating to the company's operational activities.
Presently the company is not only faced with a form of single bottom line responsibility, which is only on financial
responsibility but also demanded on the triple bottom line responsibility. All of which has its responsibility on the
financial, environmental and social dimensions. CSR plays an important role in connecting consumers with socially
responsible companies, and loyal consumers are willing to pay higher prices for goods and services provided by the
company, which in turn positively affects the value of company (Chang et al., 2019; Lev et al., 2010; Servaes and
Tamayo, 2013).
According to legitimacy theory, companies should provide disclosure of social activities to ensure the survival of the
enterprise and the actuality of the organization can be accepted by society. If the company has a good image in the
community, consumers will be interested in using the product. Firm value is a reference for investors regarding
interest in investing. Firm value is seen from stock prices and company profits as a result of investors investing in the
company. With companies conducting CSR activities, companies can give a good image to companies to external
parties. In addition, the company can also maximize shareholder capital, corporate reputation and the long-drawn
sustainability of the organization. With support from the environment in the company, the company will also get a
good reputation and existence and will raise the rate of the enterprise. CSR is an element that is considered to raise
the value of the related enterprise.
Based on signaling theory, the size of the company is interpreted as a positive signal received by investors that the
company has good prospects. Khumairoh et al., (2016) explained that if the size of the company is getting bigger, the
company will find it easier to obtain internal and external funding sources. According to agent theory, agency
conflict arises because of the separation between ownership and management of the company. This is because
principals and agents have conflicting interests with each other, where principals and agents try to maximize their
utility. Corporate Social Responsibility is one way to bolster the relationship between the company and stakeholders
because it is a form of balance between economic, environmental and community interests. In agency theory,
managers as agents have a responsibility to principals to disclose CSR as a form of corporate social responsibility.
Institutional ownership is a company proprietorship that shares by institutions or organization outside the company.
This such organizational proprietorship is presumed to be a successful observing system in every resolution done by
the manager. An elevated degree of organizational proprietorship will lead to bigger monitoring measures done by
organizational investors so that it creates hinder on manager's practical behavior. Institutional ownership has a strong
motivation to carry out tighter supervision of activities that occur within the company. Because the main task of
management is to prosper the owners of capital, with the existence of institutional ownership that strictly controls the
activities of the company will help management efforts to maximize the value of the company. Therefore, high
institutional ownership will strengthen the effect of CSR on Firm value. The company executes many CSR activities
based on the profits obtained by the company. The more profit the company gets, the more CSR activities the
company does, and vice versa. So, when a company tries to boost CSR activities, the company is more likely to get a
CSR Award. If the company wins the CSR Award, the information should be well responded to investors. Where the
response is in the form of increased stock prices and increased stock trading volume as well. In this regard, investors
will think that the company that won the award has carried out CSR activities to the maximum extent possible. That
is what will affect the stock price, where the stock price is a reflection of the value of the company.
Leverage is proxied by DER (Debt to Equity Ratio), the higher the level of the leverage ratio, the more likely the
company will violate the debt agreement so that the company will attempt to report higher current profits. In order
for reported profits to be high, managers must reduce costs, including costs incurred to disclose social information
(CSR). CSR presents social information carried out by the company which investors will later respond to. The

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response given by investors can affect the volume of stock trading for companies while the products produced by
companies that implement CSR will also be favored by consumers so that company profits will increase. Therefore,
if CSR practices are implemented properly, it is expected that the company will be valued properly by investors.
Based on signaling theory, when profitability decreases the price Company shares also declined as a result of the
signal accepted by investors that the company does not promise good prospects in the future front, thus affecting the
rate of the organization. The bigger the scope or scale of the enterprise, the easier it will be for the enterprise to
collect funding sources both internally and externally. In addition, large companies are considered to be relatively
more stable in producing profits so that they attract investors (Chen and Shun, 2011). This is in accordance with
agency theory, where large companies are having bigger agency’s costs which will reveal more extensive
information to reduce agency’s spend including Corporate CSR. Besides that large companies are issuers that are
highlighted a lot, the disclosure of greater is a reduction in political costs as a form of corporate social responsibility
(Sembiring, 2005). Sembiring (2005) states that larger companies with high operating activities and greater influence
on society will have shareholders who may be focusing to social programs made by the organization, therefore
annual reports will be used to disseminate information about social responsibility company.
According to the theory of social legitimacy that companies have contracts with the community to carry out their
activities based on the values of justice, and how companies respond to various interest groups to legitimize
company actions (Haniffa et al., 2005). Further emphasizes that CSR influences investors' valuation besides the size
of the company that promises a stable stock return. The larger the capacity of the company, the greater the pressure
and responsibility for stakeholders would be. From the theoretical foundation, research gap, and gap phenomena, the
alternative research hypothesis can be concluded as follows:
H1: ROA has a positive effect on CSR.
H2: Size has a positive effect on CSR.
H3: Leverage has a negative effect on CSR.
H4: CSR has a positive effect on PBV.
H5: ROA has a positive effect on PBV.
H6: Size has a positive effect on PBV.
H7: Leverage has a negative effect on PBV.
H8: Institutional proprietorship moderates the relationship between CSR and firm value.
H9: Institutional proprietorship moderates the relationship between profit gain and firm value.
H10: CSR mediates the relationship between profit gain and firm value.
H11: CSR mediates the relationship between leverage and firm value.
H12: CSR mediates the relationship between firm size and firm value.
3. Methods
3.1 Data Collection and Sample
The information gathering method used in this study is documentation method by recording and copying data
obtained from Bloomberg site and manufacturing company's annual financial reports on the period of 2013-2017
contained in the Indonesia Stock Exchange.

Table 2. Operational definition of variables

Variable Proxy Information Formula Scale
Price to Book PBV Calculation of firm value by Rasio
Ratio dividing the value of shares by
the book value of the company
Return on ROA ROA is being taken to estimate Rasio
Asset the capability of the
management of the enterprise
to obtain profits (profits) as a

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whole
Firm Size SIZE Firm size is measured using Rupiah
total assets
Debt to Equity DER Debt Equity Ratio (DER) is the Rasio
Ratio calculation in comparing debt
and capital to measure the size
of the ratio
Institutional INST Total shares owned by a Rasio
Ownership company by another institution
in one year
Corporate An activity or plan Score
Social implemented by the company 𝑋𝑦𝑖
Responsibility (based on the capability of the 𝐶𝑆𝑅𝐷𝑖 =
company)
𝑛𝑖
as a part of their awareness
toward society/environment
surrounding the company

Table 3. Number of samples

Criteria Number of Samples
Total population 144
Manufacturing companies listed on the IDX in a row during the period 2013 - 2017. 127
Manufacturing companies that publish annual financial reports with Rupiah during the
97
period 2013 - 2017.
Manufacturing companies that publish sustainability reports or other social information
60
in succession during the period of 2013-2017.
Number of Samples 300

Preliminary data from this study were 300 data. However, after eliminating 33 data on the data that was considered
has extreme values, the observational data now amounts to 267 data considered free of outliers and worthy of
processing in research.

Table 4. Descriptive statistics research variables

N Minimum Maximum Mean Std. Deviation
ROA 267 -0,27 0,58 0,11 0,12
DER 267 0,00 0,81 0,12 0,13
SIZE 267 23,3 33,2 28,19 1,65
CSR 267 0,03 0,33 0,15 0,06
PBV 267 -2,12 4,14 0,43 1,17
INST 267 0,11 3,23 0,66 0,37
Valid N (listwise) 267
Source: Secondary data processed, 2018

In Table 4 provides information that the number of outlier free data and feasible to use in this study are as many as
267 data on a manufacturing company listed on the IDX for the period 2013 - 2017.

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Table 5. Coefficient of determination test ( )

Model R R Square Adjusted R Square Std. Error of the Estimate
a
1 ,429 ,184 ,168 ,060801945
a. Predictor: (Constant), ROA, DER, SIZE, INST, ROA. INST
b. Dependent variable: CSR

From Table 5 it can be seen that the adjusted R square value is 0.168 or 16.8%. Therefore it can be analyzed that
16.8% of CSR variables can be described by the independent variables ROA, DER, and SIZE with the rest of 83.2%
is described by other variables outside the research model.

Table 6. Partial test results (t-Test)

Model Unstandardized Coefficients Standardized t Sig.
Coefficients
B Std. Error Beta
1 (Constant) -4,707 ,751 -6,265 ,000
ROA 6,476 ,364 ,671 17,794 ,000
DER -,194 ,551 -,021 -,352 ,725
SIZE ,158 ,027 ,219 5,773 ,000
INST -,088 ,139 -,028 -,627 ,531
ROA.INST ,065 ,033 ,086 1,985 ,048
CSR 1,969 ,680 ,112 2,896 ,004
a. Dependent Variable: PBV

3.2 Path Analysis

Path analysis is used to test intervening variables and moderating variables in this study. According to Ghozali (2011)
Path analysis is an extension of the regression analysis used to estimate causality between variables (casual types)
that previously been classified based on the theory. Besides that, path analysis cannot be used to determine causal
relationships and also cannot be used as a substitution to see causality between variables. This method can only be
used to determine the pattern of relationships among three or more variables and not to accepting or reject the
imaginary causality hypothesis (Ghozali, 2011).
The path diagram shows explicitly the causality between variable based on theory. In the preparation of path
diagrams, the relationship between variables is indicated by one arrow. Every p-value reflects paths and path
coefficients. The diagram above can be explained that variable X has a direct relationship to variable Y. But the
variable X indirectly also has a relationship with the variable Y through the intermediary of variable M. The direct
relationship means nothing variable that mediates the relationship between the two variables. Whereas relationships
indirectly mean there is a third variable that connects or mediate between the two variables. This study uses
intervening variables that profitability proxied by ROE. Path analysis is used to analyze strength construct among
variables for indirect, direct and total influence independent variable on the dependent variable. Path analysis in this
study presented as follows:

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Figure 1. Path analysis of the effect of PBV with CSR as intervening variables

4. Discussion
From Figure 1 can be seen the results of multiple linear regression analysis. The value of beta standardized
coefficients and values is obtained error obtained from the calculation √ ((1-R ^ 2)) of each equation. The value will
then be used to examine the direct and indirect connection among independent variables on the dependent variable.

Table 7. Summary of hypothesis tests

Hypotheses Result Conclusion
ROA has a positive effect on CSR Significant Accepted
DER has a positive effect on CSR Not significant Rejected
SIZE has a positive effect on CSR Significant Accepted
CSR has a positive effect on PBV Significant Accepted
ROA has a positive effect on PBV Significant Accepted
DER has a negative effect on PBV Not significant Rejected
SIZE has a positive effect on PBV Significant Accepted
Institutional ownership does not moderate the impact of ROA on CSR Not moderate Rejected
Institutional ownership moderates the impact of ROA on PBV Moderate Accepted
CSR does not mediate the effect of ROA on PBV Not mediating Rejected
CSR mediates the effect of DER on PBV Mediate Accepted
CSR mediates the effect of SIZE on PBV Mediate Accepted

Based on the test in hypothesis 1 the results are that profitability has a positive and outstanding impact on CSR. Thus
hypothesis 1 is accepted. This statement is evident from the value of the regression coefficient possessed by ROA on
CSR with a positive direction of 0.111 and an outstanding value of 0.001 where it has less significance rate of 0.05.
therefore the profit gain (ROA) has a positive and outstanding impact on CSR. This means that the higher the value
of ROA will increase the CSR activities of manufacturing companies. ROA is reflected in the number of profits
obtained by corporate, where the higher profits obtained by the enterprise, it shows that the company is profitable.
Companies with high profitability are due to the existence of good work performance so that it shall provide an effect
for the increasing size of the corporate's resources where the company will get a lot of public attention.
The company will make CSR disclosures more broadly so that the existence of the company can be accepted by
stakeholders to ensure the enterprise withstand. The results of the study are in accordance with the results of
Nurizza's study (2017), Anak Agung & Ni Gst. Putu (2018), Ni Ketut & Ida Bagus (2016), Meita (2015) which states
that profitability (ROA) has a positive and outstanding impact on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). Based on
the test on the second hypothesis shown the results that influence (DER) has a positive but not considerable effect on

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CSR. Thus hypothesis 2 is rejected. This statement is evident from the coefficient value the regression owned by
DER on ROE with a positive direction of 0.004 and significance value of 0.233 where the value is greater than the
level significance of 0.05. So that leverage (DER) has a positive and no effect significant impact on Corporate Social
Responsibility (CSR). This means that the value of DER will reduce the disclosure of CSR of manufacturing
companies, but the effect is not significant. DER has a significant positive effect.
Increasing the leverage ratio shows the company's high need for fresh funds, besides the high value of leverage also
reveals the company's dependence on debt which can create risks for the survival of the company. The more frequent
and increasing company leverage, the more market assumptions that conclude that companies have a high
dependence on debt and the higher the risk of investment. Increasing debt position is considered as a step back for
management because it will affect the existence of the company and enlarge the company's risk of experiencing
distress has triggered negative sentiment which has led to a decline in the disclosure of Corporate Social
Responsibility (CSR) in manufacturing enterprises on the Indonesia Stock Exchange. Agency theory explains that
the more the level of leverage will reduce the level of disclosure of CSR carried out by the company so as not to be
the spotlight of debt collectors (debtholders). The outcomes of this study are in line with the research’s outcomes
from Nurizza et al., (2017) which states that Leverage (DER) has a positive and there is no outstanding effect on
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).
The test outcomes on hypothesis 3 state that SIZE significantly positive effect on CSR, then hypothesis 3 is accepted.
These results are evident from the SIZE regression coefficient with a positive direction amounting to 0.012 and a
significance rate of 0,000 where the value itself is far smaller compared to the outstanding level of 0.05. Firm size
(SIZE) has a positive effect significantly towards Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) means that any increase that
occurs in the company’s measurement or the whole assets owned by the CSR activities carried out by the company
will also be more widespread and increasing. The size of the company is reflected in the size of the company's total
assets, where the high number of assets owned provides evidence of the company's reliability. Besides that,
companies with large assets have good working stability and able to generate higher profits because of the many
resources owned. This is related to agency theory, where big companies with greater organizational costs will
disclose wider information to reduce the agency's spent. In addition, large companies are issuers that are widely
highlighted, greater disclosure is a reduction in political costs as a manifestation of corporate social responsibility
(Sembiring, 2005). The outcomes of the study are in accordance with the results of research conducted by Ni Ketut
& Ida Bagus (2016) which stated that the company’s measure has a positive and significant impact on Corporate
Social Responsibility (CSR).
Based on the hypothesis 4 testing states that CSR positive and significant effect on PBV, then hypothesis 4 is
accepted. Thing This is evident from the results of the CSR regression coefficient with a positive direction of 1.969
with a significant point of 0.004 where the point is much smaller than 0.05. It was concluded that CSR had a positive
positive effect on PBV. This statement means that the wider the disclosure of CSR by the company will increase the
value of the company. Disclosure of CSR can increase firm value because stakeholder theory emphasizes that
companies must disclose information CSR activities as a form of corporate responsibility towards parties
stakeholders affected by the existence of the company (Chairiri and Ghozali, 2007) Not only increases the value of
the enterprise, but it will gain a reputation and existence that are good in the eyes of the community with the support
of these CSR activities. The results of this study are in accordance with the research from Ayu & Suarjaya (2017)
which mentioned that CSR has a positive and outstanding impact effect on firm value (PBV).
Based on the hypothesis 5 testing states that ROA positive and significant effect on PBV, then hypothesis 5 is
accepted. This is evident from the regression coefficient outcomes of ROA with a positive direction of 6.476 with an
outstanding value of 0,000 where the value is much smaller than 0.05. Then it was concluded that the profit gain
(ROA) has a remarkable positive effect on firm value (PBV). The statement has a meaning that any increase that
occurs in profitability is the value of the company that will increase as well and vice versa. ROA has a positive and
outstanding effect on firm value. ROA as a reflection of the company's capability to generate profits from its own
capital. ROA indicates how much profit the investor will receive, so investors will be more interested in companies
that have high returns. This result is in line with theoretical signaling where when ROA increases it is considered a
signal for investors that good prospects are coming in. The increasing potential profit of the company will increase
investor confidence in the demand for shares so resulting in high stock prices which also impact on the increase of
enterprise’s value. The outcomes of the study are in accordance with the results of the study from Dewi & Wirawati
(2018) which states that the profit gain (ROA) has a positive and outstanding effect on firm value (PBV).

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Based on the hypothesis 6 testing obtained the results that Leverage (DER) has no outstanding negative impact on
firm value (PBV), therefore hypothesis 6 is rejected. This is evident from the regression coefficient of DER with a
negative direction of -0.194 with a remarkable rate of 0.725 where the rate is more than 0.05. It shows that the level
of low and high leverage does not give any impact on the corporate’s value. By considering this matter, it shows that
investors will not respond to management decisions in addition to debt. The outcomes of the study are in accordance
with the research from Hidayah (2014) with Nurminda et al.,(2017), namely leverage has a negative effect and but it
does not have the significant impact on firm value (PBV).
Based on the hypothesis 7 testing obtained the outcomes that the measurement of the company (SIZE) has a
remarkable positive effect on firm value (PBV), then hypothesis 7 is accepted. This is derived from the regression
coefficient value SIZE with a positive direction of 0.158 with an outstanding value of 0,000 where the value is a way
smaller than 0.05. SIZE has a positive effect significant to PBV which means that the total increases assets or size of
the organization, the value of the company will also increase. The size of the organization has a positive and
remarkable effect on PBV. Large companies are measured by the number of assets they have in which large
companies have good operational performance and are considered established. This is according to the signaling
theory where the increasing reliability of the company is interpreted as a positive signal for investors to consider that
the enterprise has good prospects in the future. Increasing investor confidence and interest will result in rising stock
prices which ultimately increases the rate of the enterprise. The outcomes of the study are in accordance with the
research outcomes from Pramana & Mustanda (2016) and Khumairoh et al., (2016) which stated that size of the
company has a significant positive effect on firm value.
The result in testing hypothesis 8 had shown that institutional proprietorship which use to be a moderate variable was,
in fact, cannot moderate or strengthen the effect of ROA on CSR, thus hypothesis 8 is rejected. This is evident from
the regression coefficient value of ROA * INST with a positive direction of 0.003 with an outstanding point of 0.291
where the rate is greater compared to 0.05. Based on the study conducted it can be concluded that Institutional
Ownership is not able to moderate or strengthen the relationship between ROA on CSR. Companies with
Institutional ownership do not necessarily get strict and professional supervision by the owner's institution to raise
the value of the company. Thus, Institutional Ownership cannot build up the impact of ROA on Corporate Social
Responsibility.
In hypothesis 9 testing had shown that organizational ownership which acts as a moderating variable can moderate or
strengthen the influence of profitability (ROA) on firm value (PBV), then hypothesis9 is accepted. This is evident
from the regression coefficient value of ROA * INST with a positive direction of 0.065 with an outstanding value of
0.048 where the value is below 0.05. Institutional proprietorship is one of among other factors which may affect the
corporate achievement. The right of possession on Enterprise by the institutional investor will push the increased of
maximum supervision the performance of management because share ownership represents a source of power that
can be used to support or vice versa to management performance. The greater the proprietorship of financial
organizations, the greater the power of voice and the encouragement of financial organizations to supervise the
management and consequently will provide a greater impetus to optimize the grade of the enterprise so that
enterprise’s profit gain shall also rise.
In hypothesis 10 test the results that CSR as an intervening variable cannot mediate the impact of ROA on enterprise
value (PBV), then hypothesis 10 is rejected. This is obtained from the results of the Sobel test where t count is
smaller than t table (0.08 <1.65). This means that profitability cannot increase firm value supported by CSR activities
done by the company. The results of this study are in accordance with the results of Agung (2018), Ketut & Bagus
(2016), Nurizza (2017) which states that CSR cannot mediate the impact of ROA on enterprise value.
In the hypothesis 11 test the results show that CSR as an intervening variable can mediate the impact of leverage
(DER) on firm grade (PBV), then the hypothesis 11 is accepted. This is obtained from the results of the Sobel test
where t count is smaller than t table (5.50 <1.65). The amount of the debt to equity ratio reflects the high debt used
by the company to fund its assets. While the high debt will increase the burden and risk borne by the company. But
the magnitude of the company's burden due to the use of debt does not have an outstanding effect on the decline of
profitability in manufacturing companies in 2013-2017. Therefore, CSR is able to mediate the influence of leverage
(DER) on firm value. Besides that, it can also be concluded that high and low debt does not have an effect on the
grade of the company through profits obtained.
Based on hypothesis 12 shows that CSR as an intervening variable successfully mediates the influence of firm size
on firm value (PBV), then hypothesis 12 is accepted. This is evident from the value of the Sobel test where the grade
of t count is greater than the grade of t table (5.57> 1.65). The results of this study conclude that Manufacturing

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companies in the Indonesia Stock Exchange can increase the value of their company by increasing the size of the
company or the whole assets owned. By increasing assets, the company can also increase the profit generated
because of the abundance of resources owned. High profitability will increase investor confidence so that it can
increase the company's stock price. Thus indirectly measures of the company can increase the company’s point
through its benefits.
5. Conclusion
For a company, based on results of the study, it is known that partially the independent variable which has the highest
coefficient value and most significant influence in determining the Price to Book Value is Return On Assets. The
coefficient value of ROA is 6.476 and significance value of 0.000 at a significant level of 0.05. Furthermore, the
independent variable partially has the second major influence after ROA is CSR which has a coefficient point of 1.969
and a significant point of 0.004 at a significance level of 0.05. After that, the company’s measured with a coefficient
value of 0.158 and an outstanding value of 0.000. Furthermore, partially the variable that contains the least influence
on Price to Book Value is leverage (Debt to Equity Ratio) where this variable has a coefficient value of 0.126 with an
outstanding value of 0.002. Thus the factor that is quite effected on the value of the company is the profitability that the
company has successfully obtained. Therefore, it is expected that the management of the company can increase its net
profit. Because high profitability will provide an indication of good company prospects, therefore, it can attract
investors to raise the demand for their shares. Furthermore, increasing stock demand will cause the company's value to
increase.
For prospective investors, you can use the results of this study as a reference for consideration before deciding to
invest in order to get results in accordance with expectations. Referring to the results of the study, it was found that
the factors that most influence the value of the company are Return On Assets (ROA) and Corporate Social
Responsibility (CSR). So that it is expected that investors and prospective investors from now on not only use the
company's profitability in considering investment decisions.
The results of this study should be interpreted with caution because of the limitations. First, this study only tests the
relationship between firm value improvement strategy, corporate social responsibility, and institutional ownership and
does not establish any causal relationship between them. Corporate social responsibility can influence firm value
improvement as well as be influenced by it. Second, many factors can influence management decisions to focus on
corporate social responsibility, such as moral obligations, government requirements, and maintaining good reputation
and sustainability, which are not directly discussed in this study. Therefore, future research that examines the
relationship between firm value improvement strategy, corporate social responsibility, and institutional ownership
should discuss the changes in public opinion, development of moral values and social standards about business roles.
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