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The development of the financial sector in Indonesia encourages companies to  enhance their value through optimal dividend policies. This study aims to analyze the influence of profitability, leverage, investment opportunity set, and free cash flow on dividend policy among banking sector companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange. Utilizing a literature review method, this research examines 40 articles and journals published between 2019 and 2024 to explore the relationships between these variables. Based on agency theory and signaling theory, dividend policy is influenced by internal factors such as profitability and free cash flow, as well as strategic decisions related to leverage and investment opportunities. The findings indicate that each variable affects dividend policy differently, depending on the company’s circumstances and management strategies. These insights are expected to serve as a reference for future studies and as guidance for corporate management in effectively managing dividend policies to attract investors and enhance company value.

This research aims to analyze the influence of financial distress, free cash flow, and earning power on earnings management. The sample for this research is mining companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (BEI), totaling 17 companies during the 2018-2022 period. Data was taken from the company's financial reports using a purposive sampling method. The type of hypothesis testing used is the T test (partial) with multiple linear regression analysis. The research results show that financial distress has a positive effect on earnings management, free cash flow has a negative effect on earnings management, while earning power has no effect on earnings management.

Free cash flow is a way to calculate the remaining cash flow that is not used for investment or operations. The purpose of this study is to determine how the variables net profit, depreciation, and changes in investment have an effect on free cash flow recorded on the Indonesia Stock Exchange during the period 2018-2023. This study uses a quantitative approach method. The results of this study indicate that Net Profit has a positive and significant effect on Free Cash Flow, Depreciation has a positive and significant effect on Free Cash Flow, and Changes in Investment have a negative and insignificant effect on Free Cash Flow.    

The purpose of this literature review is to examine the factors that influence dividend policy. This study reviews existing literature on dividend policy and identifies several factors that affect a company's decision to pay dividends. These factors include profitability, liquidity, free cash flow, firm size, leverage, company life cycle, and asset turnover. This study finds that these factors interact with each other and affect a company's ability to pay dividends. The findings of this study provide insights for companies to develop effective dividend policies that balance investor interests and financial performance. This study also highlights the limitations of existing research and suggests avenues for future research.

Good audit quality is an important factor in ensuring the integrity and reliability of an entity's financial reports. This research aims to examine the influence of free cash flow and audit committee effectiveness on audit quality. Free cash flow reflects the availability of financial resources for a company to finance operational and audit activities. Meanwhile, an effective audit committee can ensure adequate oversight of the financial reporting and audit processes. This research uses panel data which includes companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange during the 2018-2022 period. Free cash flow is measured using the ratio of operating cash flow to total assets, while audit committee effectiveness is measured using a composite score that includes the audit committee's independence, expertise and activities. Audit quality is assessed based on proxies such as the size of the public accounting firm, auditor industry specialization, and audit fees. The research results show that free cash flow and audit committee effectiveness have a significant positive influence on audit quality. Companies with high free cash flow tend to have adequate resources to pay higher audit fees, thereby encouraging auditors to carry out a more in-depth and quality audit process. In addition, an effective audit committee can ensure good oversight of the financial reporting and audit process, thereby improving audit quality. These findings provide important implications for companies and regulators in improving audit quality through managing free cash flow and establishing effective audit committees. Future research can explore other factors that influence audit quality and include relevant control variables.