International Journal of Emerging Markets
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The role of digital payments in overspending behavior: a mental accounting perspective
Mohay Ud Din Shah, Ikram Ullah Khan, Naimat U. KhanThe paper examines how individuals can be susceptible to payment biases in the context of digital payment behavior by utilizing the concept of mental accounting. Furthermore, the…
The impact of open innovation on international revenues: the moderating roles of digital transformation and strategic differentiation
XiaoHong Wang, XiangYu LuanThe purpose of this article is to explore the impact of open innovation on international revenues, as well as the moderating role of digital transformation and strategic…
Determinants of digital technology adoption in sub-Sahara Africa: Ghana
Felicia Naatu, Felix Sena Selormey, Stephen NaatuThis study delves into how perceived ease of use and perceived usefulness impacts consumer attitude and intention to adopt digital technologies in Ghana.
Tech for stronger financial market performance: the impact of AI on stock price crash risk in emerging market
Shuangyan Li, Muhammad Waleed Younas, Umer Sahil Maqsood, R. M. Ammar ZahidThe increasing awareness and adoption of technology, particularly artificial intelligence (AI), reshapes industries and daily life, fostering a proactive approach to risk…
Comparing Islamic and conventional stock markets in GCC: a TVP-VAR analysis
Muhammad Abubakr Naeem, Shabeer Khan, Mohd Ziaur RehmanThis study investigates the dynamic interdependence between Islamic and conventional stock markets in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) economies and the influence of global…
Do strategic management, innovation and social capital matter for firm performance in developing countries? Evidence from Morocco, Tunisia and Egypt
Nizar Becheikh, Mohammed BouaddiUsing the resource-based view and dynamic capabilities theory, we explore the impact of strategic management practices, innovation and social capital on small and medium-sized…
Political relations and trade cooperation of the Belt and Road initiative: research on trade network based on strategic emerging industries
Xin-Yi Wang, Bo Chen, Na HouThe purpose of this study is to examine the impact of political relations on trade in strategic emerging industries (SEIs) in the Belt and Road initiative (BRI) associated…
Towards the environment of legitimacy: Do the institutional quality and policy uncertainty matter for the performance of stock markets of South Asian countries?
Ather Azim Khan, Muhammad Ramzan, Shafaqat Mehmood, Wing-Keung WongThis paper assesses the environment of legitimacy by determining the role of institutional quality and policy uncertainty on the performance of five major South Asian stock…
Firm density and entrepreneurship in national high-tech zones: the moderation role of national high-tech zone age
Bojun Hou, Yifan Zhu, Jin Hong, Jingjun Wei, Shuai WangBased on the density dependence theory, this paper attempts to explore how two types of interdependence among firms located in the same national high-tech zones (NHTZs) …
Efficiency of the options market and arbitrage strategy: a meta-analysis
Saeed Fathi, Zeinab FazelianThe empirical studies of the options market efficiency have reported contradictory results, which sometimes confuse practitioners and academicians. The aim of this study was to…
Bond yield spreads and exchange market pressure in emerging countries
Oguzhan Ozcelebi, Jose Perez-Montiel, Carles ManeraMight the impact of the financial stress on exchange markets be asymmetric and exposed to regime changes? Departing from the existing literature, highlighting that the domestic…
Geographic dispersion, tax administration and corporate tax burden: evidence from China
Jian Xie, Jiaxin Wang, Tianyi LeiFrom the perspective of local government tax administration, the impact of geographic dispersion on the corporate tax burden is investigated in this paper.
Understanding dollar dynamics and SME performance in GCC economies
Nadia Yusuf, Inass Salamah Ali, Tariq ZubairThis study investigates the impact of US dollar volatility and oil rents on the performance of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC…
Learning generatively to facilitate marketing innovation of international joint ventures in emerging markets
Truong Quang Do, Nguyen Dinh Tho, Nguyen-Hau LeThis study aims to investigate a mediation model in which generative learning positively affects marketing innovation and both organizational control and relationship openness…
The joint effect of value diversity and emotional intelligence on team creativity: evidence from Vietnam
Nhu Ngoc Nguyen, Phong Tuan Nham, Yoshi TakahashiThis study aims to examine the relationship between a team’s value diversity (VD) and creativity and investigate the moderating effect of emotional intelligence (EI) to explain…
Family embeddedness and next generation aspirations to take over the family business: insights from the MENA region
Safiya Mukhtar Alshibani, Abdullah M. AljarodiThis study delves into the aspirations of young individuals to assume leadership roles in their family businesses. It assesses the impact of family embeddedness and the perception…
How does rapid internationalization explain emerging-market multinationals' innovation? The moderating role of organizational capacity
Xiaoyuan LiThe purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of rapid internationalization by emerging-market multinational enterprises (EMNEs) on their innovation performance. It also…
Understanding corruption in India: determinants, nonlinear dynamics and policy implications
Kumar Shaurav, Abdhut Deheri, Badri Narayan RathThe purpose of this research is to evaluate corruption in the context of India, spanning the period between 1988 and 2021. Additionally, it aims to provide an in-depth…
The effect of sovereign credit ratings on democracy in sub-Saharan Africa
Sean Gossel, Misheck MutizeThis study investigates (1) whether democratization drives sovereign credit ratings (SCR) changes (the “democratic advantage”) or whether SCR changes affect democratization, (2…
The effect of social media marketing on voting intention; an application of multidimensional panel data
Massoud Moslehpour, Aviral Kumar Tiwari, Sahand Ebrahimi PourfaezThis study examines the effect of social media marketing on voting intention applying a combination of fuzzy logic methodology and a multidimensional panel data model.
Assessing the development of green innovation in China through patent evolution: the hallmark of government policy and private enterprises
Alexandre Coussa, Philippe Gugler, Jonathan ReidyThe purpose of this paper is to develop a comprehensive overview of green innovation (GI) in China, which is carried out by reviewing the evolution of GI from 2000 to 2019, and…
Connectedness across commodities, stocks, exchange rates and bonds markets in Africa: the Covid-19 pandemic case
Robert Owusu Boakye, Lord Mensah, Sanghoon Kang, Kofi OseiThe study measures the total systemic risks and connectedness across commodities, stocks, exchange rates and bond markets in Africa during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Impact of corporate social responsibility on bank performance in emerging markets
Mohsin Shabir, Jiang Ping, Özcan Işik, Kamran RazzaqThis study investigates the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and financial performance of the banking sector from the prospective of emerging countries.
CEO risk preference and M&A payment method: considering the non-economic factors
Jianquan Guo, He ChengThe authors investigate the effects of Chinese acquirer’s chief executive officer (CEO) risk preference on mergers and acquisitions (M&A) payment method and the moderating roles…
Does stock market liberalization promote enterprise green technology innovation?
Lan Wang, Zhonghua ChengThis article aims to clarify the impact of stock market liberalization on corporate green technology innovation, analyze its mechanism from the perspectives of financing…
Impact of announcements on capital market performance in emerging markets: a parametric and non-parametric analysis
Tchai TavorThis research investigates Airbnb’s financial implications in emerging economies and their potential to influence stock market profitability.
Dynamic connectedness among the BRICS markets and the recent pandemic: an application of TVP-VAR approach
Suzan Dsouza, Narinder Pal Singh, Johnson Ayobami OliyideThis study analyses the impact of the Covid-19 on stock market performance of BRICS nations together. BRICS countries comprise almost 30% of the global GDP and around 50% of the…
Investors’ intention toward green investment: an extension of the theory of planned behavior
Waleed Hemdan, Jian ZhangThis study investigates how to motivate behavioral intentions toward green investment (BIGI) with the moderating effect of social media platforms usage (SMPU) among individual…
Does internal control affect corporate environmental responsibility? Evidence from China
Xin Liu, Siyi Liu, Jiani Wang, Hanwen ChenThis study examines the relationship between internal control and corporate environmental responsibility.
Promoting green growth through identification of sustainable strategies: a hybrid approach
Sajid Ullah, Farman Ullah Khan, Imran SaeedThe aim of the paper is to rank and analyze the key strategies to sustainable finance adoption in the manufacturing sector using Fuzzy Delphi method (FDM), Interpretive Structural…
Commodification of academic research in emerging countries
Dana Minbaeva, Bahtiyar O. MinbayevIn this paper we explore potential barriers for commodification of academic research in emerging countries.
Parent company personnel embeddedness and stock price crash risk: evidence from Chinese enterprise groups
Yanxi Li, Delin Meng, YunGe HuThis study aims to investigate the influence of parent company personnel embedding on the stock price crash risk (SPCR) of listed companies, along with the moderating effect of…
Revisiting the debt–growth nexus in sub-Saharan Africa: fresh evidence from panel nonlinear ARDL approach
John Kwaku Amoh, Abdallah Abdul-Mumuni, Richard Amankwa FosuWhile some countries have used debt to drive economic growth, the asymmetric effect on sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries has received little attention in the empirical…
Fostering entrepreneurship and development in rural mountainous regions: the role of SEZs and local economic dynamics in Gilgit-Baltistan
Sajida Batool, Saranjam Baig, Mehmood Khalid, Khalid Mehmood AlamThis study aims to examine the perceptions and opinions of relevant stakeholders regarding entrepreneurship opportunities and growth in the Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) province of…
Economic uncertainty and stock market asymmetric volatility: analysis based on the asymmetric GARCH-MIDAS model
Zaifeng Wang, Tiancai Xing, Xiao WangWe aim to clarify the effect of economic uncertainty on Chinese stock market fluctuations. We extend the understanding of the asymmetric connectedness between economic uncertainty…
The mediating effect of entrepreneurship on financial support and economic growth in African emerging economies
Luisa Tomas Cumba, Xiaoxia Huang, Zenglian Zhang, Sagheer MuhammadThe aim of the research is to examine in depth the relationship between financial support, entrepreneurship and economic growth in emerging African economies.
Crypto goes East: analyzing Bitcoin, technological and regulatory contagions in Asia–Pacific financial markets using asset pricing
Gatot Soepriyanto, Shinta Amalina Hazrati Havidz, Rangga HandikaThis study provides a comprehensive analysis of the potential contagion of Bitcoin on financial markets and sheds light on the complex interplay between technological…
The nexus between cash conversion cycle and operating performance: novel evidence from MENA region
Ilker Yilmaz, Haitham NobaneeThis article examines the relationship between the cash conversion cycle (CCC) and profitability in countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.
Untangling the nexus between supplier relationship management and competitive advantage: insights on the role of procurement performance and supply chain responsiveness
Ishmael Nanaba Acquah, David Asamoah, Caleb Amankwaa Kumi, Joseph Akyeh, Priscilla AgyemangThe study examines the intricate interplay between supplier relationship management (SRM), procurement performance, supply chain responsiveness (SCR) and competitive advantage…
Is COVID-19 a turning point? Evidence from CEOs' investment behavior and risk tolerance
Md Jahidur Rahman, Hongtao Zhu, Sun BeiyiThis study explores the influence of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) career experience on the investment behavior and risk tolerance of chief executive officers (CEOs)…
Drivers of MSME loan defaults using survival analysis: implications for lenders and policy planners
Asish Saha, Lim Hock-Eam, Siew Goh YeokThe authors analyse the determinants of loan defaults in micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) loans in India from the survival duration perspective to draw inferences that…
Institutional theory and multinational corporation internationalization strategy: a systematic review and future research agenda
Anuradha Saikia, Sharad Nath Bhattacharya, Rohit DwivediThis study reviews the literature on institutional theory in international business and examines the institutional factors behind the success or failure of multinational…
Contouring of the regulatory governance framework in emerging economies: a novel multidimensional approach
Brajesh Mishra, Avanish KumarGlobally, the governance has shifted from positivist to the regulatory-centric approach, necessitating accurate contouring of regulatory governance framework. The study proposes a…
Employee treatment and stock price crash risk: evidence from China
Maochuan Wang, Xixiong Xu, Siqi WangThis study aims to examine the impact of employee treatment on stock price crash risk in emerging markets. The study further sheds light on the economic channels and boundary…
Do green bonds reduce CO2 emissions? Evidence from developed and developing nations
Rupjyoti Saha, Santi Gopal MajiThe rapid global economic development in the last century, led by industrialization, brings environmental issues to the forefront as a serious concern. While some country-specific…
Dynamic efficiency in MENA stock markets during COVID-19 outbreak and vaccines
Mohamed Malek Belhoula, Walid Mensi, Kamel NaouiThis paper examines the time-varying efficiency of nine major Middle East and North Africa (MENA) stock markets namely Egypt, Bahrain, UAE, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar…
The effect of tighter tax loss offsetting rules on firms' innovation: evidence from South Korea
Jae Yeon Sim, Natalie Kyung Won Kim, Jeong-Taek KimThis study investigates how the introduction of a stricter loss carryforward offset rule affects firms' innovation.
Analyzing the market performance of Romanian firms: do the COVID-19 crisis and classification type matter?
Alina Cristina Nuta, Ahmed Mohamed Habib, Serdar Neslihanoglu, Tamanna Dalwai, Calin Mihai RanguStock market performance is paramount to every country, as it signifies economic growth, business performance, wealth maximization, savings deployment and consumer confidence…
A wavelet analysis of investing in cryptocurrencies in the Indian stock market
Susovon Jana, Tarak Nath SahuThis study is designed to examine the dynamic interrelationships between four cryptocurrencies (Bitcoin, Ethereum, Dogecoin and Cardano) and the Indian equity market…
Firm size relationship with persistent innovation and employment growth: evidence from an emerging economy
Alejandra Parrao, Tomás Reyes, Alfonso Cruz, Kristel Schön MolinaPrevious evidence has shown a generally positive relationship between continuously developed innovation, known as innovation persistence and employment growth in firms. This study…
Remittance flows and welfare implications: the Nigerian experience
Ikenna Paulinus Nwodo, Ambrose Nnaemeka Omeje, Chukwu Ugwu OkerekeIn Africa, recent data show that Nigeria is the second top remittance recipient behind Egypt, but welfare seems deteriorating. Most related reviewed literature is micro-based with…
Inflation and stock market growth: the case of IPO withdrawal
Fouad Jamaani, Abdullah M. AlawadhiDriven by the anticipated global stagflation, this straightforward yet novel study examines the cost of inflation as a macroeconomic factor by investigating its influence on stock…
State of the art and future scenarios for bio-packaging market transition: evidence from Poland
Barbara Ocicka, Grażyna Kędzia, Jakub BrzezińskiThe purpose of this article is twofold. First, this study characterises the current state of the bio-packaging market's development. Second, it identifies key factors influencing…
Non-financial sustainability reporting and firm reputation. Evidence from Chinese listed companies
Zain Ul Abideen, Han FulingThis study highlights the influence of non-financial sustainability reporting and firm reputation (FR) on the China Stock Exchange. The study is based on the components of…
The determinants of life insurance companies profitability in South Africa: new evidence from a dynamic panel threshold estimation technique
Sylvester Senyo Horvey, Jones Odei-Mensah, Albert MushaiInsurance companies play a significant role in every economy; hence, it is essential to investigate and understand the factors that propel their profitability. Unlike previous…
The effects of social capital on cross-cultural eWOM communication in minority-mainstream consumer interactions on social media
Shalom Levy, Yaniv Gvili, Hayiel HinoSocial media sites facilitate electronic word of mouth (eWOM) communication among consumers of diverse cultures and ethnicities. Based on the theory of planned behaviour (TPB)…
Determinants of young adults' slow fashion attitudes and idea adoption intentions in Canada, China and South Africa
Helen Inseng Duh, Hong Yu, Marike Venter de Villiers, Vladimira Steffek, Dan ShaoLarge, influential and profitable young adults are being targeted for fast fashion that negatively impacts the environment. The transition from a fast to an environmentally…
Market risk exposure determinants during the COVID-19 outbreak: between competitiveness and inequality
Pedro L. Angosto-Fernández, Victoria Ferrández-SerranoThe objective of this research is to identify the economic, demographic, sanitary and even cultural factors which explain the variability in the cross-section of returns in…
How is geopolitical risk associated with food prices?
Ting-Ting Sun, Chi Wei SuThe study investigates the inter-linkages between geopolitical risk (GPR) and food price (FP).
Examining the relationship between fear of COVID-19 and digital financial service usage among Pakistani SMEs
Salman Mahmood, Shuhui Wen, Shoaib Aslam, Muhammad Rizwan Khan, Fahad Ur RehmanThis research aimed to find out both direct and mediating relationships between the fear of COVID-19 (FC) and the usage of digital financial services (UDFS) via mediator financial…
A study on the co-movement and influencing factors of stock markets between India and the other Asia–Pacific countries
Khushboo Aggarwal, V. Raveendra SaradhiThe aim of this study is to examine the nature and determinants of stock market integration between India and other Asia–Pacific countries (Malaysia, Hong Kong, Singapore, South…
The evolution of organizational design: the case of digital startups
Indria Handoko, Hendro A. TjaturprionoAlong their journey to achieve exponential growth, startups must process a vast amount of information and make quick decisions, reevaluate and adjust strategies and simultaneously…
Factors affecting buying decisions of Islamic banking products: the moderating role of religious belief
Husam-Aldin Nizar Al-Malkawi, Shahid Rizwan, Adel SareaThe purpose of this study is to examine the impact of the marketing mix, customer perceptions, and religion on the buying decision of Islamic banking products in an emerging…
Nonstate ownership, agency costs and corporate performance: evidence from Chinese state-owned enterprises
Qi-an Chen, Anze Bao, Junpei Chen, Yi LuThe primary objective of introducing nonstate ownership into state-owned enterprises (SOEs) is to enhance corporate performance. This study explores how nonstate ownership affects…
Is B Corp certification sufficiently attractive to emerging markets? A conceptual study of B Corps in China
Guangming Xiang, Zheng He, Tianli Feng, Zhenzhen FengThis paper aims to explore how firms enter or exit B Corp certification faced with the tension between local and B Corp institutions, providing a better understanding of the…
Economic institutions, political institutions and public debt in Sub-Saharan Africa
Victoria Abena Nutassey, Bomi Cyril Nomlala, Mabutho SibandaThis study assessed the role of political institutions in the relationship between economic institutions and public debt in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Cross-country comparison of operant resources in logistics outsourcing relationships
Ziaul Haque Munim, Dhanavanth Reddy Maditati, Sebastian Kummer, Hans-Joachim SchrammThis study aims to explore the gaps concerning the organizational operant resources (OORs) of logistics service providers (LSPs) expected in outsourcing relationships. The study…
Accounting information quality and cash holdings—Moderating effects based on state ownerships and local appointments
Liangyu Zhu, Yulong SunThe purpose of this study is to explore the continuity and stability of the impact of accounting information quality on cash holdings, and the moderating effect of this…
Causal interactions and financial contagion among the BRICS stock markets under rare events: a Liang causality analysis
Xunfa Lu, Jingjing Sun, Guo Wei, Ching-Ter ChangThe purpose of this paper is to investigate dynamics of causal interactions and financial risk contagion among BRICS stock markets under rare events.
Does gratuitous behaviour promote workplace nonviolence? Exploring the mediating role of constructive deviance
Naval Garg, Nidhi SharmaThis study evaluates gratitude's role in developing nonviolent work behaviour. It also examines the mediating effect of constructive deviance in the relationship between gratitude…
Transgenerational control intention and employment practices of family firms in China
Jiawen Chen, Pengfei Li, Linlin LiuThis study aims to examine the employment practices of family firms in emerging markets. Drawing from the social exchange theory, the authors propose that transgenerational…
Intraday price discovery and volatility transmission between the dual-listed stock index futures and spot markets – new evidence from India
Sivakumar Sundararajan, Senthil Arasu BalasubramanianThis study empirically explores the intraday price discovery mechanism and volatility transmission effect between the dual-listed Indian Nifty index futures traded simultaneously…
Mitigated liability of origin: a more salient category triggered by M&A as an establishment mode
Yan ZuoThis paper aims to explore how the establishment modes used by emerging economy multinational corporations (EE-MNCs) influence their subsequent experiences of liability of origin…
The impact of cryptocurrencies capitalization on banking deposits variability in the UAE: evidence from the NARDL approach
Hatem Ahmed AdelaThis study aims to analyze the effect of cryptocurrency capitalization market development on bank deposits variability in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) spanning the period…
What affects organic farming adoption in emerging economies? A missing link in the Indian agriculture sector
Jitender Kumar, Sudhir Rana, Vinki Rani, Anjali AhujaThis article intends to explore critical factors that affect the adoption of organic farming in emerging economies. The authors respond to the calls from policymakers…
Effects of supply chain learning on green innovation and moderating role of green transformational leadership
Tho Pham, Hai Thanh PhamThis study examines the effect of supply chain (SC) learning (i.e. supplier and customer learnings) on green innovation (i.e. green product and process innovations) and…
Foreign direct investment, technological transfer, employment generation and economic growth: new evidence from Ghana
William Obeng-Amponsah, Erasmus OwusuThis study examines the effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) on employment and economic growth in Ghana and examines the role of technology in these relationships.
Media sentiment, news and liquidity of Chinese property developer stocks amidst the shadow of a mortgage crisis in China
Sergei Gurov, Tamara TeplovaThe study examines the relationship between news intensity, media sentiment and market microstructure invariance-implied measures of trading activity and liquidity of Chinese…
Inclusive business, private sector credit and economic welfare: evidence from Africa
Daniel Ofori-Sasu, Smile Dzisi, Franklin Dodzi OdoomThis paper seeks to examine the interrelationship between inclusive business, private sector credit and economic welfare in Africa.
The derivatives debate: do derivatives disclosures add value during difficult times?
Franz Eduard Toerien, John H. Hall, Leon BrümmerThis study investigates whether the disclosure of derivatives is value relevant in emerging markets and evaluates the effects of the 2008/2009 global financial crisis on the value…
Network connectedness and portfolio hedging of green bonds, stock markets and commodities
Taicir Mezghani, Fatma Ben Hamadou, Mouna Boujelbène-AbbesThis study aims to investigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the time-frequency connectedness between green bonds, stock markets and commodities (Brent and Gold), with a…
Outward foreign direct investment from post-socialist to advanced economies: motives and determinants of Slovene investment in Germany
Andreas M. Hilger, Zlatko Nedelko, Thomas StegerLong regarded as a far-fetched notion, companies from post-socialist economies (PSEs) increasingly compete with companies from advanced economies in their domestic markets and…
Deconstructed entrepreneurial orientation and export performance: mediating role of differentiation and cost leadership strategy from the developing country context
Kamal Hossain, Mohammad Nurul Alam, Mohd Rizal Muwazir, Ali Alsiehemy, Noor Azlinna AzizanThe aim of this study is to examine the effects of innovativeness (INN), proactiveness, (PRC) and risk-taking (RIT) on the export performance of apparel small and medium-sized…
How to improve the financial performance of Islamic banks in the MENA region? A Shariah governance perspective
Ines Kateb, Olfa Nafti, Asma ZeddiniThe purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of Shariah Advisory Board (SAB), Audit committee (AC) and board of directors (BD) characteristics on the performance of…
Does CEO celebrity affect IPO underpricing? Evidence from the strategic emerging industries in China
Shuai Yang, Yu Zhao, Chao WuThe interaction between evaluators is underestimated in legitimacy literature. This study aims to examine the impact of CEO celebrity on initial public offerings (IPOs…
What role do international remittance inflows play in boosting agricultural productivity? Empirical analysis of emerging Asian economies
Abbas Ali Chandio, Uzma Bashir, Waqar Akram, Muhammad Usman, Munir Ahmad, Yuansheng JiangThis article investigates the long-run impact of remittance inflows on agricultural productivity (AGP) in emerging Asian economies (Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, India, Nepal…
The influence of e-satisfaction on users' e-loyalty toward e-wallet payment apps: a mediated-moderated model
Manaf Al-OkailyThe purpose of this study is to investigate the antecedent factors influencing e-loyalty toward e-wallet payment apps in developing countries (e.g. Jordan). This study also…
Personal determinants of early-stage strategic entrepreneurship: an empirical comparison of Vietnam and Taiwan
Shihmin Lo, My-Linh Tran, Pei-Fen Chen, Huy Cuong Vo ThaiThis research explores how individual factors drive early-stage strategic entrepreneurship (SE) in Vietnam and Taiwan. The authors extend SE and integrate knowledge spillover…
Long-term earnings growth forecasts: investor sentiment or valuation difficulty?
Kléber Formiga Miranda, Márcio André Veras MachadoThis article analyzes the hypothesis that analysts issue higher long-term earnings growth (LTG) forecasts following a market-wide investor sentiment.
Corporate net working capital: evidence from Shariah compliance
Abdullah Bugshan, Faisal Alnori, Husam AnanzehThis paper examines the influence of Shariah compliance (SC) on firms' net working capital (NWC) target and adjustment speed.
Performance relative to aspiration and SMEs' internationalization speed: the moderating effects of policy knowledge and institutional distance
Ying Zhang, Cong ChengThis study seeks to explore the relationship between performance relative to aspiration and SMEs' internationalization speed, and moderating effects of top management's policy…
Religiosity and ethics in the labor market: resume fraud and judgment
Zeev Shtudiner, Liza ZviLabor market studies show that job applicants are naturally inclined to embellish or omit information on their resumes, to gain advantage over other applicants. Religiosity can…
Investigating the asymmetric effect of income inequality on financial fragility in South Africa and selected emerging markets: a Bayesian approach with hierarchical priors
Lindokuhle Talent Zungu, Lorraine GreylingThis study aims to test the validity of the Rajan theory in South Africa and other selected emerging markets (Chile, Peru and Brazil) during the period 1975–2019.
The impact of COVID-19 information overload on Vietnamese consumers' online purchase intention
Lydia Qianqian Li, Quynh Ngoc Bui, Hui YanUsing data from Vietnam to reveal which factors affected the impressive growth of Vietnam's e-commerce during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Health tourism and government supports
Mohammadjavad Shabankareh, Alireza Nazarian, Mohammad Hassan Golestaneh, Fereshteh DalouchiHealth tourism is a relatively new branch of international tourism that has developed more rapidly than other tourism sectors in recent years. This study aimed to investigate the…
Business environment and productivity in Africa: macro evidence
Issahaku Haruna, Charles Godfred AckahAfrica's business environment (BE) is characteristically unfriendly and poses severe development challenges. This study evaluates the impact of business climate on productivity in…
Exploring digital transformation and technological innovation in emerging markets
Mehrgan Malekpour, Mohammadbashir Sedighi, Federica Caboni, Vincenzo Basile, Ciro TroiseThis research aims to fill the research gaps regarding customer preferences for digitalisation to create value for retailers and customers, as well as focus on retail change and…
Predicting breakthrough innovation engagement via hybrid intelligence: a moderated mediation model of self-extinction and social intelligence
Syed Mudasser Abbas, Zhiqiang Liu, Muhammad KhushnoodThis study aims at investigating how hybrid intelligence might enhance employee engagement in breakthrough innovation. Specifically, it empirically examines the mediating role of…
The impact of heterogeneity of service trade policy restrictions on manufacturing exports of China: focus on free trade agreements
Ming Gao, Fanchao ZhuoBased on the research of free trade agreements on alleviating service trade policy heterogeneity and its impact on manufacturing exports, this article aims to not only provide a…
Local government debt and earnings management: evidence from China
Hongji Xie, Shulin Xu, Zefeng TongThis study examines the effect of local government debt (LGD) on corporate earnings management using 25,624 firm-year observations from 2007 to 2019.
What's in a name? Exploring the intellectual structure of social finance
Rosella Carè, Olaf WeberThis paper offers a bibliometric analysis of the scientific literature on social finance. It provides an overview of the research field by identifying gaps in the existing…
Corporate entrepreneurship in a collectivist culture: the role of time availability
Nebojša Janićijević, Ljiljana KontićThis study aims to investigate whether the model containing five organisational determinants of corporate entrepreneurship developed by Kuratko, Hornsby and Covin is valid in…
Connecting higher education and renewable energy to attain sustainability for BRICS countries: A climate Kuznets curve perspective
Mubasher Iqbal, Shajara Ul-Durar, Noman Arshed, Khuram Shahzad, Umer AyubIncreased trapped heat in the atmosphere leads to global warming and economic activity is the primary culprit. This study proposes the nonlinear impact of economic activity on…
Machine learning and manager selection: evidence from South Africa
Daniel Page, Yudhvir Seetharam, Christo AuretThis study investigates whether the skilled minority of active equity managers in emerging markets can be identified using a machine learning (ML) framework that incorporates a…
How prone are emerging markets' sectoral indices to global uncertainties? Evidence from the quantile connectedness approach with portfolio implications
Shabeer Khan, Mohd Ziaur Rehman, Mohammad Rahim Shahzad, Naimat U Khan, Lutfi Abdul RazakThere has been a burgeoning interest in exploring the impact of uncertainty factors on share returns. However, studies on the influence of global financial uncertainties on…
Credit risks, national governance and profitability in microfinancing sector: evidence from some emerging economies of world importance
Kuldeep SinghThe world order is experiencing unremitting changes. With this, the national governance of emerging economies is also becoming robust. Therefore, the current study examines the…
Consumer adoption behaviour in ride-sharing economy: an integrated TAM-ECM framework
Shailesh Pandita, Hari Govind Mishra, Aasif Ali BhatThe sharing economy is changing the way people use products and services, and the success of sharing-based apps like bicycle and automobile sharing has drawn a lot of interest…
Measuring fiscal stress via fiscal vulnerability index: a case of Turkish economy
Yusuf YildirimThis paper aims to develop a compound measure, which is fiscal vulnerability index, provides early warning signals of fiscal sustainability problems for Türkiye's economy.
Investigating the unexpected determinants of cryptocurrency adoption in the UAE
Devid Jegerson, Charilaos Mertzanis, Mehmood KhanFinancial inclusion provides access to financial infrastructure, facilitating money transfers. Therefore, blockchain and cryptocurrencies might boost worldwide financial…
Indian start-ups going public: return and volatility of stocks during bear and bull regimes
Khanindra Ch. DasStart-ups are successful in receiving valuation in billions of US dollars prior to initial public offering (IPO). However, to sustain higher valuation, the stocks need to perform…
The impact of leadership behaviors on startup's entrepreneurship in Vietnamese Southern areas in the time of Covid-19
Thi-Hong-Diep Pham, Quoc Hoi Le, Huong HoThis paper examines the impact of leadership behaviors on startup's entrepreneurship in Vietnamese southern areas in the time of Covid-19.
Uncover the heterogeneity of EMNE's institutional difficulty perception and its behavioral orientation – evidence of Chinese MNEs' FDI in Taiwan
Chun-Ping Yeh, Yi-Chi Hsiao, Sebastian GebhadtThe existing research on institutional distance implicitly posits the monotonic effect of contextual differences on the multinational enterprise (MNE) behaviors (e.g. entry mode…
CSR in domestic and foreign SMEs in Kenya: on the relationship between the SME manager’s values, emotional commitment to long-term socio-economic development and the firm's CSR practices
Clara Lina Dziuron, Tilo F. HalaszovichCorporate social responsibility (CSR) remains a prevalent topic for businesses worldwide, especially for those operating in developing countries. The attention on small and…
Working capital management and firm performance: evidence from emerging African markets
Umar Nawaz Kayani, Christopher Gan, Tonmoy Choudhury, Ahmad ArslanThe paper aims to investigate the empirical impact of working capital management (WCM) on firm performance (FP) in the emerging markets of Africa. This paper also aims to…
Technology investments from China into other emerging economies: a push and pull perspective on the Eurasia region
Alvar Castello Esquerdo, Andrei Panibratov, Daria KlishevichDrawn from the push–pull perspective, this research aims to identify the determinants of Chinese technology's outward foreign direct investments (OFDI) into the Eurasian region.
External finance dependence, financial development and exports: a firm-level study from India
Puneet Kumar Arora, Jaydeep MukherjeeThis study aims to add to the growing literature on the trade–finance nexus by exploring the interplay between a country's level of financial development, the external finance…
Tax incentives and upward R&D manipulation – evidence from the R&D tax deduction policy in China
Yanan He, Xindong Zhang, Panpan Hao, Xiaoyong Dai, Haiyan XueThis paper investigates whether China's R&D tax deduction policy triggers firms to manipulate their R&D expenditures upward.
Mitigating the effects of a pandemic in sub-Saharan Africa: are fiscal and monetary policy complementary or contradictory?
Olumide O. Olaoye, Mulatu F. ZerihunThe study examined the roles of fiscal and monetary policy in reducing poverty in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), while accounting for macroeconomic disruptions. In particular, the…
Structural supply chain complexity index and construct validity: a data-driven empirical approach
Pushpesh Pant, Shantanu Dutta, S.P. SarmahGiven the lack of focus on a standardized measurement framework (e.g. benchmarking tool) to assess and quantify complexity within the supply chain, this study has developed a…
On the connection between clean energy stocks and African stock markets: does uncertainty due to infectious diseases matter?
Ismail Fasanya, Oluwatomisin OyewoleAs financial markets for environmentally friendly investment grow in both scope and size, analyzing the relationship between green financial markets and African stocks becomes an…
The ebb and flow of trade credit: implications for financing financially dependent firm growth
Bahadır KarakoçThis study investigates the significance of trade credit (TC) as an alternative source of funding in financing the growth of financially dependent firms.
Investigating the effects of institutional distance and experience on acquisition performance across emerging markets
Martin A. Goetz, Dirk MorschettThis study combines institutional and organizational learning perspectives to investigate the impact of institutional distance and institution-specific cross-border acquisition…
Investigating the influence of perceived organizational justice on counterproductive work behaviours: mediating role of negative emotions
Rabail Aisha, Nisar Ahmed Channa, Manzoor Ali Mirani, Naveed Akhtar QureshiUsing the theoretical lens of appraisal theory, this research aims to investigate the interrelationship between employees' organizational justice perceptions and counterproductive…
Beyond the COVID-19 pandemic: what builds organizational resilience capacity?
Anna Matysek-Jędrych, Katarzyna Mroczek-Dąbrowska, Aleksandra KaniaThe outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) has severely disrupted businesses around the world. To address the impact of operational and strategic business disruptions…
The share of FDI in the value added of innovative and other industries in Poland
Aneta Maria KosztowniakThis study aims to examine the share of foreign direct investment (FDI) in creating the value added (VA) of innovative and other industries in Poland in 2004–2020.
The role of trust and e-WOM in the crowdfunding participation: the case of equity crowdfunding platforms in financial services in Iran
Mehri Dehghani, Katarzyna Piwowar-Sulej, Ebrahim Salari, Daniele Leone, Fatemeh HabibollahThe aim of this research is to examine the roles of trust and electronic word-of-mouth (e-WOM) in crowdfunding (CF) participation for equity CF by taking into account the…
Dynamic change of international arms trade network structure and its influence mechanism
Xin-Yi Wang, Bo Chen, Yu SongThe purpose of this study is to analyze the dynamic changes of the arms trade network not only from the network structure but also the influence mechanism from the aspects of the…
Ownership structure and firm sustainable investments: evidence from emerging markets
Ameen Qasem, Abdulalem Mohammed, Enrico Battisti, Alberto FerrarisThe aim of this study is to examine the ownership impact on firm sustainable investments (FSIs). In particular, this research examines the link between institutional investor…
The bubble contagion effect between crude oil and oil-exporting stock markets: the case of GCC countries
Ismail Ben Douissa, Tawfik AzrakThis study aims to investigate the existence of bubbles and their contagion effect in crude oil and stock markets of oil-exporting countries Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) from…
Perceptions of market orientation in emerging economy entrepreneurship: evidence from crowdfunding
Steven A. Creek, Joshua D. Maurer, Justin K. KentThe purpose of this study is to examine how crowdfunding backer perceptions of market orientation and foreignness impact crowdfunding performance in emerging economies.
The relationship between corporate governance and cost of equity: evidence from the ISIS era in Iraq
Mahdi Salehi, Mahdi Moradi, Saad FaysalThe cost of equity (COE) and corporate governance structure are the most critical factors affecting competition among publicly held companies. Accordingly, the present paper aims…
Trade protection and firm innovation in China
Tao HuangThe author investigates the effect of trade protection on domestic firm innovation in China and explores the channel through which trade protection affects corporate innovation.
Learning through exploitative and exploratory overseas R&D: impacts on EMNEs' innovation performance
Xi Zhong, Weihong ChenThis study aims to examine whether exploitative and exploratory overseas R&D have independent and significant effects on emerging economy multinational enterprises' (EMNEs’…
How does terrorism hollow out the sustainable economic growth in Big Ten Countries?
Ahmet Keser, Ibrahim Cutcu, Sunil Tiwari, Mehmet Vahit Eren, S.S. Askar, Mohamed AbouhawwashThe main objective of this research is to investigate if there is a long-term relationship between “terrorism” and sustainable “economic growth” in Big Ten Countries.
How much does interpersonal guanxi matter to business performance? The mediating role of relationship learning in an emerging market context
Lilei Wang, Yumei Dang, Shufeng (Simon) Xiao, Xing'an XuBy adopting learning theory and a guanxi perspective, this study aims to investigate the effects of interpersonal guanxi (interpersonal networks or connections) and relationship…
Herding or reverse herding: the reaction to change in investor sentiment in the Chinese and Pakistani markets
Muhammad Fayyaz Sheikh, Aamir Inam Bhutta, Tahira ParveenInvestor sentiment (optimism or pessimism) may influence investors to follow others (herding) while taking their investment decisions. Herding may result in bubbles and crashes in…
ESG-CFP relationship: exploring the moderating role of financial slack
Aanchal Singh, Subir Verma, Samik ShomeThis study aims at examining the contentions of the agency theory by exploring the direct relationship between environmental, social and governance (ESG) disclosure score and…
Does overconfidence blur out the investment efficiency? The managerial overconfidence and internal financing effect on investment efficiency: evidence from MENA region
Osama El-Ansary, Aya M. AhmedThis paper aims to investigate whether managerial overconfidence has an impact on investment inefficiency beyond its influence on the use of internal financing or whether internal…
Service supply chain risk management in the public healthcare sector
Gutama Kusse Getele, Xiong RuoliuThe study research aims to examine the effects of supply chain management practices on risk mitigating (RM) by studying the correlation between social ties, institutional support…
Financial inclusion matter for poverty, income inequality and financial stability in developing countries: new evidence from public good theory
Ismail Khan, Iftikhar KhanThis paper aims to examine the influence of financial inclusion (FI) on poverty, income inequality and financial stability from the perspective of public good (PG) theory in…
Spatial relationship between financial development, energy consumption and economic growth in emerging markets
Nguyen Minh Ha, Bui Hoang NgocThe study aims to discover the spatial relationship between financial development, energy consumption and economic growth in 11 ASIA countries, using panel data from 1980 to 2016.
Is manufacturing trade a stepping stone or an obstacle to service trade?
Jian Chen, Di Zhao, Yan-Nan Yu, Si-Yuan WangThe authors empirically examined the theoretically recognized industrial linkages between manufacturing and services from the trade perspective. In particular, they confirmed the…
Firm-level perception of uncertainty and overseas investment: evidence from China's listed firms
Chao He, Yanxi Li, Runxiang XuThe purpose of this study is to provide a textual approach to quantify the perception of uncertainty from management side and investigate how firms manage their overseas…
“Connected we stand, disconnected we fall”. Analyzing the importance of digital platforms in transnational supply chain management
Anna Marrucci, Riccardo Rialti, Raffaele Donvito, Faheem Uddin SyedThis study seeks to explore the importance of digital platforms in restoring global supply chains interrupted by the coronavirus pandemic. Specifically, the research focuses on…
Dynamic connectedness among Pakistani stock markets and its major trading partners
Muhammad Akram, Ahmed Imran Hunjra, Imran Riaz Malik, Mamdouh Abdulaziz Saleh Al-FaryanInternationalization and financial deregulation have caused market participants and policymakers to consider the significance of financial connectedness and the spillover effects…
Social media and the bottom of the pyramid: a systematic literature review and future research agenda
Jitender Kumar, Archit Vinod Tapar, Somraj BhattacharjeeThe study aims to present a systematic literature review (SLR) to understand the current status of research on social media usage among the bottom of the pyramid (BOP). The…
Commodity price volatility, risk exposure and development of financial institutions
Rexford Abaidoo, Elvis Kwame AgyapongThis study examines the dynamics of financial institution development among economies in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and how volatility in forex-adjusted price of key globally…
Entrepreneurial orientation and firm performance in SMEs: the mediating role of entrepreneurial competencies and moderating role of environmental dynamism
Junaid Aftab, Monica Veneziani, Huma Sarwar, Muhammad Ishtiaq IshaqEntrepreneurial orientation is among the vital factors that contribute to performance, especially for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). However, the empirical studies…
Does the OFDI promotion effect of the Belt and Road “crowd in” or “crowd out” domestic investment?
Pengfei Ge, Xiaoxu Wu, Bole Zhou, Xianfeng HanThis study aims to determine how and through what mechanisms the outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) promotion effect of the Belt and Road initiative (BRI-OFDI) affects…
Chinese cross-border acquisitions: stylised facts and new directions
Shuang Hu, Saileshsingh Gunessee, Chang LiuChinese multinational enterprises’ (MNEs) unprecedented, aggressive cross-border mergers and acquisitions (CBMAs) have led to several studies examining Chinese CBMAs, which…
How to evaluate company directors at state owned enterprises? A framework of virtue and competence based on the Chinese experience
Xuhong Xu, Tiancheng Hu, Rui Guo, Shang Chen, Lutao NingThis paper proposes a framework for director evaluation in the context of Chinese state-owned enterprises (SOEs), taking into account the influences of traditional and modern…
The role of signals in new venture financing in the context of an emerging market: a configurational approach
Başak Topaler, Gülcan AdarThis study proposes a portfolio of new venture signals that are likely to attract investors' attention in the context of an emerging market and examines how they work in…
The relationship between institutional ownership and idiosyncratic volatility: evidence from the stock markets of China and the USA
Yu Hu, Xiaoquan Jiang, Wenjun XueThis paper investigates the relationship between institutional ownership and idiosyncratic volatility in Chinese and the USA stock markets and explores the potential explanations.
Poverty eradication in sub-Saharan Africa: a government-led or private sector-driven approach?
Olumide Olaoye, Segun Thompson Bolarinwa, Muhammad YaseenThe paper contributes to the literature on investment and poverty in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Specifically, the study examined the separate role of private and public investment…
Role of perceived brand globalness and localness in developing consumer word-of-mouth in the hospitality industry
Asif Ali Safeer, Yewang ZhouThe purpose of this study is to examine the role of perceived brand globalness (PBG) and perceived brand localness (PBL) in developing consumer word-of-mouth (CWOM) via brand…
Does country risk moderates the financial market development and shadow economy nexus? Evidence from fast-emerging countries analysis
Sami Ur Rahman, Faisal Faisal, Fariha Sami, Friedrich SchneiderThe shadow economy (SE) has been a serious issue with varied dimensions in all countries that significantly affect economic growth. Therefore, all countries have made an effort to…
The performance of business groups during institutional transition and economic downturn in a developing country
Aamir Inam Bhutta, Jahanzaib Sultan, Muhammad Fayyaz Sheikh, Muhammad Sajid, Rizwan MushtaqPakistan has experienced financial liberalization with rapid ups and downs in economic growth due to domestic issues during the last 2 decades. Motivated by inconclusive and…
The role of environmental concern and technology show-off on electric vehicles adoption: the case of Macau
Alessandro Lampo, Susana C. Silva, Paulo DuarteResearch on battery electric vehicles (BEVs) has typically considered environmental concern a key determinant of behavioral intention that leads individuals to prefer electric…
Dialect connectedness and tunneling: evidence from China
Chen SongThis study aims to examine the effects of dialect connectedness between the chairman and the chief executive officer (CEO) (DCCC) on the tunneling activities of controlling…
Antecedents of internationalization of Taiwanese SMEs: a resource-based view
Yi-An Chen, Shiau-Ling Guo, Kuo-Feng HuangThis study aimed to explore the antecedents of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) internationalization and to compare the different resources required to enter different…
The impact of China's trade and FDI on Africa's GVC participation and economic upgrading
Derrick Anquanah Cudjoe, Yumei He, Hanhui HuThis study examines the impact of China's trade and foreign direct investment (FDI) on Africa's global value chain (GVC) participation and economic upgrading.
Corporate tax avoidance and stock price crash risk: the moderating effects of corporate governance
Hanh Minh Thai, Khue Ngoc Dang, Normaziah Mohd Nor, Hien Thi Nguyen, Khiem Van NguyenThis study aims to investigate the relationship between corporate tax avoidance and stock price crash risk and the moderating effects of corporate governance.
Economic growth through digitalization in Africa: does financial sector development play a mediating role?
Abdul Ganiyu Iddrisu, Bei ChenThis paper aims to analyse economic growth in Africa focussing on the role of digitalization and financial sector development.
Gimmick or revolution: can corporate digital transformation improve accounting information quality?
Wanyi Chen, Weiyu Cai, Yingfan Hu, Yuke Zhang, Qinyuan YuThis study explores the impact mechanism of corporate digital transformation (CDT) on the quality of accounting information.
Assessing the effect of domestic and foreign R&D on export: empirical evidence from China
Abdul Rauf, Yongwen BaoAlthough the theoretical arguments provide several channels through which innovation affects export, empirical validation of this relationship is scarce. Further, the impact of…
Under rising environmental uncertainty Chinese enterprises pursue fame or profits? Evidence from corporate social responsibility and financial investment
Xudong Zhuang, Junshan DuanThe purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of environmental uncertainty on corporate social responsibility (CSR), and involves corporate financial investment as mediating…
Barriers to the adoption of digital servitization: a case of the Sri Lankan manufacturing sector
Weerabahu Mudiyanselage Samanthi Kumari Weerabahu, Premaratne Samaranayake, Dilupa Nakandala, Henry Lau, Dasun Nirmala MalaarachchiThis research aims to identify, examine and evaluate barriers to the adoption of digital servitization in manufacturing firms in the case of the Sri Lankan manufacturing sector…
The nexus of human resource management, corporate social responsibility and sustainable performance in upscale hotels: a mixed-method study
Muhammad Ishtiaq Ishaq, Huma Sarwar, Simona Franzoni, Ofelia PalermoConsidering the significance of the human resource management (HRM) and corporate social responsibility (CSR) relationship, the aim of this research is twofold: first is to…
Superposition effect of online news on fintech platforms
Huosong Xia, Siyi Chen, Justin Z. Zhang, Yulong LiuThe rise of the mobile Internet has accumulated much text information in various online financial forums. Such information often contains the emotional attitudes of investors…
How consumers react differently toward humanoid vs. nonhumanoid robots after service failures: a moderated chain mediation model
Mengwei Zhang, Jinsheng Cui, Jianan ZhongWith the increasing use of robots in service scenarios in hospitality industries, service failure frequently occurs during the service process, and consumers may react differently…
Risk transmission between equity market of China and its trading partners: new evidence from various financial crises
Ijaz Younis, Imran Yousaf, Waheed Ullah Shah, Cheng LongshengThe authors examine the volatility connections between the equity markets of China and its trading partners from developed and emerging markets during the various crises episodes…
The key enablers of SMEs readiness in Industry 4.0: a case of Malaysia
Daisy Mui Hung Kee, Miguel Cordova, Sabai KhinThe study sheds light on the internal enabling factors towards emerging market (EM) small and medium-sized enterprises’ (SMEs) preparedness for Industry 4.0 (I4.0) using three…
Multiscale analysis of the complex interaction between uncertainty and the international commodity market
Chao Liu, Wei Zhang, Qiwei Xie, Chao WangThis study aims to systematically reveal the complex interaction between uncertainty and the international commodity market (CRB).
Analyzing the barriers to sustainable procurement in an emerging economy: an interpretive structural modeling approach
Abdul Rehman Shaikh, Asad Qazi, Imran Ali, Andrea AppolloniThis paper aims to identify, using a literature review and expert panel input, what impedes organizations from implementing sustainable procurement, particularly in an emerging…
Cross-cultural business-to-business communication – the experiences of Polish companies with the Chinese and Americans
Małgorzata Bartosik-Purgat, Wiktoria RakowskaThe main purpose of the study is to identify the differences and similarities in the communication between B2B participants in cross-cultural environments.
Symmetric and asymmetric frequency-domain causality between tourism demand and exchange rates in Türkiye: a regional comparison
Şerif Canbay, İnci Oya Coşkun, Mustafa KırcaThis study investigates if the causal relationships between the exchange rates and selected inbound markets’ tourism demand are temporary or permanent, and compares market…
Exploring the impact of ambient air quality standards on firm innovation: evidence from listed industrial companies in China
Min Huang, Xiaobo LiThis paper aims to identify the impact of the new ambient air quality standards (AAQS) on firm innovation.
M&A performance in emerging markets: do they behave in unison or otherwise?
Sakshi Kukreja, Girish C. Maheshwari, Archana SinghThe study aims to evaluate and compare the mergers and acquisitions (M&As) performance utilising a sample of deals originating from Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa…
Systemic risk in China new energy stock markets
Hui Hong, Shitong Wu, Chien-Chiang LeeThe purpose of the paper is to assess the systemic risk in the new energy stock markets of China.
Generation “Z” willingness to participate in crowdshipping services to achieve sustainable last-mile delivery in emerging market
Chandra Kant Upadhyay, Vijayshri Tiwari, Vineet TiwariThe purpose of this paper is to provide trilogy in the emerging market for the establishment of business, economy and environment which is the new word for the development of any…
Tax rate motivated profit shifting and base erosion by multinational corporations: Indian evidence
Suveera Gill, Taruntej Singh Arora, Karan GandhiProfit shifting is a matter of great concern for governments internationally. It leads to the loss of tax revenues and puts multinational corporations (MNCs) in a disparate…
The impact of Covid-19 pandemic on the value relevance of cash flows: evidence from banks
Heba Abou-El-SoodThis paper is motivated by the ongoing debate on the value relevance of cash flow statement (CFS) between bank regulators, on one hand, and accounting standard setters, on the…
The influence of government affiliations on firm product innovation in a dynamic institutional environment: insights from China
Chun Yang, Bart Bossink, Peter PeverelliBuilding on resource dependence theory and the dynamic institution-based view, this paper examines the influence of government affiliations on firm product innovation in a dynamic…
Sustainability performance of digitalized manufacturing industry in COVID era: a comparative study between developed and developing economies
Mina Hemmati, Md Shah Newaz, Muhammad Khalilur Rahman, Andrea Appolloni, Suhaiza ZailaniThe study aims to identify the extent to which industry 4.0 (IR4.0) adoption impacts the sustainable manufacturing (SM) performance of the manufacturing industry, focusing on the…
Forecasting VaR and ES using the joint regression combined forecasting model in the Chinese stock market
Xunfa Lu, Kang Sheng, Zhengjun ZhangThis paper aims to better jointly estimate Value at Risk (VaR) and expected shortfall (ES) by using the joint regression combined forecasting (JRCF) model.
Modeling transformational leadership, supply chain collaboration and firm performance – a case of India
Mahesh H. Prabhu, Amit Kumar SrivastavaThe competitive rivalry, rapid change and high business volatility necessitate inter-organizational collaboration, including the supply chain (SC). This paper develops an…
Spillovers and connectedness between Chinese and ASEAN stock markets during bearish and bullish market statuses
Imran Yousaf, Walid Mensi, Xuan Vinh Vo, Sanghoon KangThis study aims to examine the tail connectedness between the Chinese and Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) stock markets. More specifically, the authors measure the…
Do international paid remittances hinder the financial development of GCC host countries?
Faris Alshubiri, Syed JamilThe present study aims to compare the effect of international paid remittances on financial development in three Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries from 1985 to 2020.
How the real estate indexes have performed during the COVID-19 crisis? Multifractal analysis revisited with wavelet
Ons Zaouga, Nadia LoukilThe purpose of this paper is to test the existence of stylized facts, such as the volatility clustering, heavy tails seen on financial series, long-term dependence and…
Corporate governance, enforcement institutions and corporate liquidity in the MENA region
Charilaos Mertzanis, Nejla Ellili, Hazem Marashdeh, Haitham NobaneeThe study examines the effects of corporate governance and countrywide institutions and risk factors on corporate liquidity.
A decade of biodiversity conservation: insights into corporate social responsibility in an emerging market context
Evelize Culpi Mann, Heitor Murilo Gomes, Amanda Jasmine Williamson, Manuel Castelo BrancoThis study aims to investigate whether Brazilian companies have increased their reporting on biodiversity within the past decade and whether reporting practices are linked to the…
The configuration of the largest Brazilian banks' board of directors: trajectories and capitals of Latin America's financial elite
Marcio Luis Vila, Silvio Eduardo Alvarez Candido, Gustavo Mendonca Ferratti, Mário Sacomano NetoThis study aims to analyze the configuration of the board of directors of the five largest banks operating in Brazil, which are members of a financial elite that directly…
Glasgow climate pact and the global clean energy index constituent stocks
Dharen Kumar Pandey, Rahul Kumar, Vineeta KumariThis study examined the impact of the Glasgow Climate Pact on the abnormal returns of global clean energy stocks. Further, this study examines which country-specific and…
Asymmetric effects of policy uncertainty on real sector variables in emerging markets: evidence from Brazil, India, China and South Africa
Jonathan E. Ogbuabor, Victor A. Malaolu, Anthony OrjiThis study investigated the asymmetric effects of changes in policy uncertainty on real sector variables in Brazil, China, India and South Africa.
Spillovers and tail dependence between oil and US sectoral stock markets before and during COVID-19 pandemic
Walid Mensi, Waqas Hanif, Elie Bouri, Xuan Vinh VoThis paper examines the extreme dependence and asymmetric risk spillovers between crude oil futures and ten US stock sector indices (consumer discretionary, consumer staples…
How the second largest shareholder affects cash dividends? An empirical study in China
Qian Wang, Xiaobo Tang, Huigang Liang, Yajiong Xue, Xiaolin SunIn public firms, the largest shareholder can make decisions on cash dividends in favor of its own interests at the expense of other investors. While the second largest shareholder…
Do commuters intend to avail electric street cars as public transport? Evidence from urban India
Oindrila Dey, Debalina ChakravartyElectric street car (ESC) is a globally popular clean and safe electric transport system for urban agglomeration. India envisions achieving “all-electric transport” by 2030, yet…
COVID-19 impact on tourism inflow in selected Asia-Pacific countries: a gravity model framework
Gour Gobinda Goswami, Md. Rubaiyath Sarwar, Md. Mahbubur RahmanThe main objective of this paper is to examine the impact of COVID-19 on the tourism flows of eight Asia-Pacific Countries: Australia, Hong Kong, Malaysia, New Zealand, the…
Sustainability-oriented technology adoption in Tonga: the impact of Government's incentives and internal factors
Malia Faasolo, Eli SumarliahThe paper seeks to investigate the impacts of government's incentives and internal aspects (i.e. firms' ethics and firms' attitudes) on the implementation of…
FDI and productivity: facts versus fiction of high growth
Amin SokhanvarThis paper aims to study the role of foreign direct investment (FDI) channels in improving local firms' productivity. Two transmission channels of knowledge spillovers are…
Trust-in-government and social economic norms: assessing the heterogeneity of consumers in the USA and Mexico using the VBN theory
Sergio Enrique Robles-Avila, Md Nazmus SakibThe improper disposal of potentially harmful products is a problem that affects both developed and emerging countries. Using the Values-Beliefs-Norms (VBN) theory, this research…
Outward foreign direct investment and the economic growth of Central, East and Southeast Europe: an asymmetric approach
Safet Kurtovic, Blerim Halili, Nehat Maxhuni, Bujar KrasniqiPrevious studies have mostly estimated there to be a symmetric effect in the Foreign direct investment (FDI) inflow regarding the economic growth of Central, East and Southeast…
The choice of destination country of international franchise networks: the case of Mexican franchisors
Cesario Armando Flores Villanueva, María del Carmen Gaytán Ramírez, Aleida Núñez GarcíaThis article examines the influence of market opportunity, risk, and distance on the choice of destination country for Mexican franchises.
Volatility transmission dynamics between energy and financial indices of emerging markets: a comparison between the subprime crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic
Jesús Molina-Muñoz, Andrés Mora–Valencia, Javier Perote, Santiago Rodríguez-RagaThis paper aims to analyze the volatility transmission between an energy stock index and a financial stock index in emerging markets during recent high instability periods. The…
Does financial development enhance the growth effect of FDI? A multidimensional analysis in emerging and developing Asia
Thu-Ha Thi An, Shin-Hui Chen, Kuo-Chun YehThis study examines the role of financial development (FD) in enhancing the growth effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) in emerging and developing Asia from 1996 to 2019.
Firm internationalization approaches and performance: the moderating role of the home country's formal institutions
Henrique Correa da Cunha, Mohamed Amal, Dinorá Eliete Floriani, Maria Tereza Leme FleuryThis study investigates how the degree of internationalization (DOI) affects the financial performance of emerging market companies by making the distinction between export…
Does institutional quality matter for foreign direct investment flows? Empirical evidence from BRICS economies
Surbhi Gupta, Surendra S. Yadav, P.K. JainThis study attempts to assess the role that institutional quality (IQ) plays in influencing inflows and outflows of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) for BRICS nations as burgeoning…
Government expenditure structure, technological progress and economic growth
Zeqi Liu, Zefeng Tong, Zhonghua ZhangThis study examines the differences in the economic stimulus effects, transmission mechanisms, and output multipliers of government consumption, government traditional investment…
The growth effects of financial integration in the ASEAN countries
Duc Hong Vo, Chi Minh HoFinancial integration has played an essential role in achieving economic growth in the members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). However, its effects on…
The relationship between auditing industry specialization and the relative derivatives use for earnings management: evidence from China
Wen-Jye Hung, Pei-Gi Shu, Ya-Min Wang, Tsui-Lin ChiangThis study investigates the effect of auditing industry specialization (AIS) on the relative derivatives use for earnings management.
The role of digital business transformation in frugal innovation and SMEs’ resilience in emerging markets
Khaled Al Omoush, Carlos Lassala, Samuel Ribeiro-NavarreteThe present study aims to examine the relationships between digital business transformation, organizational learning, frugal innovation and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs…
The informativeness of the top holdings of Chinese equity mutual funds
Shuyi Yao, Jianing ZhangThis study aims to determine whether the stock holdings of equity mutual funds are informative for predicting future stock performance in the Chinese market. It is a puzzle that…
Gauging investors' investment decisions in the crypto market through the PRISM of behavioral biases: a fuzzy AHP approach
Kirti Sood, Prachi Pathak, Jinesh Jain, Sanjay GuptaResearch in the domain of behavioral finance has proven that investors demonstrate irrational behavior while making investment decisions. In a similar domain, the primary…
Why do consumers resist digital innovations? An innovation resistance theory perspective
Manish Talwar, Laura Corazza, Rahul Bodhi, Areej MalibariDespite the efforts of governments and firms, consumer resistance toward digital innovations in the retail finance space continues to manifest rather visibly. Yet, the causes of…
Does perceived behavioral control mediate customers' innovativeness and continuance intention of e-money? The moderating role of perceived risk and e-security
Mohammad Enamul Hoque, Perengki Susanto, Najeeb Ullah Shah, Husnil Khatimah, Abdullah Al MamunWith the emergence of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the usage of e-money has been reinforced to reach the next level. Therefore, this study aims to examine the mediating…
Do Turkish firms benefit from GVC participation?
Abdullah Altun, Taner Turan, Halit YanikkayaThe study evaluates the effects of GVC participation on firm productivity and profitability. Hence this study aims to find evidence whether there is a clear difference between the…
Discard the false and retain the true: the effect of hypocrisy on the cognitive legitimacy of social enterprises
Kun Zhang, Xiu-e Zhang, Xuejiao XuHypocrisy often observed in the social responsibility practices of commercial enterprises is more likely to occur in social enterprises. However, this issue has received little…
What do online reviews communicate? An evidence from emerging economy
Salahuddin Ahmed, Sapna Singh, Nagaraj SamalaOnline brand is becoming a popular and major gateway for consumers for booking various services specifically when they travel for several purposes. The present study aims to…
Foreign direct investment by multinational corporations in emerging economies: a comprehensive bibliometric analysis
Ahmed Nazzal, Maria-Victòria Sánchez-Rebull, Angels NiñerolaThis study introduces a comprehensive bibliometric analysis of the foreign direct investment (FDI) literature by multinational corporations (MNCs) focusing on emerging economies…
Country-of-origin and online retailing ethics: the mediating role of trust and satisfaction on purchase intention
Saptarshi Bhattacharya, Rajendra Prasad Sharma, Ashish GuptaOnline shoppers feel insecure due to the various unethical practices of e-tailers. It is, therefore, crucial for online retailers to alleviate customer concerns. Extant literature…
The determinants of export performance in the digital transformation era: empirical evidence from manufacturing firms
Ayman Wael AL-KhatibThis study investigates the impact of big data analytics capabilities on export performance. Moreover, it assesses the mediating effect of the supply chain innovation and…
Returns and volatility spillover between agricultural commodities and emerging stock markets: new evidence from COVID-19 and Russian-Ukrainian war
Maria Babar, Habib Ahmad, Imran YousafThis study investigate the return and volatility spillover among agricultural commodities and emerging stock markets during various crises, including the COVID-19 pandemic and the…
Heterogeneity of investor sentiment, geopolitical risk and economic policy uncertainty: do Islamic banks differ during COVID-19 pandemic?
Mohamed Albaity, Ray Saadaoui Mallek, Hasan MustafaThis study examined the impact of; COVID-19 investor sentiment, COVID-19 cases, geopolitical risk (GPR), economic policy uncertainty (EPU), oil returns and Islamic banking on bank…
Does CEO openness matter when explaining firm internationalization decisions: evidence from China
Weihong Chen, Xi Zhong, Hailin LanThe impact of executive characteristics on firm internationalization has already been extensively explored. However, relatively few studies have examined the critical role of…
The role of digital orientation in moderating the relationship between innovation and internationalization
Hui Wei You, Rayenda Khresna BrahmanaThis research aims to examine the moderating role of digital orientation (DO) on the relationship between innovation and internationalization by framing the relationship under an…
Examining the trade-led Kuznets hypothesis for emerging economies: a multivariate framework
Neha Jain, Geetilaxmi MohapatraThe present study aims to investigate the non-linear relationship between trade and income inequality to address goal 10 of sustainable development goals (SDGs) using the Kuznets…
Investor attention and the COVID-19 concept stocks in China's stock market
Zhe Liu, Chong Huang, Benshuo YangThis paper investigates the impact of investor attention on the COVID-19 concept stocks in China's stock market from the perspectives of the macroeconomy, the stock market and the…
Authoritarian leadership and firm-level voluntary turnover among SMEs in Thailand: Does benevolent leadership matter?
Wisanupong Potipiroon, Orisa ChumphongThis research aims to examine the impact of authoritarian leadership on firm-level voluntary turnover among small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Thailand and asks whether…
Mediating role of profitability relating financial leverage and stock returns
Gaurav Singh ChauhanThis paper aims to highlight firms' profitability as an alternative channel by which changes in leverage could affect stock returns in an imperfect market setting. The author also…
Herding behavior in integrated financial markets: the case of MILA
João Paulo Vieito, Christian Espinosa, Wing-Keung Wong, Munkh-Ulzii Batmunkh, Enkhbayar Choijil, Mustafa HussienIt has been argued in the literature that structural changes in the financial markets, such as integration, have the potential to cause herding behavior or correlated behavioral…
Does financial inclusion reduce income inequality? Empirical evidence from Asian economies
Anushka Verma, Arun Kumar GiriThe present study examines the significance of financial inclusion in reducing income inequality in the Asian context.
Quantile-based spillover connectedness among stochastic volatilities of ESG equities, Islamic and conventional stocks with implications for portfolio management
Mahdi Ghaemi Asl, Rabeh Khalfaoui, Hamid Reza Tavakkoli, Sami Ben JabeurThis study aims to investigate the relationship between stock markets, environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors and Shariah-compliant in an integrated framework.
What do border disputes cost? Evidence from an emerging market
Vineeta Kumari, Dharen Kumar Pandey, Satish Kumar, Emma XuThe study aims to examine the impact of six events related to the escalating Indo-China border conflicts in 2020 on the Indian stock market, including the role of firm-specific…
Move to innovation: place-based industrial relocation policy and firm innovation in China
Xian Zheng, Jinchuan Huang, Ziqing YuanThis study investigates whether and how place-based industrial relocation policy affects firm innovation.
Performance evaluation models applied to the Brazilian mutual funds market
Diogo Corso Kruk, Rene Coppe PimentelThis paper analyzes alternative performance evaluation models applied to equity mutual funds under conditional and unconditional approaches in the Brazilian market.
Dynamic trade and technology linkages: a perspective from global value chain upgradation of Asian countries
Kashika Arora, Areej Aftab SiddiqueThe focus is on determining the long-term relationship in explaining how technological capabilities interact with trade and global value chain (GVC) participation to aid in the…
Credit constraints in Colombia: evidence from the use of credit cards among low- and middle-income individuals
Luis E. Arango, Ingri K. QuevedoThe authors estimate the determinants of the value of purchases of semi-durable goods using permanent and transitory income, and the demographic characteristics of customers. The…
Joint foreign ownership and global value chains effects on productivity: a comparison of firms from Poland and Germany
Sabina Szymczak, Aleksandra Parteka, Joanna Wolszczak-DerlaczThe study aims to examine the joint effects of foreign ownership (FO) and involvement in global value chains (GVCs) on the productivity performance of firms from a catching-up…
Evaluating the efficiency of defined benefit pension plans in a developing market
Bruvine Orchidée Mazonga Mfoutou, Richard DanquahThe cost-to-asset ratio is a vital efficiency ratio for any financial institution, as it measures its operating expenses to its asset base. This study uses this ratio to evaluate…
The impacts of capital inflows on bank lending in the ASEAN-6 countries
Trung H. Le, Nhung Nguyen, Minh PhamThe authors investigate the impacts of international capital inflows on bank lending in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations-6 (ASEAN-6) countries on the dynamics of both…
Do institutional determinants matter for FDI inflows location choice? Evidence from sub-national panel data in India
Vandana GoswamiThe present paper makes an attempt to investigate the determinants that affect FDI inflows distribution among Indian states. Together with traditional determinants, the impact of…
Are Islamic and conventional banks decoupled? Empirical evidence from Turkey
Shabeer Khan, Hakan Aslan, Uzair Abdullah Khan, M.I. BhattiThis study investigates the determinants of net interest margin (NIM) and tests the decoupling hypothesis in Turkey's Islamic and conventional banks.
Challenges and opportunities of SRI sukuk toward financial system sustainability: a bibliometric and systematic literature review
Andrea Delle Foglie, J.S. KeshminderThe main objective of this paper is to analyze works of literature on SRI sukuk to highlight the potential for these kinds of instruments in financing more sustainable financial…
Do family companies invest more in internal audit function (IAF) than non-family companies?
Adel Ali Al-QadasiMotivated by the growing interest of governance regulators and researchers on internal audit function (IAF), this study examines the influence of family ownership on the levels of…
The effect of integrated reporting trends on shareholders' fund: does financial leverage matter?
Alhassan Haladu, Saeed Awadh Bin-NashwanIn many societies, environmental problems have had some negative impacts on both social and economic features with issues like capital structure seriously affected. In this…
Extreme risk spillovers and hedging strategies between Indonesia sectorial stocks and commodity markets
Rim El Khoury, Walid Mensi, Muneer M. Alshater, Sanghoon KangThis study examines the risk spillovers between Indonesian sectorial stocks (Energy, Basic Materials, Industrials, Consumer Cyclicals, Consumer Non-cyclical and Financials), the…
Innovation subsidies and entrepreneurial activity in an emerging market
Chun-Hsien WangThis study aims to find that entrepreneurial activities can spur entrepreneurial firms' superior performance, but this effect is contingent on the different levels of government…
Business groups and the impact of industry relatedness on firms' borrowing costs
Yane ChanderaThis study analyzes whether industry relatedness between a corporate borrower and its group peers significantly affects that firm's borrowing cost.
How does high-performance work system influence employees' creativity? The role of critical reflection and human resource management attribution
Phuong Tran HuyHigh-performance work system (HPWS) is considered a solid predictor of both organizational and individual outcomes. The current study examines the impact of employees' perception…
The incentive effect of government subsidies on the digital transformation of manufacturing enterprises
Xueqi Zhao, Longwen Zhao, Xiaozhe Sun, Yibing XingChina's digital economy is flourishing and playing a pivotal role in the national economy. Government subsidies, as an important tool for the national treasury, are a…
Corporate philanthropy and corporate social irresponsibility during the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from China
Muhammad Ishfaq Ahmad, Martin Cepel, Enrico Battisti, Ramiz Ur RehmanThis study aims to investigate the perspective of corporate philanthropy during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in China for firms with various levels of corporate social…
Are political connections a curse for banks of the MENA region? The moderating effect of ownership structure
Imen Khanchel, Naima Lassoued, Oummema FerchichiThis study examines the effect of political connections on the performance of banks in the MENA region separately and then moderated by family, institutional and state ownership.
Nash equilibrium in emerging partnership-based Islamic banking industry with a Bayesian game-theoretic approach
Mahdi Ghaemi Asl, Ali Ghasemoghli, Rabeh KhalfaouiA hypothesis developed in this paper models the relationship between the borrower and the bank as a dynamic game based on incomplete information (business game) and seeks an…
Comovements and hedging effectiveness between conventional and Islamic cryptocurrencies: evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic
Shoaib Ali, Imran Yousaf, Xuan Vinh VoThis study examines the dynamics of the comovement and causal relationship between conventional (Bitcoin, Ethereum and Binance coin) and Islamic (OneGram, X8X token and HelloGold…
Are you a trend setter or a straggler? Social drivers and customer shift toward co-creating value with self-service technologies
Badra Sandamali GaldolageFuture service interactions are anticipated to use humanoid robots in a society that is shifting to a digitalized era. Currently, it is evident that many businesses are replacing…
Do firm attributes impact CSR participation? Evidence from a developing economy
Nidhi Agarwala, Ritu Pareek, Tarak Nath SahuAmidst the growing awareness regarding the social accountability of corporates, the study has attempted to investigate how firm characteristics like size and performance influence…
Bank opacity and stability in an emerging market
Van Dan Dang, Japan HuynhThe paper analyzes the impact of bank opacity on financial stability in an emerging economy.
Dynamic causality between oil prices and stock market indexes in Russia and China: does US financial instability matter?
Amal Ghedira, Mohamed Sahbi NakhliThis study aims to examine the dynamic bidirectional causality between oil price (OIL) and stock market indexes in net oil-exporting (Russia) and net oil-importing (China…
Predicting the link between employees' task performance and propensity to take charge: the role of family supportive supervision and LMX
Ishfaq Ahmed, Talat Islam, Rabia Afzal, Imlak Iqbal, Muhammad Asim FaheemThe authors examined how employee led exchange benefits the organizations. Specifically, the authors aim at investigating the mediating role of family supportive supervision…
Can the transmission of entrepreneurs' We Media information improve the value relevance of earnings? Evidence from China
Tong Sun, Wanyi ChenFollowing the growing adoption of social media, many entrepreneurs are launching personal social media channels. This study focuses on the effect of entrepreneurs' shared…
The effect of corporate social responsibility on environmental performance: the mediating role of green innovation and green human resource management
Shenbei Zhou, Wudie Atinaf Tiruneh, Moges Assefa LegeseThis research looks at the link between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and environmental performance, considering the immediate mutual interaction and the potential…
Reverse innovations bridging the gap between entrepreneurial orientation and international performance
Hammad Bin Azam Hashmi, Ward Ooms, Cosmina L. Voinea, Marjolein C.J. CaniëlsThis paper aims to elucidate the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation, reverse innovation and international performance of emerging economy multinational enterprises…
Ratees' reactions to equal versus equitable performance outcomes: evidence from Pakistan and Japan
Saiqa Naz, Muhammad Zahid Iqbal, Malik Ikramullah, Muhammad Mustafa Raziq, Saddam KhalidRatees' reactions to performance appraisal (PA) system suggest how effective the system is. However, there is less clarity about those different reactions that good versus poor…
Business model transformation: what is known and what is to be further developed?
Aleksandra Selezneva, Anna Veselova, Amitabh AnandThe paper presents a systematic literature review on business model transformation (BMT). The aim of the study is to determine the main research streams in BMT literature, develop…
Russian global export flow and potential: evidence from augmented gravity model
Shujaat Abbas, Valentin Shtun, Veronika Sapogova, Vakhrushev GlebThe Russian export flow is highly concentrated on few trading partners that results in its high vulnerability to external shock. Furthermore, the Russian–Ukraine conflict and…
Is there a liability of foreignness or foreign privilege in developing nation compliance monitoring?
Gary W. FlorkowskiDrawing on the international business and game theory literature, this study assesses foreign firm treatment in the early stages of regulatory enforcement.
Audit quality and corporate trade credit: evidence from the Asian emerging markets
Asif Saeed, Zahid Munir, Muhammad Wasif ZafarThe purpose of this study is to examine whether companies with high audit quality (AQ) are expected to use trade credit (TC) as a financing source. Traditionally, vendors are most…
Competitive or collaborative? Customer concentration and real earnings management
Lei Zhu, Wanyi Chen, Qianwen ZhengEmerging markets are characterized by weak institutions and strong relationships, which give rise to different market characteristics in supply chain relationships. This study…
Determinants of positive financial behavior: a parallel mediation model
Asheesh Pandey, UtkarshDrawing from socialization theory this study investigates the effect of financial socialization and mediating role of “attitude toward money” (ATM) and financial literacy on the…
Performance of franchisee: the role of reciprocal resources, relationship quality and cultural sensitivity
Tien Dung Luu, Khanh Huyen Nguyen Mai, Cuong Chi Huynh, Ngoc Huong Thi Phan, Nga Thanh Le, Thao Nguyen Diep LeThis study aims to reveal the impact mechanism of franchisor-owned resources, franchise relationship quality and franchisee's dynamic capabilities on franchisee performance, with…
Empirical evidence of SMEs' ecopreneurship posture, green competitiveness and community-based performance: the neglected missing linkages of green practices
Ebenezer Afum, Yaw Agyabeng-Mensah, Charles Baah, Innocent Senyo Kwasi Acquah, Martin Boakye OseiThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the direct and mediation effects of small- and medium-sized enterprises' (SMEs) ecopreneurship posture (EP), green inbound practices…
Blockchain technology adoption in Halal traceability scheme of the food supply chain: evidence from Indonesian firms
Eli Sumarliah, Tieke Li, Bailin Wang, Safeer Ullah Khan, Sher Zaman KhanThe paper examines the intent to adopt blockchain-facilitated Halal traceability (BFHT) scheme in Indonesian firms' Halal food supply chain (SC). This study integrates…
Investigating pension choice factors among the faculty of public sector universities in Pakistan
Muhammad Wahab, Muhammad Aamir Khan, Muhammad Siddique, Fakhrul HasanThis research designed, optimized and tested a context-specific scale to evaluate public sector employees' pension choices.
Sustainable supply chain in emerging economies during and post COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic literature review and future research directions
Humaira Nafisa Ahmed, Sayem Ahmed, Muztoba Ahmad Khan, Syed Mithun AliCOVID-19 pandemic interrupted global supply chains (SCs) affecting both developed and developing countries. In context of the COVID-19 pandemic, numerous studies were conducted on…
Examining significance of “downside beta” as a measure of risk – evidence from Indian equity market
Sivakumar Menon, Pitabas Mohanty, Uday Damodaran, Divya AggarwalMany studies have shown that from a theoretical and empirical point of view, downside risk-based measures of risk are better than the traditional ones. Despite academic appeal and…
Can Confucian culture promote enterprise total factor productivity? Evidence from China
Ni Xiong, Longzheng DuThis study examines whether Confucian culture can promote enterprise total factor productivity (TFP), and it also studies how transmission mechanism works on enterprise TFP.
The effects of government spending on consumption and the real exchange rate: a comparison between developed and developing countries
Yu Li, Xiaoyang ZhuThe degree of development and the way to identify a fiscal shock matter in evaluating the effects of the fiscal policy. This paper contributes to the debate on the effects of a…
Government influence on logistics and supply chain innovations: assessing implications for firm performance and societal impact in an emerging economy
Charles Baah, Yaw Agyabeng-Mensah, Ebenezer Afum, Innocent Senyo Kwasi Acquah, Dacosta EsselSignificant unexplored research gaps exist in relation to assessing how governments influence innovations in the logistics and supply chains of SMEs to mitigate risks. This study…
Family control, R&D expenses and firm efficiency: evidence from Taiwanese cultural and creative industries
Qian Long Kweh, Hanh Thi My Le, Irene Wei Kiong Ting, Wen-Min LuFirst, this study assesses the link between research and development (R&D) expenses and firm efficiency. Second, this study explores how family control moderates the link between…
Discretionary impacts of the risk management committee attributes on firm performance: do board size matter?
Sitara Karim, Samuel A. Vigne, Brian M. Lucey, Muhammad Abubakr NaeemWhile there is an increased demand from various corporate stakeholders on the need for public companies to have risk management frameworks as well as a stand-alone risk management…
How Russian MNEs navigate institutional complexity at home
Anna Earl, Snejina Michailova, Christina StringerThis paper examines how Russian multinational enterprises (MNEs) operating in the metallurgical industry strategise under the highly complex conditions of their home institutional…
The dynamic interdependence structure and risk spillover effect between Sino-US stock markets
Menggen Chen, Yuanren ZhouThe purpose of this paper is to explore the dynamic interdependence structure and risk spillover effect between the Chinese stock market and the US stock market.
Imported inputs, firms' capabilities and productivity: evidence from emerging South Asian economies
Muhammad Luqman, Ghulam MurtazaThe main purpose of this study is to examine the impact of imported inputs on firms' productivity in selected South Asian economies, namely Pakistan, India and Bangladesh…
Government support, employee motivation and job performance in the COVID-19 times: evidence from Turkish SMEs during the short work period
Cevahir Uzkurt, Semih Ceyhan, Emre Burak Ekmekcioglu, Musab Talha AkpinarThis paper aims to explore the effect of government support (short work allowances – SWA) on SME employees' job performance and employee motivation perceptions, during the…
The effect of Chinese foreign direct investment on Africa's industrialization process
Eugene Misa Darko, Kangning XuThis study empirically investigates the long-run and interactive effect of Chinese foreign direct investment (CFDI) on Africa's industrialization process.
The impact of corruption on companies' engagement in sustainability reporting practices: an empirical examination
Antonella Francesca Cicchiello, Amirreza Kazemikhasragh, Salvatore Perdichizzi, Andrea ReyThis paper aims to investigate whether the perceived level of corruption influences companies' decision to address principles and standards aimed, inter alia, at fighting…
The fit between GLOBE cultural dimensions, budget transparency and performance management across emerging economies
Hamid Zarei, Hassan Yazdifar, Ahmad Nasseri, Mohsen Dahmarde GhalenoThere is a dearth of research that investigates the impact of national culture on budgeting and management indexes in the public sector across developing countries. Limited…
An integrated model to study workplace passion and job satisfaction among hotel employees: an emerging market perspective
Deepti Pathak, Shalini Srivastava, Prasoon M. Tripathi, Ritika GugnaniThe present study is intended to examine the association between work passion (WP) (obsessive and harmonious) and job satisfaction (JS) of hotel employees in India. It further…
Impact of imports from China on Indian manufacturing performance: an analysis of trade competitiveness
Sunitha RajuThe focus of this paper is to provide an assessment of the impact of imports from China on Indian manufacturing and capture the multifarious dimensions of India–China bilateral…
Tax avoidance, CSR performance and financial impacts: evidence from BRICS economies
Meng Du, Yang LiThe purpose of this study is to analyse the recently highly debated topics of the Tax avoidance–Corporate social responsibility (CSR) performance nexus and to further investigate…
Dynamic common correlated effects of financial inclusion on economic growth: empirical evidence from Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) countries
Imran Sharif Chaudhry, Zulkornain Yusop, Muzafar Shah HabibullahFinancial inclusion is a critical component of financial development, which disseminates accessible financial services to benefit all parts of society and consequently promotes…
Diversity–performance nexus in an emerging economy: an investigation of family and non-family firms
Md Tariqul Islam, Shrabani Saha, Mahfuzur RahmanThe empirical study aims to examine the impact of board diversity with respect to gender and nationality on firm performance in an emerging economy. This research further splits…
Government-business relations and strategic patenting: evidence from China's patent boom
Ruoyan Zhu, Yin Li, Li TangThe purpose of the study is to propose a new perspective to explain how China's rapid growth in patenting is partially driven by corporate strategic patenting to influence local…
On the dynamics of expectations, uncertainty and economic growth: an empirical analysis for the case of Uruguay
Juan Gabriel Brida, Bibiana Lanzilotta, Lucia RosichFrom these data, the authors construct an uncertainty index through the use of a vector autoregressive (VAR) model to measure the impact of uncertainty on GDP, controlling for…
Responsible leadership, Diversity and Organizational Commitment: A Study from Egypt
Mohamed MousaPurpose – This paper focuses on the oldest and largest public hospital in Egypt in an attempt to explore the effect of responsible leadership on physicians’ affective, continuance…
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