EuroMed Journal of Business: Volume 17 Issue 4

Board characteristics and integrated reporting quality: evidence from ESG European companies

Salim Chouaibi, Yamina Chouaibi, Ghazi Zouari

The aim of this study is to analyze the possible relationship between board characteristics and integrated reporting quality in an international setting.

The antecedents and consequences of brand personality: a systematic review

Muhammad Rashid Saeed, Umar Burki, Raza Ali, Robert Dahlstrom, Hashim Zameer

The topic of brand personality (BP) has received extensive research attention in the last 2 decades, with a particular focus on examining its antecedents and consequences. This…

Estimating competitiveness of Greek food and beverage industry: a comparison between Greek flour milling industry and Greek food and beverage industry

Christos Konstantinidis, Stamatis Aggelopoulos, Maria Tsiouni, Evanthia Rizopoulou

The objective of this study is to estimate the competitiveness for both the Greek food and beverage industry as a whole and the flour and milling industry, justifying the certain…

My choices are better than yours! Gender differences in narcissistic start-up entrepreneurs

Simona Leonelli

The paper explores the role of narcissism on entrepreneurs' decisions in terms of organizational choices, discussing gender differences. The aim relies in the influence that…

Empowering leadership and innovative work behavior: the mediating effects of climate for initiative and job autonomy in Moroccan SMEs

Abderrahman Hassi, Sylvia Rohlfer, Simon Jebsen

The purpose of this paper was to explore the role of empowering leadership, organizational climate for initiative and job autonomy in spurring innovative work behavior (IWB).

Re-examination of the internet financial reporting determinants

Foued Khlifi

The purpose of this paper is to shed light on the relationship between the Internet Financial Reporting (IFR) levels and corporate characteristics. It is assumed that the…

The influence of online and offline brand trust on consumer buying intention

Costanza Nosi, Tommaso Pucci, Yioula Melanthiou, Lorenzo Zanni

The study tests a model that considers online brand trust in different nonbrand-owned touchpoints as a multifactorial construct constituted by: social network influencers…

Market efficiency and the Greek fixed-odds betting market

Alexandros Kalaitzakis, Petros Lois, Spyros Repousis

The purpose of this study is to empirically examine the efficiency of Greek fixed-odds (offline) betting market as offered by OPAP for the period 2016–2019.

Do board directors and good corporate governance improve integrated reporting quality? The moderating effect of CSR: an empirical analysis

Jamel Chouaibi, Saida Belhouchet, Raghad Almallah, Yamina Chouaibi

This paper targets to shed light on the relationship between board characteristics, good corporate governance and the integrated reporting quality (IRQ) and even if this…

The impact of internal corporate governance mechanisms on audit report lag: evidence from Tunisian listed companies

Azhaar Lajmi, Mdallelah Yab

The purpose of this paper is to examine and analyze the impact of governance internal mechanisms on audit report lag. The characteristics of governance used in this study are…

Authenticity as an antecedent of brand image in a positive emotional consumer relationship: the case of craft beer brands

Paula Rodrigues, Ana Pinto Borges, Ana Sousa

This study, based on craft beer brands, aims (1) to explain the importance of four brand authenticity dimensions (continuity, originality, reliability and naturalness) in…

Non-financial reporting and company financial performance: a systematic literature review and integrated framework

Cornelie Crous, Enrico Battisti, Erasmia Leonidou

The purpose of this paper is to examine the different aspects of non-financial reporting that may influence company financial performance. In particular, the authors present an…

Political risks and financial markets: emerging vs developed economies

Bechir Ben Ghozzi, Hasna Chaibi

The authors provide a comparative analysis between emerging and developed financial markets in terms of the effects of political risks on stock market returns and volatility. The…

Examining the impact of firm-specific and environmental-specific factors on short and long-term firm survival during an economic crisis

Dimitrios Chatzoudes, Prodromos Chatzoglou, Anastasios Diamantidis

Looking back on the last 12 years, the whole planet went through two major economic crises (2008 and 2019), which both had a profound impact on the survival of businesses. The…

Talent management and academic context: a comparative study of public and private universities

Abdallah Mohammad Taamneh, Mohammad Taamneh, Abdallah Alsaad, Manaf Al-Okaily

The aims of this research are to present a comprehensive and holistic view of talent management (TM) at universities by exploring the current practices of TM among private and…

The role of entrepreneurial resilience in forms of collaboration: a systematic literature review with bibliometric analyses

Ana Joana Candeias Fernandes, Mário Franco

Focused on the intersection between entrepreneurial resilience and different forms of collaboration, this research makes a systematic analysis of the literature resorting to…