Journal of Indian Business Research: Volume 14 Issue 3

Impact of gender diversity in boardroom on risk-return profile of Indian corporates

Narander Kumar Nigam, Kirtivardhan Singh, Purushottam Arya

The existing literature point that the presence of women directors in a firm reduces its risk. However, the relation between boardroom gender diversity and a firm’s return is…

Role of corporate governance in constraining earnings management practices: a study of select Indian and Chinese firms

Aprajita Pandey, J.K. Pattanayak, Prakash Singh

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of corporate governance on both accrual-based and real earnings management practices in select firms of the two world's…

Impact of personality factors on purchase and adoption of consumer durables with advanced technology

Ullal Manohar Bhat, Dhananjay Bapat, Amit Mookerjee

The purpose of this paper is to identify critical personality traits affecting and influencing buying behaviour in high involvement consumer durables. It also intends to guide…

Technostressors – a boon or bane? Toward an integrative conceptual model

Rofia Ramesh, Subramaniam Ananthram, V. Vijayalakshmi, Piyush Sharma

This paper aims to highlight the positive and negative effects of technostressors on employee attitudes using psychological need satisfaction as an explanatory mechanism and…

The impact of embedded location options on price discovery of agricultural futures contracts – the evidence from the Chana contract

Sanjay Mansabdar, Hussain C. Yaganti, Sankarshan Basu

Embedded options can create asymmetries in information impounded by cash and futures markets, causing errors in price discovery estimation. This paper aims to investigate the…

Implementing strategic responses in the COVID-19 market crisis: a study of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in India

Guydeuk Yeon, Paul C. Hong, Elangovan N., Divakar G. M.

The COVID-19 pandemic presents unprecedented challenges for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in emerging economies. This paper aims to examine how India's SMEs implement their…

Offline to online shopping: shift in volition or escape from violation

Ekta Duggal, Harsh Vardhan Verma

Research studies have attributed customer shift from offline to online retail to primarily functional reasons. Indian retailing differs from western counterparts in terms of…