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Determinants of shadow economy in OIC and non-OIC countries: the role of financial development
Shabeer Khan, Baharom Abdul Hamid, Mohd Ziaur RehmanThe purpose of this paper is to empirically investigate the determinants and the impact of financial development on shadow economy in OIC countries and then compared with non-OIC…
The expatriate and local hotel general managers: differing approaches to employees’ loyalty
Yong-Ki Lee, Paresha N. Sinha, Soon-Ho Kim, Eric Melvin Swanson, Jae-Jang Yang, Eun-Jung KimHotels conducting international business are acknowledging the importance of an expatriate general manager (GM), to increase the effectiveness of their knowledge management system…
Forecasting sovereign risk perception of Brazilian bonds: an evaluation of machine learning prediction accuracy
Diego Silveira Pacheco de Oliveira, Gabriel Caldas MontesGiven the importance of credit rating agencies’ (CRAs) assessment in affecting international financial markets, it is useful for policymakers and investors to be able to forecast…
Industry-level analysis of COVID-19’s impact in emerging markets – evidence from Pakistan
Muhammad MushafiqThe main purpose of this study is to evaluate COVID-19’s impact on the emerging stock markets.
Economic policy uncertainty and investors' sentiment—an Indian perspective
Sohil Idnani, Masudul Hasan Adil, Hoshiar Mal, Ashutosh KolteThis paper aims to understand the effect of a change in Economic Policy Uncertainty (EPU) of India and the USA on investors' sentiment in the Indian context, consisting of Sensex…
Corporate compliance capability of EMNEs: a prerequisite for overcoming the liability of emergingness in advanced economies
Liang Wang, Zaiyang Xie, Hongjuan Zhang, Xiaohua Yang, Justin TanThe literature on how emerging market multinational enterprises (EMNEs) overcome the liability of emergingness/origin has sidestepped a prerequisite for any efforts to overcome…
Investment environment, stock market perception and stock investments after stock market crash
Mohammad Tariqul Islam Khan, Siow-Hooi Tan, Lee-Lee Chong, Gerald Guan Gan GohThis study examines how the importance of external investment environment factors affects stock market perception, and how stock market perception affects stock investments after…
The impact of China's trade, aid and FDI on African economies
Derrick Anquanah Cudjoe, He Yumei, Hanhui HuThis study examines the impact of China’s trade, aid and foreign direct investment (FDI) on the economic growth of Africa.
The impact of trade openness on the cost of financial intermediation and bank performance: evidence from BRICS countries
Mohammed Mizanur Rahman, Md. Mominur Rahman, Mahfuzur Rahman, Md. Abdul Kaium MasudThe purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of trade openness on the cost of financial intermediation and bank performance. Developed and developing countries are currently…
Interplay among blockchain technology adoption strategy, e-supply chain management diffusion, entrepreneurial orientation and human resources information system in banking
Heba Mohamed Adel, Raghda Abulsaoud Ahmed YounisTo empirically study the direct and mediating relationships between blockchain technology adoption strategy (BCTAS), electronic supply chain management diffusion (eSCMD)…
Antecedents of environmental strategies: a study of the manufacturing industry in Pakistan
Farida Saleem, Yingying Zhang-Zhang, C. Gopinath, Muhammad Imran MalikThe paper aims to explore how market pressures, upper echelons theory and slack resources interact to affect pro-environmental strategies in an emerging market. Specifically, the…
How and when economic policy uncertainty influences firms' strategic change: the role of CEO turnover and organizational inertia
Xi Zhong, Weihong Chen, Ge RenMany studies have examined the antecedents of firms' strategic change on a micro and meso level, but few studies have explored it from the macrolevel (e.g. economic policy…
Selection of resilient suppliers in manufacturing industries post-COVID-19: implications for economic and social sustainability in emerging economies
Abhijit Majumdar, Jeevaraj S, Mathiyazhagan Kaliyan, Rohit AgrawalSelection of resilient suppliers has attracted the attention of researchers in the past one decade. The devastating effect of COVID-19 in emerging economies has provided great…
Global knowledge centrality: co-inventor collaboration with China
Jessica Salmon, Salma Zaman, Emine Beyza Satoglu, Fernando Sanchez-Henriquez, Andres Velez-CalleThis paper examines the role of co-inventor collaboration with China and/or the USA on a country's increase in centrality in global knowledge networks. It also explores the role…
Excess volatility pursuit in autoregressive GARCH model based panel data analysis at country level: BRICS context
Wajid Shakeel Ahmed, Muhammad Shoaib Khan, Muhammad Jibran Sheikh, Inzamam KhanThis particular study examined the government bond price variations in order to determine the presence of excess volatility both at country and panel group level of BRICS…
Regional responses to macroeconomic and regional policy in Poland
Ageliki Anagnostou, Vyron Bourelias, Paweł GajewskiThe purpose of this paper is to investigate regional impact of macroeconomic and regional policy impulses, using our newly developed multi-regional computable general equilibrium…
The impact of economic uncertainty, stock market uncertainty and monetary uncertainty on money demand in India
Mohammad Azeem Khan, Masudul Hasan Adil, Shah HusainThe purpose of the paper is to address money demand instability and investigate the impact of economic uncertainty, stock market uncertainty and monetary uncertainty on money…
Technological innovation policy and Chinese heterogeneity enterprises' outward foreign direct investment
Jinjing Zhao, Jongchul LeeThe study aims to analyze the role of the Made in China 2025 (MIC2025) initiative in China's Outward Foreign Direct Investment (OFDI) and the factors affecting the success or…
Impacts of social insurance on firm performance: evidence from Vietnamese small- and medium-sized enterprises
The Nguyen HuynhThis article analyzes the impact of social insurance on firm performance by obtaining evidence from Vietnamese small- and medium-sized enterprises.
Russian merger control: in favor of foreign companies?
Anastasiia Redkina, Mariia Molodchik, Carlos JardonThe paper aims to reveal the attitude of the Russian competition authorities towards cross-border mergers involving foreign buyers. The study addresses the following question: Is…
Reverse FDI and knowledge-and-physical-capital model: empirical evidence from emerging economies
Andrzej Cieślik, Giang Hien TranThe main aim of this paper is to verify whether the modern mainstream economic theory of multinational enterprise that explains foreign direct investment (FDI) from developed…
Disaggregated IPO returns, economic uncertainty and the long-run performance of SME IPOs
Vikas Gupta, Shveta Singh, Surendra S. YadavSmall and medium enterprises (SMEs) play a crucial role in national economies worldwide, generating employment and contributing to innovation. This study tries to investigate the…
Development of empirically based customer-derived positioning taxonomy for consumer electronics sector in the Indian emerging market
Natasha Saqib, Mir Shahid SatarAn Indian emerging market positioning taxonomy has been developed in response to the literature review's findings that existing positioning typologies/taxonomies are based on…
How leadership styles influence organizational outcomes: an empirical study in Vietnamese SMEs
Dat Tien Le, Selvarajah Christopher, Thuy Thi Thu Nguyen, Hong Thi Thanh Pham, Phuong Thi Lan NguyenThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of leadership styles on different organizational outcomes and value structure such as: overall business performance, working…
Elucidating the effect of information technology capabilities on organizational performance in UAE: a three-wave moderated-mediation model
Haseena Bader Alkatheeri, Fauzia Jabeen, Khalid Mehmood, Gabriele SantoroThis paper aims to investigate information technology capabilities (ITC)’s influence on organizational performance (OP) within the hospitality industry. Specifically, it analyzes…
Political connections and firm performance in an emerging market context: the mediating effect of sustainability disclosure
Faisal Faisal, Rizki Ridhasyah, Haryanto HaryantoThis study examines the mediating effect of sustainability disclosure on the relationship between political connections and firm performance from the resource-based view.
A matter of others' money: How cash holdings of other firms affect a firm’s cash holding?
Jisaba Jinkrawee, Ravi Lonkani, Suchanphin SuwanaphanThis study examines the effects of comparable companies, within the same industry, on cash-holding (CH) levels of a specific firm in the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET). Peer…
Examining the influence of forgiveness and its antecedents on consumer behavior: the moderating role of service failure severity
Ramakrishna Salagrama, Sanjeev Prashar, Sai Vijay TataThis study aims to investigate antecedents of forgiveness from the non-complainers point of view after a service failure in India.
Cultural values, entrepreneurial team structure and performance of SMEs
Mohammad Bashokuh-E-Ajirloo, Bahman Khodapanah, Mehdi Alizadeh, Mehdi EbrahimzadehThe main objective of this study is to explain the relationship between members' cultural values on structure and performance of the entrepreneurial teams that located in Tehran.
International acquisitions and efficiency and productivity of the Serbian cement industry
Slađana Savović, Predrag Mimović, Violeta DomanovićThis paper explores the impact of international acquisitions on the efficiency and productivity of the cement industry in an emerging economy.
Openness and technological innovation: the moderating effect of information technology adoption and political ties
Hao Jiao, Jifeng Yang, Cheng Jiang, Jiawei YuThis research helps firms pursue an open innovation strategy but want to minimize competitive pressure from other external entities. A theoretical framework is constructed to…
Financial stress effects on financial markets: dynamic connectedness and portfolio hedging
Taicir Mezghani, Mouna Boujelbène-AbbesThis paper investigates the impact of financial stress on the dynamic connectedness and hedging for oil market and stock-bond markets of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).
Cash holding and performance analysis of mutual funds: a case of an emerging financial market
Faisal Khan, Syed Hamid Ali Shah, Romana BangashThis study is about the determinants of cash holding and impact of cash holding on mutual funds’ performance. In addition, the study analyzes the impact of performance-related…
What triggers mobile application-based purchase behavior during COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from Vietnam
Xuan Cu LeCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has shifted purchase behavior and accelerated the diffusion of modern retail channels via mobile application (or m-application). This work aims…
Fundamental analysis and the use of financial statement information to separate winners and losers in frontier markets: evidence from Vietnam
Tuan Ho, Y Trong Nguyen, Hieu Truong Manh Tran, Dinh-Tri VoThe pupose of the paper is to study the usefulness of Piotroski (2000)'s F-score in separating winners and losers in Vietnam.
The impact of market orientation on small firm performance: a configurational approach
Sanjay Chaudhary, Deepak Sangroya, Elisa Arrigo, Giuseppe CappielloIn this study, the authors examine the influence of market orientation on small firms' performance. The authors theorize that the association between market orientation and small…
Digital entrepreneurship and emancipation: exploring the nexus in a conflict zone
Sharfa Hassan, Ajaz Akbar Mir, Sher Jahan KhanThis paper aims to examine the emergence of digital entrepreneurship in a conflict environment to explore the emancipatory potential of digital technology in a rare context. The…
A global perspective of the role of domestic economic, financial and political risks in inbound tourism
Seyed Alireza Athari, Uju Violet Alola, Andrew Adewale AlolaIn this study, as part of an attempt to foster sustainable development, the aim is directed at understanding the perspectives of domestic economic, financial and political risks…
Influencing factors and paths of upgrading consumer goods industry in Shanghai: a FsQCA approach
Lei Shen, Cong Sun, Muhammad AliThis study examines the factors that influence the improvement of the consumer goods sector in three dimensions (technology, internal factors and external environment) for…
Determinants of profitability in Chinese companies
Ali Saleh Alarussi, Xiaoyu GaoThis study is conducted to determine the factors that affect profitability in Chinese listed companies (by using financial ratios). Four independent variables liquidity…
Natural resources and economic growth: evidence from Brunei Darussalam
Muhammad Tahir, Umar Burki, Arshad HayatThis paper explores the relationship between natural resources and economic growth of Brunei Darussalam, an underresearched area in the available literature.
Adoption of artificial intelligence in banking services: an empirical analysis
Mahfuzur Rahman, Teoh Hui Ming, Tarannum Azim Baigh, Moniruzzaman SarkerThis study aims to understand the importance and challenges of adopting artificial intelligence (AI) in the banking industry in Malaysia and examine the factors that are important…
Triple vectorial analysis of financial development impact on economic growth: evidence from the Middle East and Central Asia
Rim El Khoury, Etienne Harb, Nohade NasrallahThis paper provides a state-of-the-art review of the financial development in the Middle East and Central Asia (MECA) and examines its impact on its economic growth.
Cooperation in a minimum-waste innovation ecosystem: a case study of the Czech Hemp Cluster
Jindrich SpickaInnovation ecosystems face many environmental challenges. The literature review shows that innovation ecosystems accelerate innovation activity, but empirical studies have not…
Regulatory focus and construal level theory on low-income consumer indebtedness: Evidence from an emerging market
Patrícia de Oliveira Campos, Marconi Freitas da CostaThis study aims to further analyse the decision-making process of low-income consumer from an emerging market by verifying the influence of regulatory focus and construal level…
Can market state and market volatility explain time-varying momentum profits in South Africa?
Mwangele Kaluba, Yudhvir SeetharamWhile the momentum anomaly is prevalent in South Africa, few have examined the reasons influencing it. This study examines whether momentum profits vary through time and are…
Examining the nexus between transformational leadership and follower's radical creativity: the role of creative process engagement and leader creativity expectation
Md. Nurun Nabi, Zhiqiang Liu, Najmul HasanThe primary objective of this study is to examine the nexus between transformational leadership (TL) and followers' radical creativity (FRC). In contrast, creative process…
Multifractality during upside/downside trends in the MENA stock markets: the effects of the global financial crisis, oil crash and COVID-19 pandemic
Walid Mensi, Imran Yousaf, Xuan Vinh Vo, Sang Hoon KangThis paper examines asymmetric multifractality (A-MF) in the leading Middle East and North Africa (MENA) stock markets under different turbulent periods (global financial crisis…
Entry-level job pursuit intention: assessing person-environment fit in India
Atri Sengupta, Shashank MittalPerson-environment (PE) fit theory suggests that value congruence (fit) leads to the job pursuits intention (Cable and Judge, 1996) which is also influenced by cultural norms (Ma…
Revisiting expectation confirmation model to measure the effectiveness of multichannel bank services for elderly consumers
Neena Sinha, Nidhi SinghThis study aims to understand the expectations of elderly bank customers with mobile banking services and to measure its impact on their long-term satisfaction and continued…
Developing a competitiveness index at sub-national level for India: an economic growth measure
Nirmalkumar Singh Moirangthem, Barnali NagThe objective of this study is threefold–first, to develop a Regional Competitiveness Index (RCI) for measuring competitiveness of sub-national regions for India; second, to test…
Empirical comparison of Shariah-compliant vs conventional mutual fund performance
Naseem Al Rahahleh, M. Ishaq BhattiThis paper investigates the performance of locally focused equity mutual funds (LFEFs) in Saudi Arabia as compared with the performance of benchmark funds. More specifically, the…
Corporate environmental responsibility and innovation: empirical evidence from Vietnam
Van Ha Nguyen, Nam Hoang VuThis study aims to examine the relationship between corporate environmental responsibility (CER) practices and different types of innovation carried out by small- and medium-sized…
Loan to value ratio and housing loan default – evidence from microdata in India
Asish Saha, Debasis Rooj, Reshmi SenguptaThis study aims to investigate the factors that drive housing loan default in India based on unique micro-level data drawn from a public sector bank's credit files with a national…
Corporate social responsibility and SMEs' performance: mediating role of corporate image, corporate reputation and customer loyalty
Thanh Tiep LeThe purpose of the paper is to evaluate the essential role of corporate social responsibility (CSR) on SMEs' performance by exploring the mediating role of corporate image (CI)…
Entrepreneurs' exit strategies and their determinants: the role of perceived exit challenges
Izabela Koładkiewicz, Łukasz Kozłowski, Marta Wojtyra-PerlejewskaThe study aims to investigate whether the perceived problems in exiting a business—as well as the scope of and access to external support—may impact an entrepreneur's decision…
Debt maturity structure and firm investment in the financially constrained environment
Muhammad Nouman, Ijaz Ahmad, Muhammad Fahad Siddiqi, Farman Ullah Khan, Mohammad Fayaz, Idrees Ali ShahThe financial policies of the modern world corporations and their investment decisions are generally considered as interrelated because the agency problems, associated with the…
Do guanxi and harmonious leadership matter in the sociocultural integration by Chinese multinational enterprises in The Netherlands?
Zhe Sun, Liang Zhao, Hongji Wei, Xiaoming Wang, Rosanne Rosalie RiemersmaThe study aims to examine the effects of guanxi and harmonious leadership on acquisition performance and the role of sociocultural integration as a mediating mechanism impacting…
Framework and determinants of benchmarking: a theoretical analysis and case study in Vietnam
Viet Hoang, Khanh-Duy Nguyen, Hoang-Le NguyenThis study aims to develop a benchmarking model with productivity, management, and sustainability indicators (PMS), measure the performance of furniture firms in Vietnam, explore…
Studying key antecedents of disruptive technology adoption in the digital supply chain: an Indian perspective
Tarit Mitra, Rohit Kapoor, Narain GuptaThe study examines the key drivers of the adoption of disruptive technologies (DTs) in the digital supply chain (DSC) in developing nations.
Inbound tourism demand elasticities of MENA countries: the role of internal and external conflicts
Ojonugwa Usman, Andrew Adewale Alola, George IkeIn this paper, the authors investigate the inbound tourism demand elasticities of the Middle East and North African (MENA) countries. The authors emphasize the role of external…
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