International Journal of Emerging Markets: Volume 19 Issue 3

Are emerging economies’ credit cycles synchronized? Fresh evidence from time–frequency analysis

Seema Saini, Utkarsh Kumar, Wasim Ahmad

To the best of our knowledge, no study has examined credit cycle synchronizations in the context of emerging economies. Studying the credit cycles synchronization across BRICS…

Can intermediary and disintermediary be compatible in coordination management: affordance, fusion and actualization of blockchain and conventional systems

Daojun Sun, Limin Deng, Wenchi Ying

This study investigates into how organizations enable the compatibility between intermediary role of conventional systems with disintermediary potentials of blockchain toward the…

Determinants of foreign direct investment: employment status and potential of food processing industry in India

Satya Prasad Padhi

The paper underpins an advanced domestic manufacturing that comes with some advanced employment specialization status of individual industries as the key determinant of foreign…

Internationalization and domestic political support: a differentiation of R&D-related foreign and domestic firms in Turkey

Timo Kleiner-Schaefer, Ekrem Tatoglu, Ingo Liefner

This paper contributes insights into how different firm types in the emerging market (EM) of Turkey respond to upgrading pressures in terms of internationalization and the usage…

Impact of merger on stock returns and economic value added (EVA) of the acquiring firms: a study from Indian corporate sector

Puja Aggarwal Gulati, Sonia Garg

This paper attempts to examine the impact of merger on the stock returns and economic value added (EVA) of acquiring firms to know if the mergers are successful corporate…

Corporate governance, litigation risk and firm performance: a mediation moderating model

Abdul Waheed, Hamid Mahmood, Jun Wen

The purpose of this research is to investigate how the negative effect of litigation risk on firm performance could be controlled through the channel of voluntary disclosure and…

Does digital financial innovation enhance financial deepening and growth in Kenya?

Roseline Misati, Jared Osoro, Maureen Odongo, Farida Abdul

The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of digital financial innovation on financial depth and economic growth in Kenya.

How appreciative leadership affects employees' helping behaviors? The mediating role of emotions and the moderating role of organizational trust

Muhammad Asim, Zhiying Liu, Usman Ghani, Muhammad Athar Nadeem, Umme Farva Hashmi, Yi Xu

This study, based on social exchange theory, aims to explore the association between appreciative leadership and employees' helping behaviors by investigating the mediation role…

Institutional distance and Chinese investment efficiency in Africa: a stochastic frontier analysis

Elyas Abdulahi Mohamued, Muhammad Asif Khan, Natanya Meyer, József Popp, Judit Oláh

This study aims to analyse the efficiency effects of institutional distance on Chinese outward foreign direct investment (FDI) in Africa.

Shariah compliance and stock price synchronicity: evidence from India

Omar Farooq, Neveen Ahmed

This paper aims to document the effect of shariah compliance on stock price synchronicity.

Tax reform and investment efficiency: evidence from China's replacement of business tax with VAT

Yajie Bai, Maoguo Wu

Extensive macro- and micro-economics research has been conducted on China's tax reform, which replaced business tax with value-added tax (VAT). However, existing studies have not…

Does KAM disclosure make a difference in emerging markets? An investigation into audit fees and report lag

Saeed Rabea Baatwah, Ehsan Saleh Almoataz, Waddah Kamal Omer, Khaled Salmen Aljaaidi

This study investigates the consequences of the key audit matter (KAM) disclosure requirement by considering two salient audit proxies: audit fees and audit report lag. This…