South Asian Journal of Business Studies: Volume 9 Issue 2

Does Ban on Futures trading (de)stabilise spot volatility?: Evidence from Indian Agriculture Commodity Market

Neharika Sobti

The purpose of this paper is to ascertain the possible consequences of ban on futures trading of agriculture commodities in India by examining three critical issues: first, the…

Segmentation of Indian shoppers in the context of organic foods

Muhammad Ahsan Sadiq, Balasundaram Rajeswari, Lubna Ansari

The purpose of the paper is to segment and profile the Indian shoppers in the context of organic foods in India. It proposes to use a healthy lifestyle (HL) as a segmenting…

Understanding how hybrid organisations tackle social challenges: An institutional logics approach

Anu Ann Alexander, Shishir Jha, Ashish Pandey

The purpose of this paper is to examine how hybrid organisations combine institutional logics to tackle complex social needs.

Market orientation and women-owned SMEs performance: The contingent role of entrepreneurial orientation and strategic decision responsiveness

Muhammad Amir Rashid, Masood Nawaz Kalyar, Imran Shafique

This research aims to investigate the contingent effect of entrepreneurial orientation (EO) and strategic decision responsiveness (SDR) on the link of market orientation (MO) and…

Mandatory CSR expenditure and firm performance: Evidence from India

Arunesh Garg, Pradeep Kumar Gupta

This study, based on the instrumental approach of the stakeholder theory, examines the firm performance of public and private sector firms in the mandatory corporate social…

Leadership humility and managing a multicultural workforce

Camille Hutt, Shanthi Gopalakrishnan

The purpose of this paper is to understand how CEO Joseph Abraham of Commercial Bank, Qatar, has shaped the culture of the bank and driven increased success during his tenure…

Role of financial and non-financial information in determining individual investor investment decision: a signaling perspective

Muhammad Naveed, Shoaib Ali, Kamran Iqbal, Muhammad Khalid Sohail

The purpose of this study is to examine the role of financial and nonfinancial information in determining individual investor's investment decisions by analyzing the mediating…

The short-run and long-run dynamics among FDI, trade openness and economic growth: using a bootstrap ARDL test for co-integration in selected South Asian countries

Hummera Saleem, Malik Shahzad Shabbir, Muhammad Bilal khan

The purpose of this study is to analyze the dynamic causal relationship between foreign direct investment (FDI), gross domestic product (GDP) and trade openness (TO) on a set of…