Journal of Asia Business Studies: Volume 14 Issue 3

An investigation of Confucius Institute’s effects on China’s OFDI via cultural difference and institutional quality

Chensheng Xu, Feng Yao, Fan Zhang, Yonghong Wang

This study aims to investigate the influence of the Confucius Institute (CI) on outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) by China and its potential interaction with cultural…

Principal–principal agency conflicts, product market competition and corporate payout policy in China

Amjad Iqbal, Xianzhi Zhang, Muhammad Zubair Tauni, Khalil Jebran

The purpose of this paper is to examine the interaction between competition and corporate payout policy and more specifically to answer the question that whether competition…

Determinants of online purchase intention: a PLS-SEM approach: evidence from Indonesia

Citra Kusuma Dewi, Zurina Mohaidin, Mohsen Ali Murshid

The purpose of this paper is to identify the factors affecting consumers' online purchase intention and to explore whether there was any significant difference between the path…

Antecedents and consequence of brand management: empirical study of Apple’s brand product

Mashur Razak, Muhammad Hidayat, Ansir Launtu, Aditya Halim Perdana AHP Kusuma Putra, Shandra Bahasoan

This paper aims to investigate the relevance of each variable such as brand attitude, brand awareness, brand visibility (BV), brand integrity (BI), brand reputation and brand…

Business networks in an auto-component cluster: an exploratory study

Dinesh Rawat

The purpose of this paper is to find out the different types of business networks formed by firms with the stakeholders present in a cluster, i.e. how firms in a cluster interact…

The effect of service innovation on customer behavioral intention in the Taiwanese insurance sector: the role of word of mouth and corporate social responsibility

Jui-I Chang, Chen-Ying Lee

Service innovation has been one of the essential elements to meet the customers’ requirements, but few studies discuss service innovation regarding behavioral intention in the…

Managerial skills and performance in small businesses: the mediating role of organizational climate

Gholamhossein Mehralian, Mohammad Peikanpour, Maryam Rangchian, Hamed Aghakhani

The purpose of this paper is to develop a conceptual model to determine whether organizational climate (OC) mediates the effect of managerial skills (MSs) on business performance…

How do product involvement and prestige sensitivity affect price acceptance on the mobile phone market in Vietnam?

Ngoc Minh Nguyen, Huyen Thi Nguyen

The aim of this paper is to incorporate the theoretically and practically appropriate affecting factors of customers’ price acceptance to develop an integrated model explaining…

CSR-enhancing factors for business vs public stakeholders: evidence from Hong Kong

Sungwook Min, Namwoon Kim, Carlos Lo

The purpose of this study provides the enhancing factors of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and examines their differential effects on corporate social performances for…