International Journal of Emerging Markets
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Examining risks and strategies for the spice processing supply chain in the context of an emerging economy
Udukumburage Shalinda Kusal De Silva, Ananna Paul, Kazi Wahadul Hasan, Sanjoy Kumar Paul, Syed Mithun Ali, Ripon Kumar ChakraborttyManaging supply chain risk is a crucial element in ensuring the long-term sustainability of any organization or industry. As such, identification of risks and deploying…
Attenuating international financial shocks: the role of capital controls
Chokri ZehriBy reinforcing monetary policy independence, reducing international financing pressures and avoiding high-risk takings, capital controls strengthen the stability of the…
Global commodity prices and inflation expectations
Adviti Devaguptapu, Pradyumna DashIn this paper, we study the effect of global energy and food inflation on household inflation expectations during the period 1988M01–2020M03 for a set of European economies.
Intraday analysis of regulation change in microstructure: evidence from an emerging market
Eyup KadiogluThis study investigates the impact of simultaneously replacing both midday single-price call auction and lunch break with multi-price continuous trading on intraday…
Culture and financial reporting quality in GCC countries: what do we know about tribal culture?
Saeed Rabea Baatwah, Khaled Salmen Aljaaidi, Ehsan Saleh Almoataz, Zalailah SallehAlthough the effect of culture on financial reporting practices has been addressed in earlier studies, the existing empirical evidence totally neglects an important…
Annual report narrative disclosures, information asymmetry and future firm performance: evidence from Vietnam
Ly Thi Hai Tran, Thoa Thi Kim Tu, Tran Thi Hong Nguyen, Hoa Thi Lien Nguyen, Xuan Vinh VoThis paper examines the role of the annual report’s linguistic tone in predicting future firm performance in an emerging market, Vietnam.
Blockholding and agency cost: evidence from Nigeria
Ibe IbekweThe study examines how blockholding, blockholding nationality and multiple blockholder structures (MBS) are related to agency cost in Nigeria.
HR practices for managing aging employees in organizations: the case of Thailand
Chaturong NapathornThis paper examines the human resource (HR) strategies and practices that are considered to be particularly beneficial for aging employees in organizations in Thailand…
Is leverage a substitute or outcome for governance? Evidence from financial crises
Hasan Tekin, Ali Yavuz PolatThe authors investigate the impact of governance on the leverage of East Asian firms in the financial crisis context, in order to understand the puzzle whether debt acts…
Hedging stock market prices with WTI, Gold, VIX and cryptocurrencies: a comparison between DCC, ADCC and GO-GARCH models
Mohamed Fakhfekh, Ahmed Jeribi, Ahmed Ghorbel, Nejib HachichaIn a first place, the present paper is designed to examine the dynamic correlations persistent between five cryptocurrencies, WTI, Gold, VIX and four stock markets (SP500…
Founder CEOs, business groups and firm value: evidence from an emerging market
Woo Sung Kim, Halil KiymazThe impact of founder CEOs on firm value continues to be debated in the finance literature. While earlier studies suggest that founding family ownership and founding CEO…
Exploring governments' role in mergers and acquisitions using IVIF MULTIMOORA-COPRAS technique
Evans Opoku-Mensah, Yuming Yin, Love Offeibea Asiedu-Ayeh, Dennis Asante, Priscilla Tuffour, Sandra Asantewaa AmpofoExisting studies have found that most merger and acquisition (M&A) activities do not create the intended synergy. These studies have mainly investigated how firms'…
Oil price volatility and firm profitability: an empirical analysis of Shariah-compliant and non-Shariah-compliant firms
Abdullah Bugshan, Walid Bakry, Yongqing LiThis study examines the impact of oil price volatility on firm profitability. As Shariah-compliant firms operate under restrictions, the study also explores whether oil…
Multicultural leaders from emerging markets: transforming international acquisitions and corporate social responsibility
Kathleen Park, Frederick WallaceThe purpose of this paper is to explore the influence and advantages of leadership multiculturalism on global strategy development through cross-border mergers and…
Financial and social efficiency analysis of Islamic microfinance institutions
Marwa Fersi, Mouna BoujelbèneThe purpose of this paper was to investigate the impact of credit risk-taking on financial and social efficiency and examine the relationship between credit risk, capital…
Corporate governance and financial performance of banks in Ghana: the moderating role of ownership structure
Christopher BoachieThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the moderating effect of ownership on the links between corporate governance and financial performance in the context of Ghanaian banks.
“Sand” or “grease” effect? The impact of corruption on the investment volume of public−private partnerships
Jorge Fleta-Asín, Fernando MuñozSome scholars argue that corruption hinders economies and investment because it generates extra costs, while others suggest that it can act as a stimulus. Their mixed…
Affordable luxury consumption: an emerging market's perspective
Shadma Shahid, Jamid Ul Islam, Rahela Farooqi, George ThomasThis study aims to focus on proposing and empirically validating a model that captures certain critical socio-psychological factors that nurture consumers' attitude…
Do corporate social responsibility practices affect the relative efficiency of Egyptian conventional and Islamic banks?
Tamer Mohamed Shahwan, Ahmed Mohamed HabibThis study assesses the impact of corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices on the relative efficiency of conventional and Islamic Egyptian banks in the period 2012–2018.
Shaping bricolage behaviour: the role of personality traits among female entrepreneurs in an emerging economy
Syed Abidur Rahman, Mirza Mohammad Didarul Alam, Golam Mostafa Khan, Rowan Elodie KennedyThis paper examines the predictive role of personality traits on the entrepreneurial bricolage behaviour of female entrepreneurs in a resource-constrained setting.
The influential factors and consequences of knowledge sharing for expatriates
Wann-Yih Wu, Li-Yueh Lee, Nhu Vo Quynh Phan, Alfiyatul Qomariyah, Phuoc-Thien NguyenAs the dynamic competition in the global marketplace becomes increasingly severe, multinational firms have no choice but to improve their competitive advantages and…
Do vulnerability mitigation strategies influence firm performance: the mediating role of supply chain risk
Zulqurnain Ali, Bi Gongbing, Aqsa MehreenCurrently, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are facing different types of risk, and mitigating these risks is the primary concern for the emerging firms. This study…
Consumer xenocentrism and foreign goods purchase intention in an emerging economy
Mahmoud Abdulai Mahmoud, Tracy Nana Ebaskwa Mallen-Ntiador, Dominic Andoh, Mustapha Iddrisu, Adelaide Naa Amerley KastnerThe purpose of this study is to test consumer xenocentric tendencies on foreign goods purchase intention and to examine the mediating role of cultural openness on the relationship.
How does the internal capital market influence R&D spending? New evidence
Xin XiangThe purpose of this study is to examine whether and how internal capital markets mitigate financial constraints and enhance firms' willingness to engage in R&D projects.
Idiosyncratic volatility and interruption mechanisms in South Korean stock markets
Seungho Shin, Atsuyuki Naka, Saad AlsunbulThe purpose of this study is to examine how the volatility interruption (VI) mechanisms affect idiosyncratic volatilities in Korean stock markets.
COVID-19 and overconfidence bias: the case of developed, emerging and frontier markets
Vijay Kumar Shrotryia, Himanshi KalraThe main purpose of the present study is to delve into the overconfidence bias in global stock markets during both pre COVID-19 and COVID-19 phases.
Commodity prices and exchange rates: evidence from commodity-dependent developed and emerging economies
Saba Haider, Mian Sajid Nazir, Alfredo Jiménez, Muhammad Ali Jibran QamarIn this paper the authors examine evidence on exchange rate predictability through commodity prices for a set of countries categorized as commodity import- and…
Exploring the affect heuristic in Iranian women entrepreneurs
Pouria NouriHeuristics are fundamental components of the bounded rationality paradigm and influence entrepreneurs' decisions profusely. On the other hand, the affect heuristic is one…
Impact of FDI inflows on bank loans in Gulf Cooperation Council economies: an empirical insight
Abdulazeez Y.H. Saif-AlyousfiThe purpose of this paper is to investigate and compare the impact of FDI inflows on bank loans in aggregate as well as at the level of conventional and Islamic banks in…
Credit risk in dual banking systems: does competition matter? Empirical evidence
Mohsin Ali, Mudeer Ahmed Khattak, Nafis AlamThe study of credit risk has been of the utmost importance when it comes to measuring the soundness and stability of the banking system. Due to the growing importance of…
Shariah-compliant equities and Shariah screening: need for convergence of ethical screening of stocks with Shariah screening
Tauhidul Islam Tanin, Abu Umar Faruq Ahmad, Aishath MuneezaThis study explores the practical application of the Shariah screening process and how it could be enhanced by converging the same with the ethical screening of stocks.
Have China's exports improved the export technology level of the other BRICS countries? An empirical analysis based on data from SITC
Feng Jiang, Chaofan Chen, Qingxin Lan, Zhaoyi ZhuThe purpose of this paper is to analyze whether China's exports can effectively improve the global competitiveness of other BRICS countries' exports from the perspective…
Housing prices and the probability of marriage among the young: evidence from land reform in China
Mingzhi Hu, Lina Wu, Guocheng Xiang, Shihu ZhongUsing data from the China Health and Nutrition Survey, this work examines the relationship between housing price and the probability of marriage among the young.
Antecedents of international joint ventures’ past, present and future: a meta-analytical review
Ishita Batra, Megha Gupta, Sanjay DhirThe last two decades have witnessed a substantial increase in the body of research on the theoretical perspective of the performance of international joint ventures…
Do different political connections affect firms' distress risk differently?
Thang Xuan Nguyen, Khanh Hoang, Cuong Cao Nguyen, Thang Ngoc BachThis paper investigates how different types of corporate political connection, including government-linked investment (GLI), former officials as politically-connected…
Understanding the difference of values-based motivation of managerial workers in spa businesses in Thailand
Pornlapas SuwannaratThis study focuses on variations of the importance of core values through motivational domains of individuals by their cultural background. The effect of motivational…
The Belt and Road Initiative and East African small and medium-sized enterprises: benefits, drivers and particular sectors
Samuel Gyamerah, Zheng He, Enock Mintah Ampaw, Dennis Asante, Lydia Asare-KyireDrawing upon the institutional theory, the present study investigated whether or not small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in East Africa benefit from the Belt and…
Adoption of mobile banking at the bottom of the pyramid: an emerging market perspective
Sonal Purohit, Rakhi AroraThis paper aims to investigate the factors that affect mobile banking adoption among the bottom of the pyramid (BoP) group in an emerging market.
The sustainability of fiscal policy in southern African countries–a comparative empirical perspective
Michał MackiewiczThe purpose of the paper is to assess the fiscal sustainability of nine southern African countries that belong to the Southern African Development Community.
Impact of perceived brand authenticity on consumer behavior: an evidence from generation Y in Asian perspective
Asif Ali Safeer, Yuanqiong He, Yuanyuan Lin, Muhammad Abrar, Zubair NawazIn the modern era, brand authenticity is one of the most powerful positioning strategies for sustainable business growth. This study investigated the impacts of perceived…
The differentiated impacts of external and internal financing on export: the firm-level evidence
Xiangyuan Meng, Xue Li, Wenyan Xiao, Jie LiThe authors provide firm-level evidence that external financing affects international trade in a way different from internal financing.
A multidimensional and hierarchical model of banking services and behavioral intentions of customers
Md. Alamgir Hossain, Nusrat Jahan, Minho KimBanking services encounter major challenges in determining customer's psychometric behavioral intentions. Scholars suggest that a theoretical approach to better understand…
Macroeconomic variables for predicting bear stock markets of Taiwan and China
Tran Van Phuong Duong, Szu-Hsien Lin, Huei-Hwa Lai, Tzu-Pu ChangThis research examines how macroeconomic variables can precisely predict bull/bear stock markets in China and Taiwan.
Emerging multinationals' strategic asset-seeking M&As: a systematic review
Yanze Liang, Axèle Giroud, Asmund RyghEmerging market multinational enterprises (EMNEs) have consolidated their global presence recently, challenging existing international business (IB) theories. One of their…
Dynamics between ownership structure and dividend policy: evidence from Bangladesh
Md. Bokhtiar Hasan, Abu N. M. Wahid, Md. Ruhul Amin, Md. Delowar HossainThe purpose of this study is to examine the impact of ownership structure such as family, government, institutional, foreign and public on dividend payouts as a…
Exchange rate appreciation, trade competition and technology transaction: evidence from China
Dingping Cheng, Sumei GanThe purpose of this study is mainly to investigate the stimulating effect on technology transactions of trade competition resultant from RMB appreciation.
Motivations behind backers’ contributions in reward-based crowdfunding for movies and web series
Hasnan Baber, Mina Fanea-IvanoviciCrowdfunding as an alternative financing method has recently gained ground and become a legitimate and feasible option for supporting creative and cultural projects…
Spillover effects of the US monetary policy on the Indian trilemma
Harpreet Singh Grewal, Pushpa TrivediThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of the US unconventional monetary policy surprises on the management of trilemma in India.
Economic policy uncertainty and stock liquidity: the role of board networks in an emerging market
William MbanyeleThe purpose of this study is to examine the role of board networks in promoting stock liquidity when there is high economic policy uncertainty using a sample of Brazilian…
The asymmetric impact of interest and exchange rate on the stock market index: evidence from MENA region
Faten Moussa, Ezzeddine DelhoumiSeveral theoretical and empirical studies have shown the significant effects of economic and environmental factors on a large number of financial indicators. In this paper…
Economic policy uncertainty and stock liquidity: evidence from China
Liguang Zhang, Wanyi Chen, Ning HuThe main purpose of this study is to examine whether economic policy uncertainty affects the stock liquidity. Furthermore, this study explores the influencing factors…
The perception of COVID-19 and avoidance behavior in Turkey: the role of income level, gender and education
Amir A. Abdulmuhsin, Bekir Değirmenci, İbrahim Halil Efendi̇oğlu, Yakup DurmazThis study aims to reveal both the effect of the perception of COVID-19 on avoidance behaviors and the mediating role of the perception of personal control in this…
The uncertainty–investment relationship: scrutinizing the role of firm size
Abdul Rashid, Assad Naim Nasimi, Rashid Naim NasimiThe objective of this paper is threefold. First, it aims to empirically study whether firm-specific/idiosyncratic uncertainty, macroeconomic/aggregate uncertainty and…
Family control, agency conflicts, corporate cash holdings and firm value
Ruchi Moolchandani, Sujata KarThis paper examines whether family control exerts any influence on corporate cash holdings in Indian listed firms. It also examines how this accumulated cash of family…
The rise of emerging Indian multinationals: strategic learning for EMNC foreign market entry and internationalization
Nitya P. SinghThe academic literature on emerging market multinational corporations (EMNCs) has classified several strategic options that EMNCs can adopt as part of their…
Institutional distance as a determinant of outward FDI from India
Rishika Nayyar, Jaydeep Mukherjee, Sumati VarmaThe purpose of the paper is to examine the role of institutional distance as a determinant of outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) from India. The study combines a…
Optimal combinations of factors influencing the sustainability of Taiwanese firms
Fang-Yi Lo, Wing-Keung Wong, Jessica GeovaniThe authors aim to obtain the optimal combinations of factors from institutional environment adaptation mechanisms and internal resources or capabilities that influence…
Subsidiary banks in emerging markets: how strong is the coordination on a group-wide basis?
Małgorzata Iwanicz-Drozdowska, Bartosz WitkowskiThe parent-subsidiary nexus has been explored since the mid-1990s, but the extent to which subsidiaries resemble their parents remains unclear. Therefore, this study…
Postacquisition asset redeployment and marketing adaptation: a consumer perspective
Cher-Min Fong, Hsing-Hua Stella ChangThis research examines consumer assessments of brand value derived from the redeployment of brand-related assets following a crossborder acquisition (CBA). The current…
The influence of board characteristics on environmental performance: evidence from East Asian manufacturing industries
Linh-TX Nguyen, Cuong-Le ThanhThe purpose of this study is to examine the influence of board characteristics on environmental performance in manufacturing firms of the emerging East Asian markets. The…
Leading entrepreneurial sustainability initiatives in emerging economies
Bindu Arya, Sven Horak, Sabine Bacouel-Jentjens, Kiran IsmailThis conceptual paper develops a theoretical framework to provide insights with respect to enhancing focus on entrepreneurial sustainability initiatives in the context of…
Mergers and acquisitions in Morocco: reality and perspectives
Mohammed Ibrahimi, Jalal Eddine LiassiniThe purpose of this article is to address certain gaps and contribute to enriching the literature on mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in Africa; describe the phenomenon…
A quantile regression approach to evaluate the relative impact of global and local factors on the MENA stock markets
Slah Bahloul, Nawel Ben AmorThis paper investigates the relative importance of local macroeconomic and global factors in the explanation of twelve MENA (Middle East and North Africa) stock market…
Voluntary intellectual capital disclosure and earnings forecast in Indonesia–Malaysia–Thailand growth triangle's pharmaceuticals sector
Saarce Elsye Hatane, Jefferson Clarenzo Diandra, Josua Tarigan, Ferry JieThis study examines the role of intellectual capital disclosure (ICD) on earnings forecasting by analysts in the pharmaceutical industry in emerging countries…
Market reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from emerging markets
Maretno Agus Harjoto, Fabrizio RossiThis study examines the market reaction to the World Health Organization (WHO) announcement of the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) as a global pandemic on the…
Interface between context and theory: the application and development of Agency Theory in the Chinese context
Chong Chen, Daojuan Wang, Beibei WangThis paper explores the contextual factors involved in the development and application of paradigmatic theories in general, and the application and development of Agency…
The exports–exchange rate volatility nexus in Pakistan: do financial constraints and financial development matter?
Abdul Rashid, Ataullah Muneeb, Maria KarimThis paper first examines how changes in the real effective exchange rate and its volatility affect the exporting activities of firms. Next, it investigates whether…
Has the dependence structure of the BRICS exchange rates changed after the financial crisis? Evidence from R-Vine copula model
Zhuoqun Zhang, Tao ZhangThe authors examine the dependence structure of the BRICS exchange rates.
Islamic stock-sukuk indexes' correlations: does financial uncertainty matter?
Fatma Alahouel, Nadia LoukilThis study examines co-movements between global Islamic index and heterogeneous rated/maturity sukuk. It tests the impact of financial uncertainty on these movements.
The long-run effects of geopolitical risk on foreign exchange markets: evidence from some ASEAN countries
Hon Chung HuiThe purpose of this paper is to analyse the long-run relationship between geopolitical risk and exchange rates in four ASEAN countries.
Development of research agenda on demonetization based on bibliometric visualization
Deepa Jain, Manoj Kumar Dash, Keshav Singh ThakurThe purpose of present study is to identify influential aspects of published literature, research streams and future research questions to set forth future research agenda…
Systemic risk in ASEAN-6: a new empirical investigation
Trung Hai LeThe authors provide a comprehensive study on systemic risk of the banking sectors in the ASEAN-6 countries. In particular, they investigate the systemic risk dynamics and…
Do political and business relations help emerging markets' SMEs in their national and international expansion? Evidence from Brazil and China
Gaston Fornes, Guillermo Cardoza, Maria AltamiraThis study aims to understand whether business and political relations help emerging markets' SMEs to overcome the challenges posed by low institutionalization in their…
Housing market networks in China's major cities: a conditional causality approach
Lu Yang, Nannan Yuan, Shichao HuTo explore the state of this conditional Granger causality when other cities are not factors, we investigate housing market networks in China's major cities by using a…
Ownership structure and corporate financial performance in an emerging market: a dynamic panel data analysis
Shahab Ud Din, Muhammad Arshad Khan, Majid Jamal Khan, Muhammad Yar KhanThis study examines the impact of ownership structure on firm financial performance, for 146 manufacturing firms listed at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) for the period…
Are top executives important for earning management and firm risk? Empirical evidence from selected Chinese firms
Khurram Iftikhar Bhatti, Muhammad Iftikhar Ul Husnain, Abubakr Saeed, Iram Naz, Syed Danial HashmiThis study examines the role of the observable and unobservable characteristics of top management on earning management and firm risk in China.
Inflation forecasting in an emerging economy: selecting variables with machine learning algorithms
Önder Özgür, Uğur AkkoçThe main purpose of this study is to forecast inflation rates in the case of the Turkish economy with shrinkage methods of machine learning algorithms.
Does crime-tourism nexus hold for Pakistan?
Muhammad Ahad, Zaheer Anwer, Wasim AhmadThe primary objective of this study is to investigate the linkage of tourism and crime for Pakistan along with exchange rates, terrorism and domestic prices in the…
Outward FDI and productivity spillovers in China: an industrial perspective
Usman Ali, Yanxi Li, Jian-Jun Wang, Zhen ChenPrior research demonstrated that China's Outward FDI (OFDI) is aimed at sustaining long-term economic growth by promoting industrialization and technological upgrading in…
Adaptive calendar effects and volume of extra returns in the cryptocurrency market
Sashikanta Khuntia, J.K. PattanayakThis study broadly attempts to explore adaptive or dynamics patterns of calendar effects existed in the cryptocurrency market as per the adaptive market hypothesis (AMH…
Foreign ownership and cost of debt financing: evidence from an emerging market
Quoc Trung TranThis paper aims to investigate the effect of foreign ownership on cost of debt financing in an emerging stock market.
SEZs and poverty reduction: evidence from Andhra Pradesh, India
Aradhna Aggarwal, Ari KokkoThe present study evaluates the impact of special economic zones (SEZs) on poverty, both rural and urban with special reference to Andhra Pradesh in India, using household…
Ownership structure and OFDI by EMNES: the moderating effects of international experience and migrant networks
Changjun Yi, Yun Zhan, Jipeng Zhang, Xiaoyang ZhaoThis study investigates the effect of ownership structure – ownership concentration and firm ownership – on outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) by emerging market…
The agribusiness sector as a regional export opportunity: evidence for the Vojvodina region
Bojan Matkovski, Stanislav Zekić, Žana Jurjević, Danilo ĐokićThe purpose of this paper is to determine if the agribusiness sector can be an initiator of export on the emerging markets. For this aim, we analyzed export opportunities…
An empirical investigation of N-11 countries as successors of BRICS using panel data modeling
Priya Gupta, Parul BhatiaFor more than four decades, persistent economic activities and a focused growth strategy resulted in significant infrastructural and other favorable economic and…
The role of market power in driving innovation and productivity: a firm-level study of emerging ASEAN
Jianhua Zhang, Mohammad Shahidul IslamThe primary purpose of the study is to examine the role of market power in driving innovation and productivity of intangible intensive firms of eight emerging economies of…
Forecasting developed and BRICS stock markets with cryptocurrencies and gold: generalized orthogonal generalized autoregressive conditional heteroskedasticity and generalized autoregressive score analysis
Ahmed Jeribi, Achraf GhorbelThe purpose of this paper is threefold. First, it models and forecasts the risk of the five leading cryptocurrencies, stock market indices (developed and BRICS) and gold…
Are financial derivatives tax havens? Evidence from China
Wanyi ChenThe purpose of this study was to examine whether the use of financial derivatives by business enterprises can avoid taxes and whether tax authorities can detect and…
Capital requirements, institutional quality and credit crunch in the MENA region
Ali Awdeh, Chawki EL-MoussawiThe introduction of Basel capital adequacy standards (I, II and III) has provoked a large body of empirical and theoretical literature that aimed to detect the…
Sensitivities of Southeast Asian industries to the local and global business cycles
Javed IqbalThis paper estimates the sensitivities of the output of the manufacturing industries of the four Southeast countries (Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore) to both…
Recognizing nonmonotonicity of exogenous determinants in a stochastic profit efficiency framework: have banks overinvested in IT capital?
Navendu Prakash, Shveta Singh, Seema SharmaThe purpose of this study is to explore and evaluate potential nonmonotonicity in the determinants of profit efficiency, specifically IT and R&D investments in the Indian…
Are consumption patterns linked to life satisfaction? An exploratory study in Brazil
José Marcos Carvalho de Mesquita, Gregory J. Kivenzor, Natália Corradi FrancoThe purpose of this study is to propose an integrated approach to diverse and convoluted types of consumption. The new theoretical framework represents composite types of…
Twin deficits hypothesis in Bangladesh: an empirical investigation
Sima Rani Dey, Mohammad TarequeThis study attempts to examine the twin deficits hypothesis for Bangladesh. Along with the traditional twin deficits hypothesis associated with the current account and…
Outward FDI and productivity promotion of exporting firms: firm-level evidence from China
Song Zhang, Haoze Li, Chunlai ChenThe purpose of this paper is to estimate the impact of China's outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) conducted by exporting firms on their productivity.
Are female-led firms disadvantaged in accessing bank credit? Evidence from transition economies
David Aristei, Manuela GalloThe purpose of this paper is to provide empirical evidence on the presence of gender-based discrimination in formal credit markets during the global financial crisis…
Predicting consumers' digital piracy behaviour: does past experience matter?
Kian Yeik Koay, Fandy Tjiptono, Manjit Singh SandhuDespite increasing anti-piracy legislation, digital piracy remains widespread and presents a huge barrier to the growth of creative industries globally. Hence, this study…
Impact of family control on information technology investment and information technology adoption in India
Harvinder S. Mand, Gaganpreet Kaur, Amarjit Gill, Neil MathurThis study tests the impact of family control on information technology (IT) investment and IT adoption in MSMEs in India.
The impact of oil price shocks on Turkish sovereign yield curve
Oğuzhan Çepni, Selçuk Gül, Muhammed Hasan Yılmaz, Brian LuceyThis paper aims to investigate the impact of oil price shocks on the Turkish sovereign yield curve factors.
On the dynamics of exchange rate pass-through: asymmetric evidence from India
Javed Ahmad Bhat, Sajad Ahmad BhatThis paper attempts to examine the transmission of exchange rate changes into the domestic prices together with other important determinants of later, in case of a…
Banks’ liquidity management dynamics: evidence from Indonesia
Moch. Doddy Ariefianto, Irwan Trinugroho, Evan Lau, Bruno S. SergiThis study aims to cover an important yet largely under-explored topic: the dynamic process of bank liquidity management in a vast developing economy by considering pool…
Corruption and innovation: the importance of competition
Fatma Nur Karaman Kabadurmus, Kevin SylwesterThe purpose of this study is to examine how corruption affects the prevalence of product and process innovation by firms.
The determinants of energy intensity in Indonesia
Dmitry Rudenko, Georgii TanasovIndonesia is the fourth most populous country in the world, which has a strong effect on primary energy use and depletion of natural resources. This paper considers energy…
Setting margins for margin buying in China: balancing the trade-off between liquidity and prudence
Hui Hong, Chien-Chiang Lee, Zhicun BianThe purpose of this paper is to propose a new dynamic margin setting method for margin buying in China and evaluate the validity of its performance with the current margin…
Can general and particularistic types of trust mix? Advancing the trust (dis-) continuity debate in a Chinese context
Sven Horak, Andreas Klein, Xiaomei LiWe challenge the discontinuity (also called incompatibility) hypothesis of generalized and particularistic trust, suggesting that the two types of trust are incompatible…
Sustainability of Brazilian public debt: a structural break analysis
Eduardo Lima Campos, Rubens Penha CysneThe objective of this work is to investigate the existence of structural breaks in multicointegration models estimated for Brazilian fiscal variables and to identify their…
Bilateral trade agreements and trade finance: evidence from Turkey
Alexis Habiyaremye, Veysel AvsarThis study investigates the impact of trade integration on payment choice in international transactions using data from Turkey, an emerging economy that signed many trade…
Do firm-specific risks affect bank performance?
Ahmed Imran Hunjra, Asad Mehmood, Hung Phu Nguyen, Tahar TayachiThe authors examine the impact of credit, liquidity and operational risks on the financial performance of commercial banks of South Asia.
Effects of fiscal credibility on sovereign risk: evidence using comprehensive credit rating measures
Gabriel Caldas Montes, Julyara CostaSince sovereign ratings provided by credit rating agencies (CRAs) are a key determinant of the interest rates a country faces in the international financial market and…
Corruption and corporate risk-taking: evidence from emerging markets
Quoc Trung TranThis paper investigates the relationship between corruption and corporate risk-taking in emerging markets where corruption is considered as “public enemy number one.”
Does political risk lower bilateral trade flow? A gravity panel framework for Thailand vis-à-vis her trading partners
Gour Gobinda Goswami, Nisit PanthamitPolitical risk factors play a pivotal role in determining the bilateral trade flow of Asian countries in general and the Association for Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN…
Endogenous thresholds for the determinants of FDI inflows: evidence from the MENA countries
Fatma TaşdemirThis paper investigates the main drivers of foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows for a balanced panel of 11 Middle East and North Africa (MENA) economies over the…
CSR disclosures and profit persistence: evidence from India
Dinesh Jaisinghani, Amritjot Kaur SekhonThe purpose of the present study is to analyze the impact of corporate social responsibility (CSR) disclosures on firms' profitability and its persistence.
Should a family firm communicate their family identity and country of origin? A cross-cultural study from Chile and Spain
Manuel Alonso Dos Santos, Orlando Llanos Contreras, Ferran Calabuig Moreno, Jose Augusto FelicioThis paper investigates the influence of firms' communication in terms of family firm identity and country-of-origin on consumer response.
Abandonment of mergers and acquisitions: a review and research agenda
Deepak Kumar, Keya SenguptaThe purpose of this study is to provide a broad understanding of the pre-completion stage and subsequent abandonment of mergers and acquisitions (M&As).
Marketing strategies for highly volatile emerging markets: an empirical study from Pakistani cellular industry
Ammar Javed, Zia KhanThis study aims to highlight important marketing strategies within the context of a highly competitive emerging market with few points of difference because of service…
Lessons on a novel integration approach of emerging market acquisitions in developed countries
Sandra Figueira, Rui Torres de Oliveira, Daniel Rottig, Francesca SpigarelliThis paper constitutes an explorative study into post-acquisition implementation of emerging market acquisitions in developed countries. More specifically, the study aims…
Stock prices' long memory in China and the United States
Zhengxun Tan, Yao Fu, Hong Cheng, Juan LiuThis study aims to examine the long memory as well as the effect of structural breaks in the US and the Chinese stock markets. More importantly, it further explores…
Ready-made garment industry attractiveness: the case of Bangladesh garments’ blue-collar employees
Ikramul Hasan, M. Nazmul Islam, Sariat Rafa KhanThis study illustrates the effects of the motivating factors (e.g. learning facilities, employees' compensation and working environment) on organizational attractiveness.
Effects of MILA on their stock markets: an empirical analysis on market activity and dynamic correlations
Jorge Andrés Muñoz Mendoza, Sandra María Sepúlveda Yelpo, Carmen Lissette Velosos Ramos, Carlos Leandro Delgado FuentealbaThe purpose of this article is to analyze the effects of the integration process for the Integrated Market of Latin America (MILA) on its stock markets behavior as well as…
Oil price shocks and emerging stock markets revisited
Debojyoti Das, M Kannadhasan, Malay BhattacharyyaThe study aims to understand the role of different streams of oil shocks (demand, supply and risk shocks) on the oil-importing and exporting countries' stock returns. The…
Total factor productivity of the non-life insurers in India: Malmquist index with a new decomposition
Ashiq Mohd Ilyas, S. RajasekaranThis paper aims to measure the change and the sources of change in total factor productivity (TFP) of the Indian non-life insurance sector over the period 2005–2016.
Gender differences in new venture financing: evidence from equity crowdfunding in Latin America
Antonella Francesca Cicchiello, Amirreza Kazemikhasragh, Stefano MonferràThe purpose of this paper aims to understand whether gender disparity has an impact on the likelihood of obtaining equity crowdfunding financing in Latin America.
Respect: give it to get it! Does leadership complimented with respect can foster creativity?
Mahnoor Hai, Shahid Latif, Ahmad Raza Bilal, Bilal AhmadThe purpose of this study is to advance the prevalent leadership–creativity perspective by examining respectful engagement as a missing link between transformational…
The Covid-19 pandemic and entrepreneurship: some reflections
Francisco Liñán, Inmaculada JaénThe Covid-19 pandemic has affected the world in an unprecedented manner. The economic recession in 2020 is expected to be the most serious since the Second World War. This…
Confucianism and corporate fraud
Xudong Tang, Yan Gu, Ruoyu Weng, Kungcheng HoConfucianism underpins Chinese traditional culture and the values of the Chinese people. The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between adherence to…
Competitions in different banking markets and shadow banking: evidence from China
Yong Tan, Zhenghui Li, Siming Liu, Muhammad Imran Nazir, Muhammad HarisThis study investigates the interrelationships between competitions in different banking markets and shadow banking for the Chinese banking industry over the period…
Does R&D offshore outsourcing improve innovation in vendor firms from emerging economies? A study of biopharmaceutical industry in India
Pooja Thakur-Wernz, Christian WernzWhile the phenomenon of R&D offshoring has become increasingly popular, scholars have mostly focused on R&D offshore outsourcing from the point of view of the client…
Entrepreneurial intentions in the context of a natural disaster
Carla Bustamante, Carlos Poblete, José Ernesto AmorósThis research aims to explore the moderating effect of a natural disaster on the well-studied relationship between entrepreneurship-oriented beliefs (behavioral…
The positioning of green brands in enhancing their image: the mediating roles of green brand innovativeness and green perceived value
Jialing Lin, Zhimin ZhouThe purpose of this study is to investigate how green brand positioning facilitated by utilitarian environmental benefits and nature connectedness may influence green…
Financial liberalization and the behavior of reversals in emerging market economies
Ali Fayyaz Munir, Shahrin Saaid Shaharuddin, Mohd Edil Abd Sukor, Mohamed Albaity, Izlin IsmailThis paper investigates the behavior of contrarian strategy payoffs under varying degrees of financial liberalization in the context of Asia-Pacific emerging market namely…
The role of financial development on economic growth in the emerging market countries of the sub-Saharan African (SSA) region
Hamad Omar Bakar, Zunaidah Sulong, Mohammad Ashraful Ferdous ChowdhuryThis paper aims to investigate the effect of financial development (FD) on economic growth and growth-enhancing transmission channels for the sub-Saharan African (SSA…
Corporate boards and firm performance: a meta-analytic approach to examine the impact of contextual factors
Anupama Prashar, Parul GuptaCorporation's board (CB) is viewed as a vital internal corporate governance (CG) mechanism, playing a critical role in mitigating the agency problems and enhancing firm…
Do mutual fund managers' possess style liquidity timing abilities?
Mahfooz Alam, Valeed Ahmad AnsariThis paper investigates the style timing and liquidity style timing vis-à-vis the market, size, value and momentum factors of the actively managed Indian equity mutual funds.
Entrepreneurship in emerging markets: mapping the scholarship and suggesting future research directions
Boris Inkizhinov, Elena Gorenskaia, Dashi Nazarov, Anton KlarinTo provide a comprehensive systematic review of entrepreneurship in the context of emerging markets (EMs). The area of research is topical considering the rise of EMs on…
Analysis of the causal effects of imports and foreign direct investments on indigenous innovation in developing countries
Benjamin Azembila Asunka, Zhiqiang Ma, Mingxing Li, Nelson Amowine, Oswin Aganda Anaba, Haoyang Xie, Weijun HuThe purpose of this study is to analyze the performance of indigenous innovation in developing countries in the era of trade liberalization. It analyzes indigenous…
China's OFDI policy announcements and cross-border M&A
Fredrik Utesch-XiongThis paper aims to enhance the understanding of the role of Chinese outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) policies for cross-border merger and acquisition (M&A) by…
MNEs from emerging markets: a review of the current literature through “bibliographic coupling” and social network analysis
Francisco García-Lillo, Enrique Claver, Bartolomé Marco-Lajara, Pedro Seva-Larrosa, Lorena Ruiz-FernándezIn recent years, author and document citation and co-citation analyses have often been applied to map the “intellectual structure” of different scientific fields…
SMEs and their bank choices: trust-related factors or economic calculations?
Krzysztof Jackowicz, Łukasz Kozłowski, Adrian StrucinskiThe authors investigate the factors affecting the decision of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to do business with either small local banks or large commercial banks.
Impact of outward FDI on home country exports
Niti Bhasin, Kanika KapoorThe relationship of outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) with home country's exports has significant implications for policymakers as well as business managers of…
Research on the improvement of technical efficiency of China's property insurance industry: a fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis
Zhiguang Li, Yaokuang Li, Dan LongFrom the perspective of cause and effect, the operational processes of property insurance companies can be considered as historical events. The purpose of this study is to…
Strategic alignment and its impact on decision effectiveness: a comprehensive model
Mohamed A. Ghonim, Nagi M. Khashaba, Hameda M. Al-Najaar, Mohamed A. KhashanIn recent decades, the concept of strategic alignment has been a center of concern for researchers and practitioners. This alignment is associated with the process of…
Social capital and organizational ambidexterity: the moderating effect of absorptive capacity
Younggeun Lee, Andres Felipe Cortes, Yiming Zhuang, Pol HerrmannThe purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of social capital on organizational ambidexterity in the context of emerging economies. Moreover, this paper aims to…
Does well banking performance attract FDI? Empirical evidence from the SAARC economies
Muhammad Tahir, Md Badrul AlamThis paper empirically examines the perceived relationship between banking sector performance and FDI inflows, thereby highlighting an underexplored area in the existing…
A survey on national culture and corporate financial decisions: current status and future research
Ali Kutan, Usama Laique, Fiza Qureshi, Ijaz Ur Rehman, Faisal ShahzadThe extant literature provides substantial evidence that various facets of national culture play a significant role in corporate financial decision making. We…
Perceptions of Indian managers on the impact of convergent technologies on work and resultant organisational performance in service industry
Sanjeev Kumar, Prikshat Verma, Parth Patel, J. Irudhaya RajeshThis research examines Indian service managers' perceptions on impact of convergent technologies on their work and resultant organisational performance. The research uses…
Research on financing efficiency of China's strategic emerging industries based on super efficiency DEA and tobit model
Xiangyuan Chen, Ying WangThe purpose of this research is to explain the financing dilemma of China's strategic emerging industries and improve their financing efficiency, seize the commanding…
Monetary spillovers and real exchange rate misalignments in emerging markets
Krittika Banerjee, Ashima GoyalAfter the adoption of unconventional monetary policies (UMPs) in advanced economies (AEs) there were many studies of monetary spillovers to asset prices in emerging market…
Foreign currency derivative usage and firm value in Bangladesh: comparative analysis between exporters and non-exporters under exchange rate movements
Sunghee Choi, Md. Abdus Salam, Youngshin KimThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of foreign currency derivative (FCD) usage on firm value. In specific, the authors study the significance of the…
The performance of export manufacturing firms: roles of international entrepreneurial capability and international opportunity recognition
Md Imtiaz Mostafiz, Murali Sambasivan, See Kwong GohThe international entrepreneurial capability has achieved its legitimacy in international business literature. Leveraging capabilities to recognise opportunities is…
Relational capital, service quality and organizational performance in the Egyptian telecommunication sector
Abd-Elrahman Hassanein Abd-Elrahman, Jaber Mohamed Ahmed KamalThe purpose of this paper is to empirically investigate the mediating effect of service quality (SQ) in the relationship between relational capital (RC) and organizational…
Finance-institution-growth trilogy: time-series insights from South Africa
Clement Olalekan Olaniyi, Adebayo AdedokunThis study examines the moderating effect of institutional quality on the finance-growth nexus in South Africa from 1986 to 2015.
A review of Islamic stock market, growth and real-estate finance literature
M. Kabir Hassan, Sirajo Aliyu, Buerhan Saiti, Zairihan Abdul HalimThis paper reviews economic and finance research on Islamic investments. In the course of our review, we focus on the following issues: the performance of Islamic stock…
Female directors and agency costs: evidence from Chinese listed firms
Qurat Ul Ain, Xianghui Yuan, Hafiz Mustansar Javaid, Muhammad Usman, Muhammad HarisThe purpose of this research is to examine whether board gender diversity reduces the agency costs of firms in the context of Chinese listed firms.
Executives' pay–performance link in China: evidence from independent and gender-diverse compensation committees
Muhammad Usman, Muhammad Abubakkar Siddique, Muhammad Abdul Majid Makki, Ammar Ali Gull, Ali Dardour, Junming YinIn this paper, the authors investigate whether an independent and gender-diverse compensation committee strengthens the relationship between top managers' pay and firm…
EMNC technological competence creation: key mechanisms and innovative performance
Feng ZhangConsiderable attention has been paid to the motives and process of idiosyncratic internationalization trajectory of Multinational Corporations from emerging economies…
The OLI Paradigm as a comprehensive model of FDI determinants: a sub-national approach
Cláudia Beatriz Batschauer da Cruz, Dinorá Eliete Floriani, Mohamed AmalThis study aims to advance a sub-national perspective within the OLI Paradigm by analyzing how and to what extent the Eclectic Paradigm can serve as a general model to…
Investor protection and market reaction to unusual market activity replies
Chun-Teck Lye, Tuan-Hock Ng, Kwee-Pheng Lim, Chin-Yee GanThis study uses the unique setting of unusual market activity (UMA) replies to examine the market reaction and the effects of disclosure and investor protection amid…
Comparative analyses of mean-variance and mean-semivariance approaches on global and local single factor market model for developed and emerging markets
Mehmet Emin Yildiz, Yaman Omer Erzurumlu, Bora KurtulusThe beta coefficient used for the cost of equity calculation is at the heart of the valuation process. This study conducts comparative analyses of the classical capital…
Sustainable development of micro firms: examining the effects of cooperation on handicraft firm's performance through innovation capability
Mohsin ShafiDespite their economic and cultural significance, the growth of handicraft micro firms is vulnerable, given their small size and resource limitations. By examining the…
Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment for refugee education crises
Jamal M. Shamieh, Ihab Hanna Sawalha, Hanan M. MadanatThe purpose of this study is to aim at: (1) investigating the vulnerabilities/obstacles that hinder refugees in hosting countries from obtaining quality and adequate…
The force of globalization reshaping the local institutions: evidence from the Organization of Islamic Cooperation member countries
Nahla Samargandi, Kazi Sohag, Ali Kutan, Maha AlandejaniThe authors reinforce the existing literature on the effect of overall globalization on institutional quality (IQ), while incorporating the effects of economic, political…
FDI determinants: dynamic extreme bounds analysis
Linh Huyen Pham, Winai WongsurawatThe aim of this paper is to develop a new analysis method, named dynamic extreme bounds analysis (DEBA), and to determine decisive determinants of foreign direct…
External factors of new media tools' usage in personal communication across countries
Małgorzata Bartosik-PurgatThe key purposes of the paper are: firstly, to identify what kind of new media tools are used by managers in communication with foreign business partners for professional…
Supply chain integration and its impact on supply chain agility and organizational flexibility in manufacturing firms
Ahmad Azwan Ahmad Shukor, Md. Shah Newaz, Muhammad Khalilur Rahman, Azni Zarina TahaThis study investigates the impact of environmental uncertainty and organizational ambidexterity on supply chain integration and its relationship between supply chain…
You reap what you sow: knowledge hiding, territorial and idea implementation
Xianmiao Li, William X. Wei, Weiwei Huo, Yi Huang, Manyi Zheng, Jinyi YanThis study aims to build a research model from the perspectives of knowledge hiding and idea implementation to examine what factors influence idea implementation and the…
Where is Saudi Arabia's economy heading?
Pierre Rostan, Alexandra RostanThe purpose of the paper is to forecast economic indicators of the Saudi economy in the context of low oil prices which have taken a toll on the Saudi oil-dependent…
Stock market performance and foreign exchange market in Egypt: does 25th January revolution matter?
Ahmed A. El-Masry, Osama M. BadrThis paper examines the causal relationship between stock market performance and foreign exchange market in Egypt over the period 2009–2016. The study period is divided…
Moderating effects of perceived risk on the determinants–outcome nexus of e-money behaviour
Perengki Susanto, Mohammad Enamul Hoque, Nik Mohd Hazrul Nik Hashim, Najeeb Ullah Shah, Mohammad Nur A. AlamIn recent years, the usage rate of electronic money (e-money) has grown rapidly in many countries around the world and is becoming widely accepted in developing nations…
Capital sudden stop, savings rate difference and economic growth: evidence based on 49 emerging economies
Yu Ma, Jun Shi, Qiang JiThis paper empirically tests the impact of capital sudden stops on the economic growth using quarterly data from 49 emerging economies.
The dependence structure and portfolio risk of Malaysia's foreign exchange rates: the Bayesian GARCH–EVT–copula model
Xiu Wei Yeap, Hooi Hooi Lean, Marius Galabe Sampid, Haslifah Mohamad HasimThis paper investigates the dependence structure and market risk of the currency exchange rate portfolio from the Malaysian ringgit perspective.
Examining the evidence of risk spillovers between Shanghai and London non-ferrous futures markets: a dynamic Copula-CoVaR approach
Hong Shen, Yue Tang, Ying Xing, Pin NgThis paper aims to examine the evidence of risk spillovers between Shanghai and London non-ferrous futures markets using a dynamic Copula-CoVaR approach.
Migrants' motivations and intentions to work virtually for their country of origin
Vilmante Kumpikaite -Valiuniene, Jurga Duobiene, Ashly H. Pinnington, Abdelmounaim LahrechThe authors investigate empirically emigrants' intentions and motivations to work virtually for their country of origin. The study focuses on a country with substantial…
International reserves: self-insurance and monetary policy in crisis
Antonio Francisco de Almeida da Silva JuniorThis work presents a model of a two-period economy to discuss the link between the precautionary motivation for holding international reserves and the country's monetary…
Illegal gold mining in Indonesia: structure and causes
Ongku P. Hasibuan, Jann H. Tjakraatmadja, Yos SunitiyosoThis study aims to understand the process, structure and determinants of persistent illegal gold mining in Indonesia.
Determinants of crowdfunding intention in a developing economy: ex-ante evidence from Bangladesh
Ziaul Haque Munim, Rotem Shneor, Olugbenga Michael Adewumi, Mohammad Hassan ShakilSME funding gaps in developing economies are substantial. Crowdfunding is an innovative way to raise funds that may be part of the solution for closing such gaps. The…
Chinese SME development and industrial upgrading
Fenfang Lin, Jake Ansell, Wai-sum SiuDrawing from industrial upgrading theories, this study aims to explore the issues of industrial upgrading and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) development in an…
Product-service systems in Egypt: a multicase evaluation of field repair
Aly Owida, P.J. Byrne, Cathal Heavey, Khaled S. El-KilanyThe purpose of this paper aims to evaluate field repair within product-service system (PSS) models operated by multinational manufacturers in the Egyptian emerging market…
Political risk distribution of Chinese outward foreign direct investment
Qiuyu GaoYanThe purpose of this paper is to contribute to a better understanding on relations between Chinese Outward Foreign Direct Investment (OFDI) and host country political risk…
R&D by US multinationals in China: geography and patterns of co-invention
Irina ErvitsThis paper addresses the geographical dimension of cross-border knowledge integration, expressed as the co-invention of patent filings and investigates the siting of…
Exchange rate effect on money demand in Pakistan
Iffat Zehra, Muhammad Kashif, Imran Umer ChhapraThis paper aims to examine association of money demand with key macroeconomic variables in Pakistan. The paper also investigates the asymmetric effect of real effective…
Public investment and private sector performance in Nigeria
Opeoluwa Adeniyi Adeosun, Monica Adele Orisadare, Fisayo Fagbemi, Sikiru Adetona AdedokunThis study explores the asymmetric linkage between public investment and private sector performance in Nigeria. This is due to the presence of nonlinear structures in the…
Forecasting extreme risk using regime-switching GARCH models: a case from an energy commodity
Yang XiaoThe purpose of this paper is to investigate regime-switching and single-regime GARCH models for the extreme risk forecast of the developed and the emerging crude oil markets.
Panel data comparative analysis on the influence of population age structure on the size of government expenditure in Africa and Asia
Chukwuebuka Bernard AzolibeAfrica and Asia are the two most populous continents in the world and are projected to increase further in the near future and this puts the governments under great stress…
Developing innovation capabilities for upgrading in global value chains: evidence from China
Jingqin Su, Huanhuan Ma, Shuai ZhangIn the face of fierce international competition for those participating in global value chains (GVCs), upgrading has been a central concern of emerging market firms (EMFs…
Stakeholder and resource‐based antecedents and performance outcomes of green export business strategy: insights from an emerging economy
Nilay Bıçakcıoğlu-Peynirci, Mustafa TanyeriBuilding upon insights from institutional theory and resource-based view (RBV), the aim of this study is to investigate the direct effects of stakeholder pressures on…
Farmers' social networks and the diffusion of modern crop varieties in India
Digvijay Singh Negi, Pratap Birthal, Anjani Kumar, Gaurav TripathiThe main aim of this paper is to assess the relevance of caste-based social networks in the dissemination of technologies and innovations in the Indian agriculture.
Chinese and Indian investment in Ethiopia: infrastructure for ‘debt-trap diplomacy’ exchange and the land grabbing approach
Amsalu K. Addis, Simplice Asongu, Zhu Zuping, Hailu Kendie Addis, Eshetu ShifawThe aim of this study is to examine the motive of China's and India's engagement in African countries particularly in Ethiopia and to address the land grabbing and…
Bitcoin, VIX futures and CDS: a triangle for hedging the international equity portfolios
Rania Zghal, Ahmed GhorbelIn this paper, our aim is to estimate the time varying correlations between Bitcoin, VIX futures and CDS indexes and to examine in what ways these assets can act as…
Reopening the debate on the relationship among remittances, household consumption stability and economic growth in emerging markets
Dimitar Eftimoski, Dushko JosheskiThe impact of remittances on household consumption stability and economic growth is not quite clear. This paper attempts to reopen the debate on the relationship among…
Ownership concentration in the Gulf Cooperation Council
Irma Martinez-Garcia, Rodrigo Basco, Silvia Gomez-Anson, Narjess BoubakriThis article attempts to answer the following questions: Who ultimately owns firms listed in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries? Does ownership structure depend…
Relational flexibility norms and relationship-building capabilities as a mediating mechanism in export performance: insights from exporting SMEs in an emerging economy, Peru
Oscar Malca, Jean Pierre Bolaños, Francisco J. Acedo, Jorge Luis Rubio Donet, Jesus Peña-VincesThe purpose of this study is to analyse the mediating and moderating effects of relational flexibility norms on relationship building capacities and export performance.
Does the origin matter? The effects of cross-border mergers and acquisitions in France
Federico Carril-CacciaThe present article analyses the effects of cross-border mergers and acquisitions (CBM&As) on targets' total factor productivity (TFP), employment, wages and…
Firm collaborative capability and new product development performance: the mediating role of heterogeneous knowledge acquisition
Feng Zhang, Lei ZhuFrom the dynamic capability perspective, the aim of this paper is to develop a conceptual framework for collaborative capability, including scanning, relational skills and…
A perspective on the positioning of Indian business schools post COVID-19 pandemic
Sudhir Rana, Arpan Anand, Sanjeev Prashar, Moon Moon HaqueWe respond to calls from business schools (B-schools), apex education bodies, regulators, activist groups and researchers for more rigorous research to understand the…
The influence of cultural and institutional distance on China's OFDI efficiency: fresh evidence from stochastic frontier gravity model
Bowen Zheng, Yarou Wang, Muhammad Abdul Kamal, Assad UllahCulture and institutions are among the essential sources of comparative advantage in international trade and may influence a country's FDI influx. This paper aims to…
Does information disclosure reduce stock price volatility? A comparison of Islamic and conventional banks in Gulf countries
Tawfik Azrak, Buerhan Saiti, Ali Kutan, Engku Rabiah Adawiah Engku AliThe purpose of this paper is to investigate whether higher disclosure levels at both Islamic and conventional banks are associated with higher stock price volatility in…
Stock prices and macroeconomic information in Ghana: speed of adjustment and bi-causality analysis
Isaac Cliford Queku, Seth Gyedu, Emmanuel CarsamerThe purpose of the paper is to investigate the causal relationships and speed of adjustment of stock prices to changes in macroeconomic information (MEI) in Ghana from…
Does the legal origin affect corporate cash holding?
Ranjan Das Gupta, Rajesh PathakThe study examines the role of a country's legal system in predicting the corporate cash holdings using a sample of 18 countries inherited with distinct legal traditions…
Entrepreneurial career choice intentions among secondary students in Colombia: the role of entrepreneurial exposure
Fabian Osorio Tinoco, Manoj Chandra Bayon, Guillermo Murillo VargasBased on a theoretical framework grounded in the social-cognitive theory and its derivative the social-cognitive career theory, the main purpose of this paper is to…
Does the financial structure of banks influence the bank lending channel of monetary policy? Evidence from Colombia
Jose Eduardo Gomez-Gonzalez, Ali Kutan, Jair N. Ojeda-Joya, Camila OrtizThis paper tests the impact of the financial structure of banks on the bank lending channel of monetary policy transmission in Colombia.
Management and monitoring of the displaced commercial risk: a prescriptive approach
Othmane Touri, Rida Ahroum, Boujemâa AchchabThe displaced commercial risk is one of the specific risks in the Islamic finance that creates a serious debate among practitioners and researchers about its management…
Measuring the regional non-observed economy in China with nighttime lights
Menggen Chen, Shuai ZhangThe non-observed economy (NOE) is a pervasive phenomenon worldwide, especially in developing countries, but the size of the NOE and its contributions to the overall…
Institutional environment and internationalization of franchise chains: a regional and global analysis
Andrea Lanfranchi, Pedro Lucas de Resende Melo, Felipe Mendes Borini, Renato TellesIn this study, the authors identify how formal institutional environments in destination countries matter to franchise chains as they internationalize. The institutional…
A comparative study of economic growth as a key determinant of sovereign credit ratings in Africa
Misheck Mutize, McBride Peter NkhalambaThis study is a comparative analysis of the magnitude of economic growth as a key determinant of long-term foreign currency sovereign credit ratings in 30 countries in…
Leading by bribing: evidence from China
Shaomin LiThis study examines a new type of corruption that has not previously been studied but that significantly affects the world. Traditionally, corruption has referred to…
Home country institutional drivers and performance outcomes of export market orientation: the moderating role of firm resources
İlayda İpek, Mustafa TanyeriAnchored mainly on the institutional theory and resource-based view, this study endeavors to investigate the interplay between home country institutional environment…
Examining customer willingness to pay more for banking services: the role of employee commitment, customer involvement and customer value
Ernest Emeka Izogo, Mathias Egede Elom, Mercy MpinganjiraAlthough scholars highlighted the need to close the interactive marketing gap and enhanced understanding of willingness to pay more in settings where customer…
Experiential learning for Chinese companies to complete cross-border acquisitions: the case of Chinese acquirers
Le Wang, Lars Schweizer, Björn MichaelisIn a contribution to the emerging research examining Chinese cross-border acquisitions (CBAs), the authors observe experiential learning applications for enhancing M&A…
Explaining stock market returns in Sub-Saharan Africa using an alternate uncovered interest rate parity framework
Kofi Bondzie Afful, William OpokuSub-Saharan African (SSA) stock exchanges are imperfect and inefficient. Therefore, orthodox finance theories are unable to completely explain their market returns. Such…
Effect of monetary policy on bank risk: does market structure matter?
Muntazir Hussain, Usman Bashir, Ahmad Raza BilalThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the risk-taking channel of monetary policy transmission in the Chinese banking industry. This study also investigates the role…
The emergence of China, Inc.: behind and beyond the trade war
Shaomin Li, Matthew FarrellAnswering the call to study important issues in the real world (Buckley et al., 2017; Delios, 2017; Phan, 2019), and motivated by the trade war between the US and China…
Stock–bond co-movement in ASEAN-5: the role of financial integration and financial development
Airil Khalid, Zamri AhmadThis study aims to observe the extent of asset diversification benefits in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)-5 market by examining the effect of financial…
Measuring total factor productivity in agriculture: a bibliometric review
Łukasz Kryszak, Katarzyna Świerczyńska, Jakub StaniszewskiTotal factor productivity (TFP) has become a prominent concept in agriculture economics and policy over the last three decades. The main aim of this paper is to obtain a…
Responsible leadership, Diversity and Organizational Commitment: A Study from Egypt
Mohamed MousaPurpose – This paper focuses on the oldest and largest public hospital in Egypt in an attempt to explore the effect of responsible leadership on physicians’ affective…
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