International Journal of Emerging Markets
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Effects of supply chain learning on green innovation and moderating role of green transformational leadership
Tho Pham, Hai Thanh PhamThis study examines the effect of supply chain (SC) learning (i.e. supplier and customer learnings) on green innovation (i.e. green product and process innovations) and…
Media sentiment, news and liquidity of Chinese property developer stocks amidst the shadow of a mortgage crisis in China
Sergei Gurov, Tamara TeplovaThe study examines the relationship between news intensity, media sentiment and market microstructure invariance-implied measures of trading activity and liquidity of Chinese…
The derivatives debate: do derivatives disclosures add value during difficult times?
Franz Eduard Toerien, John H. Hall, Leon BrümmerThis study investigates whether the disclosure of derivatives is value relevant in emerging markets and evaluates the effects of the 2008/2009 global financial crisis on the value…
Network connectedness and portfolio hedging of green bonds, stock markets and commodities
Taicir Mezghani, Fatma Ben Hamadou, Mouna Boujelbène-AbbesThis study aims to investigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the time-frequency connectedness between green bonds, stock markets and commodities (Brent and Gold), with a…
Religiosity and ethics in the labor market: resume fraud and judgment
Zeev Shtudiner, Liza ZviLabor market studies show that job applicants are naturally inclined to embellish or omit information on their resumes, to gain advantage over other applicants. Religiosity can…
Predicting breakthrough innovation engagement via hybrid intelligence: a moderated mediation model of self-extinction and social intelligence
Syed Mudasser Abbas, Zhiqiang Liu, Muhammad KhushnoodThis study aims at investigating how hybrid intelligence might enhance employee engagement in breakthrough innovation. Specifically, it empirically examines the mediating role of…
Credit risks, national governance and profitability in microfinancing sector: evidence from some emerging economies of world importance
Kuldeep SinghThe world order is experiencing unremitting changes. With this, the national governance of emerging economies is also becoming robust. Therefore, the current study examines the…
The impact of leadership behaviors on startup's entrepreneurship in Vietnamese Southern areas in the time of Covid-19
Thi-Hong-Diep Pham, Quoc Hoi Le, Huong HoThis paper examines the impact of leadership behaviors on startup's entrepreneurship in Vietnamese southern areas in the time of Covid-19.
Uncover the heterogeneity of EMNE's institutional difficulty perception and its behavioral orientation – evidence of Chinese MNEs' FDI in Taiwan
Chun-Ping Yeh, Yi-Chi Hsiao, Sebastian GebhadtThe existing research on institutional distance implicitly posits the monotonic effect of contextual differences on the multinational enterprise (MNE) behaviors (e.g. entry mode…
Mitigating the effects of a pandemic in sub-Saharan Africa: are fiscal and monetary policy complementary or contradictory?
Olumide O. Olaoye, Mulatu F. ZerihunThe study examined the roles of fiscal and monetary policy in reducing poverty in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), while accounting for macroeconomic disruptions. In particular, the…
Causal interactions and financial contagion among the BRICS stock markets under rare events: a Liang causality analysis
Xunfa Lu, Jingjing Sun, Guo Wei, Ching-Ter ChangThe purpose of this paper is to investigate dynamics of causal interactions and financial risk contagion among BRICS stock markets under rare events.
Transgenerational control intention and employment practices of family firms in China
Jiawen Chen, Pengfei Li, Linlin LiuThis study aims to examine the employment practices of family firms in emerging markets. Drawing from the social exchange theory, the authors propose that transgenerational…
Intraday price discovery and volatility transmission between the dual-listed stock index futures and spot markets – new evidence from India
Sivakumar Sundararajan, Senthil Arasu BalasubramanianThis study empirically explores the intraday price discovery mechanism and volatility transmission effect between the dual-listed Indian Nifty index futures traded simultaneously…
Mitigated liability of origin: a more salient category triggered by M&A as an establishment mode
Yan ZuoThis paper aims to explore how the establishment modes used by emerging economy multinational corporations (EE-MNCs) influence their subsequent experiences of liability of origin…
What affects organic farming adoption in emerging economies? A missing link in the Indian agriculture sector
Jitender Kumar, Sudhir Rana, Vinki Rani, Anjali AhujaThis article intends to explore critical factors that affect the adoption of organic farming in emerging economies. The authors respond to the calls from policymakers…
Foreign direct investment, technological transfer, employment generation and economic growth: new evidence from Ghana
William Obeng-Amponsah, Erasmus OwusuThis study examines the effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) on employment and economic growth in Ghana and examines the role of technology in these relationships.
Does CEO celebrity affect IPO underpricing? Evidence from the strategic emerging industries in China
Shuai Yang, Yu Zhao, Chao WuThe interaction between evaluators is underestimated in legitimacy literature. This study aims to examine the impact of CEO celebrity on initial public offerings (IPOs…
What role do international remittance inflows play in boosting agricultural productivity? Empirical analysis of emerging Asian economies
Abbas Ali Chandio, Uzma Bashir, Waqar Akram, Muhammad Usman, Munir Ahmad, Yuansheng JiangThis article investigates the long-run impact of remittance inflows on agricultural productivity (AGP) in emerging Asian economies (Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, India, Nepal…
Corporate net working capital: evidence from Shariah compliance
Abdullah Bugshan, Faisal Alnori, Husam AnanzehThis paper examines the influence of Shariah compliance (SC) on firms' net working capital (NWC) target and adjustment speed.
Investigating the asymmetric effect of income inequality on financial fragility in South Africa and selected emerging markets: a Bayesian approach with hierarchical priors
Lindokuhle Talent Zungu, Lorraine GreylingThis study aims to test the validity of the Rajan theory in South Africa and other selected emerging markets (Chile, Peru and Brazil) during the period 1975–2019.
The impact of COVID-19 information overload on Vietnamese consumers' online purchase intention
Lydia Qianqian Li, Quynh Ngoc Bui, Hui YanUsing data from Vietnam to reveal which factors affected the impressive growth of Vietnam's e-commerce during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Exploring digital transformation and technological innovation in emerging markets
Mehrgan Malekpour, Mohammadbashir Sedighi, Federica Caboni, Vincenzo Basile, Ciro TroiseThis research aims to fill the research gaps regarding customer preferences for digitalisation to create value for retailers and customers, as well as focus on retail change and…
Local government debt and earnings management: evidence from China
Hongji Xie, Shulin Xu, Zefeng TongThis study examines the effect of local government debt (LGD) on corporate earnings management using 25,624 firm-year observations from 2007 to 2019.
Connecting higher education and renewable energy to attain sustainability for BRICS countries: A climate Kuznets curve perspective
Mubasher Iqbal, Shajara Ul-Durar, Noman Arshed, Khuram Shahzad, Umer AyubIncreased trapped heat in the atmosphere leads to global warming and economic activity is the primary culprit. This study proposes the nonlinear impact of economic activity on…
On the connection between clean energy stocks and African stock markets: does uncertainty due to infectious diseases matter?
Ismail Fasanya, Oluwatomisin OyewoleAs financial markets for environmentally friendly investment grow in both scope and size, analyzing the relationship between green financial markets and African stocks becomes an…
Economic institutions, political institutions and public debt in Sub-Saharan Africa
Victoria Abena Nutassey, Bomi Cyril Nomlala, Mabutho SibandaThis study assessed the role of political institutions in the relationship between economic institutions and public debt in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Does gratuitous behaviour promote workplace nonviolence? Exploring the mediating role of constructive deviance
Naval Garg, Nidhi SharmaThis study evaluates gratitude's role in developing nonviolent work behaviour. It also examines the mediating effect of constructive deviance in the relationship between gratitude…
Does the OFDI promotion effect of the Belt and Road “crowd in” or “crowd out” domestic investment?
Pengfei Ge, Xiaoxu Wu, Bole Zhou, Xianfeng HanThis study aims to determine how and through what mechanisms the outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) promotion effect of the Belt and Road initiative (BRI-OFDI) affects…
Inclusive business, private sector credit and economic welfare: evidence from Africa
Daniel Ofori-Sasu, Smile Dzisi, Franklin Dodzi OdoomThis paper seeks to examine the interrelationship between inclusive business, private sector credit and economic welfare in Africa.
Outward foreign direct investment from post-socialist to advanced economies: motives and determinants of Slovene investment in Germany
Andreas M. Hilger, Zlatko Nedelko, Thomas StegerLong regarded as a far-fetched notion, companies from post-socialist economies (PSEs) increasingly compete with companies from advanced economies in their domestic markets and…
Performance relative to aspiration and SMEs' internationalization speed: the moderating effects of policy knowledge and institutional distance
Ying Zhang, Cong ChengThis study seeks to explore the relationship between performance relative to aspiration and SMEs' internationalization speed, and moderating effects of top management's policy…
Health tourism and government supports
Mohammadjavad Shabankareh, Alireza Nazarian, Mohammad Hassan Golestaneh, Fereshteh DalouchiHealth tourism is a relatively new branch of international tourism that has developed more rapidly than other tourism sectors in recent years. This study aimed to investigate the…
Gauging investors' investment decisions in the crypto market through the PRISM of behavioral biases: a fuzzy AHP approach
Kirti Sood, Prachi Pathak, Jinesh Jain, Sanjay GuptaResearch in the domain of behavioral finance has proven that investors demonstrate irrational behavior while making investment decisions. In a similar domain, the primary…
The impact of heterogeneity of service trade policy restrictions on manufacturing exports of China: focus on free trade agreements
Ming Gao, Fanchao ZhuoBased on the research of free trade agreements on alleviating service trade policy heterogeneity and its impact on manufacturing exports, this article aims to not only provide a…
What's in a name? Exploring the intellectual structure of social finance
Rosella Carè, Olaf WeberThis paper offers a bibliometric analysis of the scientific literature on social finance. It provides an overview of the research field by identifying gaps in the existing…
Corporate entrepreneurship in a collectivist culture: the role of time availability
Nebojša Janićijević, Ljiljana KontićThis study aims to investigate whether the model containing five organisational determinants of corporate entrepreneurship developed by Kuratko, Hornsby and Covin is valid in…
Machine learning and manager selection: evidence from South Africa
Daniel Page, Yudhvir Seetharam, Christo AuretThis study investigates whether the skilled minority of active equity managers in emerging markets can be identified using a machine learning (ML) framework that incorporates a…
How prone are emerging markets' sectoral indices to global uncertainties? Evidence from the quantile connectedness approach with portfolio implications
Shabeer Khan, Mohd Ziaur Rehman, Mohammad Rahim Shahzad, Naimat U Khan, Lutfi Abdul RazakThere has been a burgeoning interest in exploring the impact of uncertainty factors on share returns. However, studies on the influence of global financial uncertainties on…
Indian start-ups going public: return and volatility of stocks during bear and bull regimes
Khanindra Ch. DasStart-ups are successful in receiving valuation in billions of US dollars prior to initial public offering (IPO). However, to sustain higher valuation, the stocks need to perform…
CSR in domestic and foreign SMEs in Kenya: on the relationship between the SME manager’s values, emotional commitment to long-term socio-economic development and the firm's CSR practices
Clara Lina Dziuron, Tilo F. HalaszovichCorporate social responsibility (CSR) remains a prevalent topic for businesses worldwide, especially for those operating in developing countries. The attention on small and…
Working capital management and firm performance: evidence from emerging African markets
Umar Nawaz Kayani, Christopher Gan, Tonmoy Choudhury, Ahmad ArslanThe paper aims to investigate the empirical impact of working capital management (WCM) on firm performance (FP) in the emerging markets of Africa. This paper also aims to…
Technology investments from China into other emerging economies: a push and pull perspective on the Eurasia region
Alvar Castello Esquerdo, Andrei Panibratov, Daria KlishevichDrawn from the push–pull perspective, this research aims to identify the determinants of Chinese technology's outward foreign direct investments (OFDI) into the Eurasian region.
Tax incentives and upward R&D manipulation – evidence from the R&D tax deduction policy in China
Yanan He, Xindong Zhang, Panpan Hao, Xiaoyong Dai, Haiyan XueThis paper investigates whether China's R&D tax deduction policy triggers firms to manipulate their R&D expenditures upward.
Ownership structure and firm sustainable investments: evidence from emerging markets
Ameen Qasem, Abdulalem Mohammed, Enrico Battisti, Alberto FerrarisThe aim of this study is to examine the ownership impact on firm sustainable investments (FSIs). In particular, this research examines the link between institutional investor…
How does terrorism hollow out the sustainable economic growth in Big Ten Countries?
Ahmet Keser, Ibrahim Cutcu, Sunil Tiwari, Mehmet Vahit Eren, S.S. Askar, Mohamed AbouhawwashThe main objective of this research is to investigate if there is a long-term relationship between “terrorism” and sustainable “economic growth” in Big Ten Countries.
ESG-CFP relationship: exploring the moderating role of financial slack
Aanchal Singh, Subir Verma, Samik ShomeThis study aims at examining the contentions of the agency theory by exploring the direct relationship between environmental, social and governance (ESG) disclosure score and…
Does overconfidence blur out the investment efficiency? The managerial overconfidence and internal financing effect on investment efficiency: evidence from MENA region
Osama El-Ansary, Aya M. AhmedThis paper aims to investigate whether managerial overconfidence has an impact on investment inefficiency beyond its influence on the use of internal financing or whether internal…
Is manufacturing trade a stepping stone or an obstacle to service trade?
Jian Chen, Di Zhao, Yan-Nan Yu, Si-Yuan WangThe authors empirically examined the theoretically recognized industrial linkages between manufacturing and services from the trade perspective. In particular, they confirmed the…
Social media and the bottom of the pyramid: a systematic literature review and future research agenda
Jitender Kumar, Archit Vinod Tapar, Somraj BhattacharjeeThe study aims to present a systematic literature review (SLR) to understand the current status of research on social media usage among the bottom of the pyramid (BOP). The…
The role of environmental concern and technology show-off on electric vehicles adoption: the case of Macau
Alessandro Lampo, Susana C. Silva, Paulo DuarteResearch on battery electric vehicles (BEVs) has typically considered environmental concern a key determinant of behavioral intention that leads individuals to prefer electric…
The impact of China's trade and FDI on Africa's GVC participation and economic upgrading
Derrick Anquanah Cudjoe, Yumei He, Hanhui HuThis study examines the impact of China's trade and foreign direct investment (FDI) on Africa's global value chain (GVC) participation and economic upgrading.
Under rising environmental uncertainty Chinese enterprises pursue fame or profits? Evidence from corporate social responsibility and financial investment
Xudong Zhuang, Junshan DuanThe purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of environmental uncertainty on corporate social responsibility (CSR), and involves corporate financial investment as mediating…
Superposition effect of online news on fintech platforms
Huosong Xia, Siyi Chen, Justin Z. Zhang, Yulong LiuThe rise of the mobile Internet has accumulated much text information in various online financial forums. Such information often contains the emotional attitudes of investors…
Risk transmission between equity market of China and its trading partners: new evidence from various financial crises
Ijaz Younis, Imran Yousaf, Waheed Ullah Shah, Cheng LongshengThe authors examine the volatility connections between the equity markets of China and its trading partners from developed and emerging markets during the various crises episodes…
The key enablers of SMEs readiness in Industry 4.0: a case of Malaysia
Daisy Mui Hung Kee, Miguel Cordova, Sabai KhinThe study sheds light on the internal enabling factors towards emerging market (EM) small and medium-sized enterprises’ (SMEs) preparedness for Industry 4.0 (I4.0) using three…
Cross-cultural business-to-business communication – the experiences of Polish companies with the Chinese and Americans
Małgorzata Bartosik-Purgat, Wiktoria RakowskaThe main purpose of the study is to identify the differences and similarities in the communication between B2B participants in cross-cultural environments.
Exploring the impact of ambient air quality standards on firm innovation: evidence from listed industrial companies in China
Min Huang, Xiaobo LiThis paper aims to identify the impact of the new ambient air quality standards (AAQS) on firm innovation.
Do international paid remittances hinder the financial development of GCC host countries?
Faris Alshubiri, Syed JamilThe present study aims to compare the effect of international paid remittances on financial development in three Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries from 1985 to 2020.
Corporate governance, enforcement institutions and corporate liquidity in the MENA region
Charilaos Mertzanis, Nejla Ellili, Hazem Marashdeh, Haitham NobaneeThe study examines the effects of corporate governance and countrywide institutions and risk factors on corporate liquidity.
A decade of biodiversity conservation: insights into corporate social responsibility in an emerging market context
Evelize Culpi Mann, Heitor Murilo Gomes, Amanda Jasmine Williamson, Manuel Castelo BrancoThis study aims to investigate whether Brazilian companies have increased their reporting on biodiversity within the past decade and whether reporting practices are linked to the…
How the second largest shareholder affects cash dividends? An empirical study in China
Qian Wang, Xiaobo Tang, Huigang Liang, Yajiong Xue, Xiaolin SunIn public firms, the largest shareholder can make decisions on cash dividends in favor of its own interests at the expense of other investors. While the second largest shareholder…
FDI and productivity: facts versus fiction of high growth
Amin SokhanvarThis paper aims to study the role of foreign direct investment (FDI) channels in improving local firms' productivity. Two transmission channels of knowledge spillovers are…
The choice of destination country of international franchise networks: the case of Mexican franchisors
Cesario Armando Flores Villanueva, María del Carmen Gaytán Ramírez, Aleida Núñez GarcíaThis article examines the influence of market opportunity, risk, and distance on the choice of destination country for Mexican franchises.
The growth effects of financial integration in the ASEAN countries
Duc Hong Vo, Chi Minh HoFinancial integration has played an essential role in achieving economic growth in the members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). However, its effects on…
The relationship between auditing industry specialization and the relative derivatives use for earnings management: evidence from China
Wen-Jye Hung, Pei-Gi Shu, Ya-Min Wang, Tsui-Lin ChiangThis study investigates the effect of auditing industry specialization (AIS) on the relative derivatives use for earnings management.
Do Turkish firms benefit from GVC participation?
Abdullah Altun, Taner Turan, Halit YanikkayaThe study evaluates the effects of GVC participation on firm productivity and profitability. Hence this study aims to find evidence whether there is a clear difference between the…
Discard the false and retain the true: the effect of hypocrisy on the cognitive legitimacy of social enterprises
Kun Zhang, Xiu-e Zhang, Xuejiao XuHypocrisy often observed in the social responsibility practices of commercial enterprises is more likely to occur in social enterprises. However, this issue has received little…
What do online reviews communicate? An evidence from emerging economy
Salahuddin Ahmed, Sapna Singh, Nagaraj SamalaOnline brand is becoming a popular and major gateway for consumers for booking various services specifically when they travel for several purposes. The present study aims to…
Examining the trade-led Kuznets hypothesis for emerging economies: a multivariate framework
Neha Jain, Geetilaxmi MohapatraThe present study aims to investigate the non-linear relationship between trade and income inequality to address goal 10 of sustainable development goals (SDGs) using the Kuznets…
Joint foreign ownership and global value chains effects on productivity: a comparison of firms from Poland and Germany
Sabina Szymczak, Aleksandra Parteka, Joanna Wolszczak-DerlaczThe study aims to examine the joint effects of foreign ownership (FO) and involvement in global value chains (GVCs) on the productivity performance of firms from a catching-up…
Business groups and the impact of industry relatedness on firms' borrowing costs
Yane ChanderaThis study analyzes whether industry relatedness between a corporate borrower and its group peers significantly affects that firm's borrowing cost.
Corporate philanthropy and corporate social irresponsibility during the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from China
Muhammad Ishfaq Ahmad, Martin Cepel, Enrico Battisti, Ramiz Ur RehmanThis study aims to investigate the perspective of corporate philanthropy during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in China for firms with various levels of corporate social…
Are political connections a curse for banks of the MENA region? The moderating effect of ownership structure
Imen Khanchel, Naima Lassoued, Oummema FerchichiThis study examines the effect of political connections on the performance of banks in the MENA region separately and then moderated by family, institutional and state ownership.
Business model transformation: what is known and what is to be further developed?
Aleksandra Selezneva, Anna Veselova, Amitabh AnandThe paper presents a systematic literature review on business model transformation (BMT). The aim of the study is to determine the main research streams in BMT literature, develop…
Russian global export flow and potential: evidence from augmented gravity model
Shujaat Abbas, Valentin Shtun, Veronika Sapogova, Vakhrushev GlebThe Russian export flow is highly concentrated on few trading partners that results in its high vulnerability to external shock. Furthermore, the Russian–Ukraine conflict and…
Is there a liability of foreignness or foreign privilege in developing nation compliance monitoring?
Gary W. FlorkowskiDrawing on the international business and game theory literature, this study assesses foreign firm treatment in the early stages of regulatory enforcement.
Examining significance of “downside beta” as a measure of risk – evidence from Indian equity market
Sivakumar Menon, Pitabas Mohanty, Uday Damodaran, Divya AggarwalMany studies have shown that from a theoretical and empirical point of view, downside risk-based measures of risk are better than the traditional ones. Despite academic appeal and…
Can Confucian culture promote enterprise total factor productivity? Evidence from China
Ni Xiong, Longzheng DuThis study examines whether Confucian culture can promote enterprise total factor productivity (TFP), and it also studies how transmission mechanism works on enterprise TFP.
Imported inputs, firms' capabilities and productivity: evidence from emerging South Asian economies
Muhammad Luqman, Ghulam MurtazaThe main purpose of this study is to examine the impact of imported inputs on firms' productivity in selected South Asian economies, namely Pakistan, India and Bangladesh…
The impact of corruption on companies' engagement in sustainability reporting practices: an empirical examination
Antonella Francesca Cicchiello, Amirreza Kazemikhasragh, Salvatore Perdichizzi, Andrea ReyThis paper aims to investigate whether the perceived level of corruption influences companies' decision to address principles and standards aimed, inter alia, at fighting…
Diversity–performance nexus in an emerging economy: an investigation of family and non-family firms
Md Tariqul Islam, Shrabani Saha, Mahfuzur RahmanThe empirical study aims to examine the impact of board diversity with respect to gender and nationality on firm performance in an emerging economy. This research further splits…
Investigating the effects of institutional distance and experience on acquisition performance across emerging markets
Martin A. Goetz, Dirk MorschettThis study combines institutional and organizational learning perspectives to investigate the impact of institutional distance and institution-specific cross-border acquisition…
Dynamic change of international arms trade network structure and its influence mechanism
Xin-Yi Wang, Bo Chen, Yu SongThe purpose of this study is to analyze the dynamic changes of the arms trade network not only from the network structure but also the influence mechanism from the aspects of the…
The bubble contagion effect between crude oil and oil-exporting stock markets: the case of GCC countries
Ismail Ben Douissa, Tawfik AzrakThis study aims to investigate the existence of bubbles and their contagion effect in crude oil and stock markets of oil-exporting countries Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) from…
Perceptions of market orientation in emerging economy entrepreneurship: evidence from crowdfunding
Steven A. Creek, Joshua D. Maurer, Justin K. KentThe purpose of this study is to examine how crowdfunding backer perceptions of market orientation and foreignness impact crowdfunding performance in emerging economies.
Herding or reverse herding: the reaction to change in investor sentiment in the Chinese and Pakistani markets
Muhammad Fayyaz Sheikh, Aamir Inam Bhutta, Tahira ParveenInvestor sentiment (optimism or pessimism) may influence investors to follow others (herding) while taking their investment decisions. Herding may result in bubbles and crashes in…
Service supply chain risk management in the public healthcare sector
Gutama Kusse Getele, Xiong RuoliuThe study research aims to examine the effects of supply chain management practices on risk mitigating (RM) by studying the correlation between social ties, institutional support…
Financial inclusion matter for poverty, income inequality and financial stability in developing countries: new evidence from public good theory
Ismail Khan, Iftikhar KhanThis paper aims to examine the influence of financial inclusion (FI) on poverty, income inequality and financial stability from the perspective of public good (PG) theory in…
Spatial relationship between financial development, energy consumption and economic growth in emerging markets
Nguyen Minh Ha, Bui Hoang NgocThe study aims to discover the spatial relationship between financial development, energy consumption and economic growth in 11 ASIA countries, using panel data from 1980 to 2016.
Dynamic connectedness among Pakistani stock markets and its major trading partners
Muhammad Akram, Ahmed Imran Hunjra, Imran Riaz Malik, Mamdouh Abdulaziz Saleh Al-FaryanInternationalization and financial deregulation have caused market participants and policymakers to consider the significance of financial connectedness and the spillover effects…
Commodity price volatility, risk exposure and development of financial institutions
Rexford Abaidoo, Elvis Kwame AgyapongThis study examines the dynamics of financial institution development among economies in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and how volatility in forex-adjusted price of key globally…
How to evaluate company directors at state owned enterprises? A framework of virtue and competence based on the Chinese experience
Xuhong Xu, Tiancheng Hu, Rui Guo, Shang Chen, Lutao NingThis paper proposes a framework for director evaluation in the context of Chinese state-owned enterprises (SOEs), taking into account the influences of traditional and modern…
The role of signals in new venture financing in the context of an emerging market: a configurational approach
Başak Topaler, Gülcan AdarThis study proposes a portfolio of new venture signals that are likely to attract investors' attention in the context of an emerging market and examines how they work in…
Poverty eradication in sub-Saharan Africa: a government-led or private sector-driven approach?
Olumide Olaoye, Segun Thompson Bolarinwa, Muhammad YaseenThe paper contributes to the literature on investment and poverty in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Specifically, the study examined the separate role of private and public investment…
Role of perceived brand globalness and localness in developing consumer word-of-mouth in the hospitality industry
Asif Ali Safeer, Yewang ZhouThe purpose of this study is to examine the role of perceived brand globalness (PBG) and perceived brand localness (PBL) in developing consumer word-of-mouth (CWOM) via brand…
Does country risk moderates the financial market development and shadow economy nexus? Evidence from fast-emerging countries analysis
Sami Ur Rahman, Faisal Faisal, Fariha Sami, Friedrich SchneiderThe shadow economy (SE) has been a serious issue with varied dimensions in all countries that significantly affect economic growth. Therefore, all countries have made an effort to…
The performance of business groups during institutional transition and economic downturn in a developing country
Aamir Inam Bhutta, Jahanzaib Sultan, Muhammad Fayyaz Sheikh, Muhammad Sajid, Rizwan MushtaqPakistan has experienced financial liberalization with rapid ups and downs in economic growth due to domestic issues during the last 2 decades. Motivated by inconclusive and…
Dialect connectedness and tunneling: evidence from China
Chen SongThis study aims to examine the effects of dialect connectedness between the chairman and the chief executive officer (CEO) (DCCC) on the tunneling activities of controlling…
Antecedents of internationalization of Taiwanese SMEs: a resource-based view
Yi-An Chen, Shiau-Ling Guo, Kuo-Feng HuangThis study aimed to explore the antecedents of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) internationalization and to compare the different resources required to enter different…
Corporate tax avoidance and stock price crash risk: the moderating effects of corporate governance
Hanh Minh Thai, Khue Ngoc Dang, Normaziah Mohd Nor, Hien Thi Nguyen, Khiem Van NguyenThis study aims to investigate the relationship between corporate tax avoidance and stock price crash risk and the moderating effects of corporate governance.
The nexus of human resource management, corporate social responsibility and sustainable performance in upscale hotels: a mixed-method study
Muhammad Ishtiaq Ishaq, Huma Sarwar, Simona Franzoni, Ofelia PalermoConsidering the significance of the human resource management (HRM) and corporate social responsibility (CSR) relationship, the aim of this research is twofold: first is to…
How consumers react differently toward humanoid vs. nonhumanoid robots after service failures: a moderated chain mediation model
Mengwei Zhang, Jinsheng Cui, Jianan ZhongWith the increasing use of robots in service scenarios in hospitality industries, service failure frequently occurs during the service process, and consumers may react differently…
Analyzing the barriers to sustainable procurement in an emerging economy: an interpretive structural modeling approach
Abdul Rehman Shaikh, Asad Qazi, Imran Ali, Andrea AppolloniThis paper aims to identify, using a literature review and expert panel input, what impedes organizations from implementing sustainable procurement, particularly in an emerging…
Symmetric and asymmetric frequency-domain causality between tourism demand and exchange rates in Türkiye: a regional comparison
Şerif Canbay, İnci Oya Coşkun, Mustafa KırcaThis study investigates if the causal relationships between the exchange rates and selected inbound markets’ tourism demand are temporary or permanent, and compares market…
The impact of Covid-19 pandemic on the value relevance of cash flows: evidence from banks
Heba Abou-El-SoodThis paper is motivated by the ongoing debate on the value relevance of cash flow statement (CFS) between bank regulators, on one hand, and accounting standard setters, on the…
The influence of government affiliations on firm product innovation in a dynamic institutional environment: insights from China
Chun Yang, Bart Bossink, Peter PeverelliBuilding on resource dependence theory and the dynamic institution-based view, this paper examines the influence of government affiliations on firm product innovation in a dynamic…
Spillovers and connectedness between Chinese and ASEAN stock markets during bearish and bullish market statuses
Imran Yousaf, Walid Mensi, Xuan Vinh Vo, Sanghoon KangThis study aims to examine the tail connectedness between the Chinese and Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) stock markets. More specifically, the authors measure the…
How the real estate indexes have performed during the COVID-19 crisis? Multifractal analysis revisited with wavelet
Ons Zaouga, Nadia LoukilThe purpose of this paper is to test the existence of stylized facts, such as the volatility clustering, heavy tails seen on financial series, long-term dependence and…
Spillovers and tail dependence between oil and US sectoral stock markets before and during COVID-19 pandemic
Walid Mensi, Waqas Hanif, Elie Bouri, Xuan Vinh VoThis paper examines the extreme dependence and asymmetric risk spillovers between crude oil futures and ten US stock sector indices (consumer discretionary, consumer staples…
COVID-19 impact on tourism inflow in selected Asia-Pacific countries: a gravity model framework
Gour Gobinda Goswami, Md. Rubaiyath Sarwar, Md. Mahbubur RahmanThe main objective of this paper is to examine the impact of COVID-19 on the tourism flows of eight Asia-Pacific Countries: Australia, Hong Kong, Malaysia, New Zealand, the…
Trust-in-government and social economic norms: assessing the heterogeneity of consumers in the USA and Mexico using the VBN theory
Sergio Enrique Robles-Avila, Md Nazmus SakibThe improper disposal of potentially harmful products is a problem that affects both developed and emerging countries. Using the Values-Beliefs-Norms (VBN) theory, this research…
Outward foreign direct investment and the economic growth of Central, East and Southeast Europe: an asymmetric approach
Safet Kurtovic, Blerim Halili, Nehat Maxhuni, Bujar KrasniqiPrevious studies have mostly estimated there to be a symmetric effect in the Foreign direct investment (FDI) inflow regarding the economic growth of Central, East and Southeast…
Volatility transmission dynamics between energy and financial indices of emerging markets: a comparison between the subprime crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic
Jesús Molina-Muñoz, Andrés Mora–Valencia, Javier Perote, Santiago Rodríguez-RagaThis paper aims to analyze the volatility transmission between an energy stock index and a financial stock index in emerging markets during recent high instability periods. The…
Does financial development enhance the growth effect of FDI? A multidimensional analysis in emerging and developing Asia
Thu-Ha Thi An, Shin-Hui Chen, Kuo-Chun YehThis study examines the role of financial development (FD) in enhancing the growth effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) in emerging and developing Asia from 1996 to 2019.
Firm internationalization approaches and performance: the moderating role of the home country's formal institutions
Henrique Correa da Cunha, Mohamed Amal, Dinorá Eliete Floriani, Maria Tereza Leme FleuryThis study investigates how the degree of internationalization (DOI) affects the financial performance of emerging market companies by making the distinction between export…
Does institutional quality matter for foreign direct investment flows? Empirical evidence from BRICS economies
Surbhi Gupta, Surendra S. Yadav, P.K. JainThis study attempts to assess the role that institutional quality (IQ) plays in influencing inflows and outflows of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) for BRICS nations as burgeoning…
Government expenditure structure, technological progress and economic growth
Zeqi Liu, Zefeng Tong, Zhonghua ZhangThis study examines the differences in the economic stimulus effects, transmission mechanisms, and output multipliers of government consumption, government traditional investment…
The role of digital business transformation in frugal innovation and SMEs’ resilience in emerging markets
Khaled Al Omoush, Carlos Lassala, Samuel Ribeiro-NavarreteThe present study aims to examine the relationships between digital business transformation, organizational learning, frugal innovation and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs…
Why do consumers resist digital innovations? An innovation resistance theory perspective
Manish Talwar, Laura Corazza, Rahul Bodhi, Areej MalibariDespite the efforts of governments and firms, consumer resistance toward digital innovations in the retail finance space continues to manifest rather visibly. Yet, the causes of…
Does perceived behavioral control mediate customers' innovativeness and continuance intention of e-money? The moderating role of perceived risk and e-security
Mohammad Enamul Hoque, Perengki Susanto, Najeeb Ullah Shah, Husnil Khatimah, Abdullah Al MamunWith the emergence of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the usage of e-money has been reinforced to reach the next level. Therefore, this study aims to examine the mediating…
Returns and volatility spillover between agricultural commodities and emerging stock markets: new evidence from COVID-19 and Russian-Ukrainian war
Maria Babar, Habib Ahmad, Imran YousafThis study investigate the return and volatility spillover among agricultural commodities and emerging stock markets during various crises, including the COVID-19 pandemic and the…
Heterogeneity of investor sentiment, geopolitical risk and economic policy uncertainty: do Islamic banks differ during COVID-19 pandemic?
Mohamed Albaity, Ray Saadaoui Mallek, Hasan MustafaThis study examined the impact of; COVID-19 investor sentiment, COVID-19 cases, geopolitical risk (GPR), economic policy uncertainty (EPU), oil returns and Islamic banking on bank…
The role of digital orientation in moderating the relationship between innovation and internationalization
Hui Wei You, Rayenda Khresna BrahmanaThis research aims to examine the moderating role of digital orientation (DO) on the relationship between innovation and internationalization by framing the relationship under an…
Herding behavior in integrated financial markets: the case of MILA
João Paulo Vieito, Christian Espinosa, Wing-Keung Wong, Munkh-Ulzii Batmunkh, Enkhbayar Choijil, Mustafa HussienIt has been argued in the literature that structural changes in the financial markets, such as integration, have the potential to cause herding behavior or correlated behavioral…
Quantile-based spillover connectedness among stochastic volatilities of ESG equities, Islamic and conventional stocks with implications for portfolio management
Mahdi Ghaemi Asl, Rabeh Khalfaoui, Hamid Reza Tavakkoli, Sami Ben JabeurThis study aims to investigate the relationship between stock markets, environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors and Shariah-compliant in an integrated framework.
Move to innovation: place-based industrial relocation policy and firm innovation in China
Xian Zheng, Jinchuan Huang, Ziqing YuanThis study investigates whether and how place-based industrial relocation policy affects firm innovation.
Evaluating the efficiency of defined benefit pension plans in a developing market
Bruvine Orchidée Mazonga Mfoutou, Richard DanquahThe cost-to-asset ratio is a vital efficiency ratio for any financial institution, as it measures its operating expenses to its asset base. This study uses this ratio to evaluate…
The impacts of capital inflows on bank lending in the ASEAN-6 countries
Trung H. Le, Nhung Nguyen, Minh PhamThe authors investigate the impacts of international capital inflows on bank lending in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations-6 (ASEAN-6) countries on the dynamics of both…
Do institutional determinants matter for FDI inflows location choice? Evidence from sub-national panel data in India
Vandana GoswamiThe present paper makes an attempt to investigate the determinants that affect FDI inflows distribution among Indian states. Together with traditional determinants, the impact of…
The effect of integrated reporting trends on shareholders' fund: does financial leverage matter?
Alhassan Haladu, Saeed Awadh Bin-NashwanIn many societies, environmental problems have had some negative impacts on both social and economic features with issues like capital structure seriously affected. In this…
Extreme risk spillovers and hedging strategies between Indonesia sectorial stocks and commodity markets
Rim El Khoury, Walid Mensi, Muneer M. Alshater, Sanghoon KangThis study examines the risk spillovers between Indonesian sectorial stocks (Energy, Basic Materials, Industrials, Consumer Cyclicals, Consumer Non-cyclical and Financials), the…
How does high-performance work system influence employees' creativity? The role of critical reflection and human resource management attribution
Phuong Tran HuyHigh-performance work system (HPWS) is considered a solid predictor of both organizational and individual outcomes. The current study examines the impact of employees' perception…
The incentive effect of government subsidies on the digital transformation of manufacturing enterprises
Xueqi Zhao, Longwen Zhao, Xiaozhe Sun, Yibing XingChina's digital economy is flourishing and playing a pivotal role in the national economy. Government subsidies, as an important tool for the national treasury, are a…
Nash equilibrium in emerging partnership-based Islamic banking industry with a Bayesian game-theoretic approach
Mahdi Ghaemi Asl, Ali Ghasemoghli, Rabeh KhalfaouiA hypothesis developed in this paper models the relationship between the borrower and the bank as a dynamic game based on incomplete information (business game) and seeks an…
Comovements and hedging effectiveness between conventional and Islamic cryptocurrencies: evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic
Shoaib Ali, Imran Yousaf, Xuan Vinh VoThis study examines the dynamics of the comovement and causal relationship between conventional (Bitcoin, Ethereum and Binance coin) and Islamic (OneGram, X8X token and HelloGold…
Do firm attributes impact CSR participation? Evidence from a developing economy
Nidhi Agarwala, Ritu Pareek, Tarak Nath SahuAmidst the growing awareness regarding the social accountability of corporates, the study has attempted to investigate how firm characteristics like size and performance influence…
Bank opacity and stability in an emerging market
Van Dan Dang, Japan HuynhThe paper analyzes the impact of bank opacity on financial stability in an emerging economy.
Dynamic causality between oil prices and stock market indexes in Russia and China: does US financial instability matter?
Amal Ghedira, Mohamed Sahbi NakhliThis study aims to examine the dynamic bidirectional causality between oil price (OIL) and stock market indexes in net oil-exporting (Russia) and net oil-importing (China…
Can the transmission of entrepreneurs' We Media information improve the value relevance of earnings? Evidence from China
Tong Sun, Wanyi ChenFollowing the growing adoption of social media, many entrepreneurs are launching personal social media channels. This study focuses on the effect of entrepreneurs' shared…
The effect of corporate social responsibility on environmental performance: the mediating role of green innovation and green human resource management
Shenbei Zhou, Wudie Atinaf Tiruneh, Moges Assefa LegeseThis research looks at the link between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and environmental performance, considering the immediate mutual interaction and the potential…
Reverse innovations bridging the gap between entrepreneurial orientation and international performance
Hammad Bin Azam Hashmi, Ward Ooms, Cosmina L. Voinea, Marjolein C.J. CaniëlsThis paper aims to elucidate the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation, reverse innovation and international performance of emerging economy multinational enterprises…
Performance of franchisee: the role of reciprocal resources, relationship quality and cultural sensitivity
Tien Dung Luu, Khanh Huyen Nguyen Mai, Cuong Chi Huynh, Ngoc Huong Thi Phan, Nga Thanh Le, Thao Nguyen Diep LeThis study aims to reveal the impact mechanism of franchisor-owned resources, franchise relationship quality and franchisee's dynamic capabilities on franchisee performance, with…
Investigating pension choice factors among the faculty of public sector universities in Pakistan
Muhammad Wahab, Muhammad Aamir Khan, Muhammad Siddique, Fakhrul HasanThis research designed, optimized and tested a context-specific scale to evaluate public sector employees' pension choices.
The effects of government spending on consumption and the real exchange rate: a comparison between developed and developing countries
Yu Li, Xiaoyang ZhuThe degree of development and the way to identify a fiscal shock matter in evaluating the effects of the fiscal policy. This paper contributes to the debate on the effects of a…
Government influence on logistics and supply chain innovations: assessing implications for firm performance and societal impact in an emerging economy
Charles Baah, Yaw Agyabeng-Mensah, Ebenezer Afum, Innocent Senyo Kwasi Acquah, Dacosta EsselSignificant unexplored research gaps exist in relation to assessing how governments influence innovations in the logistics and supply chains of SMEs to mitigate risks. This study…
Family control, R&D expenses and firm efficiency: evidence from Taiwanese cultural and creative industries
Qian Long Kweh, Hanh Thi My Le, Irene Wei Kiong Ting, Wen-Min LuFirst, this study assesses the link between research and development (R&D) expenses and firm efficiency. Second, this study explores how family control moderates the link between…
Government support, employee motivation and job performance in the COVID-19 times: evidence from Turkish SMEs during the short work period
Cevahir Uzkurt, Semih Ceyhan, Emre Burak Ekmekcioglu, Musab Talha AkpinarThis paper aims to explore the effect of government support (short work allowances – SWA) on SME employees' job performance and employee motivation perceptions, during the…
An integrated model to study workplace passion and job satisfaction among hotel employees: an emerging market perspective
Deepti Pathak, Shalini Srivastava, Prasoon M. Tripathi, Ritika GugnaniThe present study is intended to examine the association between work passion (WP) (obsessive and harmonious) and job satisfaction (JS) of hotel employees in India. It further…
Impact of imports from China on Indian manufacturing performance: an analysis of trade competitiveness
Sunitha RajuThe focus of this paper is to provide an assessment of the impact of imports from China on Indian manufacturing and capture the multifarious dimensions of India–China bilateral…
Dynamic common correlated effects of financial inclusion on economic growth: empirical evidence from Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) countries
Imran Sharif Chaudhry, Zulkornain Yusop, Muzafar Shah HabibullahFinancial inclusion is a critical component of financial development, which disseminates accessible financial services to benefit all parts of society and consequently promotes…
Government-business relations and strategic patenting: evidence from China's patent boom
Ruoyan Zhu, Yin Li, Li TangThe purpose of the study is to propose a new perspective to explain how China's rapid growth in patenting is partially driven by corporate strategic patenting to influence local…
COVID-19, firm characteristics and stock volatility: new evidence from the Indian tourism sector
Rupika Khanna, Chandan Sharma, Abhay PantThis paper provides new evidence on Indian tourism firms by investigating the role of a firm's financial conditions typified by its leverage, earnings, size, cash holdings, and…
Do macroprudential regulations condition the role of financial inclusion for ensuring financial stability? Cross-country perspective
Mallika Saha, Kumar Debasis DuttaEmpirical studies, to date, show that financial inclusion (FI) enhances financial stability (FS) by promoting a large deposit base, reducing information asymmetry, and…
Investigating the influence of perceived organizational justice on counterproductive work behaviours: mediating role of negative emotions
Rabail Aisha, Nisar Ahmed Channa, Manzoor Ali Mirani, Naveed Akhtar QureshiUsing the theoretical lens of appraisal theory, this research aims to investigate the interrelationship between employees' organizational justice perceptions and counterproductive…
Beyond the COVID-19 pandemic: what builds organizational resilience capacity?
Anna Matysek-Jędrych, Katarzyna Mroczek-Dąbrowska, Aleksandra KaniaThe outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) has severely disrupted businesses around the world. To address the impact of operational and strategic business disruptions…
The share of FDI in the value added of innovative and other industries in Poland
Aneta Maria KosztowniakThis study aims to examine the share of foreign direct investment (FDI) in creating the value added (VA) of innovative and other industries in Poland in 2004–2020.
Role of word-of-mouth communication in consumer brand relationship initiation and maintenance: insights from the bottom of pyramid markets
Shubhomoy Banerjee, S. SreejeshThe study's primary purpose is to establish the direct and indirect roles of word-of-mouth communication (WOM) in initiating and maintaining consumer loyalty in the bottom of…
The role of trust and e-WOM in the crowdfunding participation: the case of equity crowdfunding platforms in financial services in Iran
Mehri Dehghani, Katarzyna Piwowar-Sulej, Ebrahim Salari, Daniele Leone, Fatemeh HabibollahThe aim of this research is to examine the roles of trust and electronic word-of-mouth (e-WOM) in crowdfunding (CF) participation for equity CF by taking into account the…
Shortening the distance between firms for M&A: the influence of small-world network structure on mergers and acquisitions
Thiago de Sousa Barros, Julián Cárdenas, Ariane Ribeiro HottA small-world network is a type of network structure in which nodes are highly clustered and at short distances without being directly linked. This article analyzes whether the…
The relationship between corporate governance and cost of equity: evidence from the ISIS era in Iraq
Mahdi Salehi, Mahdi Moradi, Saad FaysalThe cost of equity (COE) and corporate governance structure are the most critical factors affecting competition among publicly held companies. Accordingly, the present paper aims…
Trade protection and firm innovation in China
Tao HuangThe author investigates the effect of trade protection on domestic firm innovation in China and explores the channel through which trade protection affects corporate innovation.
Learning through exploitative and exploratory overseas R&D: impacts on EMNEs' innovation performance
Xi Zhong, Weihong ChenThis study aims to examine whether exploitative and exploratory overseas R&D have independent and significant effects on emerging economy multinational enterprises' (EMNEs’…
How much does interpersonal guanxi matter to business performance? The mediating role of relationship learning in an emerging market context
Lilei Wang, Yumei Dang, Shufeng (Simon) Xiao, Xing'an XuBy adopting learning theory and a guanxi perspective, this study aims to investigate the effects of interpersonal guanxi (interpersonal networks or connections) and relationship…
Firm-level perception of uncertainty and overseas investment: evidence from China's listed firms
Chao He, Yanxi Li, Runxiang XuThe purpose of this study is to provide a textual approach to quantify the perception of uncertainty from management side and investigate how firms manage their overseas…
“Connected we stand, disconnected we fall”. Analyzing the importance of digital platforms in transnational supply chain management
Anna Marrucci, Riccardo Rialti, Raffaele Donvito, Faheem Uddin SyedThis study seeks to explore the importance of digital platforms in restoring global supply chains interrupted by the coronavirus pandemic. Specifically, the research focuses on…
The effect of perceived financial risk on purchase intention in Pakistan
Shahid Khokhar, Maayda Shahid, Sana Hafeez, Muhammad Shahid TufailThe purpose is to understand the fundamental mechanism of the consumer decision-making process and how perceived financial risk of search and experience goods influences…
Entrepreneurial orientation and firm performance in SMEs: the mediating role of entrepreneurial competencies and moderating role of environmental dynamism
Junaid Aftab, Monica Veneziani, Huma Sarwar, Muhammad Ishtiaq IshaqEntrepreneurial orientation is among the vital factors that contribute to performance, especially for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). However, the empirical studies…
Chinese cross-border acquisitions: stylised facts and new directions
Shuang Hu, Saileshsingh Gunessee, Chang LiuChinese multinational enterprises’ (MNEs) unprecedented, aggressive cross-border mergers and acquisitions (CBMAs) have led to several studies examining Chinese CBMAs, which…
A six-factor asset pricing model of China's stock market from the perspective of institutional investors' dominance
Xiaoguang Zhou, Yuxuan Lin, Jie ZhongChina's stock market, which serves as an example of emerging markets, is steadily maturing in the context of globalization. In order to analyze the pricing mechanism of China's…
The relationship between institutional ownership and idiosyncratic volatility: evidence from the stock markets of China and the USA
Yu Hu, Xiaoquan Jiang, Wenjun XueThis paper investigates the relationship between institutional ownership and idiosyncratic volatility in Chinese and the USA stock markets and explores the potential explanations.
Internationalization of Turkish business groups: motives and institutional context
Kader Sahin, Ekrem Tatoğlu, Kubra Mert, Tuğba Kaplan, Ismail GolgeciThis paper aims to investigate the internationalization motives behind location choice among emerging country business groups (EBGs) and the way in which institutional factors…
The effect of subnational legal effectiveness and social trust on foreign firm performance: from subnational analysis in emerging economies
Yu Jia, Yongqing Ye, Zhuang Ma, Tao WangThis study aims to verify the respective and interactive effects of subnational formal and informal institutions (i.e. legal effectiveness and social trust) on foreign firm…
Extreme quantile connectedness and spillovers between oil and Vietnamese stock markets: a sectoral analysis
Walid Mensi, Salem Adel Ziadat, Xuan Vinh Vo, Sang Hoon KangThis study examines the extreme quantile connectedness and spillovers between West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil futures and ten Vietnamese stock market sectors. Knowledge of…
Internal corporate governance and cash flow manipulation
Neerav Nagar, Mehul RaithathaThe authors examine whether internal corporate governance mechanisms are effective in curbing cash flow manipulation through real activities, misclassification, and timing.
Measuring and assessing international diversification strategies of Indian companies
Aparna Bhatia, Meenu KhuranaThe paper aims to measure the nature and extent of international diversification followed by Indian companies over the period 2009–10 to 2017–18. The study also aims to assess the…
Economic growth through digitalization in Africa: does financial sector development play a mediating role?
Abdul Ganiyu Iddrisu, Bei ChenThis paper aims to analyse economic growth in Africa focussing on the role of digitalization and financial sector development.
Gimmick or revolution: can corporate digital transformation improve accounting information quality?
Wanyi Chen, Weiyu Cai, Yingfan Hu, Yuke Zhang, Qinyuan YuThis study explores the impact mechanism of corporate digital transformation (CDT) on the quality of accounting information.
Assessing the effect of domestic and foreign R&D on export: empirical evidence from China
Abdul Rauf, Yongwen BaoAlthough the theoretical arguments provide several channels through which innovation affects export, empirical validation of this relationship is scarce. Further, the impact of…
Barriers to the adoption of digital servitization: a case of the Sri Lankan manufacturing sector
Weerabahu Mudiyanselage Samanthi Kumari Weerabahu, Premaratne Samaranayake, Dilupa Nakandala, Henry Lau, Dasun Nirmala MalaarachchiThis research aims to identify, examine and evaluate barriers to the adoption of digital servitization in manufacturing firms in the case of the Sri Lankan manufacturing sector…
Institutional distance and cross-border acquisitions into emerging markets: the moderating effect of context experience
Donatella Depperu, Ilaria Galavotti, Federico BaraldiThis study aims to examine the multidimensional nature of institutional distance as a driver of acquisition decisions in emerging markets. Then, this study aims to offer a nuanced…
Multiscale analysis of the complex interaction between uncertainty and the international commodity market
Chao Liu, Wei Zhang, Qiwei Xie, Chao WangThis study aims to systematically reveal the complex interaction between uncertainty and the international commodity market (CRB).