International Journal of Emerging Markets
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Value-added intellectual capital and productive efficiencies: evidence from Taiwan listed electronics companies
Irene Wei Kiong Ting, Wen-Min Lu, Qian Long Kweh, Chunya RenThis study examines the effect of value-added (VA) intellectual capital on business performance from the perspective of productive efficiency, which is derived from its…
Do participants in the bond market care about corporate social responsibility? Evidence from China
Jun Hu, Wenbin Long, Yu Wang, Linzi ZhouUsing a sample of listed Chinese companies that issued bonds from 2010 to 2019, the authors empirically test the link between CSR and corporate bond pricing, and the…
Impact of environmental management practices on corporate sustainability: evidence from the Maldives hospitality industry
Anitha Moosa, Feng HeThis paper aims to explore how environmental management practices impact different dimensions of corporate sustainability. It also explores the mediating impact of…
The emergence of family entrepreneurship in the transition economy of Cuba
Eli Gimmon, Christian FelzenszteinTo better understand the emergence of small-scale entrepreneurial firms in the under-researched transition economy of Cuba.
Analysis of global economic policy uncertainty and export flows for emerging markets with panel VAR modeling
Çağlayan Aslan, Senay AcikgozThe purpose of this paper to examine how global economic policy uncertainty (GEPU) affects export flows of emerging market economies.
Central bank's communication and markets' reactions: Polish evidence
Janusz Brzeszczyński, Jerzy Gajdka, Tomasz Schabek, Ali M KutanThis study contributes to the pool of knowledge about the impact of monetary policy communication of central banks on financial instruments' prices and assets' value in…
International strategies of Chinese tourism MNEs: the impact of the belt and Road Initiative and state ownership
Diego Quer, Rosario AndreuThe Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), an ambitious plan led by the Chinese government aiming to reach a close integration between countries, is reshaping the global…
Capital structure and political connections: evidence from GCC banks and the financial crisis
Fatma Ahmed, David G. McMillanThis paper investigates the effect of political connections on the capital structure of banks before and after the financial crisis in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries.
Agency perspective in Islamic political treatises: implications for contemporary management research
Semih Ceyhan, Mehmet BarcaClassical assumptions of agency theory (AT) fall short of providing satisfactory answers to modern management and organizational knowledge (MOK) problems, and there is a…
Effect of advertising expenditures on analyst coverage: evidence from an emerging market
Omar Farooq, Harit Satt, Fatimazahra BendriouchThis paper aims to document the relationship between advertising expenditures and analyst coverage in a sample of Indian firms during the period between 2000 and 2019.
Antecedents and consequences of consumers' attitudes toward product placements: evidence from India
Ravineet Kaur, Rakesh Kumar Sharma, Apurva BakshiAdvertising clutter has fueled the rise of nontraditional advertising methods. The current study, conducted in India, adopted the consumer socialization framework to…
Host country corruption and headquarters-subsidiary relationships in emerging economies
Muhammad Shujaat Mubarik, Miao Miao, Muhammad Faraz Mubarak, Syed Imran Zaman, Syed Hasnain Alam Kazmi, Navaz NaghaviThe primary objective of this study is to investigate the impact of a host country's corruption on the autonomy of a foreign subsidiary from a country with lower tolerance…
The relationship between cross-border acquisitions and R&D investments by Indian firms – substituting or complementing
Ajay Kumar Singal, Faisal Mohammad AhsanEmerging economy firms seek strategic assets through cross-border acquisitions (CBAs) to upgrade their capabilities. The paper explores the relation between emerging…
Coopetition in social entrepreneurship: a strategy for social value devolution
Leandro da Silva Nascimento, Júlio César da Costa Júnior, Viviane Santos Salazar, Adriana Fumi Chim-MikiCoopetition is a well-studied phenomenon in traditional enterprises. However, it lacks deepening in the social sphere, specifically on hybrid organizations (social and…
The impact of organizational practices on formation and development of psychological contract: expatriates' perception-based view
Hafsa Bashir, Bashir Ahmad, Muhammad Waseem Bari, Qurat Ul Ain KhanBased on signaling and motivation theories, this study investigates the impact of organizational practices on the formation and development of expatriates' psychological…
Unexpected investment, tunnelling and financial constraints
Le Hong Ngoc Ha, An ThaiBased on a sample of 1,435 Vietnamese listed firms over the period from 2005 to 2017, this study examines the sensitivity of unexpected investment to free cash flow and…
Diversity and consumer dispositions towards foreign countries in an emerging market
Aybegüm Güngördü BelbağThe current study builds on social identity theory and realistic conflict theory aims to identify the relationships amongst consumers' ethnocentrism, animosity, discomfort…
Assessing the impact of COVID-19 on the valuation of Indian companies using a financial model
Pitabas Mohanty, Supriti MishraFear grips stock markets when a pandemic like COVID-19 strikes, severely affecting stock prices. However, fundamental value drivers of companies do not change drastically…
Impact of economic and market factors on the market liquidity timing ability of mutual fund managers in Turkey
Hale Yalcin, Sema DubeThe authors examine whether Turkish fund managers employ liquidity timing along with market return timing, and if additional economic and market factors could affect their…
How does Buddhism affect corporate cash holdings?
Yaoqin Li, Xichan Chen, Wanli Li, Xixiong XuThis study explores whether and how Buddhism impacts corporate cash holdings. Buddhist culture affects investors' perception of how cash is deployed and then influences…
Good and bad high-frequency volatility spillovers among developed and emerging stock markets
Walid Mensi, Ramzi Nekhili, Xuan Vinh Vo, Sang Hoon KangThis paper examines dynamic return spillovers and connectedness networks among international stock exchange markets. The authors account for asymmetry by distinguishing…
Family influence on career decisions: perceptions of Latin American CEOs
Maria Rita Blanco, Mariela N. GolikThe career is a space where family and work lives amalgamate. The role of work for the individual, and the meaning of work within the culture, will determine the relevance…
Understanding message (de)coding in multi-lingual slogans: industrial perspectives from Turkey and Russia
Betül Çal, Tahire HüseyinliThe main goal of the study is to investigate how same-brand slogans simultaneously in use in two emerging markets, namely Turkey and Russia, differ semantically. The study…
Do innovations improve firm performance in the Indian manufacturing sector? A mediation and synergy effect analysis
Farha Fatema, Mohammad Monirul IslamThis study examines the effects of both technological and non-technological innovations on the overall performance of Indian manufacturing firms, and identifies the…
Why and how do individual entrepreneurs use digital channels in an emerging market? Determinants of use and channel coordination
Moez BellaajMany studies have examined the use of social media by either customers or firms, especially in developed markets. However, little is known about why young individual…
Does asymmetric information affect firm's financing decisions?
Muhammad Munir Ahmad, Ahmed Imran Hunjra, Faridul Islam, Qasim ZureigatThe authors examine the impact of asymmetric information on firm's financing decisions, the feedback effect of changes in capital structure on the level of asymmetric…
What inhibits consumers in emerging countries from engaging in status consumption? A latent class conjoint analysis approach
A.R.S. Ibn Ali, Wirawan Dony DahanaThis paper aims to address how the status consumption tendency of consumers in emerging markets is negatively influenced by five individual traits: self-control…
Investor confidence and life insurance demand: can economic condition limit life insurance business?
Danish Ahmed, Yuantao Xie, Khelfaoui IssamLife insurance is bought with a prior belief that promise stipulated in policy will be honored when due. Discernibly, this belief is backed by the confidence that…
Inclusive growth in Africa: are Chinese investment and local industry participation compatible?
Emmanuel T. Kodzi JrThis paper aims to explore whether increasing Chinese foreign direct investment (FDI) is associated with rising contributions of local industry in African countries…
Foreign ownership, state ownership and cash holdings under the global financial crisis: evidence from the emerging market of Vietnam
Quynh Nga Nguyen Thi, Quoc Trung Tran, Hong Phat DoanThis paper investigates how the global financial crisis changes the effects of state ownership and foreign ownership on corporate cash holdings in an emerging market.
Determinants of willingness to pay for traditional bundles: a study from India
Shivan Sanjay Patel, Shivendra Kumar Pandey, Dheeraj SharmaThe present research aims to identify critical antecedents of willingness to pay (WTP) for traditional bundles (those comprising only goods or services) in an emerging…
An empirical analysis of government interventions in ECOWAS: evidence from dynamic panel threshold
Olumide Olusegun Olaoye, Ambreen Noman, Ezekiel Olamide AbanikandaThe study examines whether the growth effect of government spending is contingent on the level of institutional environment prevalent in Economic Community of West African…
Indian supply chain ecosystem readiness assessment for Industry 4.0
Shubham Tripathi, Manish GuptaThe article analyses the current readiness of India to transform its supply chain ecosystem to smarter systems with Fourth Industrial Revolution.
Literature review on effect of microfinance institutions on poverty in South Asian countries and their sustainability
Prashant Kumar Gupta, Seema SharmaThe authors present a systematic literature review on microfinance institutions’ (MFIs) effect on poverty and how they can ensure their sustainability. The purpose of this…
Different firm responses to the COVID-19 pandemic shocks: machine-learning evidence on the Vietnamese labor market
Lam Hoang Viet Le, Toan Luu Duc Huynh, Bryan S. Weber, Bao Khac Quoc NguyenThis paper aims to identify the disproportionate impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on labor markets.
Workplace bullying and organizational citizenship behavior: the parallel mediating effects of job satisfaction and resilience
Aparna Mendiratta, Shalini SrivastavaUpholding congruency with conservation of resources (COR) theory, the study intends to analyze the impact of workplace bullying on organizational citizenship behavior…
Barriers to corporate social responsibility: an Indian SME perspective
Sushil Kumar Dixit, Samant Shant PriyaSmall and medium enterprises (SMEs) across the world are generally found to have a limited interest in wider social issues. SMEs face many barriers in operating in a…
State ownership and value of cash: new evidence from an emerging market
Quoc Trung TranThe purpose of this paper is to examine how state ownership influences value of cash in an institutional environment supporting soft-budget constraint.
Applying the breaks to non-performing loans in Ghana
Anthony Amoah, Rexford Kweku Asiama, Kofi KorleThis paper acknowledges the rising levels of non-performing loans (NPLs) and the consequences associated with such patterns to an emerging economy like Ghana. In theory…
Do macroeconomic conditions affect corporate cash holdings and cash adjustment dynamics? Evidence from GCC countries
Moncef Guizani, Ahdi Noomen AjmiThis study aims to investigate the influence of macroeconomic conditions on corporate cash holdings in terms of their influence on the level of cash and the speed of…
The moderating role of donation-related predispositions on the effectiveness of price and product quality on cause-related marketing participation
Andrews Adugudaa Akolaa, John Paul Basewe Kosiba, Felix Appiah, Akua Akuffo NyantehThis study investigates the effect of product quality and price fairness on consumer cause-related marketing (CRM) participation and also the moderating role of…
What effect did the Green Credit Policy have on China's energy or emission intensive firms?
Qin Zhang, Li Xu, Keying Wang, Xunpeng ShiThe role of energy or emission intensive firms face contradictory demands from advancing economic development and environmental improvement and protection and thus require…
Exploring the long-run relationship between financial inclusion and agricultural growth: evidence from Pakistan
Usman Farooq, Fu Gang, Zhenzhong Guan, Abdul Rauf, Abbas Ali Chandio, Faiza AhsanThis study aims to investigate the long-run relationship between financial inclusion and agricultural growth in Pakistan for the period of 1960–2018.
Interrelated effects of technological and non-technological innovation on firm performance in EM – A mediation analysis of Peruvian manufacturing firms
Javier Fernando Del Carpio Gallegos, Francesc MirallesFirm innovative performance in emerging markets must take into account the peculiarities of their competitive environment. Research on the effect of innovation on firm…
Retail atmospherics effect on store performance and personalised shopper behaviour: a cognitive computing approach
Rajat Kumar Behera, Pradip Kumar Bala, Sai Vijay Tata, Nripendra P. RanaThe best possible way for brick-and-mortar retailers to maximise engagement with personalised shoppers is capitalising on intelligent insights. The retailer operates…
Dynamic capability of the firm: analysis of the impact of internationalisation on SME performance in an emerging economy
Mahfuzur Rahman, Dieu Hack-Polay, Sujana Shafique, Paul Agu IgweInternationalisation is considered as a key strategy for the growth of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship…
What drives microfinance institution lending behavior? Empirical evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa
Tilahun Aemiro TehuluWhile poverty alleviation is the first core goal of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and microfinance institutions (MFIs) are considered important instruments for…
Executive directors' pay-performance link and board diversity: evidence from high free cash flow and low-growth firms
Chwee Ming TeeThe purpose of this study is to examine whether board diversity can attenuate weaker executive directors' pay-performance link in high free cash flow and low-growth firms…
Investigating efficiency of frontier stock markets using multifractal detrended fluctuation analysis
Faheem Aslam, Paulo Ferreira, Wahbeeah MohtiThe investigation of the fractal nature of financial data has been growing in the literature. The purpose is to investigate the multifractal behavior of frontier markets…
Country of brand origin positioning and financial performance: effects on internationalized companies from an emerging market
Rafael Barreiros Porto, Paula Borges Gomes Akitaya, Denise Santos OliveiraThe purpose of this study is to investigate whether the internationalization characteristics of companies from an emerging market (internationalized company stage and…
Influence of consumer cosmopolitanism on purchase intention of foreign vs local brands: a developing country perspective
Ankur Srivastava, Nitin Gupta, Nripendra P. RanaThis study investigates the role of consumer cosmopolitanism on consumer attitudes and purchase intentions (PIs) towards foreign and local brands.
A financial restatement, media attention and stock idiosyncratic risk in the Chinese stock market
Haiyuan Yin, Meng SunThis paper aims to enrich the scope of the influence of media reports on the stock risk, and it also provides a path to support the research on the relationship between…
Sources of finance for tech startups over its lifecycle: what determines their approach of sources and its success?
Shivalik Singh, Bala Subrahmanya Mungila HillemaneThe purpose of this paper is to ascertain the factors determining the choice of sources of finance for a tech startup over its lifecycle.
Contribution of corporate social responsibility on SMEs' performance in an emerging market – the mediating roles of brand trust and brand loyalty
Tiep Le Thanh, Huan Quang Ngo, Leonardo Aureliano-SilvaThe purpose of this paper is to evaluate the role of corporate social responsibility (CSR) on small and medium-size enterprises’ (SMEs') performance by exploring the role…
Does intellectual capital and corporate governance have an impact on annual report readability? Evidence from an emerging market
Tamanna Dalwai, Syeeda Shafiya Mohammadi, Gaitri Chugh, Mahdi SalehiThis study examines the impact of intellectual capital efficiency and corporate governance mechanisms on the annual report readability of Oman's financial sector companies.
Social marketing, shock advertising and risky consumption behavior
Ibrahim Lewis Mukattash, Ala' Omar Dandis, Robert Thomas, Mohammad B. Nusair, Tareq Lewis MukattashThe overall objective of this research is to “explore whether shock advertising has a long-lasting positive effect on the smoking cessation among smoking Jordanians in a…
Does foreign direct investment influence R&D activity in the host country? Evidence from Vietnam
Van Ha, Mark J. Holmes, Gazi HassanThis study focuses on the linkages between foreign direct investment and the research and development (R&D) and innovation activity of domestic enterprises in Vietnam.
“Reluctant stayers do not get what they want”: the relationship between procedural injustice and workplace incivility
Riann SinghResearch has explored the behavioural responses of reluctant stayers to various organisational perceptions. This study extends current research to explain how employees…
An investigation of employee perception of micro-corporate social responsibility and societal behavior: a moderated-mediated model
Appel Mahmud, Donghong Ding, Zulqurnain AliThe micro-level research investigating employees' attitudinal, behavioral and psychological reactions to corporate social responsibility (CSR) has recently been expanded…
Revisiting the contingency theory: dissection of entrepreneurial orientation elements in retail franchisee performance
Samantha Naidu, Gurmeet Singh, Jashwini NarayanThis study aims to analyze how various contingencies within the contingency theory influence the entrepreneurial orientation (EO) elements and performance of retail…
Determinants of university reputation: conceptual model and empirical investigation in an emerging higher education market
Vikrant Kaushal, Deepak Jaiswal, Rishi Kant, Nurmahmud AliThe study aims to explore and test the integrated relationships between university reputation and its key antecedents. In doing so, theoretically derived antecedents of…
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.
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…
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…
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…
Blockchain technology, macroeconomic uncertainty and investment efficiency
Wanyi Chen, Kang He, Lanfang WangIn addition to leading a new tide of global financial technology, blockchain delivers advantages in terms of risk control compared to traditional financial systems. By…
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.
The impact of economic policy uncertainty, news framing and information overload on panic buying behavior in the time of COVID-19: a conceptual exploration
Abdulqadir Rahomee Ahmed AljanabiThis conceptual paper aims to provide a further understanding of the impact of economic policy uncertainty (EPU), news framing and information overload on panic buying…
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.
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…
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…
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.
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…
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.
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…
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…
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.
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'…
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…
Bank regulation and credit crunch: evidence from MENA region commercial banks
Chawki EL-Moussawi, Mohamad Kassem, Josse RousselThis paper focuses on the relationship between the regulatory capital requirements and the supply of credit for commercial banks that are operating in the MENA region from…
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…
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.
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…
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…
Exploring panic buying behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic: a developing country perspective
Gurmeet Singh, Asheefa Shaheen Aiyub, Tuma Greig, Samantha Naidu, Aarti Sewak, Shavneet SharmaThis paper aims to identify factors that influence customers' panic buying behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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…
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.
Websites' hue-context congruence as a vector of trust and behavioral intentions
Lilia Khrouf, Azza FrikhaThis paper aims to determine the effect of the congruence between a website's background color and its context (product category) on online trust and resulting behavioral…
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…
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…
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.
Intrinsic factors affecting online impulsive shopping during the COVID-19 in emerging markets
Rambabu LavuriIn an emerging market, understanding shoppers' behavior in an online market is essential to developing online retail strategies. This research study examines the effects…
The impact of differences in internationalization processes on innovation by emerging economy firms
Shantala Samant, Pooja Thakur-Wernz, Donald E. HatfieldThe purpose of this paper is to study the differences in the internationalization process of firms from emerging economies and the impact of their international expansion…
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…
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.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.
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…
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.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.
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…
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.
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…
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…
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…
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.
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…
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.
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…
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…
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.
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…
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.”
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…
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…
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…
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.
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…
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…
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…
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.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.
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…
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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.
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…
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…
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.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.
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…
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…
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…
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.
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…
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…
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…
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.
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.
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.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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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2006Copyright Holder:
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- Prof Ilan Alon
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