International Journal of Emerging Markets: Volume 16 Issue 6

Chinese SME development and industrial upgrading

Fenfang Lin, Jake Ansell, Wai-sum Siu

Drawing from industrial upgrading theories, this study aims to explore the issues of industrial upgrading and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) development in an emerging…

Chinese and Indian investment in Ethiopia: infrastructure for ‘debt-trap diplomacy’ exchange and the land grabbing approach

Amsalu K. Addis, Simplice Asongu, Zhu Zuping, Hailu Kendie Addis, Eshetu Shifaw

The aim of this study is to examine the motive of China's and India's engagement in African countries particularly in Ethiopia and to address the land grabbing and debt-trap…

Leading by bribing: evidence from China

Shaomin Li

This study examines a new type of corruption that has not previously been studied but that significantly affects the world. Traditionally, corruption has referred to individuals…

Stock market performance and foreign exchange market in Egypt: does 25th January revolution matter?

Ahmed A. El-Masry, Osama M. Badr

This paper examines the causal relationship between stock market performance and foreign exchange market in Egypt over the period 2009–2016. The study period is divided into two…

Research on the improvement of technical efficiency of China's property insurance industry: a fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis

Zhiguang Li, Yaokuang Li, Dan Long

From the perspective of cause and effect, the operational processes of property insurance companies can be considered as historical events. The purpose of this study is to measure…

Determinants of crowdfunding intention in a developing economy: ex-ante evidence from Bangladesh

Ziaul Haque Munim, Rotem Shneor, Olugbenga Michael Adewumi, Mohammad Hassan Shakil

SME funding gaps in developing economies are substantial. Crowdfunding is an innovative way to raise funds that may be part of the solution for closing such gaps. The purpose of…

FDI determinants: dynamic extreme bounds analysis

Linh Huyen Pham, Winai Wongsurawat

The aim of this paper is to develop a new analysis method, named dynamic extreme bounds analysis (DEBA), and to determine decisive determinants of foreign direct investment (FDI…

Impact of outward FDI on home country exports

Niti Bhasin, Kanika Kapoor

The relationship of outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) with home country's exports has significant implications for policymakers as well as business managers of MNEs. Since…

Examining customer willingness to pay more for banking services: the role of employee commitment, customer involvement and customer value

Ernest Emeka Izogo, Mathias Egede Elom, Mercy Mpinganjira

Although scholars highlighted the need to close the interactive marketing gap and enhanced understanding of willingness to pay more in settings where customer participation in the…

Political risk distribution of Chinese outward foreign direct investment

Qiuyu GaoYan

The purpose of this paper is to contribute to a better understanding on relations between Chinese Outward Foreign Direct Investment (OFDI) and host country political risk. To…