International Journal of Emerging Markets: Volume 16 Issue 7

Guest editorial

Andrea Paltrinieri, Justin Paul

A survey on national culture and corporate financial decisions: current status and future research

Ali Kutan, Usama Laique, Fiza Qureshi, Ijaz Ur Rehman, Faisal Shahzad

The extant literature provides substantial evidence that various facets of national culture play a significant role in corporate financial decision making. We systematically…

A review of Islamic stock market, growth and real-estate finance literature

M. Kabir Hassan, Sirajo Aliyu, Buerhan Saiti, Zairihan Abdul Halim

This paper reviews economic and finance research on Islamic investments. In the course of our review, we focus on the following issues: the performance of Islamic stock indexes…

Impact of macroeconomic variables on the performance of stock exchange: a systematic review

Rakesh Kumar Verma, Rohit Bansal

This paper aims to identify various macroeconomic variables that affect the stock market performance of developed and emerging economies. It also investigates the effect of these…

A review of empirical research on corporate social responsibility in emerging economies

Kwasi Dartey-Baah, George Kofi Amoako

The purpose of this paper is to provide a systematic review of empirical research studies on corporate social responsibility (CSR) in emerging economies.

Emerging multinationals' strategic asset-seeking M&As: a systematic review

Yanze Liang, Axèle Giroud, Asmund Rygh

Emerging market multinational enterprises (EMNEs) have consolidated their global presence recently, challenging existing international business (IB) theories. One of their most…

Abandonment of mergers and acquisitions: a review and research agenda

Deepak Kumar, Keya Sengupta

The purpose of this study is to provide a broad understanding of the pre-completion stage and subsequent abandonment of mergers and acquisitions (M&As).

Entrepreneurship in emerging markets: mapping the scholarship and suggesting future research directions

Boris Inkizhinov, Elena Gorenskaia, Dashi Nazarov, Anton Klarin

To provide a comprehensive systematic review of entrepreneurship in the context of emerging markets (EMs). The area of research is topical considering the rise of EMs on the…

Antecedents of international joint ventures’ past, present and future: a meta-analytical review

Ishita Batra, Megha Gupta, Sanjay Dhir

The last two decades have witnessed a substantial increase in the body of research on the theoretical perspective of the performance of international joint ventures (IJVs)…

Corporate boards and firm performance: a meta-analytic approach to examine the impact of contextual factors

Anupama Prashar, Parul Gupta

Corporation's board (CB) is viewed as a vital internal corporate governance (CG) mechanism, playing a critical role in mitigating the agency problems and enhancing firm…