International Journal of Emerging Markets: Volume 18 Issue 5

Stock–bond co-movement in ASEAN-5: the role of financial integration and financial development

Airil Khalid, Zamri Ahmad

This 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…

Global commodity prices and inflation expectations

Adviti Devaguptapu, Pradyumna Dash

In 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.

Blockholding and agency cost: evidence from Nigeria

Ibe Ibekwe

The study examines how blockholding, blockholding nationality and multiple blockholder structures (MBS) are related to agency cost in Nigeria.

Founder CEOs, business groups and firm value: evidence from an emerging market

Woo Sung Kim, Halil Kiymaz

The 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 structure…

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 Chakrabortty

Managing 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 their…

Oil price volatility and firm profitability: an empirical analysis of Shariah-compliant and non-Shariah-compliant firms

Abdullah Bugshan, Walid Bakry, Yongqing Li

This study examines the impact of oil price volatility on firm profitability. As Shariah-compliant firms operate under restrictions, the study also explores whether oil price…

“Sand” or “grease” effect? The impact of corruption on the investment volume of public−private partnerships

Jorge Fleta-Asín, Fernando Muñoz

Some 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 empirical…

HR practices for managing aging employees in organizations: the case of Thailand

Chaturong Napathorn

This paper examines the human resource (HR) strategies and practices that are considered to be particularly beneficial for aging employees in organizations in Thailand, which is…

Intraday analysis of regulation change in microstructure: evidence from an emerging market

Eyup Kadioglu

This study investigates the impact of simultaneously replacing both midday single-price call auction and lunch break with multi-price continuous trading on intraday…

Bank regulation and credit crunch: evidence from MENA region commercial banks

Chawki EL-Moussawi, Mohamad Kassem, Josse Roussel

This 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 1999…

The impact of differences in internationalization processes on innovation by emerging economy firms

Shantala Samant, Pooja Thakur-Wernz, Donald E. Hatfield

The 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 related…