EuroMed Journal of Business: Volume 19 Issue 2

Exploring the influence of tourist ethnocentrism and risk perception on the hospitality and tourism industry

Kerstin Bremser, Villy Abraham

Risk perception and ethnocentrism are recognized as significant psychological factors influencing tourism behaviors. However, the impact of tourist ethnocentrism (TE) on tourism…

The effects of workplace resources on employees’ decision to provide instrumental help to their colleagues

Leonidas A. Zampetakis

The purpose of this research is to establish a hierarchy among different workplace resources in terms of their relative contribution to employee decision to provide instrumental…

Negative Airbnb reviews: an aspect-based sentiment analysis approach

Aikaterini Vassilikopoulou, Irene Kamenidou, Constantinos-Vasilios Priporas

The current paper aims at exploring negative aspects in reviews about Airbnb listings in Athens, Greece.

Do financial markets price UEFA Champions League competition events?

Maria Gaia Soana, Andrea Lippi, Simone Rossi

This paper investigates the stock market reaction to three different events related to the UEFA Champions League – the announcements of draws, odds and match results. The aim of…

A cluster's internationalization as a catalyst for its innovation system's access to global markets

Aihie Osarenkhoe, Daniella Fjellström

The paper aims to illuminate the platform created by a cluster organization to facilitate its internationalization and thereby enhance its regional innovation system partners'…

Capital structure in family firms: the role of innovation activity and institutional investors

Murad Harasheh, Alessandro Capocchi, Andrea Amaduzzi

There is still an ongoing debate on the value relevance of capital structure and its determinants. Recently the issue has been explored in family firms after being explored in…

Does board demographic diversity affect the dividend payout policy in Turkey?

Ajab Khan, Mustafa Kemal Yilmaz, Mine Aksoy

The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of board demographic diversity on the dividend payout policy in Turkish capital markets.

Participant or spectator? Comprehending the sport sponsorship process from different perspectives

Konstantinos Koronios, Alkis Thrassou, Lazaros Ntasis, Georgia Sakka

Despite the fact this is already known over how sports spectators interpret sponsorship content, less is known about participants’ sentiments toward sponsors, which are sometimes…

The mediating role of real earnings management in the relationship between CSR practices and cost of equity: evidence from European ESG data

Yamina Chouaibi, Ghazi Zouari

The goal of this article was to look into the direct and indirect links between corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities and the cost of equity, using real earnings…

Impact of the confirmation bias on returns, expectations and hedging of optimistic and pessimistic traders before and during COVID-19 pandemic

Yousra Trichilli, Sahbi Gaadane, Mouna Boujelbène Abbes, Afif Masmoudi

In this paper, the authors investigate the impact of the confirmation bias on returns, expectations and hedging of optimistic and pessimistic traders in the cryptocurrencies…

Cluster dynamics and firms’ strategies – an integrative framework

Svitlana Ostapenko, Ana Paula Africano, Raquel Meneses

This study aims to systematise the links between firms’ strategies (corporate and business) and the cluster dynamics (through the cluster life cycle [CLC] perspective) and propose…

Do domestic market characteristics influence firms' export intensity?

Rosa Portela Forte, Sérgio Carvalho

The purpose of this study is to analyze the influence of the firms' external environment on their export intensity. More specifically, it assesses whether domestic market…