International Journal of Emerging Markets: Volume 17 Issue 6

Does R&D offshore outsourcing improve innovation in vendor firms from emerging economies? A study of biopharmaceutical industry in India

Pooja Thakur-Wernz, Christian Wernz

While 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 firms, who…

The positioning of green brands in enhancing their image: the mediating roles of green brand innovativeness and green perceived value

Jialing Lin, Zhimin Zhou

The purpose of this study is to investigate how green brand positioning facilitated by utilitarian environmental benefits and nature connectedness may influence green brand image…

Confucianism and corporate fraud

Xudong Tang, Yan Gu, Ruoyu Weng, Kungcheng Ho

Confucianism underpins Chinese traditional culture and the values of the Chinese people. The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between adherence to Confucianism…

Total factor productivity of the non-life insurers in India: Malmquist index with a new decomposition

Ashiq Mohd Ilyas, S. Rajasekaran

This 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.

Competitions in different banking markets and shadow banking: evidence from China

Yong Tan, Zhenghui Li, Siming Liu, Muhammad Imran Nazir, Muhammad Haris

This study investigates the interrelationships between competitions in different banking markets and shadow banking for the Chinese banking industry over the period 2003–2017. The…

Are female-led firms disadvantaged in accessing bank credit? Evidence from transition economies

David Aristei, Manuela Gallo

The 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…

China's OFDI policy announcements and cross-border M&A

Fredrik Utesch-Xiong

This 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…

The long-run effects of geopolitical risk on foreign exchange markets: evidence from some ASEAN countries

Hon Chung Hui

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the long-run relationship between geopolitical risk and exchange rates in four ASEAN countries.

Financial liberalization and the behavior of reversals in emerging market economies

Ali Fayyaz Munir, Shahrin Saaid Shaharuddin, Mohd Edil Abd Sukor, Mohamed Albaity, Izlin Ismail

This paper investigates the behavior of contrarian strategy payoffs under varying degrees of financial liberalization in the context of Asia-Pacific emerging market namely China…

Oil price shocks and emerging stock markets revisited

Debojyoti Das, M Kannadhasan, Malay Bhattacharyya

The 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 study…