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The role of trust and e-WOM in the crowdfunding participation: the case of equity crowdfunding platforms in financial services in Iran
Mehri Dehghani, Katarzyna Piwowar-Sulej, Ebrahim Salari, Daniele Leone, Fatemeh HabibollahThe aim of this research is to examine the roles of trust and electronic word-of-mouth (e-WOM) in crowdfunding (CF) participation for equity CF by taking into account the…
The determinants of export performance in the digital transformation era: empirical evidence from manufacturing firms
Ayman Wael AL-KhatibThis study investigates the impact of big data analytics capabilities on export performance. Moreover, it assesses the mediating effect of the supply chain innovation and…
Predicting the link between employees' task performance and propensity to take charge: the role of family supportive supervision and LMX
Ishfaq Ahmed, Talat Islam, Rabia Afzal, Imlak Iqbal, Muhammad Asim FaheemThe authors examined how employee led exchange benefits the organizations. Specifically, the authors aim at investigating the mediating role of family supportive supervision…
Modeling transformational leadership, supply chain collaboration and firm performance – a case of India
Mahesh H. Prabhu, Amit Kumar SrivastavaThe competitive rivalry, rapid change and high business volatility necessitate inter-organizational collaboration, including the supply chain (SC). This paper develops an…
Spillovers and connectedness between Chinese and ASEAN stock markets during bearish and bullish market statuses
Imran Yousaf, Walid Mensi, Xuan Vinh Vo, Sanghoon KangThis study aims to examine the tail connectedness between the Chinese and Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) stock markets. More specifically, the authors measure the…
Empirical evidence of SMEs' ecopreneurship posture, green competitiveness and community-based performance: the neglected missing linkages of green practices
Ebenezer Afum, Yaw Agyabeng-Mensah, Charles Baah, Innocent Senyo Kwasi Acquah, Martin Boakye OseiThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the direct and mediation effects of small- and medium-sized enterprises' (SMEs) ecopreneurship posture (EP), green inbound practices…
An integrated model to study workplace passion and job satisfaction among hotel employees: an emerging market perspective
Deepti Pathak, Shalini Srivastava, Prasoon M. Tripathi, Ritika GugnaniThe present study is intended to examine the association between work passion (WP) (obsessive and harmonious) and job satisfaction (JS) of hotel employees in India. It further…
The dynamic interdependence structure and risk spillover effect between Sino-US stock markets
Menggen Chen, Yuanren ZhouThe purpose of this paper is to explore the dynamic interdependence structure and risk spillover effect between the Chinese stock market and the US stock market.
Country-of-origin and online retailing ethics: the mediating role of trust and satisfaction on purchase intention
Saptarshi Bhattacharya, Rajendra Prasad Sharma, Ashish GuptaOnline shoppers feel insecure due to the various unethical practices of e-tailers. It is, therefore, crucial for online retailers to alleviate customer concerns. Extant literature…
Trade protection and firm innovation in China
Tao HuangThe author investigates the effect of trade protection on domestic firm innovation in China and explores the channel through which trade protection affects corporate innovation.
Systemic risk in China new energy stock markets
Hui Hong, Shitong Wu, Chien-Chiang LeeThe purpose of the paper is to assess the systemic risk in the new energy stock markets of China.
Sustainability-oriented technology adoption in Tonga: the impact of Government's incentives and internal factors
Malia Faasolo, Eli SumarliahThe paper seeks to investigate the impacts of government's incentives and internal aspects (i.e. firms' ethics and firms' attitudes) on the implementation of…
The effect of integrated reporting trends on shareholders' fund: does financial leverage matter?
Alhassan Haladu, Saeed Awadh Bin-NashwanIn many societies, environmental problems have had some negative impacts on both social and economic features with issues like capital structure seriously affected. In this…
Do commuters intend to avail electric street cars as public transport? Evidence from urban India
Oindrila Dey, Debalina ChakravartyElectric street car (ESC) is a globally popular clean and safe electric transport system for urban agglomeration. India envisions achieving “all-electric transport” by 2030, yet…
Glasgow climate pact and the global clean energy index constituent stocks
Dharen Kumar Pandey, Rahul Kumar, Vineeta KumariThis study examined the impact of the Glasgow Climate Pact on the abnormal returns of global clean energy stocks. Further, this study examines which country-specific and…
What do border disputes cost? Evidence from an emerging market
Vineeta Kumari, Dharen Kumar Pandey, Satish Kumar, Emma XuThe study aims to examine the impact of six events related to the escalating Indo-China border conflicts in 2020 on the Indian stock market, including the role of firm-specific…
How much does interpersonal guanxi matter to business performance? The mediating role of relationship learning in an emerging market context
Lilei Wang, Yumei Dang, Shufeng (Simon) Xiao, Xing'an XuBy adopting learning theory and a guanxi perspective, this study aims to investigate the effects of interpersonal guanxi (interpersonal networks or connections) and relationship…
Gimmick or revolution: can corporate digital transformation improve accounting information quality?
Wanyi Chen, Weiyu Cai, Yingfan Hu, Yuke Zhang, Qinyuan YuThis study explores the impact mechanism of corporate digital transformation (CDT) on the quality of accounting information.
Credit constraints in Colombia: evidence from the use of credit cards among low- and middle-income individuals
Luis E. Arango, Ingri K. QuevedoThe authors estimate the determinants of the value of purchases of semi-durable goods using permanent and transitory income, and the demographic characteristics of customers. The…
Barriers to the adoption of digital servitization: a case of the Sri Lankan manufacturing sector
Weerabahu Mudiyanselage Samanthi Kumari Weerabahu, Premaratne Samaranayake, Dilupa Nakandala, Henry Lau, Dasun Nirmala MalaarachchiThis research aims to identify, examine and evaluate barriers to the adoption of digital servitization in manufacturing firms in the case of the Sri Lankan manufacturing sector…
How Russian MNEs navigate institutional complexity at home
Anna Earl, Snejina Michailova, Christina StringerThis paper examines how Russian multinational enterprises (MNEs) operating in the metallurgical industry strategise under the highly complex conditions of their home institutional…
Are Islamic and conventional banks decoupled? Empirical evidence from Turkey
Shabeer Khan, Hakan Aslan, Uzair Abdullah Khan, M.I. BhattiThis study investigates the determinants of net interest margin (NIM) and tests the decoupling hypothesis in Turkey's Islamic and conventional banks.
Dynamic common correlated effects of financial inclusion on economic growth: empirical evidence from Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) countries
Imran Sharif Chaudhry, Zulkornain Yusop, Muzafar Shah HabibullahFinancial inclusion is a critical component of financial development, which disseminates accessible financial services to benefit all parts of society and consequently promotes…
Economic growth through digitalization in Africa: does financial sector development play a mediating role?
Abdul Ganiyu Iddrisu, Bei ChenThis paper aims to analyse economic growth in Africa focussing on the role of digitalization and financial sector development.
The effect of Chinese foreign direct investment on Africa's industrialization process
Eugene Misa Darko, Kangning XuThis study empirically investigates the long-run and interactive effect of Chinese foreign direct investment (CFDI) on Africa's industrialization process.
The configuration of the largest Brazilian banks' board of directors: trajectories and capitals of Latin America's financial elite
Marcio Luis Vila, Silvio Eduardo Alvarez Candido, Gustavo Mendonca Ferratti, Mário Sacomano NetoThis study aims to analyze the configuration of the board of directors of the five largest banks operating in Brazil, which are members of a financial elite that directly…
Authoritarian leadership and firm-level voluntary turnover among SMEs in Thailand: Does benevolent leadership matter?
Wisanupong Potipiroon, Orisa ChumphongThis research aims to examine the impact of authoritarian leadership on firm-level voluntary turnover among small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Thailand and asks whether…
Challenges and opportunities of SRI sukuk toward financial system sustainability: a bibliometric and systematic literature review
Andrea Delle Foglie, J.S. KeshminderThe main objective of this paper is to analyze works of literature on SRI sukuk to highlight the potential for these kinds of instruments in financing more sustainable financial…
Sustainability performance of digitalized manufacturing industry in COVID era: a comparative study between developed and developing economies
Mina Hemmati, Md Shah Newaz, Muhammad Khalilur Rahman, Andrea Appolloni, Suhaiza ZailaniThe study aims to identify the extent to which industry 4.0 (IR4.0) adoption impacts the sustainable manufacturing (SM) performance of the manufacturing industry, focusing on the…
Dynamic trade and technology linkages: a perspective from global value chain upgradation of Asian countries
Kashika Arora, Areej Aftab SiddiqueThe focus is on determining the long-term relationship in explaining how technological capabilities interact with trade and global value chain (GVC) participation to aid in the…
Beyond the COVID-19 pandemic: what builds organizational resilience capacity?
Anna Matysek-Jędrych, Katarzyna Mroczek-Dąbrowska, Aleksandra KaniaThe outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) has severely disrupted businesses around the world. To address the impact of operational and strategic business disruptions…
Tax avoidance, CSR performance and financial impacts: evidence from BRICS economies
Meng Du, Yang LiThe purpose of this study is to analyse the recently highly debated topics of the Tax avoidance–Corporate social responsibility (CSR) performance nexus and to further investigate…
Entrepreneurial orientation and firm performance in SMEs: the mediating role of entrepreneurial competencies and moderating role of environmental dynamism
Junaid Aftab, Monica Veneziani, Huma Sarwar, Muhammad Ishtiaq IshaqEntrepreneurial orientation is among the vital factors that contribute to performance, especially for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). However, the empirical studies…
Innovation subsidies and entrepreneurial activity in an emerging market
Chun-Hsien WangThis study aims to find that entrepreneurial activities can spur entrepreneurial firms' superior performance, but this effect is contingent on the different levels of government…
The relationship between corporate governance and cost of equity: evidence from the ISIS era in Iraq
Mahdi Salehi, Mahdi Moradi, Saad FaysalThe cost of equity (COE) and corporate governance structure are the most critical factors affecting competition among publicly held companies. Accordingly, the present paper aims…
Forecasting VaR and ES using the joint regression combined forecasting model in the Chinese stock market
Xunfa Lu, Kang Sheng, Zhengjun ZhangThis paper aims to better jointly estimate Value at Risk (VaR) and expected shortfall (ES) by using the joint regression combined forecasting (JRCF) model.
Do family companies invest more in internal audit function (IAF) than non-family companies?
Adel Ali Al-QadasiMotivated by the growing interest of governance regulators and researchers on internal audit function (IAF), this study examines the influence of family ownership on the levels of…
The informativeness of the top holdings of Chinese equity mutual funds
Shuyi Yao, Jianing ZhangThis study aims to determine whether the stock holdings of equity mutual funds are informative for predicting future stock performance in the Chinese market. It is a puzzle that…
Mediating role of profitability relating financial leverage and stock returns
Gaurav Singh ChauhanThis paper aims to highlight firms' profitability as an alternative channel by which changes in leverage could affect stock returns in an imperfect market setting. The author also…
What do online reviews communicate? An evidence from emerging economy
Salahuddin Ahmed, Sapna Singh, Nagaraj SamalaOnline brand is becoming a popular and major gateway for consumers for booking various services specifically when they travel for several purposes. The present study aims to…
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