Journal of Indian Business Research: Volume 14 Issue 4

Working capital management, financial performance and growth of firms: empirical evidence from India

Kumar Sanjay Sawarni, Sivasankaran Narayanasamy, Subir Chattopadhyay, Prasenjit Chakrabarti

This paper aims to investigate how firms growing at a high average rate over a period differ in their working capital management (WCM) efficiency from those growing at a low rate…

Board human capital diversity and firm performance: evidence from top listed Indian firms

Rupjyoti Saha, Santi Gopal Maji

This study aims to examine the impact of board human capital diversity, measured by educational qualification diversity and gender diversity on the financial performance of Indian…

Construction of a volatility index from exchange-traded dollar–rupee options

Aparna Prasad Bhat

This paper aims to propose the implied volatility index for the US dollar–Indian rupee pair (INRVIX). The study seeks to examine whether INRVIX truly reflects future USDINR (US…

Hostile takeovers, culture, and firm performance: a sensemaking and sensegiving perspective

Parijat Lanke, Abhishek Totawar, J. Raghuraman, Palanisamy Saravanan

Mergers and acquisitions (M&As) are common in today's corporate world, yet nearly half of them fail. Among such failed M&As, hostile takeovers cover a large proportion. The…

Dividend reduction and stock price reaction in Indian market: is there a role of share repurchase?

Chanchal Chatterjee, Sweta Tiwari

This paper aims to analyze the stock price reaction because of dividend reduction (DR) announcements in the Indian equity market, controlling for share repurchases.

Impact of promoters’ ownership and competition on firm’s value: a study of listed SMEs

Kuldeep Singh, Shailesh Rastogi

The public listing of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) is a recent phenomenon in India, started in 2012. Such a paradigm shift for SMEs has altered the ownership structure of…

Is relationship marketing investments–customer gratitude–customer loyalty linkage influenced by contextual and individual moderators? An emerging economy perspective

Saurabh Mittal, Moutusy Maity

This paper aims to explore the moderating impact of four moderators, namely, retailer brand strength, customer’s perceived purchase regularity, gender and purchase channel (online…

Parental influence, financial literacy and investment behaviour of young adults

Deepak Chawla, Shikha Bhatia, Sonali Singh

Parents are the first and leading socialization agents for young adults. It is vital to recognize the influence of perceived parental financial behaviour in shaping the financial…

Understanding platform strategies for consumer stickiness on OTT platforms

Gurpreet Kour, Bhavika Chhabria

Extant literature in Video on Demand (VoD) has taken the consumer perspective; however, the stakeholder perspective is largely neglected. This paper aims to fill this gap by…