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Spillover Effects Between Greece And Cyprus: A Dcc Model On The Interdependence Of Small Economies, Aristeidis Samitas, Elias Kampouris, Stathis Polyzos, Anastasia Ef Spyridou
Spillover Effects Between Greece And Cyprus: A Dcc Model On The Interdependence Of Small Economies, Aristeidis Samitas, Elias Kampouris, Stathis Polyzos, Anastasia Ef Spyridou
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© The author(s) 2020. This paper discusses the volatility spillovers between the Greek debt crisis and the Cypriot financial crisis. Cyprus was in the spotlight of financial markets due to significant problems stemming from the banking sector, which were dealt with by EU regulators with a bail-in on bank deposits. The current analysis aims to shed light on the reasons behind implementing this novel approach to bank distress. The study uses a Dynamic Conditional Correlation model on the returns of the stock markets of the two countries, which shows strong spillover effects during the period leading up to the 2013 …
The Development Of Social Preferences, Ramon Cobo–Reyes, Jose J. Dominguez, Fernando García–Quero, Brit Grosskopf, Juan A. Lacomba, Francisco Lagos, Tracy Xiao Liu, Graeme Pearce
The Development Of Social Preferences, Ramon Cobo–Reyes, Jose J. Dominguez, Fernando García–Quero, Brit Grosskopf, Juan A. Lacomba, Francisco Lagos, Tracy Xiao Liu, Graeme Pearce
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This paper examines how social preferences develop with age. This is done using a range of mini-dictator games from which we classify 665 subjects into a variety of behavioural types. We expand on previous developmental studies of pro-sociality and parochialism by analysing individuals aged 9–67, and by employing a cross country study where participants from Spain interact with participants from different ethnic groups (Arab, East Asian, Black and White) belonging to different countries (Morocco, China, Senegal and Spain). We identify a ‘U-shaped’ relationship between age and egalitarianism that had previously gone unnoticed, and appeared linear. An inverse “U-shaped” relationship is …
A Longitudinal Cohort Study To Explore The Relationship Between Depression, Anxiety And Academic Performance Among Emirati University Students, Suheir Awadalla, E. Bethan Davies, Cris Glazebrook
A Longitudinal Cohort Study To Explore The Relationship Between Depression, Anxiety And Academic Performance Among Emirati University Students, Suheir Awadalla, E. Bethan Davies, Cris Glazebrook
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© 2020 The Author(s). Background: Many university students experience depression and anxiety, both of which have been shown to affect cognitive function. However, the impact of these emotional difficulties on academic performance is unclear. This study aims to determine the prevalence of depression and anxiety in university students in United Arab Emirates (UAE). It further seeks to explore the relationship between emotional difficulties and students' academic performance. Methods: This longitudinal study recruited 404 students (aged 17-25 years) attending one UAE university (80.4% response rate). At baseline, participants completed a paper-based survey to assess socio-economic factors and academic performance, including most …
Digital Innovation & Enterprise In The Sharing Economy: An Action Research Agenda, Aijaz A. Shaikh, Ravishankar Sharma, Heikki Karjaluoto
Digital Innovation & Enterprise In The Sharing Economy: An Action Research Agenda, Aijaz A. Shaikh, Ravishankar Sharma, Heikki Karjaluoto
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In this digital era, Digital Innovation & Enterprise have emerged as a possible prescription in the sharing economy. Scholars have noted that digital innovation is transforming the technological landscape, entrepreneurial practices, and the behaviours, attitudes, and beliefs of consumers across the globe. This research note serves three purposes. First, it introduces digital innovation and enterprise as a fruitful area of research in the sharing economy. Second, it extends the agenda set by Yoo, Henfridsson, and Lyytinen (2010) on “new organising logics of Digital Innovation” to propose contemporary research questions for scholarly collaboration. Third, it attempts to move forward research in …
Employability Under The Fourth Industrial Revolution, Alexandrina Maria Pauceanu, Nada Rabie, Ayman Moustafa
Employability Under The Fourth Industrial Revolution, Alexandrina Maria Pauceanu, Nada Rabie, Ayman Moustafa
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It is expected that the fourth industrial revolution will have a massive impact on individual career future experience by changing the basis of work, employment, and business in the upcoming future. Moreover, one-third of today's jobs will disappear by 2025 due to technology's intelligence development. Thus, students' employability skills are considered an effective tool to sustain employment at the future labour market. However, there are discrepancies in employability skills vision between higher education students' perspectives and those of employers. This study aims to recognize higher education students' perspectives about employability skills and to compare them with the labour market employability …
International Ownership And Firm Performance In Arab Economies, Stefan Lutz, Karim Hegazy, Ehab K. A. Mohamed, Mohamed A. K. Basuony
International Ownership And Firm Performance In Arab Economies, Stefan Lutz, Karim Hegazy, Ehab K. A. Mohamed, Mohamed A. K. Basuony
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This paper aims at filling existing research by examining the impact of corporate governance and ownership structure on firm performance using cross-sectional data from companies in the MENA region for the years 2009-2013. The results indicate that higher ownership concentration is associated with higher returns. Furthermore, firms with higher international ownership share tend to perform better than those with only local private and/or state ownership. The results suggest some prevalent features with respect to ownership and performance of firms in the MENA region. Due to the volatile social and business environment, these firms operate in, they may be particularly dependent …
Firm Size Does Matter: New Evidence On The Determinants Of Cash Holdings, Efstathios Magerakis, Konstantinos Gkillas, Athanasios Tsagkanos, Costas Siriopoulos
Firm Size Does Matter: New Evidence On The Determinants Of Cash Holdings, Efstathios Magerakis, Konstantinos Gkillas, Athanasios Tsagkanos, Costas Siriopoulos
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We study the financial determinants of cash holdings and discuss the importance of firm size in the post-crisis period. We employ panel data regression analysis on a sample of 6629 non-financial and non-utility listed companies in the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2018. We focus on the comparative analysis of large, medium, and small size firms in terms of cash holdings. Our findings indicate that cash levels are higher for firms with riskier cash flows, more growth opportunities, and higher R&D expenditures. In contrast, the firms’ cash holdings decrease when the substitutes of cash, cash flows, and capital expenditures increase. …
Scoping The Evolution Of Corporate Social Responsibility (Csr) Research In The Sustainable Development Goals (Sdgs) Era, Amr Elalfy, Nicholas Palaschuk, Dina El-Bassiouny, Jeffrey Wilson, Olaf Weber
Scoping The Evolution Of Corporate Social Responsibility (Csr) Research In The Sustainable Development Goals (Sdgs) Era, Amr Elalfy, Nicholas Palaschuk, Dina El-Bassiouny, Jeffrey Wilson, Olaf Weber
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© 2020 by the authors. Amidst a contemporary culture of climate awareness, unprecedented levels of transparency and visibility are forcing industrial organizations to broaden their value chains and deepen the impacts of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives. While it may be common knowledge that the 2030 agenda cannot be achieved on a business-as-usual trajectory, this study seeks to determine to what ends the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have impacted CSR research. Highlighting linkages and interdependencies between the SDGs and evolution of CSR practice, this paper analyzes a final sample of 56 relevant journal articles from the period 2015-2020. …
The Legal Cause Of “Holding Value” And Its Impact On Islamic Provisions Regarding Virtual Currencies, Man Baker, Muhammed Semai
The Legal Cause Of “Holding Value” And Its Impact On Islamic Provisions Regarding Virtual Currencies, Man Baker, Muhammed Semai
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© 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article discusses the Islamic juristic position of virtual currencies. In the classical period, jurists differed on the reason behind Islam’s prohibition of usury when dealing with precious metals and their derivatives, with the majority arguing that this is because they are considered to hold value (thamaniyya). The cause (illa) of “holding value” can therefore be applied through analogy (qiyās) to all things understood by the laity to hold value in any era. In the contemporary period, this cause can also be applied to virtual currencies such as Bitcoin if they …
Inside-Out Interviews: Cross-Cultural Research In China, Martin Sposato, Heather L. Jeffrey
Inside-Out Interviews: Cross-Cultural Research In China, Martin Sposato, Heather L. Jeffrey
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© 2020 The International Association for Chinese Management Research. There is a paucity of research exploring the use of local facilitators in cross-cultural research in Chinese cultural contexts and the impact this may have on data generation and knowledge creation. Addressing this gap, this paper critically reflects on cross-cultural interviews in Hong Kong. The reflection is centred on the experience of interviewing as an outsider to the culture of the participants and later working alongside an insider. While insider and outsider positionalities are formed from a multitude of intersectional characteristics, both gender and nationality emerged as primary influencers in this …
Corporate Voluntary Greenhouse Gas Reporting: Stakeholder Pressure And The Mediating Role Of The Chief Executive Officer, Lyton Chithambo, Ishmael Tingbani, Godfred Afrifa Agyapong, Ernest Gyapong, Isaac Sakyi Damoah
Corporate Voluntary Greenhouse Gas Reporting: Stakeholder Pressure And The Mediating Role Of The Chief Executive Officer, Lyton Chithambo, Ishmael Tingbani, Godfred Afrifa Agyapong, Ernest Gyapong, Isaac Sakyi Damoah
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© 2020 The Authors. Business Strategy and The Environment published by ERP Environment and John Wiley & Sons Ltd The study sheds light on the extent to which various stakeholder pressures influence voluntary disclosure of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and how the impact is explained and moderated chief executive officer (CEO) characteristics of 215 FTSE 350 listed U.K. companies for the year 2011. The study developed a classification of GHG emission disclosure based on the guidelines of GHG Protocol, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and Global Framework for Climate Risk Disclosure using content analysis. Evidence from the study …
Financial Integration In The Gcc Region: Market Size Versus National Effects, Kerim Peren Arin, Guglielmo Maria Caporale, Kyriacos Kyriacou, Nicola Spagnolo
Financial Integration In The Gcc Region: Market Size Versus National Effects, Kerim Peren Arin, Guglielmo Maria Caporale, Kyriacos Kyriacou, Nicola Spagnolo
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© 2019, The Author(s). This paper examines financial spillovers between the four largest equity markets (by market capitalization) in the GCC region using a VAR-GARCH (1,1) framework that sheds light on interdependence as well as the effects of the 2014 oil crisis. Since the UAE is a federation including two stock exchanges (Abu Dhabi and Dubai), it is possible to test whether being part of a federal union matters more than market size in terms of financial integration. Our results suggest that the latter is more important, since we could not find evidence of stronger linkages between the Abu Dhabi …
Is There An Illiquidity Premium In Frontier Markets?, Szymon Stereńczak, Adam Zaremba, Zaghum Umar
Is There An Illiquidity Premium In Frontier Markets?, Szymon Stereńczak, Adam Zaremba, Zaghum Umar
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© 2019 The Authors We perform a comprehensive examination of the role of stock-level liquidity in the cross-section of frontier market stock returns. Using several popular liquidity measures and a battery of asset pricing tests, we investigate the illiquidity premium in 22 countries for the years 1991–2019. Contrary to typical relationships in developed and emerging markets, we find no evidence of illiquidity premium in frontier equities. Our findings support the hypothesis that for countries not fully integrated with the global economy, the diversification benefits offset the illiquidity, which, in turn, proves less important.
Joint Audit, Audit Market Concentration, And Audit Quality: Perceptions Of Stakeholders In The Uae, Yasser Barghathi, Esinath Ndiweni, Alhashmi Aboubaker Lasyoud
Joint Audit, Audit Market Concentration, And Audit Quality: Perceptions Of Stakeholders In The Uae, Yasser Barghathi, Esinath Ndiweni, Alhashmi Aboubaker Lasyoud
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The present study is intended to scholarly explore auditors’ perceptions regarding joint audits; whether it can improve audit quality. To reach this goal, participants were enrolled from Big 4, non-Big 4, and other stockholders. In addition, the present study examines the perception of the same stakeholders in terms of how audit concentration affects the audit market in the UAE. Being a qualitative study, 12 semi-structured interviews were conducted to collect required data; 4 face to face and 8 through using Google forms. The finding of the study revealed mixed perception regarding joint audits; it may improve audit quality at the …
A Supply Chain Equilibrium Model With General Price-Dependent Demand, Younes Hamdouch, Kilani Ghoudi
A Supply Chain Equilibrium Model With General Price-Dependent Demand, Younes Hamdouch, Kilani Ghoudi
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The concept of supply chain equilibrium has been widely employed to solve real-life cases. Under this concept, decisions makers move simultaneously and compete in a noncooperative manner to achieve a supply chain network equilibrium. This paper proposes a supply chain network equilibrium model consisting of multiple raw material suppliers, manufacturers and retailers. Unlike previous studies, we assume that the demand for the product at each retail outlet is modeled as general stochastic functions of price that encompass additive-multiplicative demand models used in previous studies. Under general price-dependent demand functions, we derive the optimality conditions of suppliers, manufacturers and retailers, and …
The Balanced Scorecard: Measures That Drive Performance Evaluation In Auditing Firms, Mohamed Hegazy, Karim Hegazy, Mohamed Eldeeb
The Balanced Scorecard: Measures That Drive Performance Evaluation In Auditing Firms, Mohamed Hegazy, Karim Hegazy, Mohamed Eldeeb
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© The Author(s) 2020. The purpose of this article is to establish a framework with its related measures for the development of a balanced scorecard (BSC) for auditing firms. A BSC was developed providing the detailed measures for performance evaluation comprising five key elements: learning and growth, clients, internal business processes, financials, and audit-related perspectives of corporate ethics. A survey was undertaken along with descriptive statistics and confirmatory factor analysis in four auditing firms, to assess the external auditors’ opinions for the proposed BSC measures. The results suggest that the development and use of the proposed BSC measures will enhance …
Investigating Environmental Performance Management, Vipin Gupta, Yi Zhang
Investigating Environmental Performance Management, Vipin Gupta, Yi Zhang
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© 2020, Fundacao Escola de Comercio Alvares Penteado. All rights reserved. Purpose – Even though there is a growing recognition of the externality costs of low environmental performance by firms, there continue to be significant inter-firm differentials in environmental performance management. We build on the theories of strategic management to inquire into the factors contributing to these differentials. Design/methodology/approach – Using a 2015 survey sample of Chinese small and medium enterprises, we empirically investigate the alternative thesis that the profit maximization motive constitutes the appropriate heuristic for the performance management of corporate social responsibility factors. Findings –The green capability of …
Destination Brand Positioning Theme Development Based On Consumers’ Personal Values, Filareti Kotsi, Steven Pike
Destination Brand Positioning Theme Development Based On Consumers’ Personal Values, Filareti Kotsi, Steven Pike
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© The Author(s) 2020. This research note reports an investigation into the personal values that are salient to consumers when considering stopover destinations during long-haul travel. The findings, from personal interviews using the Repertory Test and laddering analysis, present destination marketers with potential brand positioning themes based on personal values. One of the greatest challenges facing destination marketers is developing a succinct brand positioning theme representative of a multiattributed entity that effectively differentiates from competing places offering similar attributes and benefits. It is argued that the development of a brand identity based on personal values, which subsume a myriad of …
Do Structural Breaks In Volatility Cause Spurious Volatility Transmission?, Massimiliano Caporin, Farooq Malik
Do Structural Breaks In Volatility Cause Spurious Volatility Transmission?, Massimiliano Caporin, Farooq Malik
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© 2019 Elsevier B.V. We show through extensive Monte Carlo simulations that structural breaks in volatility (volatility shifts) across two independently generated return series cause spurious volatility transmission when estimated with popular bivariate GARCH models. However, using a dummy variable for the induced volatility shift virtually eliminates this bias. We also show that structural breaks in volatility have a substantial impact on the estimated hedge ratios. We confirm our simulation findings using the US stock market data.
Been There, Done That: Quasi-Experimental Evidence About How, Why, And For Who, A Previous Visit Might Increase Stopover Destination Loyalty, Steven Pike, Filareti Kotsi, Frank Mathmann, Di Wang
Been There, Done That: Quasi-Experimental Evidence About How, Why, And For Who, A Previous Visit Might Increase Stopover Destination Loyalty, Steven Pike, Filareti Kotsi, Frank Mathmann, Di Wang
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© 2020, © 2020 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Despite stopovers being a part of long-haul air travel since commercial flights commenced over 80 years ago, the first published research on the phenomenon did not appear until 2016. Also, even though destination image has been the most researched construct in the destination marketing literature, no studies had measured perceptions of a destination in the context of a stopover until 2018. This study makes a contribution to this emerging research field by reporting how a quasi-experimental design found previous visitation enhances destination image and destination loyalty in …
Rethinking The Role Of Business School In Creating Corporate Managers, Khurram Parvez Raja, Muhammad Anowar Zahid
Rethinking The Role Of Business School In Creating Corporate Managers, Khurram Parvez Raja, Muhammad Anowar Zahid
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Distinguished from the traditional forms of business, namely proprietorship and partnership, a corporation emerged as a new type of business organization in the middle of the nineteenth century in American society, which accepted it only on the understanding that the corporate managers should be professionally well trained and socially beneficial (Khurana, 2010). In order to prepare these new professionals, the business schools came into being in America and elsewhere (Khurana, 2010). However, corporate scandals and financial crises of the late 20th and early 21st centuries posed a valid question about the originally expected role of corporate managers and, in turn, …
Self-Assessment And Peer Assessment In Accounting Education: Students And Lecturers Perceptions, Anil Babu, Yasser Barghathi
Self-Assessment And Peer Assessment In Accounting Education: Students And Lecturers Perceptions, Anil Babu, Yasser Barghathi
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The purpose of this research is to examine the impact of self assessment (SA) and peer assessment (PA) in accounting and finance (A&F) education by gathering insights from students and professors in the same field of higher education. A qualitative approach was taken to gather insights, students were asked to perform SA and PA to do an online questionnaire to understand their perception about the same. The professors were interviewed to analyse their perception about SA and PA. Previous studies have suggested that the accounting graduates lack certain skills that are required by the employers and this has led to …