This article presents the systematic literature review (SLR) of accountability of pondok pesantren (Islamic boarding school). The purpose is to provide a review of the existing literature (theoretical/empirical) on the accountability of pondok pesantren and to analyze the future agenda of...

The research's objective was to develop a thorough model of the viability of SMEs in the V4 countries based on predetermined variables. The following factors were defined: human resources management, business ethics, corporate social responsibility, company digitalisation, environmental...

Corporate indebtedness is a powerful tool in determining a company's financial health with impacts on its image and reputation. The main objective of this research is to study the determining factors in corporate indebtedness in Portugal. It also has the secondary objectives of creating clusters...

This paper investigated the wealth puzzle by examining the relationships among personal finance (PF), expenditure behavior (EB), and financial management (FM). Data from a diverse sample of 2000 indi-viduals across regions such as Kosovo, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Turkey, Pakistan, Nepal, Uganda,...

Background Expanding fiscal space for health can be defined as providing additional budgetary resources for health, which is highly important during biological crises. This study aimed to provide a model for financing the treatment costs during biological crises using the development of the...

From the general perspective, municipalities are economic organisations like private companies with their legal subjectivity, own revenues, and property. To better understand their financial management, it is desirable to conduct relevant empirical research, which lacks in the case of the Czech...

The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian–Ukrainian war have had a significant impact on economies around the world, with pivotal implications for the activities of companies. The issue of corporate financial literacy has been within our scope of interest for a matter of years now,...

This study examines how engagement in financial management activities influences well-being using nationally representative data (N = approximately 30,000) from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ American Time Use Survey and its associated Well-Being Modules. The current study estimates...

This study aims to establish which sources of financing were used and the relevance of different banking products for Portuguese companies during the pandemic. We also intend to understand the determinants of companies’ financing options and what lies behind their decisions concerning the...

The COVID-19 pandemic had unprecedented consequences on businesses and, in particular, small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The aim of this paper is to empirically study the impact of the COVID-19 sanitary crisis on Swiss SMEs two years after the onset of the pandemic. Using a sample of 149 SMEs...

The financial sustainability of the State Oil Fund of Azerbaijan (SOFAZ) is entering a critical phase, shaped by both domestic and international economic shifts. With Donald Trump’s return to power in the United States, significant changes in domestic and foreign policy are reshaping global...

This study examines the role of board gender diversity in shaping cor‑ porate financial decisions, particularly in terms of debt structure and risk management. Focusing on the Tehran Stock Exchange, it explores how female representation on boards influences long‑term and short‑term...

This paper empirically examines the impact of CEO narcissism on corporate financialization using Shanghai and Shenzhen A-share listed companies from 2009-2022. The results find that CEO narcissism leads to corporate financialization, and the promotion is more significant in lower cash flow,...

This study aimed to evaluate the financial performance of tourism companies listed on the Borsa Istanbul Stock Exchange (BIST) using a multi-criteria decision-making method called the Range of Values (ROV) technique. This approach was chosen because it allows multiple financial indicators to be...

This paper provides insights about the information content and predictive ability of the intrinsic value of the firm in an asset pricing context. The intrinsic value of a firm is of great importance for both the management and the investors of the company. We seek to assess whether the...

One of the basic functions of establishing corporate governance (CG) in companies is improving performance and increasing value for shareholders. Expanding the company's value will ultimately increase the shareholders' wealth. Therefore, it is natural for shareholders to seek to improve their...

Working capital management is an important fnancial management decision for the proftability of commercial banks. The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of working capital management on commercial banks' proftability. The study used secondary data from audited fnancial statements of...

Modern-day firms, both small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and large listed firms (LLFs) practice distinct investment appraisal approaches known as conventional and sophisticated capital budgeting techniques. Despite these prominent developments, the extant literature is yet to empirically...

This report has been drawn up in accordance with Article 63 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1727 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 November 2018 on the EU Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation (Eurojust) (henceforth, "Eurojust Regulation" or "EJR"), replacing and repealing Council...

This study employs a robust quantitative ex post facto research design to investigate the complex relationship between audit fees and earnings management. The financial information of 164 firms admitted to the Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE) was used from 2010 to 2019 (pre-COVID period) to achieve...

Optimizing up- and downstream working capital interfaces (i.e., by shortening receivable terms, extending payable terms, or reducing inventories) has become increasingly important for companies of all sizes. For small companies, this is the case because they have no or merely limited access to...

We examine how division managers' human capital affects internal capital allocation using a hand-collected data set of divisional managers at S&P 1,500 firms. Based on a novel measure of division-manager ability, we show that more able division managers receive substantially larger capital...