Purpose The importance of financial dependence of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) on their performance is a relatively unaddressed area of research. Relatedly, whether and to what extent foreign bank penetration exerts an impact in the presence of financial dependence also remains an open...

Purpose This study aims to review the computational framework of SDGs in India, so that a mid-course correction can be contemplated. Design/methodology/approach This study deploys, inter alia, econometric analysis to probe the robustness of indicators of SDG India Index 3.0. Methodologically,...

Purpose This paper aims to analyze the nature, magnitude and determinants of access to food among rural households in India during the COVID-19 pandemic. Design/methodology/approach The study is based on the World Bank’s Rural Impact Survey, which has documented the shocks of COVID-19 among...

Purpose This paper aims to explore whether firms’ performance determines innovation using a sample of Indian manufacturing firms. The impact of innovation on firms’ performance across specific countries has been discussed in the literature. However, the effect of firms’ performance on...

Purpose In the backdrop of an increase in market-based banking activities, this paper aims to study operational efficiency of Indian banking sector during 2009–2010 through 2017–2018 considering Capital Gain and Gain from Forex Market (as desirable outputs) and Slippage (as undesirable...

Purpose This paper tries to explain variation in company-level innovation activities based on certain firm-level characteristics in India between 2010 and 2020. Design/methodology/approach Probit and Heckman’s two-step estimation based on panel data consisting of annual consolidated financial...

Purpose This study aims to re-examine the relationship between financial accessibility and performance of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in developing countries using a large database. Design/methodology/approach This study uses cross-sectional firm-level data from the World Bank...

Purpose The authors study the effect of an exogenous shock in the form of Coronavirus lockdowns on individual default and on default contagion within the microfinance (MF) sector in India. The authors rely on proprietary data obtained from an MF institution for the period from Nov 2019 to Dec...