Purpose This paper aims to conduct a comparative study on the impact of income diversification and the main non-interest components on banks’ financial performance and risk-adjusted profitability in China and Egypt. Design/methodology/approach This study uses both static and dynamic panel...

Purpose Liquidity is a primary concern for businesses. The purpose of this study is to understand the impact of the collaborative liquidity management within the supply chain. Larger firms prescribe favorable trade terms in the transactions and do not engage in value chain vision sharing with...

The estimation of impact functions - that is the time-varying causal effect of a dichotomous treatment (e.g., marriage, divorce, parenthood) on outcomes (e.g., earnings, well-being, health) - has become a standard procedure in demographic applications. The basic methodology of estimating impact...

This study re-examines the impact of ESG (economic, environmental, social, and corporate governance performance) on the financial performance of UK firms. Most recent sample of 351 firms from FTSE350 for the time period 2002-2018 is used. The study estimates the impact of total ESG and...

Today, innovation is achieved by challenging the existing paradigm through cross-field collaboration, and R&D innovation plays a particularly crucial role. This study analyzed the effects of R&D innovation activities on business management performance in South Korea and examined the role that...

Purpose: This study examines Myanmar's international trade pattern in terms of suggesting strategies to accelerate the country's economic growth. Design/methodology/approach: This study uses a panel dataset of Myanmar's 85 trading partners covering a period of a 25-year period (1994-2018). An...

Equity studies are conducted by professionals, who also provide buy/hold/sell recommendations to investors. Nowadays, target prices determined by financial analysts are publicly available to investors, who may decide to use them for investment purposes. Studying the accuracy of such analysts'...