In this study, we examine an empirical relationship between stock market volatility with the exchange rate and gold prices of an emerging market, "Pakistan", employing daily and monthly data (PSX-100 Index) covering from 2001: Q3 to 2018: Q2. The study explains the average stock returns by...

Drawing on institutional theory using data of S&P 500 listed firms over the period 2007 to 2018, this study examines the role of external environmental audit between environmental management practices (EMP) and environmental performance. In particular, we explore whether the integration of...

The study aimed to empirically investigate the impact of board diversity variables (age, gender, nationality, education, tenure, and expertise) on the investment preferences of foreign institutional investors in an emerging market, China. For this, sample data consisted of 1374 nonfinancial...

This study examines the day-of-the-week and January effects on the top performing cryptocurrencies with the highest capitalization during the sample period. The study uses the daily closing returns of selected currencies for 7 August 2015 to 20 August 2020. The day-of-the-week results indicate...

This paper provides evidence on the likelihood of formal finance usage among innovative small and medium enterprises (SMEs) operating in ASEAN countries. To this end, the SMEs are classified into four categories, namely non-innovators and product, process, and product-and-process innovator SMEs....

We examine the dynamics of liquidity connectedness in the cryptocurrency market. We use the connectedness models of Diebold and Yilmaz (Int J Forecast 28(1):57-66, 2012) and Baruník and Křehlík (J Financ Econom 16(2):271-296, 2018) on a sample of six major cryptocurrencies, namely, Bitcoin...

Considering the ever-increasing trend of utilizing nudity content in marketing, this study investigates whether consumers’ nudity attitudes modify their attitudes toward advertising in general (AAG) and also tests the mediation of offensiveness in this path. In addition, the study also tests...

A variety of psychological and brand-related consequences are connected to customer advocacy. The possible processes behind these correlations are yet not fully understood. The purpose of this study is to investigate the relation that exists between customer advocacy and brand loyalty in the...