This study empirically examines the influence of trade openness on the rate of inflation by focusing on the Chinese economy. The study utilizes data covering the period 1987-2019 and employs the autoregressive distributed lag model (ARDL) for the extraction of results from the designed models....

Entrepreneurship has recently attracted great attention from researchers due to its enormous growth-enhancing effects. However, the empirical literature has not paid sufficient attention to the explicit relationship between entrepreneurship and economic growth. This paper aims to explore the...

"The labour market in Islam is governed by the Islamic laws of fairness, justice and reward that is equivalent to the job done. Most of the literature in the field discusses the normative aspect of the labor market, whereas few attempts can be seen to address more positive aspects. There is a...

Purpose This paper investigates the factors crucial for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in establishing business relationships with banks in Pakistan. Design/methodology/approach To investigate how SMEs select banking relationships using criteria, such as decision factors, decision-makers,...

Purpose This paper makes a novel attempt to estimate the potential impact of credit risk on foreign direct investment (FDI hereafter), thereby focusing on a completely unexplored area in the existing empirical literature. Design/methodology/approach To provide a comprehensive understanding of...