The purpose of this study is to find out how the positive influence of corporate sustainable development on corporate financial performance alters during the two recent crises i.e. the global recession (2008-10) and COVID-19 (2019-20). The fixed effect modeling of panel data is applied in the...

Team performance has been the theme of scientific inquiry for a long time. However, researchers have recently diverted their attention to relational approaches to understanding highly congruent teams better. Unfolding the antecedents of team performance requires a nuanced display of leaders'...

This study focuses on the moderating role of the cash conversion cycle (CCC) and its components while investigating the relationship between short-term borrowings and profitability in Chinese firms. The generalized method of moments (GMM) approach is employed on the panel data over the period...

The aim of this research is to explore the relationship of corporate governance with firm risk. This study establishes a link between corporate governance variables and firm risk for a sample of 106 Pakistani firms over a time of six years (2005-2010). Based on the estimation results, family...

A large number of researchers are engaged in studying the determinants and consequences of China–Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). Although optimism abounds, in particular, few empirical evidence is available for Pakistani businessmen and small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) operators on...

According to standard finance, risk and return are positively correlated, but many studies conducted in the behavioral finance and prospect theory context have revealed that risk and return are not positively correlated, but are negatively correlated. In this study, effort has been made to...

The study aims to extend the relationship of corporate entrepreneurship and agency cost to firm performance, in the presence of behavioral biases to address the behavioral finance approach and validate it in developed (USA) and developing (Pakistan) economies, in order to generalize the study....

The purpose of this paper is to assess the economic impact of tariff eliminations under free trade agreement (FTA) of Pakistan and China on various macroeconomic and trade variables. The objective is to scrutinize the pre and post effect of Pakistan and China FTA on macroeconomic factors like...

In the present era, women are recognized as successful entrepreneurs through their strong desire, qualities, and capabilities for robust economic development. Due to such an important contribution of women in economic development, we propose to investigate the factors which affect women...

This study examines herding behavior in the Pakistani Stock Market under different market conditions, focusing on the Ramadan effect and Crisis period by using data from 2004 to 2014. Two regression models of Christie and Huang (Financ Analysts J 51:31-37, 1995) and Chang et al., (J Bank Finance...