Using matched employer-employee data for Germany, we estimate firm production functions augmented with workers' personality traits. We find that emotional stability is the only trait that positively affects firm productivity. Its effect shows up mainly in large firms operating with a higher than...

As the literature documents inconclusive evidence on whether tax avoidance affects CEO turnover, we examine the impact of tax avoidance on forced CEO turnover and the moderating effect of ownership structure, political connections and regional tax enforcement on this relationship. Using data on...

This study examines the influence of talent management on the competitive performance of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), incorporating innovation as a mediating variable and institutional support as a moderating factor. Drawing on data from 1721 Spanish SMEs and employing partial...

This paper studies how employment subsidies for start-ups shape their performance. We exploit an unexpected policy reform in Belgium that permanently exempted start-ups hiring their first employee from payroll taxes for that employee. Using firm-level administrative data and a...

This study utilizes the gravity model of international trade to analyze the effects of logistics performance (LPI) and green logistics performance (GLPI) on intra-regional export value among the 10 ASEAN member states during the 2010-2018 period. The findings reveal that: (i) The LPI of both...

Most firms aspire to longevity, yet only a minority survive more than their initial years. Unsurprisingly, then, business survival has long attracted the interest of many academics. The various factors thought to influence business longevity have generated multiple studies on ownership status,...

As China's economic restructuring and industrial upgrading advances, hard technology innovation has become a critical driving force for promoting industrial transformation and enhancing corporate market competitiveness. This study focuses on semiconductor listed enterprises from the Shanghai and...

This study explores a new channel through which environmental, social and governance (ESG) reporting mandates implemented in one country can influence firms' ESG performance in another country, focusing on returnee CEOs in China who studied or worked abroad. We find that compared with Chinese...

This study investigates the impact of market structure on the performance of banks in Pakistan. It explicitly tests two competing hypotheses: the Structure-Conduct-Performance paradigm and the Efficient Structure Hypothesis, providing insights into whether profitability stems from market...

A growing interest in digitalisation provides continuous support for corporate governance in addressing strategic decision-making under uncertain environments. Although an increasing number of studies provide valuable insights and practical implications, limited research examines specific CEO...

Purpose - This study offers an empirical examination of the causal relationship between financial risks and firm performance among industrial firms listed on the Amman Stock Exchange credit risks and financial risk ratios are used to gauge overall financial risk, while the performance measure...

This study investigates family control and ESG disclosure in the GCC. We challenge Western agency assumptions by examining how internal governance and firm maturity condition this link, testing the Socioemotional Wealth (SEW) model in a patriarchal context.We utilize a balanced panel of listed...

This paper aims to explore the impact of climate-related risks on corporate performance, specifically within the healthcare sector.It analyses three key factors: climate risk physical leverage, government climate risk scores and environmental performance scores, using global data from 977 firm...

This paper studies how employment subsidies for start-ups shape their performance. We exploit an unexpected policy reform in Belgium that permanently exempted start-ups hiring their first employee from payroll taxes for that employee. Using firm-level administrative data and a...

This study investigates the role of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance in reshaping the relationship between financial constraints and green innovation among Chinese listed firms from 2010 to 2023. We examine the double-edged sword hypothesis that financial constraints...

This study aims to assess the perceived quality of telecommunication services in Portugal and examine how governance practices influence organizational performance, addressing the lack of empirical evidence on service quality gaps in the Portuguese telecommunications sector. Specifically, it...

We study the effects of North Macedonia's 2017 minimum wage reform - the largest in the country's history - using matched employer-employee administrative data covering the entire range of firms and employees, and a difference-in-differences design based on firms' pre-reform share of minimum...

Employee satisfaction remains a central theme in management, with substantial evidence linking it to organizational performance. This study examines the nature and strength of that relationship and investigates whether its magnitude varies across different performance indicators. Using existing...

The growing demand for transparency in sustainability reporting has compelled enterprises to look far beyond the boundaries of classical financial ratios when assessing their own performance. Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) indicators have dominated recent academic debate-primarily...

The research elaborates on and empirically verifies an integrative model that describes how the combination of various workplace resources results in the improvement of employee and organizational outcomes. It is based on the Job Demands-Resources model and the Resource-Based View to...

We investigated the relationship between Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) performance and corporate financial performance (CFP) among publicly listed firms in the Philippines from 2015 to 2024. Utilizing Bloomberg's ESG scores, we employed a triangulated econometric framework that...