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Governance-Default Risk Relationship and the Demand for Intermediated and Non-Intermediated Debt
( University of Wollongong , 2012 , Article)This paper explores the impact of corporate governance on the demand for intermediated debt (asset finance, bank debt, non-bank private debt) and non-intermediated debt (public debt) in the Australian debt market. Relative ... -
Government debt and stock price crash risk: International Evidence
( Elsevier , 2024 , Article)We add to the literature on the economic outcomes of government debt and argue that government debt increases crash risk via two channels: (i) hoarding bad news and (ii) tax avoidance. Based on a large international sample, ... -
Government ownership, business risk, financial leverage and corporate performance: Evidence from gcc countries
( Virtus Interpress , 2012 , Article)This study investigates the effect of government ownership structure, business risk and financial leverage among other variables (size, age and growth) on a company’s performance in a panel data, using 191 companies from ... -
Government ownership, competition, and the risk-taking attitude of the GCC banking system
( Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. , 2012 , Article)Purpose - In the recent financial crisis, the risk-taking behavior of banks led to severe financial and economic instability. Many reasons have been attributed to the cause of the financial crisis. This paper attempts to ... -
Graduate attributes in higher education: Examining academics' perception in the Middle East
( Taylor and Francis Ltd. , 2017 , Article)Higher education institutes are facing increasing pressure to ensure that graduates are equipped with the right set of attributes that will make them desirable to potential employers. To deal with this pressure, universities ... -
Graduates employability skills: A review of literature against market demand
( Taylor and Francis Ltd. , 2019 , Article)While higher education institutes attempt to adapt their curricula to cope with national employability strategies, there remain some significant variations between what employers want and the attributes possessed by new ... -
Green bonds’ connectedness with hedging and conditional diversification performance
( Elsevier Ltd , 2023 , Article)Investments in green assets are becoming increasingly significant, and they present a new asset class for investors. Consequently, the resulting connectedness among these green assets has implications for investments. Our ... -
Green construction and environmental performance: an assessment framework
( Emerald Publishing , 2023 , Article)Purpose: Construction firms worldwide are increasingly taking pragmatic steps towards addressing environmental problems arising from their activities. Nonetheless, there is a paucity of studies focused on the nexus between ... -
Green Customer and Supplier Integration for Competitive Advantage: The Mediation Effect of Sustainable Product Innovation
( Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) , 2022 , Article)The purpose of this study is two-fold: first is to examine the direct effect of green customer integration, green supplier integration, and new product flexibility on sustainable green product innovation (henceforth ... -
Green entrepreneurial orientation for enhancing SMEs financial and environmental performance: Synergetic moderation of green technology dynamism and knowledge transfer and integration
( Cogent OA , 2023 , Article)Currently SMEs in the developing countries like Pakistan are struggling for their survival, however, because of increasing consumer awareness, SMEs have to focus over the environmental concerns as well. For SMEs green ... -
Green innovation for sustainable development: leveraging green knowledge integration, blockchain technology and green supply chain integration
( Emerald Publishing , 2023 , Article)Purpose: Despite the importance of green supply chain integration (GSCI) in advancing green innovation (GI) is recognized, it remains unclear how firms can translate their GSCI efforts into GI. Therefore, this study aims ... -
Green marketing in supermarkets: Conventional and digitized marketing alternatives to reduce waste
( Elsevier , 2021 , Article)This article seeks to identify and analyze green marketing actions that can reduce food waste (FW) of short shelf life (SSL) products by retailers and to propose effective FW mitigation strategies. The article is based on ... -
Green Operational Strategy for Airlines: Content and Regional Analysis
( IGI Global , 2020 , Book chapter)This chapter identifies the content of airlines' operations strategy and reports the strategy patterns adopted by the airlines of each region. A detailed configuration of the airlines' green operational strategy is developed, ... -
Green transformational leadership and green creativity? The mediating role of green thinking and green organizational identity in SMEs
( national center for biotechnology information , 2022 , Article)For countries and organizations to achieve sustainable development, radical green creativity is required. Despite the fact that the influencing elements of green creativity have received a lot of attention, there is little ... -
Green Transformational Leadership, Green Entrepreneurial Orientation and Performance of SMEs: The Mediating Role of Green Product Innovation
( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)Green practices are becoming increasingly important throughout the world. The performance of SMEs is becoming a crucial issue because of increasing awareness of consumers about environmentally friendly products; therefore, ... -
Green-Agile Maturity Model: An Evaluation Framework for Global Software Development Vendors
( IEEE , 2021 , Article)Agile methods are extensively adapted by software development organizations due to the competitive benefits it offers. In recent years global software development (GSD) projects practice agile methods as prominent methods ... -
Greening multinational enterprises in the oil, gas and petrochemicals: Environmental sustainability and the moderation role of environmental sensitivity
( Emerald Publishing , 2020 , Article)Purpose: Premised on the shortage of research on the role of organisational mindfulness in promoting environmental sustainability, this study evaluates the effects of organisational mindfulness and mindful organising on ... -
Grounded theory analysis of successful implementation of e-government projects: Exploring perceptions of e-government authorities
( IGI Global , 2018 , Article)This article explores the perceptions of senior managers about the successful implementations of e-government projects in their agencies, identifying what problems they have encountered and how they have addressed these ... -
GTM approach towards engineering a features-oriented evaluation framework for secure authentication in IIoT environment
( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)Industry Internet of Things (IIoT) has become the most evolving area over the last few years. The number of IoT devices connected in industry has sharply elevated but this surge has led to the vulnerability and data breach ... -
Guests’ Happiness in Luxury Hotels in Jordan: The Role of Spirituality and Religiosity in an Islamic Context
( Taylor & Francis , 2021 , Article)This study uses Stephenson’s model of Islamic-spiritual hotels to examine how spiritual practices and Islamic Shari’a compliant approach (i.e., religious obligations) inside luxury hotels may increase guests’ subjective ...