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The impact of compliance, board committees and insider CEOs on firm survival during crisis (2023)
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Ahmad, S., Ullah, S., Akbar, S., Kodwani, D., & Brahma, S. (2024). The impact of compliance, board committees and insider CEOs on firm survival during crisis. International Review of Financial Analysis, 91, 102979. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2023.102979

This study investigates the relationship between internal corporate governance mechanisms and firm survival during a financial crisis. Using a sample of FTSE 350 listed companies for the time period 2003-2010, our results show significant differences... Read More about The impact of compliance, board committees and insider CEOs on firm survival during crisis.

Learning experience during the pandemic: perspectives of foundation students (2023)
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Sim, S., Gan, S., Tang, Y., & Sarma, V. J. (2023). Learning experience during the pandemic: perspectives of foundation students. Journal of Further and Higher Education, 47(10), 1316-1336. https://doi.org/10.1080/0309877X.2023.2251914

This study examines the learning experiences including academic performance and assessments of Foundation students at a British University’s campus in Malaysia during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. A focus on foundation students is importan... Read More about Learning experience during the pandemic: perspectives of foundation students.

How exports affect green technology innovation in small- and medium-sized enterprises? Evidence from Chinese companies listed on the growth enterprise market. (2023)
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Yang, X., Xu, H., Qiu, Z., Wang, J., & Liu, B. (2023). How exports affect green technology innovation in small- and medium-sized enterprises? Evidence from Chinese companies listed on the growth enterprise market. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-023-30126-2

Using matched data from China Stock Market and Accounting Research (CSMAR) and Wind databases, this paper explores the impact of exports on the green technology innovation (GTI) of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The mechanisms are analyz... Read More about How exports affect green technology innovation in small- and medium-sized enterprises? Evidence from Chinese companies listed on the growth enterprise market..

The Role, Nature and Contribution of Indian Emerging Market Multinational Companies in African Countries (2023)
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Horwitz, F. M., Ronnie, L., & Kamoche, K. (2023). The Role, Nature and Contribution of Indian Emerging Market Multinational Companies in African Countries. South Asian Journal of Human Resources Management, 10(2), 184-203. https://doi.org/10.1177/23220937231202311

This article examines factors pertaining to the development of Indian emerging market multinational companies (EMNCs) in African countries. India is a member of the BRICS grouping of developing countries, the others being Brazil, China, Russia and So... Read More about The Role, Nature and Contribution of Indian Emerging Market Multinational Companies in African Countries.

Conscientisation and Communities of Compost: Rethinking management pedagogy in an age of climate crises (2023)
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Dallyn, S., Checchi, M., Prado, P., & Munro, I. (2023). Conscientisation and Communities of Compost: Rethinking management pedagogy in an age of climate crises. Management Learning, 55(1), 104-123. https://doi.org/10.1177/13505076231198488

The unprecedented scale of the climate crisis has led to a questioning of conventional approaches to sustainability in management education, centred around business case for sustainability narratives. Such critique gives rise to serious questions aro... Read More about Conscientisation and Communities of Compost: Rethinking management pedagogy in an age of climate crises.

Clinicians’ views of prescribing oral and intravenous bisphosphonates for osteoporosis: a qualitative study (2023)
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Bishop, S., Narayanasamy, M. J., Paskins, Z., Corp, N., Bastounis, A., Griffin, J., …Sahota, O. (2023). Clinicians’ views of prescribing oral and intravenous bisphosphonates for osteoporosis: a qualitative study. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 24, Article 770. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-023-06865-1

Background Bisphosphonate medications, including alendronate, ibandronate and risedronate administered orally and zoledronate, administered intravenously, are commonly prescribed for the treatment of osteoporosis based on evidence that, correctly tak... Read More about Clinicians’ views of prescribing oral and intravenous bisphosphonates for osteoporosis: a qualitative study.

Institutional Investor Shareholding and the Quality of Corporate Innovation: Moderating Effects Based on Internal and External Environment (2023)
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Liu, B., Wang, J., Tong, X., Zhou, Z., & Qiu, Z. (2024). Institutional Investor Shareholding and the Quality of Corporate Innovation: Moderating Effects Based on Internal and External Environment. Managerial and Decision Economics, 45(1), 326-338. https://doi.org/10.1002/mde.4007

Improving the quality of enterprise innovation is a key path to implementing the innovation-driven development strategy and thus promoting high-quality economic development. Using a sample of Chinese A-share listed companies from 2011-2019, this pape... Read More about Institutional Investor Shareholding and the Quality of Corporate Innovation: Moderating Effects Based on Internal and External Environment.

Accounting practices and regulations for extractive industries: a framework for harmonisation (2023)
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Abdo, H., Mangena, M., & Owusu, F. B. (2023). Accounting practices and regulations for extractive industries: a framework for harmonisation. Journal of Financial Reporting and Accounting, 22(1), 147-180. https://doi.org/10.1108/JFRA-07-2023-0425

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to provide a harmonisation framework for the diverse accounting practices by extractive industries. Design/methodology/approach: The study takes a three-stage approach. The first involves a comprehensive literatu... Read More about Accounting practices and regulations for extractive industries: a framework for harmonisation.

Mergers of complements, endogenous product differentiation and welfare (2023)
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Han, T., & Mukherjee, A. (2023). Mergers of complements, endogenous product differentiation and welfare. Mathematical Social Sciences, 126, 30-41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mathsocsci.2023.09.001

The static analysis shows that a merger among complementary input suppliers or complementary patent holders benefits the consumers and the society by reducing the input prices. We show that the effects of a merger of complements are not so straightfo... Read More about Mergers of complements, endogenous product differentiation and welfare.

The historical shifts of in/formality of learning within craft skills ecosystems in the United Kingdom (2023)
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Li, M., Holstein, J., & Wedekind, V. (2023). The historical shifts of in/formality of learning within craft skills ecosystems in the United Kingdom. International Journal of Training and Development, 27(3-4), 405-421. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijtd.12308

In this paper, we address the debate on local skills ecosystems and informal learning. We use the social ecosystem model as a tool to help us analyse the role played by various actors in learning and skills ecosystems and highlight the role of inform... Read More about The historical shifts of in/formality of learning within craft skills ecosystems in the United Kingdom.

Data donation of individual shopping data to help predict the occurrence of disease: A pilot study linking individual loyalty card and health survey data to investigate COVID-19 (2023)
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Dolan, E., Goulding, J., & Skatova, A. (2023). Data donation of individual shopping data to help predict the occurrence of disease: A pilot study linking individual loyalty card and health survey data to investigate COVID-19. International Journal of Population Data Science, 8(3), https://doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v8i3.2273

Introduction & Background Previous studies have found shopping data could increase the predictive accuracy of disease surveillance systems and illuminate behavioural responses in the self-management of symptoms of disease. Yet, accessing individual... Read More about Data donation of individual shopping data to help predict the occurrence of disease: A pilot study linking individual loyalty card and health survey data to investigate COVID-19.

The impact of shareholder litigation risk on income smoothing (2023)
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Li, Y., Song, W., Sun, T., & Zhang, Q. (2023). The impact of shareholder litigation risk on income smoothing. Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, 61(4), 1379-1413. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11156-023-01193-w

This paper investigates whether and how shareholder litigation influences income smoothing. Using the ruling of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in 1999 as an exogenous shock to the threat of litigation, we find that the increasing difficulty of cl... Read More about The impact of shareholder litigation risk on income smoothing.

Energy shocks and bank efficiency in emerging economies (2023)
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Nasim, A., Ullah, S., Kim, J. R., & Hameed, A. (2023). Energy shocks and bank efficiency in emerging economies. Energy Economics, 126, Article 107005. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2023.107005

Geopolitical conflicts often result in commodity price increases and supply-chain disruptions to the global economy. A recent example of the Russia-Ukraine War caused a significant increase in energy prices, resulting in a prospect of recession in th... Read More about Energy shocks and bank efficiency in emerging economies.

Making sense of identity transitioning within the new venture creation process (2023)
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Hoyte, C., & Noke, H. (2023). Making sense of identity transitioning within the new venture creation process. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior and Research, 29(8), 1741-1762. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJEBR-06-2021-0501

Purpose: This study explores how aspiring entrepreneurs navigate between their own individual self-concept and the organisational identity of the new venture during the process of new venture creation. Design/methodology/approach: The study draws on... Read More about Making sense of identity transitioning within the new venture creation process.

Do rating agencies impound workforce human capital information into default risk assessments? (2023)
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Mali, D., & Lim, H. (2023). Do rating agencies impound workforce human capital information into default risk assessments?. Accounting Forum, 1-26. https://doi.org/10.1080/01559982.2023.2235873

No accounting policy exists to mandate that employee-level human capital (ELHC) must be included on Annual Reports. Because structured ELHC information is rare, the association between ELHC and credit ratings (risk) is not demonstrated in the extant... Read More about Do rating agencies impound workforce human capital information into default risk assessments?.

Everyday consumption during COVID-19 (2023)
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Canavan, B. (2023). Everyday consumption during COVID-19. Journal of Marketing Management, 39(13-14), 1277-1301. https://doi.org/10.1080/0267257X.2023.2255214

The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted everyday consumption routines and rituals, as well as their accompanying relationships. In doing so, the importance of such familiar activities to social meanings, cohesiveness, and wellbeing was made apparent. Often o... Read More about Everyday consumption during COVID-19.

Extra-contractual Rules and Third-party Rights of Direct Action: The Court of Justice Defines Claimants' Rights and Insurers' Obligations in Motor Vehicle Agreements (2023)
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Marson, J., & Ferris, K. (2023). Extra-contractual Rules and Third-party Rights of Direct Action: The Court of Justice Defines Claimants' Rights and Insurers' Obligations in Motor Vehicle Agreements. European Law Review, 2023(4),

AR v Others is a Polish reference to the Court of Justice centering on the application of Directive 2009/103/EC, the sixth and consolidated Motor Vehicle Insurance Directive (MVID), and the obligations therein regarding insurers' liability to third-p... Read More about Extra-contractual Rules and Third-party Rights of Direct Action: The Court of Justice Defines Claimants' Rights and Insurers' Obligations in Motor Vehicle Agreements.

The effects of stakeholder power, strategic posture and slack financial resources on sustainability performance in UK higher education institutions (2023)
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Núnez Chicharro, M., Mangena, M., Alonso Carrillo, M. I., & Priego De La Cruz, A. M. (2024). The effects of stakeholder power, strategic posture and slack financial resources on sustainability performance in UK higher education institutions. Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal, 15(1), 171-206. https://doi.org/10.1108/SAMPJ-07-2022-0375

Purpose: Higher education institutions (HEIs) are critical in the sustainability agenda, not only as catalysts for promoting sustainability practices but also because their activities have substantial social, economic and environmental impacts. Yet t... Read More about The effects of stakeholder power, strategic posture and slack financial resources on sustainability performance in UK higher education institutions.

Quality of life after severe acute pancreatitis: systematic review (2023)
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Giorga, A., Hughes, M., Parker, S., Smith, A., & Young, A. (2023). Quality of life after severe acute pancreatitis: systematic review. BJS Open, 7(4), Article zrad067. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsopen/zrad067

Background Severe acute pancreatitis (SAP), the most severe form of acute pancreatitis (AP), can alter pancreatic morphology, physiology and function resulting in long-term morbidity, even after a single episode. This review assesses long term outco... Read More about Quality of life after severe acute pancreatitis: systematic review.

Consumer Anxiety and Coping in COVID Times: Towards a Sociological Understanding of Consumer Resilience (2023)
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Ingram, C., Caruana, R., Chakrabarty, A., Kelemen, M., & Yuan, R. (2024). Consumer Anxiety and Coping in COVID Times: Towards a Sociological Understanding of Consumer Resilience. Sociology, 58(2), 275 -293. https://doi.org/10.1177/00380385231190234

This article develops a sociological understanding of consumer resilience across three national contexts during a prolonged, global health crisis – COVID-19. We asked 112 individuals from the UK, China and Malaysia to diarise their consumption during... Read More about Consumer Anxiety and Coping in COVID Times: Towards a Sociological Understanding of Consumer Resilience.