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Author-Name: Tolulope Temilola Osinubi
Author-X-Name-First: Tolulope Temilola
Author-X-Name-Last: Osinubi
Title: Causality between total factor productivity and economic growth in Mexico, Indonesia, Nigeria and Turkey: a comparative analysis
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The study examines the direction of causality between total factor productivity and economic growth in Mexico, Indonesia, Nigeria and Turkey from 1960 to 2017. Data on total factor productivity and real gross domestic product are gathered from the Penn World Table, Version 9.1 as proposed by Feenstra et al. (2015). The study employs the Granger causality test to analyse the collected data. The results show that there is a unidirectional causality that runs from productivity growth to economic growth in Nigeria and from economic growth to productivity growth in Mexico and Indonesia. Contrarily, there is no evidence of causality running either way between economic growth and productivity growth in Turkey.
Journal: Int. J. of Business and Emerging Markets
Pages: 1-10
Issue: 1
Volume: 12
Year: 2020
Keywords: total factor productivity; economic growth; MINT countries; Granger causality test; Mexico; Indonesia; Nigeria; Turkey.
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Author-Name: Kingsley Opoku Appiah
Author-X-Name-First: Kingsley Opoku
Author-X-Name-Last: Appiah
Author-Name: Prince Gyimah
Author-X-Name-First: Prince
Author-X-Name-Last: Gyimah
Author-Name: Yakubu Abdul-Razak
Author-X-Name-First: Yakubu
Author-X-Name-Last: Abdul-Razak
Title: Financial leverage and corporate performance: does the duration of the debt ratio matters?
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This paper examines the relationship between financial leverage and performance of listed firms in an emerging market, Ghana. Specifically, we examine the link between short-term, long-term and total debts on performance. We use data of 190 firm-year observations from 19 listed firms over a period of ten years (2005-2014). Fixed and random effects regression models are used to examine the financial leverage-corporate performance nexus. The result shows that total debt to total assets is negatively related to accounting and market performance. Short-term debt to total assets is also negatively related to return on assets and Tobin's Q but not return on equity. The long-term debt to total assets is negative and insignificantly related to corporate performance. Our contribution is that; short-term debt diminishes shareholder value in the developing economy context.
Journal: Int. J. of Business and Emerging Markets
Pages: 31-45
Issue: 1
Volume: 12
Year: 2020
Keywords: capital structure; shareholder value; short-term debt; long-term debt; total debt; Ghana Stock Exchange; GSE.
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Author-Name: Piyush Pranjal
Author-X-Name-First: Piyush
Author-X-Name-Last: Pranjal
Author-Name: Soumya Sarkar
Author-X-Name-First: Soumya
Author-X-Name-Last: Sarkar
Title: Corporate branding in an emerging business market: a phenomenological perspective
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The purpose of this study is to investigate the phenomenon of corporate branding in an emerging business market and unearth issues specific to the research setting. Phenomenology serves the purpose. Data stem from in-depth interviews of 20 managers representing various sectors of the economy. Data so obtained is analysed to elicit themes that characterise the phenomenon. Elicited themes highlight the role played by corporate brands in managing multi-stakeholder relationships, tender-driven procurement, and the process of internationalisation, typical to the study context. This study advances research by highlighting the effects of a collectivist culture on managing relationships across multiple stakeholders of the brand. It also emphasises that the emotional aspects of branding are not just critical to consumer markets but also to business markets. It further suggests that corporate branding gives credibility to organisations from emerging markets enabling them to garner the support necessary for entering international markets.
Journal: Int. J. of Business and Emerging Markets
Pages: 46-65
Issue: 1
Volume: 12
Year: 2020
Keywords: corporate branding; emerging markets; B2B; phenomenology; interpretive; stakeholders; tender; internationalisation.
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Author-Name: Ha Nguyen Van
Author-X-Name-First: Ha Nguyen
Author-X-Name-Last: Van
Author-Name: Long Pham
Author-X-Name-First: Long
Author-X-Name-Last: Pham
Author-Name: Stan Williamson
Author-X-Name-First: Stan
Author-X-Name-Last: Williamson
Author-Name: Vu Thanh Huong
Author-X-Name-First: Vu Thanh
Author-X-Name-Last: Huong
Author-Name: Pham Xuan Hoa
Author-X-Name-First: Pham Xuan
Author-X-Name-Last: Hoa
Author-Name: Pham Lam Hanh Trang
Author-X-Name-First: Pham Lam Hanh
Author-X-Name-Last: Trang
Title: Impact of perceived risk on mobile banking usage intentions: trust as a mediator and a moderator
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This study examines the relationships among perceived risk, trust, and intention to use mobile banking. The research model is confirmed based on data collected from the customers of one of Vietnam's largest joint stock commercial banks. The results of statistical analysis show that the research model explains 60.2% of the variability of intention to use mobile banking. The results also show that perceived risk includes components such as financial risk, social risk, time risk, privacy risk, security risk, and performance risk. Furthermore, perceived risk is negatively related to trust and intention to use mobile banking, and trust has a positive relationship with intention to use mobile banking. Implications are drawn and useful for improving intention to use mobile banking.
Journal: Int. J. of Business and Emerging Markets
Pages: 94-118
Issue: 1
Volume: 12
Year: 2020
Keywords: perceived risk; trust; intention to use mobile banking; Vietnam banking.
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Author-Name: Dae Wan Kim
Author-X-Name-First: Dae Wan
Author-X-Name-Last: Kim
Author-Name: Simon Lee
Author-X-Name-First: Simon
Author-X-Name-Last: Lee
Author-Name: Wen Li
Author-X-Name-First: Wen
Author-X-Name-Last: Li
Title: Factors influencing continued use intentions in mobile shopping: the case of South Korea
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With the rapid diffusion of smartphone use, mobile shopping (m-shopping) has become one of the most common ways to buy and sell products and services through the wireless internet based on mobile devices. Given the importance of long-term use intentions, this paper provides an empirical analysis of factors influencing continued use intentions toward m-shopping. Six m-shopping characteristics were derived from a literature review from three perspectives, and a research model was developed based on the expectation-confirmation model by incorporating trust in conjunction with motivators of anticipation into the original framework. In addition, the moderating effect of m-shopping diffusion was examined to shed some light on the research domain. The results indicate that all m-shopping characteristics except for ubiquity had considerable influence on trust and confirmation and verify differences between early and late adopters of m-shopping.
Journal: Int. J. of Business and Emerging Markets
Pages: 66-93
Issue: 1
Volume: 12
Year: 2020
Keywords: mobile shopping; characteristics of mobile shopping; continued use intention; South Korea.
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Author-Name: John A. Parnell
Author-X-Name-First: John A.
Author-X-Name-Last: Parnell
Author-Name: Long Zhang
Author-X-Name-First: Long
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhang
Title: Corporate political analysis, state ownership of enterprises and firm performance in China
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This paper investigates the impact of corporate political analysis (CPA) on firm performance among Chinese firms, distinguishing between privately-owned firms (non-SOEs) and state-owned enterprises (SOEs). Uncertainty about the competitive environment was a key driver of CPA among non-SOEs firms, but not among SOEs. Differentiation was a significant performance driver for non-SOEs, but not SOEs. However, CPA had significant, negative performance implications for SOEs. Overall, the results of the multi-group analysis suggest two prominent "paths" to performance. Non-SOEs in the study perceived more considerable environmental uncertainty and pursued differentiation, whereas SOEs emphasised CPA. Implications for Chinese managers and future research are addressed.
Journal: Int. J. of Business and Emerging Markets
Pages: 11-30
Issue: 1
Volume: 12
Year: 2020
Keywords: China; corporate political analysis; CPA; non-market strategy; NMS; strategic capabilities; strategic political emphasis; SPE; state-owned enterprises; SOE.
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Author-Name: Harshita Gupta
Author-X-Name-First: Harshita
Author-X-Name-Last: Gupta
Author-Name: Saumya Singh
Author-X-Name-First: Saumya
Author-X-Name-Last: Singh
Title: Shaping consumers' perceptions in innovative ways: an exploratory study on Guerrilla marketing
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Guerrilla marketing is an innovative concept which is relatively new to the Asian threshold when compared to developed countries of Europe and USA. The study aims to examine the factors of consumers' perception in Indian context and also considers the effect of related unintended factors and emotions as the practice is comparatively new to the consumers of this developing economy. With the help of exploratory factor analysis, six meaningful factors have been extracted. These are enthusiasm generating factor, information generating factor, attractiveness generating factor, understandability, conflicting content and perception factor. The study provides a base model of important factors associated with this marketing tool in India. Eventually, multiple regression analysis is carried on to test the hypothesis of relationship between perception and other factors. As most of the existing studies do not specifically map the factors for the Indian consumers, the current study is a value addition in this field.
Journal: Int. J. of Business and Emerging Markets
Pages: 152-178
Issue: 2
Volume: 12
Year: 2020
Keywords: consumer perception; Indian market; Guerrilla marketing in India; exploratory factor analysis; EFA; multiple regression analysis.
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Author-Name: Hulya Cengiz
Author-X-Name-First: Hulya
Author-X-Name-Last: Cengiz
Title: The relationship between stock returns and financial ratios in Borsa Istanbul analysed by the classification tree method
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The factors affecting the stock returns have been reported in several studies that provided different results depending on the country. The previous studies that were conducted about Borsa Istanbul (BIST), which is the stock exchange in Turkey are mostly based on regression analysis, and mainly covers the BIST 100 Index. This study included all of the businesses in BIST, and the expected returns were calculated using the capital asset pricing model. Using the classification tree method, the differentiation in the financial ratios and stock returns lower or higher than expected has been identified. This study indicates that the realised returns which are different from expected stock returns can be obtained using ROE, earnings per share for five years, equity ratio, and short-term liabilities/net sales. These financial ratios can be useful to determine to estimate stock return and make a profit.
Journal: Int. J. of Business and Emerging Markets
Pages: 204-216
Issue: 2
Volume: 12
Year: 2020
Keywords: stock returns; Borsa Istanbul; classification tree method; capital asset pricing model; CAPM; financial ratios.
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Author-Name: Vaibhav Tripathi
Author-X-Name-First: Vaibhav
Author-X-Name-Last: Tripathi
Author-Name: Tanushree Roy
Author-X-Name-First: Tanushree
Author-X-Name-Last: Roy
Author-Name: Jitin Mishra
Author-X-Name-First: Jitin
Author-X-Name-Last: Mishra
Title: Is the lifestyle centre the new retail transformation in India? An exploratory study
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This study aims to predict the next retail transformation in India. The study being exploratory in nature tries to find whether there is any change in consumer behaviour which could lead to the next retail transformation in favour of lifestyle centres. In many countries, lifestyle centres have been seen as replacement to shopping malls. Comparative analysis was done between lifestyle centres and shopping malls to measure preference of consumers over the selected attributes. Two levels of knowledge of consumers, which are subjective knowledge and usage experience (personal visit), were used to further explore their preference between the two shopping centres. The consumers preferred lifestyle centres over shopping malls on 13 of the 17 attributes, especially the hedonic attributes. While in attributes related to ease and safety, shopping malls were preferred. In many attributes, there was significant difference among respondents' choice at different level of knowledge.
Journal: Int. J. of Business and Emerging Markets
Pages: 133-151
Issue: 2
Volume: 12
Year: 2020
Keywords: retail transformation; lifestyle centre; shopping mall; shopping centre; emerging markets; India; young consumer; millennial; chi-square post-hoc.
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Author-Name: Ajay Singh
Author-X-Name-First: Ajay
Author-X-Name-Last: Singh
Author-Name: Rakesh Kumar Singhal
Author-X-Name-First: Rakesh Kumar
Author-X-Name-Last: Singhal
Title: Emerging third generation private label brands: retailers' and consumers' perspectives towards leading Indian retail chains
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This study is an attempt to explore retailer's motivation to acquire private label brands in their stores and realise the same through exploring consumer preferences, behaviour and attitude. To conduct the study, responses were collected from food and grocery consumers of Indian leading retail chain, Big Bazaar. Data Collection was done through structured questionnaire from 325 households who have visited Big Bazaar Store and Linear Regression Analysis was performed. Findings of the study revealed a positive correlation between the perceived quality and price consumers willing to pay towards private label products. It also found strong correlation between value perceptions of private label brands with overall stores image also store loyalty is positively associated with value perception of private label brands. This study gives an insight to Indian retailers about the consumer preferences towards buying private label brands.
Journal: Int. J. of Business and Emerging Markets
Pages: 179-203
Issue: 2
Volume: 12
Year: 2020
Keywords: private label brand; PLB; store brands; price consciousness; brand loyalty; store loyalty.
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Author-Name: Wissem Daadaa
Author-X-Name-First: Wissem
Author-X-Name-Last: Daadaa
Title: Board characteristics and bank performance in emerging stock markets
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The paper examines the relationship between financial performance and corporate board characteristics of Tunisian bank during the period of 2005-2018; we explore the impact of board structure characteristics such as board size, independence, institutional and duality on bank performance. Our results confirm the importance of board control within the bank; we find negative relationship between board size, board institutional members and bank profitability. The result proves non-significant enhancement in bank performance when the role of director and board president is separate. We conclude that Tunisian banks need to develop their governance mechanisms; set an optimal size and restructure the board composition. Tunisian banks need to improve their government strategy and the board composition to optimise their performance.
Journal: Int. J. of Business and Emerging Markets
Pages: 119-132
Issue: 2
Volume: 12
Year: 2020
Keywords: bank governance; ownership structure; board characteristics; banking performance.
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Author-Name: Muhammad Ahsan Sadiq
Author-X-Name-First: Muhammad Ahsan
Author-X-Name-Last: Sadiq
Author-Name: Lubna Ansari
Author-X-Name-First: Lubna
Author-X-Name-Last: Ansari
Author-Name: Prashant Gupta
Author-X-Name-First: Prashant
Author-X-Name-Last: Gupta
Title: Influence of intrapersonal and interpersonal religiosity on materialistic attitudes among youths in India: a structural equation modelling approach
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The paper aims at studying the role of intrapersonal and interpersonal religiosity as a predictor of materialistic attitudes (possession, non-generosity and envy) among youths in India using structural equation modelling. Data is collected from 252 students of public-funded central universities in India using simple random sampling. Intrapersonal religiosity is found to predict possession and non-generosity dimensions of materialistic attitudes. In contrast, Interpersonal religiosity is found to be influencing only possession dimension of materialism. Surprisingly, interpersonal religiosity was found to be positively correlated with envy attitudes of materialism among youths in India. The research is expected to help marketers and policymakers to refine their strategies for religious youths in India accordingly.
Journal: Int. J. of Business and Emerging Markets
Pages: 217-241
Issue: 2
Volume: 12
Year: 2020
Keywords: religiosity; religious commitment; materialism.
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Author-Name: Bilal Chebaro
Author-X-Name-First: Bilal
Author-X-Name-Last: Chebaro
Author-Name: Rania Fakhoury
Author-X-Name-First: Rania
Author-X-Name-Last: Fakhoury
Author-Name: David S. Baker
Author-X-Name-First: David S.
Author-X-Name-Last: Baker
Title: Expanding e-government adoption in an emerging market economy: an exploratory segmentation based on socio-demographic and behavioural variables
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This exploratory study builds on previous research in the area of e-government implementation within the context of the emerging market economy of Lebanon. Because of ongoing advances in e-government, many governments intend to serve all citizens, including the marginalised, with available and efficient electronic services. Design of these e-services requires objective consumer segment adapted variables in order to facilitate targeted education on the personal and public value of e-government. This study contributes analysis toward the selection of socio-demographic and behavioural variables to identify segment clusters of e-service consumers. The results suggest targeted public consumer segmentation in order to better serve marginalised populations in emerging market economies. The study is based on an online survey of 262 Lebanese citizens. The hierarchical segmentation analysis revealed three distinct segments with key characteristics to improve access to e-services.
Journal: Int. J. of Business and Emerging Markets
Pages: 243-258
Issue: 3
Volume: 12
Year: 2020
Keywords: e-government; public e-services; marketing; segmentation; public sector; emerging market.
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Author-Name: Ruturaj Baber
Author-X-Name-First: Ruturaj
Author-X-Name-Last: Baber
Author-Name: Yogesh Upadhyay
Author-X-Name-First: Yogesh
Author-X-Name-Last: Upadhyay
Author-Name: Rahul Pratap Singh Kaurav
Author-X-Name-First: Rahul Pratap Singh
Author-X-Name-Last: Kaurav
Author-Name: Prerana Baber
Author-X-Name-First: Prerana
Author-X-Name-Last: Baber
Title: Application of 'masstige' theory and approaches for the marketing of smartphone brands in India
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'Masstige' is term emerged in the early years of the present century as an answer to the question - how the organisations are planning to penetrate in the emerging economies? 'Mass prestige' is commonly known as 'masstige'. Masstige marketing, evolved as a strategic activity, which focuses on effective market penetration and creating a competitive edge over competitors. The article measures masstige score of Apple, Xiaomi and Samsung using masstige mean index (MMI) developed by Paul (2018). Using a survey questionnaire, data was collected from 613 respondents from four major cities of central India. The data was collected from smartphone users owning Apple, Xiaomi, and Samsung brands. The results indicated that Apple, a US brand, had highest masstige score, in comparison to Xiaomi and Samsung. The results also indicated that gender, income, and age had a significant difference in opinion for brand masstige, brand perception, and propensity to pay premium prices for smartphone brands. The findings offer smartphone manufacturers with useful strategies and tactics to increase sales of smartphones in India depending upon mass prestige perceived by consumers. This study provides much needed empirical evidences about masstige which can be useful for developing marketing strategies in emerging economies.
Journal: Int. J. of Business and Emerging Markets
Pages: 296-312
Issue: 3
Volume: 12
Year: 2020
Keywords: mass prestige; masstige; brand management; smartphones; marketing strategies; emerging markets.
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Author-Name: Sardor Tadjiev
Author-X-Name-First: Sardor
Author-X-Name-Last: Tadjiev
Author-Name: Pierre-Yves Donzé
Author-X-Name-First: Pierre-Yves
Author-X-Name-Last: Donzé
Title: FDI policies in protected industries: the Uzbek automobile industry since 1991
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The automobile industry has been the key driver of developing economies since the early twentieth century. Uzbekistan is an exceptional case, characterised by the creation of automobile production from scratch after independence through the adoption of a protective policy. A state-owned holding company was founded to implement the automobile industry policy and manage operating companies engaged in the sector, among which was a joint venture cofounded with Daewoo Motors. This article examines how a small country like Uzbekistan was able to develop a car industry since the 1990s. It relies on a narrative analysis of interviews as well as a qualitative analysis of internal company records and secondary sources. This study demonstrates that the free trade agreement with Russia and former Soviet countries supported the development of an Uzbek car industry created by FDI in a protectionist environment, a policy usually implemented in large economies.
Journal: Int. J. of Business and Emerging Markets
Pages: 313-335
Issue: 3
Volume: 12
Year: 2020
Keywords: automobile industry; knowledge transfer; foreign direct investment; FDI; protective policy; Uzbekistan.
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Author-Name: Jhih-Sian Sun
Author-X-Name-First: Jhih-Sian
Author-X-Name-Last: Sun
Author-Name: Ho-Don Yan
Author-X-Name-First: Ho-Don
Author-X-Name-Last: Yan
Title: Competitive strategy analysis and the growth stage model: the case of Taiwan's yacht maker - Horizon Group
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By integrating the growth stage model and competitive strategy analysis, this paper proposes a synthesised approach to demonstrate how a small firm grows into a global enterprise. Under this framework we draw upon the three main research fields of wealth-creation firms - namely entrepreneurship, strategic management and leadership - that provide spatial dimensions for selecting competitive strategies. The growth stage model, which is divided into four stages - initiation, expansion, maturity and diversification - represents a temporal dimension that offers a roadmap to guide growing firms. We aptly apply the conceptual framework to examine how Horizon Group, under the leadership of John Lu, has grown and transformed into Asia's number one yacht maker through investigating the various competitive strategies adopted at each stage of its growth path.
Journal: Int. J. of Business and Emerging Markets
Pages: 274-295
Issue: 3
Volume: 12
Year: 2020
Keywords: entrepreneurship; capability; strategic management; leadership; transformation; competitive strategy; growth stage model; Taiwan.
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Author-Name: Sarita Thakur
Author-X-Name-First: Sarita
Author-X-Name-Last: Thakur
Author-Name: Monita Mago
Author-X-Name-First: Monita
Author-X-Name-Last: Mago
Title: Impact of financial literacy programs on financial planning of the participants
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This study attempts to evaluate the impact of financial literacy programs (FLPs) on the financial planning of participants in Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and Chandigarh. The objective of this study is to determine whether the financial literacy programs have any impact on the financial planning of the respondents. The impact of the financial literacy programs on the financial planning of participants was assessed using a paired t-test. The study finds that there is a positive impact on the financial planning scores of participants after attending FLPs. Thus, one could infer that financial literacy programs were helpful in improving the financial planning of the participants who attended these programs, which in turn will improve the quality of their future financial planning. The findings of this study will also help organisers of FLPs to design and implement such programs more effectively and will provide the guidelines to assess their impact.
Journal: Int. J. of Business and Emerging Markets
Pages: 259-273
Issue: 3
Volume: 12
Year: 2020
Keywords: financial literacy; financial literacy programs; FLPs; financial planning; India.
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Author-Name: Pooja Goel
Author-X-Name-First: Pooja
Author-X-Name-Last: Goel
Author-Name: Piali Haldar
Author-X-Name-First: Piali
Author-X-Name-Last: Haldar
Title: Shared ride-hailing service in India: an analysis of consumers' intention to adopt
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The aim of the present study is to explore factors affecting commuters' intention to adopt shared ride-hailing service. The study is based on the technology acceptance model (TAM). Using descriptive research design, data was collected from 345 consumers. Findings of the study establish that perceived usefulness (PU), concern for environment (CFE), perceived financial benefits (PFBs), and social influence (SI) are the important determinants of positive attitude formation towards shared ride-hailing service. However, perceived ease of use (PEOU) reflects insignificant relationship with attitude. Further, it has been found that attitude to use shared ride-hailing service positively affect intention. The present study provides future framework which can be utilised by shared ride-hailing service providers for efficiently targeting the customers through proper market segmentation.
Journal: Int. J. of Business and Emerging Markets
Pages: 336-353
Issue: 3
Volume: 12
Year: 2020
Keywords: ride-hailing service; sharing economy; attitude; TAM; intention to adopt; sustainability; emerging economy.
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Author-Name: Manali Chatterjee
Author-X-Name-First: Manali
Author-X-Name-Last: Chatterjee
Author-Name: Titas Bhattacharjee
Author-X-Name-First: Titas
Author-X-Name-Last: Bhattacharjee
Title: R%D spending and small-cap performance: moderating role of ownership concentration
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Drawing from the 'value creation' perspective of corporate governance, this study explores on investors' perception of value creation approach and whether it holds across all the institutional contexts even where value protection may be of utmost importance due to lower investor protection framework and significant presence of concentrated ownership across the firms. Cross-sectional data of 134 R%D-based Indian small-cap firms have been employed to probe the hypotheses. This study finds that the individual influence of both promoters' holding and R%D intensity is positive yet insignificant on stock market performances. However, market performance improves significantly when both ownership concentration and R%D intensity are present.
Journal: Int. J. of Business and Emerging Markets
Pages: 359-376
Issue: 4
Volume: 12
Year: 2020
Keywords: promoters' holding; ownership concentration; small cap; R%D spending; emerging market.
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Author-Name: Kedar Bhatt
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Author-Name: Faizanali Khokhar
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Title: Measuring service convenience and its impact on satisfaction towards online shopping in India
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Service convenience, a measure of consumers' perception of reduction in time and effort in buying a service, is relatively unaddressed in online shopping context. And, the existing studies in this domain differ in terms of number of dimensions and operationalisation of the dimensions. Thus, this study seeks to identify the dimensions of service convenience and validate the multidimensional scale of service convenience in growing online shopping context. The scale of service convenience is adapted from exiting literature and modified to suit the context. Data for the study is collected from 302 Indian online shoppers using convenience sampling method. Four dimensions of online service convenience namely search convenience, order convenience, transaction convenience and post-purchase convenience are identified using exploratory factor analysis (EFA). Validity and reliability of this 12-item scale is established using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). The paper also tests the conceptual model linking the four convenience dimensions to customer satisfaction. The results of this study contribute to the knowledge on online convenience and its importance in driving customer satisfaction. The paper discusses important theoretical and managerial implications of the findings.
Journal: Int. J. of Business and Emerging Markets
Pages: 391-404
Issue: 4
Volume: 12
Year: 2020
Keywords: service convenience; customer satisfaction; online shopping; e-retailer; India.
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Author-Name: Igor Makienko
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Author-Name: Alexander Jakubanecs
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Title: Evaluation of foreign products in the context of South-North geographic cues
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The quality perceptions of imported goods create advantages and disadvantages for exporting countries. This conceptual paper examines how economic stereotypes about South and North in addition to country-specific stereotypes affect consumers' product evaluations. Similar to country-specific stereotypes, stereotypes about different regions within one country (e.g., Hollywood) and different groups of countries (e.g., EU) also affect consumers' product evaluations. We go one step further and propose that South and North geographic cues may become strong factors when made salient during foreign product evaluations. Specifically, we propose that consumers' stereotypes about the North as a more industrialised region may favourably affect their evaluations of technical products. Alternatively, consumers' stereotypes about the South as a traditionally agricultural region may favourably affect their product evaluations of food products. In some situations, however, the proposed effect may be too weak to override the country-of-origin effect.
Journal: Int. J. of Business and Emerging Markets
Pages: 405-421
Issue: 4
Volume: 12
Year: 2020
Keywords: country-of-origin effect; foreign product evaluation; region of origin; South-North geographic cues; economic development; stereotype; country production expertise; country-product match; international marketing strategies.
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Author-Name: Amal Bakour
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Author-Name: Mohamed Imen Gallali
Author-X-Name-First: Mohamed Imen
Author-X-Name-Last: Gallali
Title: Capital regulation and default risk: a comparative analysis between Islamic and conventional banks in MENA region
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This research aims to study the relationship between capital and default risk of Islamic banks through a comparative analysis with their conventional counterparts. To do this, we will use a risk indicator called Z-score proposed by Roy (1952), Blair and Heggestad (1978), Boyd and Graham (1986) and Goyeau and Tarazi (1992) and capital adequacy ratio as proposed by the Basel agreements. Our sample includes a panel of 97 banks, including 30 Islamic banks and 67 conventional banks from ten MENA countries namely: Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar, UAE, Palestine, Sudan, Yemen and Tunisia, over a ten-year period (2004-2013). Our regressions show that the capital regulation has a positive impact on the default risk in the case of the global sample as well as in the case of the sub-samples of Islamic and conventional banks.
Journal: Int. J. of Business and Emerging Markets
Pages: 437-449
Issue: 4
Volume: 12
Year: 2020
Keywords: capital regulation; default risk; Islamic finance; Islamic banks.
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Author-Name: Luciana Maines Da Silva
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Author-Name: Guilherme Trez
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Author-X-Name-Last: Trez
Title: Resource orchestration in emerging markets
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This study aims to understand the contribution of resource orchestration to the creation of competitive advantage in international foreign companies in emerging markets. We used a bibliographical review of the state of art studies based on emerging markets and resource orchestration themes. This paper contributes to understanding the relationship those themes. Based on two cases, of Norwegian companies that are nowadays established on Brazil, we propose a framework, demonstrating the relevance of the perspective of the macro-institutional environment when building the relationship between studies related to resource orchestration and the context of emerging markets.
Journal: Int. J. of Business and Emerging Markets
Pages: 422-436
Issue: 4
Volume: 12
Year: 2020
Keywords: emerging markets; resource orchestration; institutional weakness.
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Author-Name: Jamaliah Said
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Author-Name: Md. Mahmudul Alam
Author-X-Name-First: Md. Mahmudul
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Author-Name: Razana Juhaida Johari
Author-X-Name-First: Razana Juhaida
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Title: Assessment of risk management practices in the public sector of Malaysia
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Public sectors around the world, especially in the developing counties, are not functioning well due to widespread fraud, governance, corruption, and inefficacy. For this reason, the world's public sectors need to improve their efficacy by using a sound risk management system. This study attempts to comprehend the phenomenon of current risk management practices among the public sector employees in different service schemes in Malaysia. A questionnaire survey was utilised to collect primary data from 194 department heads in Malaysia's federal ministries. The collected data was analysed using descriptive statistics and factor analysis. Findings revealed that 94.7% of respondents agreed to implementing risk management in their respective departments, but the level of priority for these risk management factors differs based on the service schemes. This study will assist policymakers to identify what is needed to enhance risk management practices in the public sector.
Journal: Int. J. of Business and Emerging Markets
Pages: 377-390
Issue: 4
Volume: 12
Year: 2020
Keywords: pubic sector; risk management; factor analysis; Malaysia.
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