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Compact living or policy inaction? Effects of urban density and lockdown on the COVID-19 outbreak in the US
(SAGE Publications, 2022-12-14)
The coronavirus pandemic has reignited the debate over urban density. Popular media has been quick to blame density as a key contributor to rapid disease transmission, questioning whether compact cities are still a desirable ...
One-click at a time: empowering mothers for their adolescent children's educational expenditures through social media usage
(Wiley, 2022-11-27)
Mothers play a significant role in deciding their adolescents' educational expenditures. They increasingly rely on the Internet for information search and building online support networks to enhance their confidence. Thus, ...
Towards dissemination, detection and combating misinformation on social media: a literature review
(Emerald, 2022-11-22)
Purpose
Social media is becoming a hub of fake content, be it political news, product reviews, business promotion or any other sociocultural event. This study aims to provide a comprehensive review of the emerging ...
Internal corporate governance and cash flow manipulation
(Emerald, 2022-10-14)
Purpose
The authors examine whether internal corporate governance mechanisms are effective in curbing cash flow manipulation through real activities, misclassification, and timing.
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The ...
A market value analysis of buyer–supplier relationship building awards
(IEEE, 2023-01-04)
The purpose of this article is to study the signaling potential of “supplier awards” in creating shareholder value for the award-giving and the award-receiving firm. We use event study methodology with supplier awards as ...
Integrating poverty alleviation and environmental protection efforts: A socio-ecological perspective on menstrual health management
(Elsevier, 2022-12-01)
Apt menstrual health management is crucial to the livelihood of low-income, bottom of the pyramid (BOP) women as well as to environmental conservation. However, knowledge is still scant about the factors underpinning women's ...
Electronic marketplaces under conditions of oligopsony and relational marketing – an empirical exploration of electronic agricultural markets in India
(Springer, 2022-04-20)
Benefits of electronic marketplaces across diverse, largely consumer-facing, competitive industries have been in the form of lower transaction costs, transparent price discovery, and improved coordination. This article ...
A climate club to decarbonize the global steel industry
(Springer, 2022-05-23)
Decarbonizing global steel production requires a fundamental transformation. A sectoral climate club, which goes beyond tariffs and involves deep transnational cooperation, can facilitate this transformation by addressing ...
Voting on auditor ratification by shareholder type: impact of institutional shareholder dissent on NAS fees and audit quality
(SAGE Publications, 2023-01-10)
Institutional investors have a better understanding of corporate performance than non-institutional investors, and their presence tends to improve the overall governance mechanism of a company and discipline top management ...
Brand affiliation and the hotel asset market
(ScienceDirect, 2023-01-21)
Brand affiliation represents a signal about the future operating performance of a hotel that reduces information asymmetries between hotel buyers and sellers. However, information asymmetries vary across property-level and ...