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The association between intellectual capital and financial performance in the Islamic banking industry
No full textInternational audienceThe purpose of this study is to empirically investigate the impact of intellectual capital (IC) on the financial performance of Islamic banks operating in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries
Power and Diffusion of Sustainability in Supply Networks: Findings from Four In-Depth Case Studies
No full textInternational audienceThis paper investigates how coercive and non-coercive power impacts on the successful diffusion of sustainability within supply networks. The paper reports on four in-depth case studies of the development of sustainability initiatives, each case based on data collection from focal companies and suppliers. The four case studies are based on 38 semi-structured interviews in total and supported by secondary data. The case studies indicate that both coercive and non-coercive power impact suppliers’ engagement in sustainability initiatives and its wider diffusion in supply networks. However, where the use of coercive power facilitates diffusion to immediate suppliers, the use of non-coercive (reward and expert) power leads to sustainability diffusion beyond the dyadic level into wider supply networks. The study provides rich insights into understanding sustainability diffusion in supply networks and the perceptions of multiple supply network actors on the role of different types of power on the diffusion process. We elaborate existing theory and formulate propositions to guide future research into the role and coexistence of different types of power in diffusing sustainability in supply networks
Corporate Governance, Cash Flows, and Bank Performance: Developed and Developing Countries
No full textInternational audienceThe purpose of the study is to investigate the impact of corporate governance on bank performance and the mediating role of cash flows between corporate governance and bank performance in developed and developing countries. The study collects data for 2006-2015 for 30 commercial banks operating in five countries (Bangladesh, Malaysia, Pakistan, Australia, and the USA) and applies bank, time (year), and country fixed effects regression analysis to determine the direct impact of corporate governance and cash flows on bank performance. Structural equation modeling is employed to investigate the mediating role of cash flows between corporate governance and bank performance. The results suggest that the impact of corporate governance on bank performance is more significant in developed countries than in developing countries. The results also show that investment cash flows mediate the relationship between corporate governance and bank performance in developed as well as developing countries, while operating cash flows mediate the relationship between bank performance and corporate governance in developing countries only
An analysis of the intellectual structure of research on the financial economics of precious metals
No full textInternational audienceWe examine the literature on the financial economics of precious metals from a bibliometric and scientometric perspective. We surface the main trends and authors in the area over the last two decades, and provide estimates of the density of the networks of both researchers and research. Clear evidence is provided of an area dominated by a number of high output researchers, with distinct and clear areas of research with little overlap. A probabilistic topic modelling approach is further applied to determine the main topics of research in the area. We conclude that there are significant areas of potential synergy as yet unexploited in this research domain. We also highlight the current topics that can be a particularly important focus for these synergy efforts
What remains to be discovered? Manifesto for researching the interactive business world
No full textInternational audienceThe purpose of this viewpoint paper is to summarise the key findings of the industrial marketing and purchasing (IMP) research – especially for those who are unaware or unfamiliar with this research community – and above all, to point at some directions of development
Advertising efficiency and profitability: Evidence from the pharmaceutical industry
No full textInternational audienceB2B firms spend considerable sums of money on promotional activities to promote their products and to build brand equity. An increasing proportion of this spending is being devoted to direct to end-user (DTE) advertising in an effort to pull end-users towards their products as a complement to their push promotional activities. This is particularly true for US-based pharmaceutical firms following the deregulation of DTE advertising. This trend suggests the necessity to investigate how efficiently DTE advertising expenditure is being managed, and to ascertain whether the level of efficiency has any impact on profitability. This study examined the level of DTE advertising efficiency for a sample of US-based pharmaceutical firms and went on to investigate the impact of the efficiency level on firm profitability. The findings of the study demonstrate that DTE advertising efficiency does vary between firms and, furthermore, that the higher the level of efficiency, the better is firm profitability. These results are robust to alternative measures of firm profitability, specifically, return on assets (ROA), return on equity (ROE), gross profit margin (GPM) and net profit margin (NPM)
The relationship between interdisciplinarity and distinct modes of university-industry interaction
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Continuance use intention with mobile augmented reality games
No full textInternational audienceAs mobile augmented reality (AR) games enter the maturity stage, understanding how to improve players’ continuance use intention with mobile AR games is critical. Drawing upon the uses and gratifications (U&G) theory, the purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects of four major gratifications – content, process, social and technology – and other factors on continuance intention to play mobile AR games
Who leads the inflation cycle in Europe? Inflation cycle and spillover influence among Eurozone and non-Eurozone economies
No full textInternational audienceThis paper investigates co-influences between inflation cycles of the economies of four Eurozone countries (France, Germany, Spain, and Italy), the United Kingdom (U.K.), and four non-Eurozone countries (Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and Switzerland) by fitting a wavelet-based measure of synchronisation and a directional spillover index. We find evidence of short- and medium-term inflation cycle synchronicity and anticyclical inflation cycle co-movements among the U.K. and the Eurozone and non-Eurozone economies under consideration. The synchronicity of the inflation cycle is more accentuated than the joint anticyclical inflation effects. Inflation cycles of the U.K. and the largest selected Eurozone economies are observed to lead those of the selected non-Eurozone economies. The U.K.‘s inflation cycle, followed by that of Italy, most noticeably influences those of non-Eurozone economies. The inflation cycles of France, Sweden, and Germany are the largest spillover transmitters, while those of Italy and the U.K. are the largest spillover receivers across the Eurozone and non-Eurozone countries under consideration
Brand equity and firm performance: the complementary role of corporate social responsibility
No full textInternational audiencePrevious studies have demonstrated the impact of corporate brand equity on firm performance but have not yet investigated moderating effects on this relationship from other dimensions of firm strategy. This study puts forward a contingency model of the relationship between corporate brand equity and firm performance and investigates the moderating effect of one important contingency variable which is the firm’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategy. It is tested on a panel dataset of 62 US firms/corporate brands. The results of this study corroborate previous evidence that corporate brand equity has a significant positive impact on market-based performance, measured by market share, as well as on financial performance, measured by Tobin’s q. In addition, the findings indicate that CSR plays a complementary role, positively moderating the relationship between corporate brand equity and firm performance. That is, there is a synergistic connection between brand equity and CSR which increases long-term value over and above the direct impact of corporate brand equity