For innovative SMEs, acquiring knowledge resources may serve as an important source to enhance their base of management practices. In line with the resource interaction approach, essential way do this is participate in informal interfirm networks. Yet, researchers have only given cursory attention exchange cooperative This study examines structural, relational, and motivational drivers that lea...

Previous studies on guanxi (??) have focused how contributes positively to business relationships, without addressing the pivotal role that plays in managing dark-side of relationships. To address this knowledge gap, study specifically investigates guanxi’s influence conflict, opportunism, and switching intention Sino–U.S. relationships examines mediate positive effect performance as well negat...

The respective study covers three aspects; factors determining credit rating, credit rating impact on performance of entities and the relation between stock returns and credit rating. The study focuses on the firms listed in Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) of Taiwan. The empirical analysis uses the data of 50 firms rated by Taiwan Ratings Corporation (TRC) for the period 2010-2015. Two estimation t...

While corporations play a pivotal social role by creating employment opportunities, managers typically boost profitability during economic downturns downsizing. Using panel of US-listed firms from 2007–2016, we explore the impact female representation on board directors (BOD) firm-level employment. We find that increases while likelihood downsizing decreases with BOD representation. In corrobor...

The present study is intended to examine the effect of accounting conservatism on firms’ non-profitability in Tehran Stock Exchange in 48 unprofitable firms and 57 profitable firms over a period of seven years from 2001 to 2007. This study was conducted according to Givoly and Hayn model to measure accounting conservatism index in non-profitable and profitable) firms. Data analysis performed wi...

Despite the pervasive phenomenon of scale economies the majority of firms has always been small firms. The emergence of small firms as a means of economic development on both sides of the Atlantic has been one of the major new topics of economic policy since the 1980s. This has drawn renewed attention to the question of how small firms are able to exist. The theories of strategic niches and dyn...

It is crucial for the corporate sector to set aside a reasonable proportion of revenues sustainable environment transfer favorable and long-lasting impact upcoming generations. This study analyzed firm performance (FP) 25 energy sample firms Shanghai stock exchange (SSE) on social responsibility (CSR) period 2011–2020 in light role intervening variable, governance (CG). The data were tested thr...

despite several authors having studied the strategic approach to environmental orientation and,considering that environmental proactivity is emerging in business strategy, it still remains unclear which realactions influence a firm’s environmental orientation. an empirical analysis of a sample of 126 spanish companies shows that firms’ actions are explained as training, information and divulgat...