This study aims to highlight the importance of communication and absorptive capacity in virtual universities of Pakistan. In this relationship, this study also investigates the mediating role of trust and knowledge sharing. This study applies social exchange theory to understand the relationship...

This paper aims to analyze factors explaining the capital structure puzzle in the banking sector of Pakistan. Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR) is used as a proxy for bank capital structure. Secondary data has been collected from the publications of the State Bank of Pakistan and the annual reports...

This study aims to identify risk management strategies undertaken by the commercial banks of Balochistan, Pakistan, to mitigate or eliminate credit risk. The findings of the study are significant as commercial banks will understand the effectiveness of various risk management strategies and may...

A compelling debate exists that Bowman’s paradox is an empirical artifact. We provide a novel approach to untangle this debate by triangulating the risk-return relationship using different risk-return proxies and econometric models in Asian emerging countries. The risk-return relationship...

As competition for gaining high-profit margins and survival among organizations (in the situation caused by COVID-19) grows, the number of business scandals or unethical pro-organizational behavior (UPOB) increases simultaneously. The current study investigates the mediating role of employees'...

This study aims to identify risk management strategies undertaken by the commercial banks of Balochistan, Pakistan, to mitigate or eliminate credit risk. The findings of the study are significant as commercial banks will understand the effectiveness of various risk management strategies and may...

This paper aims to analyze factors explaining the capital structure puzzle in the banking sector of Pakistan. Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR) is used as a proxy for bank capital structure. Secondary data has been collected from the publications of the State Bank of Pakistan and the annual reports...

Using the Multi Attribute Decision Making (MADM) approach and the Social Exchange theory, this study is amongst the first few studies to investigate the perceived socioeconomic success of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) along with its antecedents i.e. entrepreneurial trust (in...

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to check the impact of information asymmetry, financial literacy, and personal values on investment decisions mediating by risk aversion. Methodology: Cross sectional data were used for this study. This research study aims at the identification of some of...