The purpose of this study is to examine the mediating effect of investment decisions on the relationship between Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) and firm value. Two hundred and twenty-four companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange for period 2017–2018 were selected as sample by...

This theoretical paper explores whether the underinvestment problem is aggravated or ameliorated by the formation of a pure conglomerate. It establishes that the answer depends critically on the volatility of corporate assets. If volatility is low, conglomeration ameliorates the underinvestment...

Using a sample of listed Indian manufacturing companies, this study examines the role of chief executive officer’s (CEO’s) personal characteristics like age, tenure, education, and career experience in the determination of investment decisions of the firm. The dynamic panel data model...

This research explores the relationship between a company's commitment to Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) factors and its capital equity cost (COE) in the Chinese market. Using statistical methods like regression analysis, the study aims to uncover how ESG disclosure relates to COE....

The author specifies the pivotal role of accounting information quality in moderating the influence of dividends on the investment decisions of listed firms in Vietnam from 2009 to 2020. In this study, the significant dependence of investment on dividends is proved by the Two-Step System...

Apart from the corporate tax rates, the ease of doing business (EDB) index accounts for the cross-country or regional differences in the inflows of foreign direct investment (FDI) as established in the literature. However, this study contends that institutional quality indicators are critical to...

Operationalizing a Global Carbon Observing and Analysis System (www.geocarbon.net) would provide a sound basis for monitoring actual carbon fluxes and thus getting quantities right when pricing carbon – be it in a cap-and-trade scheme or under a tax regime. However, such monitoring systems are...

This paper uses an Italian firm-level panel data-set over the period 1994 - 2006 to investigate the nexus between corporate taxation and investment. Studying the effects of corporate taxation on investment at the micro level has two advantages. Firstly, investment is free of aggregation biases...

To enhance the inflow of foreign direct investment (FDI) and ultimately to increase the economic growth, the countries have implemented a variety of financial and trade liberalization policies in the last three decades. Pakistan also initiated such type of policies. This study makes an analysis...

While there has been a rapid growth of business and management schools in India since 1990, the curricula, teaching methods and the mode of delivery largely remain an instructor-led approach overlooking the needs of learners and potential employers. This paper presents a learner-centric...