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Geographic scope and real estate firm performance during the COVID-19 pandemic
Chu, Xiaoling; Lu, Chiuling; Tsang, Desmond - In: Journal of risk and financial management : JRFM 14 (2021) 7, pp. 1-16
This study examines the effect of geographic scope in mitigating the adverse impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the real estate sector. Utilizing the Chinese setting over the two-month period in 2020 from the beginning of the outbreak to the successful containment of the spread of virus, we show...
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The effect of risk, R&D intensity, liquidity, and inventory on firm performance during COVID-19 : evidence from US manufacturing industry
Clampit, Jack; Hasija, Dinesh; Dugan, Michael T.; … - In: Journal of risk and financial management : JRFM 14 (2021) 10, pp. 1-16
Because prior knowledge may not generalize to the COVID-19 setting, scholars are racing to test the efficacy of existing theoretical frameworks during COVID-19. Most business studies are conceptual or surveys of damage. The main purpose of the paper is to extend the forthcoming stream that tests...
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How did Swiss small and medium enterprises weather the COVID-19 pandemic? : evidence from survey data
Nicolas, Christina; Brender, Nathalie; Maradan, David - In: Journal of risk and financial management : JRFM 16 (2023) 2, pp. 1-16
The COVID-19 pandemic had unprecedented consequences on businesses and, in particular, small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The aim of this paper is to empirically study the impact of the COVID-19 sanitary crisis on Swiss SMEs two years after the onset of the pandemic. Using a sample of 149 SMEs...
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Cultural differences between university students in online learning quality and psychological profile during COVID-19
Sato, Simone Nomie; Condes Moreno, Emilia; Rico … - In: Journal of risk and financial management : JRFM 15 (2022) 12, pp. 1-12
During the COVID-19 pandemic, educational systems had to adapt to the social and health situation immediately. This led to the appearance of the asynchronous teaching model. Throughout the pandemic at an educational level, we can distinguish three phases, eminently online, hybrid, and...
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Impacts of infectious disease outbreaks on firm performance and risk : the forest industries during the COVID-19 pandemic
Størdal, Ståle; Lien, Gudbrand; Trømborg, Erik - In: Journal of risk and financial management : JRFM 14 (2021) 7, pp. 1-13
We examine the financial performance of the forest products industry in the initial phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, employing data for publicly trading companies in the industry globally. We first examine the market investor reaction to the declaration of a pandemic by the World Health...
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An investigation of the link between major shareholders' behavior and corporate governance performance before and after the COVID-19 pandemic : a case study of the companies listed...
Pourmansouri, Rezvan; Mehdiabadi, Amir Hedayati; … - In: Journal of risk and financial management : JRFM 15 (2022) 5, pp. 1-30
One of the basic functions of establishing corporate governance (CG) in companies is improving performance and increasing value for shareholders. Expanding the company's value will ultimately increase the shareholders' wealth. Therefore, it is natural for shareholders to seek to improve their...
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Employee compensation, training and financial performance during the COVID-19 pandemic
Mahssouni, Rabie; Touijer, Mohamed Noureddine; … - In: Journal of risk and financial management : JRFM 15 (2022) 12, pp. 1-19
The purpose of this paper is multi-faceted: first, to analyze the impact of employee compensation and training on firms’ financial performance and the moderating effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the relationship between employee compensation and financial performance, as well as the...
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Does board gender diversity really improve firm performance? : evidence from Greek listed firms
Arvanitis, Stavros E.; Varouchas, Evangelos G.; … - In: Journal of risk and financial management : JRFM 15 (2022) 7, pp. 1-19
In recent decades, the contribution of board gender diversity to corporate performance has drawn the interest of … researchers, politicians and regulators. This paper examines whether board gender diversity affected the financial performance of … positive relation between board gender diversity and firm performance. This finding remains robust to three different proxies …
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The internal determinants of gender diversity and its non-linear impact on firms' performance : evidence from the listed companies in Palestine exchange
Alfar, Abdelrahman J. K.; Abuatwan, Nariman; Elheddad, … - In: Journal of risk and financial management : JRFM 16 (2023) 1, pp. 1-19
This study mainly aims to test the impact of gender diversity on a firm's performance. Namely, the non-linear and the … the impact of a firm's internal characteristics on gender diversity. The study uses instrument analysis, traditional panel … of gender diversity on firms' performance and that mass is about 30% for the ROA and 41% for the EPS. …
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COVID-19 vaccinations and the volatility of energy companies in international markets
Demir, Ender; Kizys, Renatas; Rouatbi, Wael; Zaremba, Adam - In: Journal of risk and financial management : JRFM 14 (2021) 12, pp. 1-21
The COVID-19 pandemic has elevated both the risk and volatility of energy companies. Can mass vaccinations restore stability within this sector? To answer this question, we investigate stock market data from fifty-eight countries from January 2020 to April 2021. We document that vaccination...
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