Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse whether the onset of the financial crisis caused changes in the influence of top management team (TMT) on corporate results. Design/methodology/approach – The sample is comprised of the list of S & P 500 Index firms between 2002 and 2008. The...

Purpose The goal of this paper is to narrate about tourism in Sri Lanka in the context of the current pandemic and other challenges and identify innovative solutions to rebuild tourism. Design/methodology/approach This qualitative study was undertaken by employing mainly secondary data sources....

Purpose – This paper aims to introduce the articles in this issue and explain the pertinence of the strategic question. Design/methodology/approach – A brief context for the strategic question is provided, as well as the issue alignment and a content analysis of the articles selected....

Purpose – This paper aims to critically review the contributions made by the authors of the articles selected for this theme issue and to present the main lessons learnt, recommendations and key points for action by tourist destinations. Design/methodology/approach – Content analysis of the...

The financial crisis has had a devastating impact on financial markets in the US and other western countries. Particularly hard hit were investors who purchased mortgaged backed securities, since as the value of the asset declined below the amount of debt, investors took large losses. Countries...

Purpose – This case study feature aims to describes how UBS's human resources (HR) organization radically transformed its practices to deal with the harsh operating environment that resulted from the financial crisis of 2007‐2009. It seeks to examine best practices from the operational...

Purpose This paper investigates the effect of the global financial crisis (GFC) on the level of corporate social responsibility disclosures (CSRD) in the annual report and/or CSR report of 36 major listed Portuguese companies in each of the years 2005, 2008 and 2011. Design/methodology/approach...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the literature of CSR before and in the aftermath of the financial crisis in 2008. The aim of the research question is to map out the consequences upon CSR derived from the crisis and to derive new principles of future CSR models to come...

Purpose - This study aims to quantify the cost of rebalancing Sharīʿah-compliant indexes, both economically and statistically. Design/methodology/approach - An empirical approach is employed where the rebalanced Sharīʿah-compliant index is calculated numerous times with different lags in...