Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relevance of credit supply for corporate capital structure decisions of manufacturing firms in Pakistan. Design/methodology/approach – The implicit assumption in much of the work on capital structure is that for a firm, the...

The objective of this study is to investigate which of the two competing theoretic frameworks; pecking order theory (POT) or trade-off theory (TOT); better explains the corporate leverage behaviour in Pakistan. For this purpose, we use fixed effects model on a large unbalanced panel data...

The influence of market sentiments on the bankruptcy risk propensity of firms has been extensively explored in the literature. However, less attention has been paid to whether the corporate life cycle plays any role in this nexus. The purpose of this research is to unveil how the corporate...

Work-family conflict is a subject of interest for researchers in the field of organizational behavior for decades because of its negative impact on an individual's life. The existing literature identified that workplace stressors contribute to work-family conflict and Perceived Organizational...

The COVID-19 pandemic has posed a vital challenge to traditional leadership practices. The virtual workplace is changing the way people are accustomed to working. Despite flexibility regarding time and space with the advent of digital technologies, employees face several psychological problems...

Purpose: A plethora of studies focused on the cause and solutions for the bullwhip effect, and consequently many have successfully experimented to dampen the effect. However, the feasibility of such studies and the actual contribution for supply chain performance are yet up for debate. This...

Research in Corporate and Shari'ah Governance in the Muslim World: Theory and Practiceaims to address a critical disciplinary gap between Islamic theory and the practice of the corporate sector in the Muslim World. Adopting a critical approach, the book sheds light on the impact of corporate...