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... Threshold G22 C24 L25 H3. Financial leverage has a statistically significant negative relationship with life insurance profitability. Income on investment is an important factor in insurance companies' financial stability. Insurance companies generate revenue from two main...

... as a vehicle for transmitting and disseminating knowledge across nations (Rivera-Batiz and Romer, 1991 ; Keller, 2002 ; Devereux and Lapham, 1994). Imported inputs Firms' capabilities Trade facilitation Productivity South Asian economies F14 J24 L25 In mainstream economics, exogenous...

... and data in section 3 , present and discuss empirical results in section 4 , finally conclude in section 5 . D22 D57 L25 J24 F40 F61 Global value chains (GVCs) have been extensively attracting attention from researchers for a while. This growing interest is arising from the simple...

... and informal institutions Emerging economies Foreign firm performance Institutional experience F23 L25 M10 M16 Although international business scholars have explored the impacts of heterogeneous subnational institutions on performance of foreign firms (Chan et al., 2010 ; Li...

... Islamic banks Balanced scorecard Shari’ah Guidelines Malaysia G21 G24 L22 L25 Islamic banking is rooted back to 1963 when the devotee aid board or “Lembaga Tabung Haji” (LTH) constructed to yield profits without being contaminated by “Riba (interest).” When legalized through...

... Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Acquisitions R&D investment linkage International product market experience Emerging economy Internationalization F23 G34 L25 O30 It is well established in the international business literature that emerging market...