...Hazwan Haini; Roslee Baha; Pang Wei Loon Purpose This study examines the interconnected effects of formal, informal, environmental and skill-based institutional barriers on firm performance. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) region has implemented various reforms and policy...

... financial institution in low- and medium-income countries that have strong environmental sustainability policies and institutions. The implication of the finding is that the policies and institutions established to promote environmental sustainability can discourage the older population from keeping...

...Hazwan Haini; Yazid Abdullahi Abubakar; Pang Wei Loon Purpose This study examines whether institutional quality affects the relationship between income inequality and entrepreneurial activity. The authors specifically examine whether the greasing or sanding effect holds for the relationship...

... that individual career advancement towards a managerial position may be driven by the social policies, gender ideology and institutions of the societal context. Examining how the societal dimensions involved in the poor performance of women in France and Switzerland are likely to differ sheds light on mechanisms...

... encourage further research endeavors that would cover these limitations. Yet, why have close SBR fostered cronyism in pre-2011 Egypt? As argued in Sabry (2013) , the outgrowth of cronyism results from the types of state business networks and connections forming SBR as well as the institutional settings...

... tests whether the performance of formal institutions moderates this link. The analyses are based on the data from the second wave of the Life in Transition Survey. The measures “generosity of welfare policy (social safety nets)” and “ability of formal institutions to control inflation” were...

...Mohamed Ismail Sabry Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore which socioeconomic and institutional factors are responsible for different societies’ ideological choices, with reference to Marxist socialism. Which factors led to the rise of the popularity of socialism? And which factors made...