...Olajumoke Oyewo; Olajide Timothy Ajewole; Kingsley Aderemi Adeyemo; Becky Forbin Purpose The current study aims to examine the nexus between institutional quality and carbon emissions performance of private sector entities (PSEs) from the perspective of legitimacy theory and the theory...

... that institutional quality has a significant influence on firms' R&D expenditure. The results have several implications in relation to findings of previous research. Research limitations/implications The inclusion of more countries that were affected by the European economic crisis will probably give more...

... of the different practices or types of corruption. Practical implications The authors' findings have challenging policy implications denoting policymakers need to prioritize the institutional quality to reduce corruption and foster firms' R&D investments. Originality/value The paper has adopted...

...Majdi Karmani; Rim Boussaada Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether institutional quality influences the corporate social responsibility (CSR) and firm performance (FP) relationship. Design/methodology/approach This paper uses a large sample of 814 European firms from...

... in the list of Fortune Global 500. The logistic regression analysis was run to test the proposed hypotheses. Findings The findings indicated that the code-law orientation and strength of the institutional quality are significantly associated (i.e. positively and negatively, respectively...