...Nouman Nasir; Faisal Abbas; Mirza Nasir Jahan Mehdi Purpose This study investigates the impact of green finance on climate resilience, with a focus on the moderating role of green innovation in Pakistan, a lower-middle-income developing economy. Design/methodology/approach Using generalized...

...Mazhar Choudhary Purpose The integration of digital trade has changed the nature of international trade. Fintech-assisted international digital trade in goods and services reduces costs and increases trade diversity between economies. The aim of this paper is to examine the China–Pakistan...

...Mazhar Hussain Choudhary; Syed Zulfiqar Ali Shah Purpose The core notion of this study is to examine the change in tariffs impacts of Pakistan Sri Lanka Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA) on the micro-level financial factors like profits, debt ratios and dividend payments. Design/methodology...

... for both male and female samples to assess the implications of segmentation theory. Design/methodology/approach Primary data is collected through simple random sampling technique with a survey questionnaire from 954 employed individuals of Southern Punjab, the less developed region of Pakistan. OAXACA...

...Yasir Ashraf; Mian Sajid Nazir Purpose The income structure of banks has undergone a notable change in recent decades; therefore, non-interest-based activities have gained much attention. This paper aims to examine the impact of income diversification on bank performance in Pakistan. Design...

... businesses and manage funding from the Islamic microfinance institutions. Originality/value The study adds to the existing literature on entrepreneurial sustainability with a particular focus on the role of Islamic microfinance institutions for women entrepreneurs' sustainability in Pakistan. Secondly...

...Sumaiya Syed; Salman Bashir Memon; Abdul Qadir Shah Purpose The qualitative study was conducted to examine work-family (W-F) balance practices in the collectivist culture of Pakistan. Keeping in view the context of Pakistan, three W-F practices, flexibility, childcare arrangement and social...

... is collected with the help of structured questionnaire. Simple random sampling technique is used for gathering the data from 220 Samsung users from Lahore, Pakistan. Findings Results indicate that brand credibility has a positive influence on attitude toward brand and brand loyalty respectively. Attitude...

... allow them more effective control of crisis in future endeavors. Originality/value This is one of the first studies to investigate the impact of COVID-19 on both conventional and Islamic stocks, especially in the context of Pakistan. As per the previous literature on the Sharia-complaint market...

... for Pakistan. Design/methodology/approach For time series analysis, Phillips and Perron (PP) and Augmented Dickey–Fuller (ADF) unit root tests are used to confirm the level of integration. For robustness, Kim and Perron (2009)’s structural break unit root test is employed, which identifies the order...

...Ume Kalsoom; Sheheryar Javed; Rizwan Ullah Khan; Arif Maqsood Purpose The authors examine the impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on the stock market, forex market and gold market of Pakistan. Design/methodology/approach By using the daily data of COVID-19 confirmed cases...

... on the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX). Design/methodology/approach The sample for this study includes non-financial firms listed on the Pakistan Stock Exchange (formerly Karachi Stock Exchange) for the period of 2004–2016. Based on 1800 firm-year observations, three approaches of panel data analysis...

...Mitho Khan Bhatti; Bahadur Ali Soomro; Naimatullah Shah Purpose This paper aims to explore the training characteristics and employees' performance among the nurses in Pakistan. Design/methodology/approach The study employed cross-sectional data through random sampling of trained health nurses...

... in the case of Pakistan. Design/methodology/approach Time series data from 1996 to 2018 are considered for analysis. The NG-Perron is applied to check the order of integration. In addition, Kim and Perron (2009) structural break unit root test is used to identify break years. The autoregressive...

...Ahsan Akbar; Xinfeng Jiang; Minhas Akbar Purpose The present study aims to investigate the impact of working capital management (WCM) practices on the investment and financing patterns of listed nonfinancial companies in Pakistan for a span of 10 years. Design/methodology/approach The study...

... prices by using ANN performance indicators, but none forecasted the performance of Islamic stocks of Pakistan, as per authors’ knowledge. Thus, this study will contribute in the existing body of knowledge through forecasting the performance of Islamic stocks index in Pakistan, that is, KMI-30 index...

... in Pakistan. Research limitations/implications The cornerstone of nation’s development is an established realization worldwide that the involvement of youth in development processes is essential to save the country from “youth bulge” while converting this contour into a “demographic dividend...

... of SMEs owner-manager. The attitude of SMEs owner-manager comprises of several factors; however, current study identifies few critical factors such as motivation, awareness and risk in the context of Pakistan. The study also includes the personal and firm characteristics as moderating variables to examine...

.... It is hoped that by re-using government data, public value shall be co-created and government services might be improved upon with the involvement of different stakeholders. The purpose of this paper is to underline the impact of OGD on accountability and transparency in the context of Pakistan where OGD...

...Qamar Uz Zaman Malik; Talat Afza Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the debt structure of group affiliated firms in Pakistan for the period of 2009-2011. The study seeks to know the level of debt specialization in group affiliated firms. If they do; then how are they different from...