... and digital adoption impacting firm performance of informal businesses in a prominent emerging economy. Design/methodology/approach We use World Bank's Informal Sector Enterprise Survey 2022 dataset containing 10,672 Indian informal enterprises. Regression analysis is used to estimate the impact of formal...

... on firm growth across economies with varying perceptions of corruption. Design/methodology/approach We study the relationship between environmental regulations and firm performance using World Bank Enterprise Surveys data for manufacturing firms in 142 countries covering the 2007–2017 period...

... Emerald Publishing Limited 2024 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only MSMEs Digital finance Firm performance Gender Enterprise survey Digitalisation Sample selection Emerging economy J24 L25 O14 O33 The nuanced differences between large and small firms...

...Tanveer Ahsan; Muhammad Azeem Qureshi; Ammar Ali Gull; Fazal Muhammad Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of policy uncertainty on firm performance and to examine how the different cultural societies deal with the policy-induced uncertainty. Design/methodology...

...Zakaria Elouaourti; Elhadj Ezzahid Purpose Do financial services needs depend on the firm size? To highlight the impact of different categories of financial services on firm performance, we establish a correspondence between financial services and firms' performance classified according...

...Clement Olaniyi Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the asymmetric behavior between CEO pay and firm performance in Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach The study adopts a two-step dynamic panel generalized method of moments (GMM) to reveal asymmetric responses of CEO pay...

... is associated with an increase in agency costs that is observed following the appointment of a female CEO. Originality/value Previous studies have produced mixed results regarding the effect of having a female CEO on firm performance, and the research to date has not explored the economic channel through...