.... Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this analysis is one of the first to explore the relationship between political connections, audit quality and firm performance in Jordan. By documenting the role of Big 4 auditor as a motivating factor for politically connected firms to enhance firm...

...Lana Jreisat; Issam Tlemsani; Mohamed Ashmel Mohamed Hashim; Robin Matthews Purpose This paper aims to address the imperative of establishing adaptive sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) within the context of export food supply chains (EFSC) in Jordan, with potential global applicability...

...Hanady Bataineh; Amneh Alkurdi; Ala’a Adden Abuhommous; Mohammad Abdel Latif Purpose This paper aims to explore the extent of corporate social responsibility disclosure (hereafter CSRD) in Jordan and also examine whether ownership structure, board of directors and audit committee characteristics...

...Nizar Mohammad Alsharari; Turki Raji Alhmoud Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the determinants of profitability of 28 Sharia-compliant corporations in Jordan over the three-year period of 2013-2015. Design/methodology/approach The two-stage least square (2SLS...

...Ghada Altarawneh; Mike Lucas Purpose This paper seeks to explore the reasons for the dominance of Western accounting and neglect of Islamic accounting in Islamic countries, using Jordan as a case study. Design/methodology/approach The paper reports the results of a series of interviews, using...

... structure for the analysis. Findings The paper shows that creating a new type of organisation – an Islamic bank – in Jordan required special legislation. A study of the development of this legislation reveals that the bank's founder needed to convince both the religious and political authorities...