...Ploypailin Kijkasiwat; Ahmad Usman Shahid; M. Kabir Hassan; Ahmed Imran Hunjra Purpose This study examines the influence of access to finance and social capital on the improvement of the corporate performance of non-listed firms of Southeast Asian countries. Furthermore, this paper also explores...

...Jianrong Wang; Haizhi Wang; Desheng Yin; Yun Zhu Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the role of social capital in the issuances of Rule 144A debt. Using a sample of 1,378 debt offerings from 1997 to 2015 in the US, this paper provides empirical evidence on whether and to what...

...Charles Danso; Margarita Kaprielyan; Md Miran Hossain Purpose Recent studies explore how chief executive officer (CEO) social capital affects corporate decision-making. Well-connected CEOs can have greater access to information, which can lead to better corporate decisions or permit them to amass...

...Erin Oldford; Saif Ullah; Ashrafee Tanvir Hossain Purpose The objective of this paper is to leverage a two-sided view of social capital to develop a model of board gender diversity and firm performance using social capital data from Northeast Regional Center of Rural Development. Design...

...Chai-Aun Ooi; Chee-Wooi Hooy; Ahmad Puad Mat Som Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether board diversity in human capital and social capital effectively mitigates the negative impacts of crises on firm performance. Design/methodology/approach Cross-sectional time series...