... rights only Banking Covid-19 Financial crisis Entrepreneurial finance Firm performance Capital structure E51 G01 G18 M21 O16 G01 G18 E51%2C O16 M21 Previous studies suggest an increasing prevalence of zombie firms since the mid-1980s, primarily focusing...

...Zbigniew Korzeb; Renata Karkowska; Anna Matysek-Jędrych; Paweł Niedziółka Purpose A review of the literature provides a solid reason to believe that an increase in environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) activities have a positive impact on banks’ default risk (DR). However...

...Shaen Corbet; Yang (Greg) Hou; Yang Hu; Les Oxley; Mengxuan Tang Purpose The rapid growth of Fintech presents a growing challenge for banking institutions, particularly those with more traditional, service backgrounds. This paper aims to examine the relationship between Fintech innovation and bank...

...Babu G. Baradwaj; Michaël Dewally; Liu Hong; Yingying Shao Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of religiosity on banks’ lending behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic in the USA. Design/methodology/approach This study uses the evidence from the issuance of Paycheck...

...Michael O’Connell Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of bank-specific, industry-specific and macroeconomic determinants of bank profitability amongst domestic UK commercial banks. Design/methodology/approach This study used an empirically driven single equation...

... a Schumpeterian endogenous growth model, allowing for the entry of competitive firms with an explicit role for politics and banking. Findings Assuming that technologically advanced firms are located in developed countries and backward firms in developing countries, the model in this study suggests that low...

...Amir Arjomandi; Charles Harvie; Abbas Valadkhani Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the efficiency and productivity growth of the Iranian banking industry between 2003 and 2008, encompassing pre‐ and post‐2005‐reform years. Design/methodology/approach The study uses a new...

...Wei‐Huei Hsu; Abdullah Mamun; Lawrence C. Rose Purpose This paper seeks to examine whether the market values the monitoring activity undertaken by a quality bank in the presence of a credit rating agency. Specifically, the question is asked whether the quality of a lead lending bank influences...

...Simeon Papadopoulos; Stelios Karagiannis Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the issues of efficiency, economies of scale and technical change in Southern European banking. Design/methodology/approach The flexible Fourier functional form of the stochastic cost frontier approach...

...Saeed Al‐Muharrami Purpose The two aims of this paper are: first, to investigate the market structure of Kuwait banking industry and second, to evaluate the monopoly power of banks during the years 1993‐2002. Design/methodology/approach The paper examines the market structure using the most...

...A. Bitzenis; A. Misic; J. Marangos; Andreas Andronikidis Purpose The main objective of this paper is to critically examine the effects of the ongoing reform process on the overall functioning of Serbia's banking system. It is essential that this reform process bears fruit by developing a sound...

...Peiyi Yu; Werner Neus; Bac Van Luu; Sean Dodd Purpose The paper aims to investigate whether the wave of mergers observed in other European countries is suitable for the German banking industry. Design/methodology/approach This question is approached by studying the relationship between market...