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The evolution of corporate social responsibility in China: Do political connection and ownership matter? (2024)
Journal Article

The rising CSR awareness globally has influence CSR development in China but unlike anywhere in the world, the central government is always the main driver of CSR here, making it a unique case study. Under this political state, this study examines ho... Read More about The evolution of corporate social responsibility in China: Do political connection and ownership matter?.

Examining the linkage between economic policy uncertainty, coal price, and carbon pricing in China: Evidence from pilot carbon markets (2024)
Journal Article

Economic policies affect companies’ production decisions. And the energy consumption volume is an intuitive reflection of the enterprise’s production decisions. In China, coal is the main source of carbon emissions and the most important energy sourc... Read More about Examining the linkage between economic policy uncertainty, coal price, and carbon pricing in China: Evidence from pilot carbon markets.

Assessing the environmental impacts of renewable energy sources: A case study on air pollution and carbon emissions in China (2023)
Journal Article

This study investigates the impact of renewable and non-renewable energy sources on carbon emissions in the context of China's 14th Five-Year Plan (2021–2025). The plan emphasises a “Dual-control” strategy of simultaneously setting energy consumption... Read More about Assessing the environmental impacts of renewable energy sources: A case study on air pollution and carbon emissions in China.

The Effect of Information Resources Management in the UK on Financial Institutions (2023)
Journal Article

The authors adopt the resource-based view (RBV) and information processing theory to discover the problems that impact the capital structure of financial institutions in the UK. Five firm-level explanatory variables (profitability, size, tangibility,... Read More about The Effect of Information Resources Management in the UK on Financial Institutions.

Collaboration or collapse (2023)
Other

Charities are now critical to the support that local authorities must provide to tackle the cost of living crisis.

The relationship between entrepreneurial energy efficiency orientation and carbon footprint reduction: The mediating role of green networking and identification of barriers to green practices (2023)
Journal Article

Motivated by the growing attention to climate change and the crucial role businesses could play in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, this study investigates entrepreneurial energy efficiency orientation in the context of carbon footprint reduction i... Read More about The relationship between entrepreneurial energy efficiency orientation and carbon footprint reduction: The mediating role of green networking and identification of barriers to green practices.

Relationship between Entrepreneurial Energy Efficiency Orientation and Carbon Footprint Reduction: The Mediating Role of Green Networking and Identification of Barriers to Green Practices (2023)
Other

Motivated by the growing attention to climate change and the crucial role businesses could play in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, this study investigates entrepreneurial energy efficiency orientation in the context of carbon footprint reduction i... Read More about Relationship between Entrepreneurial Energy Efficiency Orientation and Carbon Footprint Reduction: The Mediating Role of Green Networking and Identification of Barriers to Green Practices.

Energy security and economic stability: The role of inflation and war (2023)
Journal Article

This paper investigates the impact of energy security risk (ESR) on economic stability. Using multiple global datasets, we provide empirical evidence from a panel of 68 countries spanning over a period from 1980 to 2021. Our results indicate that hig... Read More about Energy security and economic stability: The role of inflation and war.

Inflation, oil prices, and economic activity in recent crisis: Evidence from the UK (2023)
Journal Article

This study examines the link between inflation and the macroeconomy such as output, trade balance and unemployment as reflected through crude oil prices. Using monthly data from the UK spanning January 2010 to June 2022, we apply a combination of thr... Read More about Inflation, oil prices, and economic activity in recent crisis: Evidence from the UK.

Risk modelling of ESG (environmental, social, and governance), healthcare, and financial sectors (2023)
Journal Article

Climate change poses enormous ecological, socio-economic, health, and financial challenges. A novel extreme value theory is employed in this study to model the risk to environmental, social, and governance (ESG), healthcare, and financial sectors and... Read More about Risk modelling of ESG (environmental, social, and governance), healthcare, and financial sectors.

Asymmetric effects of geopolitical risks and uncertainties on green bond markets (2023)
Journal Article

This paper examines the asymmetric effects of the United States Economic Policy Uncertainty (USEPU), Geopolitical Threats (GPRT), Geopolitical Acts (GPRA), and the West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil on Green Bond returns. Our study analyses USEP... Read More about Asymmetric effects of geopolitical risks and uncertainties on green bond markets.

The Socio-Economic Impact of Decarbonising Geographical Islands’ Energy Systems (2023)
Other

The impact of the transition to energy autonomy on two geographical island’s local economies, through maximising renewable energy generation and storage, is assessed. The different sectors and activities that impact employment and income generation i... Read More about The Socio-Economic Impact of Decarbonising Geographical Islands’ Energy Systems.

Geopolitical Uncertainty and Banking Risk: International Evidence (2023)
Other

We study the impact of geopolitical uncertainty on banking risk. Using a large sample of 21,618 unique banks over a period from 2010 to 2021, our results reveal that geopolitical risk (GPR) significantly increases (erodes) banking risk (stability). T... Read More about Geopolitical Uncertainty and Banking Risk: International Evidence.

The causal relationship between green finance and geopolitical risk: Implications for environmental management (2022)
Journal Article

This study investigates the time-varying causal relationship between geopolitical risk and green finance during the period of 1 March 2012–February 16, 2022. By using the novel time-varying causality testing framework, our findings shed light on the... Read More about The causal relationship between green finance and geopolitical risk: Implications for environmental management.

Implications of cryptocurrency energy usage on climate change (2022)
Journal Article

This study investigates the environmental implications of cryptocurrency energy consumption on climate change. Using a spectrum of approaches, including Granger causality across quantiles, cross-quantilograms, and dynamic connectedness, we provide no... Read More about Implications of cryptocurrency energy usage on climate change.

Accelerating Innovation Efficiency through Agile Leadership: The CEO Network Effects in China (2022)
Journal Article

Digitalization as a business enabler has speeded and scaled innovation in many firms. As the corporate leader, the CEO facilitates strategic agility and enhances network effects to create value. This study uses innovation efficiency as the proxy of d... Read More about Accelerating Innovation Efficiency through Agile Leadership: The CEO Network Effects in China.

Product innovation in entrepreneurial firms: How business model design influences disruptive and adoptive innovation (2021)
Journal Article

Blockchain technology has the potential to drive product innovation in various industries. This emerging technology is an important enabler of the next generation of new ventures. Our study examines the effects of the business model designs of blockc... Read More about Product innovation in entrepreneurial firms: How business model design influences disruptive and adoptive innovation.

FinTech and commercial banks' performance in China: A leap forward or survival of the fittest? (2021)
Journal Article

As the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic play out globally, the banking industry has been affected in both positive and negative ways, with the crisis creating both opportunities and threats for the collaborations between FinTech and banks. The aim of... Read More about FinTech and commercial banks' performance in China: A leap forward or survival of the fittest?.

Navigating culture differences in Western deals in China (2020)
Digital Artefact

An Overview of Corporate Governance and Innovation in Chinese IT and Manufacturing Listed Firms (2020)
Book Chapter

This study introduces the current structure of corporate governance (ownership and board structure) and innovation in Chinese IT and manufacturing listed firms. It highlights the unique features and potential issues of corporate governance and innova... Read More about An Overview of Corporate Governance and Innovation in Chinese IT and Manufacturing Listed Firms.