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Fundamentals, real-time uncertainty and CDS index spreads (2023)
Journal Article
Audzeyeva, A., & Wang, X. (2023). Fundamentals, real-time uncertainty and CDS index spreads. Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, 61(1), 1-33. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11156-023-01127-6

The high level of economic uncertainty linked to the pace of the recovery process can persist after a crisis and has implications for the market pricing of firms’ credit risk reflected in credit default swap (CDS) spreads. This paper examines the rol... Read More about Fundamentals, real-time uncertainty and CDS index spreads.

Income diversification and household welfare in Uganda 1992-2012 (2023)
Journal Article
Khan, R., & Morrissey, O. (2023). Income diversification and household welfare in Uganda 1992-2012. Food Policy, 116, Article 102421. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2023.102421

We use five waves of household surveys in Uganda, from 1992/3 to 2011/12, to study income diversification and its effect on the welfare of rural and urban households during a period of sustained economic growth and poverty reduction, comparing the 19... Read More about Income diversification and household welfare in Uganda 1992-2012.

A Comprehensive Model for Developing SME Net Zero Capability Incorporating Grey Literature (2023)
Journal Article
Olarewaju, T., Dani, S., & Jabbar, A. (2023). A Comprehensive Model for Developing SME Net Zero Capability Incorporating Grey Literature. Sustainability, 15(5), 4459 - 4459. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15054459

<jats:p>SMEs collectively account for a significant proportion of greenhouse gas emissions and so there is a need for urgent action to be taken by SMEs in the journey to achieve net zero. In this article, we provide a comprehensive conceptual framewo... Read More about A Comprehensive Model for Developing SME Net Zero Capability Incorporating Grey Literature.

Industrial Internet of Things Security Modelling using Ontological Methods (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Aslam Jarwar, M., Watson, J., Ani, U., & Chalmers, S. (2023). Industrial Internet of Things Security Modelling using Ontological Methods. In IoT '22: Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on the Internet of Things (163 - 170). https://doi.org/10.1145/3567445.3571103

The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) trend presents many significant benefits for improving industrial operations. However, its emergence from the convergence of legacy Industrial Control Systems (ICS) and Information and Communication Technologi... Read More about Industrial Internet of Things Security Modelling using Ontological Methods.

Investigating individual privacy within CBDC: A privacy calculus perspective (2022)
Journal Article
Jabbar, A., Geebren, A., Hussain, Z., Dani, S., & Ul-Durar, S. (2023). Investigating individual privacy within CBDC: A privacy calculus perspective. Research in International Business and Finance, 101826 - 101826. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ribaf.2022.101826

Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC) are a digital innovation based upon distributed ledger and smart contract technology. In this paper we examine how potential users of CBDC technology willingly disclose their personal information. The researcher... Read More about Investigating individual privacy within CBDC: A privacy calculus perspective.

Securing sustainability and access to energy in low- and middle-income countries: opportunities for the ‘Hayah Karima’ programme in Egypt (2022)
Journal Article
George. (2022). Securing sustainability and access to energy in low- and middle-income countries: opportunities for the ‘Hayah Karima’ programme in Egypt

“Hayah Karima” or “Decent Life” is a national initiative that aims to improve the quality of life and provide better services in rural and unplanned settlements in Egypt within the framework of the Sustainable Development Strategy: Egypt Vision 2030.... Read More about Securing sustainability and access to energy in low- and middle-income countries: opportunities for the ‘Hayah Karima’ programme in Egypt.

Advertising and the consumer in the age of Big Tech: a new moment in the evolution of monopoly capitalism? (2022)
Journal Article
Bailey, D., Coffey, D., Thornley, C., & Tomlinson, P. R. (2022). Advertising and the consumer in the age of Big Tech: a new moment in the evolution of monopoly capitalism?. Cambridge Journal of Economics, 46(6), 1387-1406. https://doi.org/10.1093/cje/beac050

The monopoly capitalism literature has traditionally approached advertising from the vantage point of its role in sustaining the economic order. However, digitalised forms of advertising in contexts dominated by giant digital platform technology comp... Read More about Advertising and the consumer in the age of Big Tech: a new moment in the evolution of monopoly capitalism?.

Why Do UK Firms Repurchase Their Own Shares? (2022)
Journal Article
Dedman, E., Hua, S., & Kungwal, T. (2022). Why Do UK Firms Repurchase Their Own Shares?. International Journal of Banking, Accounting and Finance, 13(2), https://doi.org/10.1504/IJBAAF.2022.126155

We examine the practice of share repurchases in the UK. We find that an important regulatory reform in 2003, which relaxed previously strict rules about repurchases, was followed by a significant increase in repurchase activity by UK listed firms. Ho... Read More about Why Do UK Firms Repurchase Their Own Shares?.

Default risk, macroeconomic conditions, and the market skewness risk premium (2022)
Journal Article
Xu, Z., Li, X., Chevapatrakul, T., & Gao, N. (2022). Default risk, macroeconomic conditions, and the market skewness risk premium. Journal of International Money and Finance, -. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jimonfin.2022.102683

Previous literature finds that stocks with low market skewness risk outperform stocks with high market skewness risk. Using the portfolio sort approach, we show that this market skewness risk premium is much more pronounced among stocks with low defa... Read More about Default risk, macroeconomic conditions, and the market skewness risk premium.

The Human Rights Commitments of Private Fusion Energy Companies (2022)
Journal Article
Rutherford, A. (2022). The Human Rights Commitments of Private Fusion Energy Companies. Journal of Applied Economic Sciences (JAES), 17(3), 262 – 272. https://doi.org/10.57017/jaes.v17.3%2877%29.08

Although the fusion energy sector is at a nascent stage, the private fusion energy market has grown. There are currently 38 private fusion energy companies around the world aiming to commercialize fusion energy technologies in early 2030s and 2040s.... Read More about The Human Rights Commitments of Private Fusion Energy Companies.

Islamic Religiosity and CSR Attitudes—The Case of Egyptian Managers (2022)
Journal Article
Ekara Helfaya, A., & Fathi Easa, N. (2022). Islamic Religiosity and CSR Attitudes—The Case of Egyptian Managers. Sustainability, 14(18), Article 11255. https://doi.org/10.3390/su141811255

In this research, we investigated the complex relationship between Islamic religious beliefs and corporate social responsibility (CSR) attitudes and behaviour. We defined four aspects of religiosity, four types of individual attitudes toward CSR, and... Read More about Islamic Religiosity and CSR Attitudes—The Case of Egyptian Managers.

Generalised Trust and Relation Centrism for Corruption as Perceived by Firms (2022)
Conference Proceeding
Olarewaju, T., Tamvada, J., & McDowall-Emefiele, S. (2022). Generalised Trust and Relation Centrism for Corruption as Perceived by Firms. . https://doi.org/10.5465/ambpp.2022.58

We investigate the role of generalised trust and relation centrism for corruption as perceived by 16,785 firms in 20 lower- and middle-income countries. This quantitative empirical research demonstrates that higher levels of family centrism and gener... Read More about Generalised Trust and Relation Centrism for Corruption as Perceived by Firms.

Continued and intensified hostility: The problematisation of immigration in the UK government’s 2021 New Plan for Immigration (2022)
Journal Article
GRIFFITHS, C., & TREBILCOCK, J. (2022). Continued and intensified hostility: The problematisation of immigration in the UK government’s 2021 New Plan for Immigration. Critical Social Policy, 43(3), 401-422. https://doi.org/10.1177/02610183221109133

Drawing on Bacchi’s (2009) ‘What’s the problem represented to be?’ framework, this article provides a critical analysis of HM Government’s (2021a) New Plan for Immigration. We explore how immigration is problematised, the assumptions that underlie th... Read More about Continued and intensified hostility: The problematisation of immigration in the UK government’s 2021 New Plan for Immigration.

Blockchain for SME Clusters: An ideation using the framework of Ostrom Commons Governance (2022)
Journal Article
Jain, G., Shrivastava, A., Paul, J., & Batra, R. (2022). Blockchain for SME Clusters: An ideation using the framework of Ostrom Commons Governance. Information Systems Frontiers, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10796-022-10288-z

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) organize themselves into clusters by sharing a set of limited resources to achieve the holistic success of the cluster. However, these SMEs often face conflicts and deadlock situations that hinder the fundame... Read More about Blockchain for SME Clusters: An ideation using the framework of Ostrom Commons Governance.

Tracing the Sources of Contagion in the Oil-Finance Nexus (2022)
Book Chapter
Legrenzi. (2022). Tracing the Sources of Contagion in the Oil-Finance Nexus. In Applications in Energy Finance, The Energy Sector, Economic Activity, Financial Markets, and the Environment (115-143). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-92957-2_5

We introduce an approach to trace the genesis of contagion occurring in the oil-finance nexus, which consolidates veteran non-linear oil price measures derived from the empirical oil literature, to construct a rule-based specification for filtering s... Read More about Tracing the Sources of Contagion in the Oil-Finance Nexus.

Balancing Evolution and Acquisition in Theoretical Linguistics (2022)
Book Chapter
Dupre, G. (2022). Balancing Evolution and Acquisition in Theoretical Linguistics. In Philosophical Approaches to Language and Communication. https://doi.org/10.3726/b19786

The history of generative linguistics is a history of a tension between, on the one hand, incorporating all the complexity suggested by detailed descriptions of natural languages and the innate knowledge humans bring to the task of acquisition, and o... Read More about Balancing Evolution and Acquisition in Theoretical Linguistics.

Blockchain Technology in the Fashion Industry (2022)
Journal Article
Singh, H., Jain, G., Kumar, N., & Hashimy, L. (2022). Blockchain Technology in the Fashion Industry. Journal of Electronic Commerce in Organizations, 1 - 21

<p>The concept of fashion has been coupled with technology, where technology has become the protagonist. The transparency between an organization and a customer works as a catalyst, and the customer has taken a more mainstream role. With blockchain t... Read More about Blockchain Technology in the Fashion Industry.

Rhizomatic poverty in aquaculture communities of rural India & Bangladesh (2022)
Journal Article
Shubin, S., Andrews, W., & Sowgat, T. (2022). Rhizomatic poverty in aquaculture communities of rural India & Bangladesh. Social and Cultural Geography, 24(8), 1285-1304. https://doi.org/10.1080/14649365.2022.2055776

The paper uses illustrations from rural India and Bangladesh to develop a critical analysis of practices and experiences of poverty often overlooked in development policies. It challenges the principle measurement, calculative rationality and static... Read More about Rhizomatic poverty in aquaculture communities of rural India & Bangladesh.