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Location matters: Impact of geographical proximity to financial centers on corporate social responsibility (CSR) disclosure in emerging economies by Zamir, Farah, Saeed, Abubakr

“…This study investigates the impact of location on corporate social responsibility (CSR) disclosure in the context of emerging economies. We test our hypotheses…”
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Does green finance really deliver what is expected? An empirical perspective by Muhammad Asif Khan, Hammad Riaz, Masood Ahmed, Abubakr Saeed

“…Coupled with adopting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Climate Agreement, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) role may not be…”
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Impact of environmental policy on firm's market performance: The case of ISO 14001 by Riaz, Hammad, Saeed, Abubakr

“…Environmental Management System, that is, ISO 14001, helps to build corporate reputation, legitimacy, and can also be considered as firms' strategic response…”
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Sustainability Development Goals Initiatives of Multinational firms: Empirical Evidence from Emerging Economy by Ahmed, Iftikhar, Saeed, Abubakr

“…MNCs are regarded as one of the essential actors within the private sector that have a greater capability and outreach to address these wicked global…”
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Audit Committee Independence and Auditor Reporting for Financially Distressed Companies: Evidence From an Emerging Economy by Saeed, Abubakr, Ali, Qasim, Riaz, Hammad, Khan, Muhammad Asif

“…This study examines the relationship between audit committee independence (by using stockholding as a measure to assess substantive independence) and auditor…”
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The relative importance of textual indexes in predicting the future performance of banks: A connection weight approach by Javid Iqbal, Abubakr Saeed, Rao Aamir Khan

“…We employ a neural network approach to predict banks' future performance with the help of textual information and financial data. Neural network models are…”
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The impact of employee friendly practices on dividend payments: Evidence from emerging economies by Saeed, Abubakr

“…Drawing on stakeholder and agency theories, we examine how employee friendly practices impact dividend payments in emerging countries. Using data from 862…”
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Bank concentration and financial constraints on firm investment in UK by Abubakr, Saeed, Esposito, Franco

“…Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of bank concentration on firm financial constraints to perform investment across two types of…”
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Impact of board gender diversity on dividend payments: Evidence from some emerging economies by Saeed, Abubakr, Sameer, Muhammad

“…•The study provides new evidence on the role of gender diverse boards from three emerging economies, India, China, and Russia.•Using the dataset of 552 firms,…”
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Intelligent feature selection using particle swarm optimization algorithm with a decision tree for DDoS attack detection by Saeed, Aween Abubakr, Jameel, Noor Ghazi Mohammed

“…The explosive development of information technology is increasingly rising cyber-attacks. Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack is a malicious threat to…”
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Managerial sentiments, non-performing loans, and banks financial performance: A causal mediation approach by Iqbal, Javid, Saeed, Abubakr

“…The existing literature on corporate disclosures suggests that managerial sentiments are the outcome of the firm's financial performance. We extend this line…”
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Does Nature of Financial Institutions Matter to Firm Growth in Transition Economies? by Abubakr SAEED

“…Drawing on firm-level data set on transition economies, this paper investigates the relationship between financial institutions and firm growth. The paper…”
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How does CSR disclosure affect dividend payments in emerging markets? by Saeed, Abubakr, Zamir, Farah

“…This article examines the nexus between corporate social responsibility disclosures (CSRD) and dividend payout decisions in the context of emerging markets…”
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Who Will Serve the Reputationally Compromised Boards? Politicians’ Appointment to the Boards of Chinese MNCs in the US by Riaz, Hammad, Saeed, Abubakr

“…The appointment of politicians to the corporate boards has long been recognized as an important strategy for multinational corporations (MNCs) to navigate the…”
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Global Insights on TMT Gender Diversity in Controversial Industries: A Legitimacy Perspective by Saeed, Abubakr, Baloch, Muhammad Saad, Riaz, Hammad

“…Firms in controversial industries such as tobacco, alcohol, gambling, weapon, and nuclear power suffer organizational legitimacy problems. These firms,…”
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Employees' training experience in a metaverse environment? Feedback analysis using structural topic modeling by Saeed, Abubakr, Ali, Ashiq, Ashfaq, Saira

“…The metaverse has been heralded as the next frontier for fueling strategic business opportunities. A recent surge in business investments in digital…”
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Financial crisis of 2008 and outward foreign investments from China and India by Athreye, Suma, Saeed, Abubakr, Baloch, Muhammad Saad

“…We show that outward investment by Chinese firms with resource and asset seeking motives and Indian firms with market-seeking motives diverged after the…”
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Institutional voids, liability of origin, and presence of women in TMT of emerging market multinationals by Saeed, Abubakr, Riaz, Hammad, Baloch, Muhammad Saad

“…•The effect of institutional voids in emerging markets on the inclusion of women in top management team (TMT) is examined.•The pervasiveness of institutional…”
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Does big data utilization improve firm legitimacy? by Saeed, Abubakr, Riaz, Hammad, Baloch, Muhammad Saad

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Navigating through firm–environmental groups' relationships: The impact of societal trust on corporate environmental strategy by Saeed, Abubakr, Riaz, Hammad

“…This study examines the impact of societal trust on corporate environmental strategy with particular reference to the firm–environmental groups' relationship,…”
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