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Sequential mixed methods research: Non-compliance in apprentice pay with owls (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Drew, H., & Ritchie, F. (2021, June). Sequential mixed methods research: Non-compliance in apprentice pay with owls. Paper presented at 20th European Conference on Research Methodology for Business and Management Studies, University of Aveiro, Portugal

Within mixed methods literature, the relationship between qualitative and quantitative data collection is ubiquitously presented as sequential. Thus, the most followed approach is for the first stage of data collection to follow the second, or to run... Read More about Sequential mixed methods research: Non-compliance in apprentice pay with owls.

Use of blended learning to teach mathematics to first year economics students (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Haroon, M. (2021, June). Use of blended learning to teach mathematics to first year economics students. Paper presented at UWE Festival of Learning 2021

Traditional Higher Education providers have been increasingly embracing a more blended learning provisions for last couple of years. The rate of adoption has increased significantly following Covid-19 pandemic. Whilst blended learning is easier to ad... Read More about Use of blended learning to teach mathematics to first year economics students.

Pension funds and domestic bond markets in emerging economies (2021)
Book Chapter
Churchill, J., Bonizzi, B., & Kaltenbrunner, A. (2021). Pension funds and domestic bond markets in emerging economies. In N. Levy-Orlik, J. A. Bustamante-Torres, & L. Rochon (Eds.), Capital Movements and Corporate Dominance in Latin America (55–71). Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800372146.00011

This chapter reviews the terms of engagement of foreign and domestic pension funds in the domestic financial markets of emerging economies. Given their longer-time horizon, pension funds are expected to contribute positively to the development of lar... Read More about Pension funds and domestic bond markets in emerging economies.

Managerial optimism and investment decision in the UK (2021)
Journal Article
El-Gebeily, E., Guermat, C., & Vendrame, V. (2021). Managerial optimism and investment decision in the UK. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance, 31, Article 100519. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbef.2021.100519

We investigate the impact of managerial optimism on investment decision sensitivity to cash flow. Optimists tend to overestimate returns and make overly optimistic cash flow forecasts, which leads to increased investment levels, as well as increased... Read More about Managerial optimism and investment decision in the UK.

Housing is not a crime: Madrid’s post-crisis squatters’ movement tell our story through activist research (2021)
Journal Article
Youngman, T., & Barrio, L. (2021). Housing is not a crime: Madrid’s post-crisis squatters’ movement tell our story through activist research. Radical Housing Journal, 3(1), 207-228. https://doi.org/10.54825/ohkx8319

Since the financial crisis the rate of squatting in Madrid has increased eightfold, a structural response to waves of evictions affecting upwards of 75 000 households in the region and the proliferation of vacant housing. But – predictably – squatter... Read More about Housing is not a crime: Madrid’s post-crisis squatters’ movement tell our story through activist research.

Uzbekistan’s development experiment: An assessment of Karimov’s peculiar economic legacy (2021)
Journal Article
Ruziev, K. (2021). Uzbekistan’s development experiment: An assessment of Karimov’s peculiar economic legacy. Europe-Asia Studies, 73(7), 1303-1329. https://doi.org/10.1080/09668136.2021.1919602

Uzbekistan’s unique post-independence experiment with development was led by Islam Karimov until his sudden death in September 2016. Despite defying international advice on structural reforms, under Karimov’s rule, Uzbekistan achieved an average annu... Read More about Uzbekistan’s development experiment: An assessment of Karimov’s peculiar economic legacy.

Executive bonus compensation and financial leverage: Do growth and executive ownership matter? (2021)
Journal Article
Adu-Ameyaw, E., Danso, A., Acheampong, S., & Akwei, C. (2021). Executive bonus compensation and financial leverage: Do growth and executive ownership matter?. International Journal of Accounting and Information Management, 29(3), 392-409. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJAIM-09-2020-0141

Purpose: This study aims to examine the impact of executive bonus compensation on a firm’s financial leverage policy and the extent to which this compensation–leverage relation is moderated by firm growth and executive ownership. Design/methodology/a... Read More about Executive bonus compensation and financial leverage: Do growth and executive ownership matter?.

Helping ensure survival: Digitally enhanced advanced services in community businesses (2021)
Report
Bradley, P., Gardner, M., Parry, G., & Webber, D. (in press). Helping ensure survival: Digitally enhanced advanced services in community businesses. Repository: Power to Change and DEAS

This study arose out of a three-year longitudinal study exploring the values held by community business leaders and how these values impact on the financial and social sustainability of their businesses. The final wave of interviews with leaders took... Read More about Helping ensure survival: Digitally enhanced advanced services in community businesses.

Capital structure and firm growth: The case of Vietnamese listed firms (2021)
Thesis
Hoang, H. Capital structure and firm growth: The case of Vietnamese listed firms. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/6886809

This thesis provides a wide range of research on capital structure within the context of Vietnamese listed firms through three specific empirical studies. The first study focuses on analysing the adjustment process of capital structure towards the ta... Read More about Capital structure and firm growth: The case of Vietnamese listed firms.

Do government say-on-pay policies distort managers’ engagement in corporate social responsibility? Quasi-experimental evidence from China (2021)
Journal Article
Jiang, H., Hu, Y., Su, K., & Zhu, Y. (2021). Do government say-on-pay policies distort managers’ engagement in corporate social responsibility? Quasi-experimental evidence from China. Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics, 17(2), Article 100259. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcae.2021.100259

Against the backdrop of a series of regulations issued by the Chinese Government in an effort to rein in top executives’ compensation in state-owned enterprises, this study investigates whether the exogenous shock resulting from restricting top execu... Read More about Do government say-on-pay policies distort managers’ engagement in corporate social responsibility? Quasi-experimental evidence from China.