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Higher education teaching and training system and economic performance: An empirical investigation (2019)
Journal Article
Bouchakour, R., Saad, M., & Guermat, C. (2019). Higher education teaching and training system and economic performance: An empirical investigation. Journal of Education and Work, 32(5), 500-517. https://doi.org/10.1080/13639080.2019.1673885

© 2019, © 2019 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This paper investigates the impact of higher education characteristics on economic performance. Despite a relatively plethoric literature, there is still a clear lack of understa... Read More about Higher education teaching and training system and economic performance: An empirical investigation.

Short-term versus long-term impact of managers: Evidence from the football industry (2010)
Journal Article
Hughes, M., Hughes, P., Mellahi, K., & Guermat, C. (2010). Short-term versus long-term impact of managers: Evidence from the football industry. British Journal of Management, 21(2), 571-589. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8551.2009.00668.x

Studies into the impact of top manager change on organization performance have revealed inconsistent findings. Using longitudinal data over a 12-year period on football organizations, we test for the short-term and long-term effects of manager change... Read More about Short-term versus long-term impact of managers: Evidence from the football industry.

UK IPOs: Long run returns, behavioural timing and pseudo timing (2010)
Journal Article
Gregory, A., Guermat, C., & Al-Shawawreh, F. (2010). UK IPOs: Long run returns, behavioural timing and pseudo timing. Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, 37(5-6), 612-647. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-5957.2010.02182.x

In this paper we examine a comprehensive set of 2,499 UK IPOs launched between mid-1975 and the end of 2004. We find compelling evidence of long run under-performance that persists for between 36 and 60 months post-flotation, depending on the precise... Read More about UK IPOs: Long run returns, behavioural timing and pseudo timing.

The adoption of downsizing during the Asian economic crisis (2009)
Journal Article
Mellahi, K., & Guermat, C. (2009). The adoption of downsizing during the Asian economic crisis. Asian Business and Management, 8(3), 225-245. https://doi.org/10.1057/abm.2009.10

This study examines the adoption of downsizing during the Asian economic crisis. We use data from a large firm-level survey to examine and compare the adoption of downsizing by firms across sectors and across three countries - Indonesia, the Philippi... Read More about The adoption of downsizing during the Asian economic crisis.