Crude oil, crypto-assets and dependence: the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
Purpose
This paper aims to empirically investigate the extent to which interdependence in markets may be driven by COVID-19 effects.
Design/methodology/approach
Firm inflexibility and the implied cost of equity
Using a large dataset of manufacturing firms from 65 countries, we examine whether and how firm inflexibility influences implied cost of equity over the period 1989–2018. We find that, on average, a firm with higher level of inflexibility have a higher implied cost of equity.
Fostering positive customer attitudes and usage intentions for scheduling services via chatbots
Gravitating exogenous shocks to the next normal through entrepreneurial coopetive interactions: A PLS-SEM and fsQCA approach
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the context. But when an exogenous shock alters and permanently alters the known normal, entrepreneurs can do
Uncertainty in the financial regulation policy and the boom of cryptocurrencies
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