We draw from resource dependence and institutional theories to explore how board
characteristics associated with directors' capacities to provide resources and legitimacy (ie …

Signaling theory is about decision-making and communication. It describes scenarios where
signalers send observable signals that carry credible information about unobservable …

Sustainable human resource management (HRM) is critical to sustainable corporate
development. However, there is little systematic research examining the determinants of …

Emerging market multinational enterprises (EMNEs) often engage in strategic asset-seeking
acquisitions to promote innovation catch-up. However, it is unclear why only some EMNEs …

Purpose When companies face a crisis, they sometimes deliver blame-shifting
communications, trying to shift blame onto another actor to protect their reputation. While …

Evidence shows that, in the aftermath of cyberattacks, organizations usually accept
responsibility for having failed to protect stakeholders' data more effectively. While this …

Data breaches are increasingly consequential for many business organizations. How firms
address data breaches has substantial ethical and societal implications. However, there is …

This study examines the dynamic relationship between economic policy uncertainty (EPU)
and corporate fraud by using a sub-sample time-varying rolling window test. Corporate fraud …

Corporate misconduct on social and environmental issues has been given increasing
attention in the organization and management literature. While the effects of misconduct on …

In the aftermath of data breaches, firms usually employ crisis management tactics to mitigate
the negative impact. However, previous studies examined the net effect of these tactics …