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Morality in the Emerging Marketplace: How Cultural Mindsets Affect Consumer Responses to Firm Transgressions
Multi-national firms have often been accused of causing harm to consumers in emerging markets taking advantage of loose legal frameworks to exploit vulnerable consumers. Yet, judgments of culpability tend to range from mild to extreme. This research examines how cultural mindsets (chronic or situationally induced) ...
https://iems.ust.hk/research/project/2016/morality-in-the-emerging-marketplace-how-cultural-mindsets-affect-consumer-responses-to-firm-transgressions
Garg Discussed the Special Case of Venture Boards on South China Morning Post
The SCMP Education Post published a research summary by IEMS’ Sam Garg on his research on the special features of venture boards and their likely impact on firm performance. He defines ventures as privately-owned, professionally-funded firms, which have become important for economic growth and innovation. As ...
https://iems.ust.hk/updates/media-coverage/2016/garg-scmp-the-special-case-of-venture-boards
Workshop on Challenges in Emerging Markets in the 21st Century
With Support from EY, HKUST IEMS hosted a two-day workshop with senior leaders from EY as well as high-level researchers and faculty from the international network of universities connected through the emerging market research institutions throughout Hong Kong, India, and Russia sponsored by EY. The current members of ...
https://iems.ust.hk/events/conference/2015/workshop-on-challenges-in-emerging-markets-in-the-21st-century
Fiscal Incentives and Policy Choices of Local Governments: Evidence from China
This paper examines how fiscal incentives affect the policy choices of local governments in the context of China. Based on exogenous changes in the intergovernmental revenuesharing scheme, we construct a simulated instrumental variable to resolve the endogeneity problem. We find evidence that local governments shifted ...
https://iems.ust.hk/publications/iems-working-papers/li-han-james-kung-fiscal-incentives-policy-choice-local-governments-china
Corporate Risk Management in Emerging Markets: Challenges and Opportunities in the BRICS Countries
Firms operating in emerging markets (EM) face more risks. Even when the risk factors are known (e.g., FX rates, commodity prices), corporate risk management (CRM) in Ems is uncertain (“unknown unknows”), adding to the costs and indeed the risks: Derivatives markets are less developed and less liquid, ...
https://iems.ust.hk/research/project/2013/mackay-corporate-risk-management-in-emerging-markets
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