Purpose Social information is crucial to credit ratings and can improve the accuracy of the
traditional credit assessment model. Drawing on the resource-based view (RBV) and social …

Strategic alliances are voluntary corporate arrangements for mutual benefit. Although
alliances are common as an alternative to M&As, they require cooperation between alliance …

This study explores the role of social credit system construction, an informal institution, in
improving corporate environmental performance. To identify the causal connections …

This study uses pooled OLS to examine the effect of organizational capital on credit ratings
using a large sample of US firm data from 1989 to 2017. The main finding reveals that firms …

This study explores the critical factors of responsible innovation in the Taiwan software
service industry. Based on a literature review, four main dimensions have been identified as …

Purpose This paper aims to investigate the effect of CEO social media celebrity status on
credit ratings and to determine whether potential threats on the CEO celebrity status …

This study examines the relationship between firms' political sentiment (PSENT) and their
credit ratings. Using US public firms as the sample, we reveal that PSENT is positively …

Purpose This study aims to provide further insights into the connection between corporate
social responsibility (CSR) and companies' credit ratings, while also exploring the role of …

This study examines the impact of political corruption on firm labor investment efficiency. We
find that firms headquartered in areas with higher levels of corruption have more inefficient …

We examine the association between firm size and the likelihood of emergence from
bankruptcy filed under Chapter 11. Using 715 firm‐year observations from 1979 to 2019, we …