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Confucian Culture and Corporate Environmental Management: The Role of Innovation, Financing Constraints and Managerial Myopia (2024)
Journal Article
Min Du, A., Lu, M., Zhang, Y., & Li, Z. (2025). Confucian Culture and Corporate Environmental Management: The Role of Innovation, Financing Constraints and Managerial Myopia. Research in International Business and Finance, 73(Part A), Article 102585. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ribaf.2024.102585

This paper explores the impact of Confucian culture on the environmental management practices of firms, utilizing data from A-share listed companies in China from 2009 to 2022. The study reveals several significant findings: (1) Firms in regions with... Read More about Confucian Culture and Corporate Environmental Management: The Role of Innovation, Financing Constraints and Managerial Myopia.

Ecological risk and corporate sustainability: Examining ESG performance, risk management, and productivity (2024)
Journal Article
Du, Q., Sun, Z., Goodell, J. W., Du, A. M., & Yang, T. (2024). Ecological risk and corporate sustainability: Examining ESG performance, risk management, and productivity. International Review of Financial Analysis, 96(Part A), Article 103551. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2024.103551

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance is an essential indicator of sustainable corporate behaviour that balances short-term gains with long-term societal growth and ecological preservation. We scrutinise the influence of ESG perform... Read More about Ecological risk and corporate sustainability: Examining ESG performance, risk management, and productivity.

Unregulated Futures: Scenario Planning for the Unknown (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Crawford, M., Roubelat, F., & Marchais-Roubelat, A. (2024, September). Unregulated Futures: Scenario Planning for the Unknown. Presented at Anticipation 2024, Lancaster, UK

Building from years of piloting novel methods for future visioning through group engagement, this curated session will take attendees through a fast-tracked, yet fully- immersive scenario planning workshop. The prompt is, “What does 2034 look like if... Read More about Unregulated Futures: Scenario Planning for the Unknown.

Building a Good Digital Society from the Grassroots: Harnessing the Tradition of Community-led Initiatives in the Governance of Digital Services and Infrastructures (2024)
Report
Gerli, P. (2024). Building a Good Digital Society from the Grassroots: Harnessing the Tradition of Community-led Initiatives in the Governance of Digital Services and Infrastructures. British Academy

Over the past two decades, community broadband networks, platform cooperatives, and data cooperatives have emerged as promising models to counterbalance market distortions and power asymmetries in the governance of digital infrastructures, services a... Read More about Building a Good Digital Society from the Grassroots: Harnessing the Tradition of Community-led Initiatives in the Governance of Digital Services and Infrastructures.

Dispute Resolution 3.0 (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Clucas, R. (2024, September). Dispute Resolution 3.0. Paper presented at Family Dispute Resolution Symposium, University of Sunderland

Dispute resolution in family law is at a point of crisis. We have sensible and necessary substantive rules such as the Children Act 1989 in England and Wales, and the Children (Scotland) Act 1995, to regulate the operation and dissolution of family l... Read More about Dispute Resolution 3.0.

Towards sustainability: Examining financial, economic, and societal determinants of environmental degradation (2024)
Journal Article
El Khoury, R., Min Du, A., Nasrallah, N., Marashdeh, H., & Atayah, O. F. (2025). Towards sustainability: Examining financial, economic, and societal determinants of environmental degradation. Research in International Business and Finance, 73(Part A), Article 102557. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ribaf.2024.102557

We examine the determinants of environmental degradation, focusing on MENA economies from 1991 to 2020, with a particular focus on the role of sectoral composition. Specifically, we assess the contributions of the industrial, manufa... Read More about Towards sustainability: Examining financial, economic, and societal determinants of environmental degradation.

A recursive dynamic CGE approach to investigate environmental Kuznets curve (2024)
Journal Article
Shahbaz, M., Nejati, M., Du, A. M., & Jiao, Z. (2024). A recursive dynamic CGE approach to investigate environmental Kuznets curve. Journal of Environmental Management, 370, Article 122359. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.122359


The inverted U-shaped relationship between economic growth and environmental degradation is known as environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) and has been tested in many empirical studies since more than 3 decades. Technological change is... Read More about A recursive dynamic CGE approach to investigate environmental Kuznets curve.

Reflections of a PhD mentor: Thesis Mentor Pilot Scheme 2024 (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cameron, J., Naik, V., & Gourlay, E. (2024, September). Reflections of a PhD mentor: Thesis Mentor Pilot Scheme 2024. Presented at Vitae International Researcher Development Conference 2024, Online

Dr Jackie Cameron shares the experience of serving as a mentor on the 12-week pilot mentorship programme that aimed to improve the student experience and outcomes of PhD students at the right-up stage. Presenting at a workshop entitled 'Honey, We Shr... Read More about Reflections of a PhD mentor: Thesis Mentor Pilot Scheme 2024.

The Growth of AI and Academic Misconduct: The Cost of Processing, Preparing and Investigating (2024)
Digital Artefact
Khaleel, F. (2024). The Growth of AI and Academic Misconduct: The Cost of Processing, Preparing and Investigating. [Recorded webinar]

In this Webinar from our 2024 AI and Academic Integrity event, Dr Fawad Khaleel (Head of Global Online, Business School of Edinburgh Napier University) covers the following questions around the cost of processing, preparing and investigating academic... Read More about The Growth of AI and Academic Misconduct: The Cost of Processing, Preparing and Investigating.

Integrating Employees’ Identities into Employer Brand Development: Collective Identity Work in a Multinational Enterprise (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sinclair, K., Martin, G., & Bushfield, S. (2024, September). Integrating Employees’ Identities into Employer Brand Development: Collective Identity Work in a Multinational Enterprise. Paper presented at British Academy of Management Conference, Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University

Organisations are increasingly turning to employer branding to attract, recruit and engage employees. Yet, we do not fully understand how employees’ organisational experiences can shape employer branding. This study contributes to our theoretical and... Read More about Integrating Employees’ Identities into Employer Brand Development: Collective Identity Work in a Multinational Enterprise.

Organizational Virtuousness: A Systematic Review of Antecedents, Mediators, Moderators and Outcomes (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Shahid, S., Hosanoo, Z., Kaur, K., Shahbaz, W., Gramage, A., & Patel, P. (2024, September). Organizational Virtuousness: A Systematic Review of Antecedents, Mediators, Moderators and Outcomes. Paper presented at BAM2024 Conference, Nottingham

In recent years, there has been a growing academic interest in the examination of organizational virtuousness. However, the existing body of literature on this topic is fragmented and lacks clear guidance for future research directions. There is a di... Read More about Organizational Virtuousness: A Systematic Review of Antecedents, Mediators, Moderators and Outcomes.

Forecasting throughput at a transshipment hub under trade dynamism and uncertainty in major production centers (2024)
Journal Article
Mudunkotuwa, R., Ji, M., Peiris, T. S. G., Bandara, Y. M., & Netirith, N. (online). Forecasting throughput at a transshipment hub under trade dynamism and uncertainty in major production centers. Maritime Economics and Logistics, https://doi.org/10.1057/s41278-024-00301-4

The demand for port services is intricately tied to international trade between production centers and the global market. This paper introduces a unique econometric forecasting model tailored to predict container port throughput at a transshipment hu... Read More about Forecasting throughput at a transshipment hub under trade dynamism and uncertainty in major production centers.

Exploring intercultural communication: perspectives from internationalized staffrooms at a sino-french partnership institution (2024)
Journal Article
Zhang, L. (online). Exploring intercultural communication: perspectives from internationalized staffrooms at a sino-french partnership institution. Asia Pacific Journal of Education, https://doi.org/10.1080/02188791.2024.2392800

This study investigates the dynamics of intercultural communication between international and Chinese teachers in staffrooms at a Sino-French partnership institution, focusing on identifying key challenges faced by international teachers. Employing q... Read More about Exploring intercultural communication: perspectives from internationalized staffrooms at a sino-french partnership institution.

Charting sustainable urban development through a systematic review of SDG11 research (2024)
Journal Article
Almulhim, A. I., Sharifi, A., Aina, Y. A., Ahmad, S., Mora, L., Filho, W. L., & Abubakar, I. R. (2024). Charting sustainable urban development through a systematic review of SDG11 research. Nature Cities, 1(10), 677-685. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44284-024-00117-6

The Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 11 underscores the imperative of creating inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable cities and communities by 2030. Here we employ bibliometric techniques to assess the evolving landscape of SDG11 research. Usi... Read More about Charting sustainable urban development through a systematic review of SDG11 research.

Interplay between oil prices, country risks, and stock returns in the context of global conflict: A PVAR approach (2024)
Journal Article
Dong, Q., Du, Q., & Min Du, A. (2024). Interplay between oil prices, country risks, and stock returns in the context of global conflict: A PVAR approach. Research in International Business and Finance, 72(Part B), 102545. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ribaf.2024.102545

Employing the panel vector autoregressive (PVAR) modeling, we analyze the interplay among oil prices, country risks, and stock returns across twenty-nine economies from February 2005 to August 2020. We find that, in the short run, rising oil prices t... Read More about Interplay between oil prices, country risks, and stock returns in the context of global conflict: A PVAR approach.

Trump’s fake news and stock market returns (2024)
Journal Article
Siganos, A. (2025). Trump’s fake news and stock market returns. European Journal of Finance, 31(4), 508-522. https://doi.org/10.1080/1351847X.2024.2395927

We use a novel database that identifies allegedly Donald Trump’s fake news during his presidency. We find that the number of daily fake news is positively related to contemporaneous US stock market returns. Fake news is typically positively biased in... Read More about Trump’s fake news and stock market returns.

How Does the Digital Economy Affect the Green Transition: The Role of Industrial Intelligence and E-Commerce (2024)
Journal Article
Huang, C., Min Du, A., & Lin, B. (2025). How Does the Digital Economy Affect the Green Transition: The Role of Industrial Intelligence and E-Commerce. Research in International Business and Finance, 73(Part A), Article 102541. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ribaf.2024.102541

As a new economic form, the digital economy (DE) significantly impacts green development. However, the impact of the DE on green total factor productivity (GTFP) remains controversial. A two-way fixed effect model is constructed to explore the impact... Read More about How Does the Digital Economy Affect the Green Transition: The Role of Industrial Intelligence and E-Commerce.