• Do ESG Endeavors Assist Firms in Achieving Superior Financial Performance? A Case of 100 Best Corporate Citizens 

      Qureshi, Muhammad Azeem; Akbar, Minhas; Akbar, Ahsan; Poulova, Petra (Sage Open;volume 11, issue 2, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-06-11)
      Increasing interest in sustainability performance (environmental, social, and governance pillar performance [ESGP]) and corporate financial performance (CFP) is noteworthy. However, we do not find any all-inclusive study ...
    • Is Bankruptcy Risk Tied to Corporate Life-Cycle? Evidence from Pakistan 

      Akbar, Ahsan; Akbar, Minhas; Tang, Wenjin; Qureshi, Muhammad Azeem (Sustainability;Volume 11, Issue 3, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-01-28)
      In this paper we analyze the relationship between bankruptcy risk and the corporate life cycle in Pakistan from 2005 to 2014. For this purpose, we run a Hierarchical Linear Mixed Model (HLM) for a sample of 301 non-financial ...