• 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 ...
    • Do investors penalize the firms disclosing higher environmental performance? A cross cultural evidence 

      Qureshi, Muhammad Azeem; Ahsan, Tanveer (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Climate change discourse integrates 3Ps – people, planet, and profit. However, we do not find any empirical study that integrates 3Ps. Therefore, using a large global panel dataset from 46 countries, this study intends to ...
    • Does country-level eco-innovation help reduce corporate CO2 emissions? Evidence from Europe 

      Qureshi, Muhammad Azeem; Ahsan, Tanveer; Gull, Ammar Ali (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Climate change and CO2 emissions intertwine corporations and society in current political, social, environmental, and economic debates, specifically in Europe. The climate action plan formulated by the European Commission ...
    • Does diversification affect capital structure and profitability in Pakistan? 

      Qureshi, Muhammad Azeem; Akhtar, Waqas; Imdadullah, Muhammad (Asian Social Science;8(4), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)
      Diversification has become a common strategy of corporate risk management along with availing other potential benefits. The intent of this study is to identify and analyze the nature of relationship that exists between ...
    • Group dynamics and peer-tutoring: A pedagogical tool for learning in higher education 

      Qureshi, Muhammad Azeem; Stormyhr, Even Marius (International Education Studies;5(2), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)
      The increasing diversity in students’ enrolment in higher education in Norway offers an opportunity to use collaborative learning and teamwork as a learning vehicle to exploit the synergy in the community to have formal ...
    • How do oil prices and investments impact the dynamics of firm value? 

      Khan, Aima; Qureshi, Muhammad Azeem; Davidsen, Pål I. (System Dynamics Review;Volume 36, Issue 1, January/March 2020, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-06-16)
      The purpose of this study is twofold: (i) to analyze the impact of investment policy decision on the firm value given the uncertain oil and gas prices and (ii) to propose policies that enhance firm value. The study develops ...
    • How uncertainty can determine corporate ESG performance? 

      Bin-Feng, Chai; Mirza, Sultan Sikandar; Ahsan, Tanveer; Qureshi, Muhammad Azeem (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Using Sino-Securities Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) ratings data, we examine how environmental uncertainty affects the ESG performance of Chinese A-share non-financial listed firms from 2008 to 2020. Our ...
    • The impact of Islamic banking model and Islamic financial development on bank performance: Evidence from dual banking economies 

      Ahsan, Tanveer; Qureshi, Muhammad Azeem (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Purpose The purpose of this study is to develop an Islamic Banking Index representing the Islamic banking model and to investigate its impact on the performance of Islamic and conventional banks. This study also analyzes ...
    • The impact of sustainability (environmental, social, and governance) disclosure and board diversity on firm value: The moderating role of industry sensitivity 

      Qureshi, Muhammad Azeem; Kirkerud, Sina; Theresa, Kim; Ahsan, Tanveer (Business Strategy and the Environment (BSE);Volume 29, Issue 3, March 2020, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-12-26)
      Using a large panel dataset comprising 812 listed European firms, this study investigates whether sustainability disclosure (Environmental, Social, and Governance) and female representation on boards affect firm value. We ...
    • Inclusive or Elusive Housing? Homeownership among Muslims in Norway 

      Qureshi, Muhammad Azeem (Journal of Muslims in Europe;Volume 9, issue 3, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-09-18)
      Norway has a unique political focus on homeownership as a key to welfare and happiness. “Eierlinja” in Norwegian housing policy aims for a very high rate of homeownership leading to social integration of the communities ...
    • 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 ...
    • Modelling the dynamics of firm valuation: An assessment of impact of exchange rate fluctuations on firm value using system dynamics 

      Khan, Aima; Qureshi, Muhammad Azeem (Systems research and behavioral science;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-11-28)
      Exchange rate volatility is a vital issue in international finance due to its effect on the value of the firm, depending on firm's exposure to the exchange rate risk. However, this impact is not clear in literature as ...
    • The relevance of national culture to policy uncertainty and firm performance: European evidence 

      Ahsan, Tanveer; Qureshi, Muhammad Azeem; Gull, Ammar Ali; Muhammad, Fazal (Journal of economic studies;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Purpose – The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of policy uncertainty (PU) on firm performance and to examine how the different cultural societies deal with the policy-induced uncertainty. Design/meth ...
    • Sentiments–Risk Relationship across the Corporate Life Cycle: Evidence from an Emerging Market 

      Minhas, Akbar; Ahsan, Akbar; Qureshi, Muhammad Azeem; Poulova, Petra (Economies;Volume 9, Issue 3, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-08-11)
      The influence of market sentiments on the bankruptcy risk propensity of firms has been extensively explored in the literature. However, less attention has been paid to whether the corporate life cycle plays any role in ...
    • Stock prices’ variability around earnings announcement dates at Karachi Stock Exchange 

      Qureshi, Muhammad Azeem; Abdullah, Ali; Imdadullah, Muhammad (Economics Research International;2012, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)
      The purpose of this study is to investigate how earnings announcement event affects stock returns at Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE). For this purpose we use the KSE-100 Index as our sample. We use the CAR Analysis to analyze ...
    • Sustainable Business in Norway: The Firm or the Industry Effect? 

      Qureshi, Muhammad Azeem; Strønen, Fred H.; Tyseng, Marius; Urdal, Marius (Sustainability;Volume 12 Issue 8, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-04-17)
      Explaining sources of profitability has been a major research stream in corporate finance and strategic management literature for decades. However, we have limited understanding of the sources of variations in firm profitability, ...
    • A system dynamics model of capital structure policy for firm value maximization 

      Khan, Aima; Qureshi, Muhammad Azeem; Davidsen, Pål I. (Systems research and behavioral science;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-07-16)
      The complexity surrounding the maximization of firm value agenda demands a comprehensive causal model that effectively embeds the intertwining relationships of the variables and the policies involved. System dynamics ...
    • Valutaeksponering i den norske sjømatindustrien 

      Arshad, Shajah; Jugo, Alen; Rohin, Tawab (Bachelor thesis, 2017-05)
      Oppgaven ser på hvordan abnormal avkastning i den norske sjømatindustrien påvirkes av svingninger i kronekursen.
    • What Causes Stock Market Volatility in Pakistan? Evidence from the Field 

      Ghufran, Bushra; Awan, Hayat M.; Khakwani, Aftab; Qureshi, Muhammad Azeem (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      We examined the presence of volatility at the Karachi Stock Exchange (recently changed the name to Pakistan Stock Exchange) (KSE) by fitting Exponential Generalized Autoregressive Conditional Heteroskedasticity (EGARCH) ...
    • What determines leverage in Pakistan? A panel data analysis 

      Qureshi, Muhammad Azeem; Imdadullah, Muhammad; Ahsen, Tanveer (African Journal of Business Management;6(3), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)
      Most of the chemical sector firms in Pakistan have foreign ownership or collaboration with foreign companies. It may be hypothesized that the leverage behavior of such firms is likely to be in line with the results of ...