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Toward a Robust Biomimetic Hybrid Battery: Bridging Biology, Electrochemistry and Data-Driven Control Open

Raheel Ali, Rizwan Ali · 2025

Electric vehicles and renewable energy systems need batteries that charge quickly, last many years and still store a lot of energy, but current chemistries struggle to deliver all three. Inspired by electric fish that deliver bursts of cur…

Navigating Governance Dynamics: Examining the Impact of Board Independence, Gender Diversity, and CEO Duality on Firm Performance Open

Rizwan Ali, Andrew Butt · 2025

This study explores how three critical board characteristics—board independence, gender diversity, and CEO duality—shape firm performance, with particular attention to the mediating role of intellectual capital. Anchored in agency theory, …

Board Monitoring, Shareholders' Rights, and <span>CSR</span> Strategy: Firm Value and Risk Implications Open

Ali Uyar, Rizwan Ali, Ramiz Ur Rehman, Cemil Kuzey, Abdullah S. Karaman · 2025

In this study, we first examine the quadratic relationships between the three dimensions of the governance pillar of ESG (board monitoring, shareholders' rights, and CSR strategy) and firm value. Second, we investigate the relationship bet…

Understanding Boredom in Online Commerce: A Systematic Literature Review Open

Rizwan Ali, Gohar F. Khan, William Yu Chung Wang · 2025

Boredom is a ubiquitous emotion, whether in a moral, social, or practical sense. In the context of digital communications and business, extensive research has explored the ways in which this adverse sentiment influences the utilisation of …

Is biodiversity disclosure emerging as a key topic on the agenda of institutional investors? Open

Rizwan Ali, Isabel Sánchez, Beatriz Aibar Guzmán, Ramiz Ur Rehman · 2023

All industries depend on natural capital assets and ecosystem services, either directly, through their supply chains, or through their investments. Companies are therefore challenged to reorient their production systems and turn the conser…

Islamic Fund Managers' Market Timing Abilities and their Impact on Fund Performances Open

Ghulam Nabi, Rameez Ur Rehman, Rizwan Ali · 2023

This study examines Shariah-compliant fund's financial performance compared to conventional funds based on managerial timing abilities. Compared with traditional fund managers' timing skills, the study focuses on the most neglected area of…

Is there a complementary or a substitutive relationship between climate governance and analyst coverage? Its effect on climate disclosure Open

Isabel Sánchez, Rizwan Ali, Ramiz Ur Rehman · 2022

Knowledge of the initiatives that companies are promoting to curb climate change and the impacts resulting from these activities require the disclosure of relevant information that can be used by stakeholders in their decision‐making proce…

Gender diversity in the board room and sustainable growth rate: the moderating role of family ownership Open

Ali Amin, Rizwan Ali, Ramiz Ur Rehman, Ahmed A. Elamer · 2022

This study examines the impact of gender diversity on sustainability growth, and moderating role of family ownership in an emerging economy, Pakistan. We employed 3730 firm-year observations, comprising of 307 non-financial firms listed on…

The impact of social media marketing on youth buying behaviour in an emerging country Open

Rizwan Ali, Вера Комарова, Tanveer Aslam, Kęstutis Peleckis · 2022

The research aims to investigate the impact of social media marketing (SMM) on youth buying behavior in Pakistan. This study is empirically supported by the results of a survey conducted by the authors in ten universities in Lahore city (P…

Lecture, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, GIFT University, Gujranwala Open

Rizwan Ali, Tanveer Aslam, Hammad Zafar · 2022

The aim of the current study is to inspect the intervention of customer satisfaction in the association between service quality and corporate image to customer loyalty in the Pakistan banking sector. The population of this research is bank…

Corporate Governance and Capital Structure: Moderating Effect of Gender Diversity Open

Ali Amin, Ramiz Ur Rehman, Rizwan Ali, Ridzwana Mohd Said · 2022

This paper investigates the effect of corporate governance on capital structure, and moderating impact of board gender diversity on this nexus. Using a sample of 2062 firm-year observations of 226 non-financial firms listed on the Pakistan…

Assessing the Static and Dynamic Efficiency of Scientific Research of HEIs China: Three Stage DEA–Malmquist Index Approach Open

Wuzhao Xue, Hua Li, Rizwan Ali, Ramiz Ur Rehman, Gonzalo Fernández‐Sánchez · 2021

Higher education institutions (HEIs) are the key to the economic and social development of a country. However, the recent advancements of higher education institutions’ universities in China have become a pivotal factor contributing to the…

Female presence in corporate governance, firm performance, and the moderating role of family ownership Open

Ali Amin, Rizwan Ali, Ramiz Ur Rehman, Muhammad Akram Naseem, Muhammad Ishfaq Ahmad · 2021

Assessing the role of diversity in corporate governance has attracted growing interest. In addition, significant relationships are expected between diversity dimensions and firm performance. This research aims to analyze the relationships …

The Coupling Coordinated Relationship Between New-type Urbanization, Eco-Environment and its Driving Mechanism: A Case of Guanzhong, China Open

Liyuan Dong, Juan Shang, Rizwan Ali, Ramiz Ur Rehman · 2021

As an important platform for participating in international competition and cooperation, supporting economic growth and promoting coordinated regional development, urban agglomeration plays an important role in China’s economic, social and…

The Integration of Conventional Equity Indices with Environmental, Social, and Governance Indices: Evidence from Emerging Economies Open

Ramiz Ur Rehman, Muhammad Zain ul Abidin, Rizwan Ali, Safwan Mohd Nor, Muhammad Akram Naseem , et al. · 2021

This study investigates the integration of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) equity indices with conventional indices in Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa (BRICS) individually and across all BRICS countries to better…

Exchange Rate, Gold Price, and Stock Market Nexus: A Quantile Regression Approach Open

Rizwan Ali, Inayat Ullah Mangla, Ramiz Ur Rehman, Wuzhao Xue, Muhammad Akram Naseem , et al. · 2020

In this study, we examine an empirical relationship between stock market volatility with the exchange rate and gold prices of an emerging market, “Pakistan”, employing daily and monthly data (PSX-100 Index) covering from 2001: Q3 to 2018: …

Knowledge Mapping of Corporate Financial Performance Research: A Visual Analysis Using Cite Space and Ucinet Open

Wuzhao Xue, Hua Li, Rizwan Ali, Ramiz Ur Rehman · 2020

Financial performance is an indicator of the financial stability and the health of a firm. It is a measure of how well a firm uses its assets to generate revenues, a firm’s credibility, and its ability to pay off debts. To study the theore…

Moderating role of financial ratios in corporate social responsibility disclosure and firm value Open

Muhammad Akram Naseem, Jun Lin, Ramiz Ur Rehman, Muhammad Ishfaq Ahmad, Rizwan Ali · 2019

This study investigates the link between corporate social responsibility (CSR) disclosure for multi-stakeholders and financial performance of a firm through accounting-based activities for CSR. A dataset of Chinese non-financial firms list…

THE ROLE OF PRESS IN DEVELOPING THE ENVIRONMENTAL LITERACY AMONG SECTIONS OF THE PUBLIC FROM KURDISTAN REGION-IRAQ Open

Ikhter Shaker, A. S. Abdel Messeih, Rizwan Ali · 2018

The study aimed to analyze the environmental issues in some Kurdish newspapers in Kurdistan, as well as the effectiveness of the press to address the issues and environmental issues on the development of the environmental enlightenment of …

Intentions to adopt ecopreneurship: moderating role of collectivism and altruism Open

Farida Saleem, Ahmad Adeel, Rizwan Ali, Shabir Hyder · 2018

There is a need to understand the importance of sustainability of economies by the students especially undergoing business education and look for avenues that provide support to sustainability, in which ecopreneurship is one.The current st…

Empowering leadership and team creativity: understanding the direct-indirect path Open

Ahmad Adeel, Samreen Batool, Rizwan Ali · 2018

This study investigated the relationship between empowering leadership and team creativity by integrating the theory of group behavior with componential theory of creativity. For this study, data was collected from two sources (343 Subordi…

EMPOWERING LEADERSHIP AND TEAM CREATIVITY: UNDERSTANDING THE DIRECT-INDIRECT PATH Open

Ahmad Adeel, Samreen Batool, Rizwan Ali · 2018

This study investigated the relationship between empowering leadership and team creativity by integrating the theory of group behavior with componential theory of creativity. For this study, data was collected from two sources (343 Subordi…

Sectoral integration and investment diversification opportunities: evidence from Colombo Stock Exchange Open

Awais Ahmed, Rizwan Ali, Abdullah Ejaz, Muhammad Ishfaq Ahmad · 2018

This study examined the diversification opportunities within sectors of Colombo Stock Exchange by measuring co-integration among sectors.Those sectors of CSE which are not integrated with others offer good diversification opportunities.Mor…

Corporate Governance And Performance Of Peer Firms: A Cross-Lagged Analysis Of An Emerging Economy Open

Rizwan Ali, Yan Liu, Gul Rukh Niazi · 2017

In this study, we examine the effects of corporate governance practices on financial performance of Pakistani listed firms. On the bases of agency theory, MM theorem, and theory of firm, we suggest that corporate governance effects firm pe…

Does Growing Economy And Better Governance Impede Banking Efficiency? A DEA Analysis Open

Ramiz Ur Rehman, Junrui Zhang, Rizwan Ali, Qadeer Abdul · 2015

The paper estimates the efficiencies of Pakistani banking sector from 1998-2009. The analysis is further extended and regressed estimated banking efficiencies by using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), with macro-economic indicators and cor…

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