A5100773433- Corporate Finance and Governance
- Family Business Performance and Succession
- Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences
- Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance
- Private Equity and Venture Capital
- Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting
- Financial Markets and Investment Strategies
- Working Capital and Financial Performance
- Banking stability, regulation, efficiency
- Stochastic processes and financial applications
- Capital Investment and Risk Analysis
- Insurance and Financial Risk Management
- Islamic Finance and Banking Studies
- Political Influence and Corporate Strategies
- Sustainable Finance and Green Bonds
- Financial Reporting and Valuation Research
- Corporate Taxation and Avoidance
- Risk Management in Financial Firms
- Corruption and Economic Development
- Corporate Insolvency and Governance
- Credit Risk and Financial Regulations
- FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance
- Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy
- Financial Risk and Volatility Modeling
- China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance
University of Manitoba
2016-2025
Fudan University
2025
Hunan Agricultural University
2024
Chongqing University
2024
Central South University
2023
Central South University of Forestry and Technology
2023
Shanxi Normal University
2022
Beihang University
2020
National Chung Hsing University
2019
University at Buffalo, State University of New York
2014
Gender–based differential treatment of business borrowers has been illegal for decades now. Therefore, any remaining gender effect is likely to be more subtle than before and second order in nature. Using 1,577 small businesses from the 2003 National Survey Small Business Finances by Federal Reserve Board, resolving assignment problem, isolating supply effects, our tests detected a second–order U.S. borrowing cost. Specifically, lenders charge female sole proprietorships an average 73 basis...
Wood defect detection is a research hotspot in the field of forestry at present. However, existing studies on wood mainly focus detecting single type or common defects, such as knots, insect pests, and cracks, which cannot meet processing needs high-quality wood. Moreover, there are problems, low recognition rates small-target defects poor integrity dense defects. To address these issues, we construct large-scale dataset containing multiple types surface through data augmentation techniques....
Abstract Manuscript Type Empirical Research Issue We investigate the joint effects of family control and regulatory environment on entrepreneurial growth through lens socio‐emotional wealth ( SEW ) theory. Findings Taking into consideration both economic non‐economic goals firms, measured by sales employment respectively, we find that, compared to their non‐family‐controlled counterparts, family‐controlled firms tend have lower rates, but higher rates. Furthermore, less favorable...
The impact of family involvement on firm behaviour is an issue global interest, yet paradoxically few studies examine the firms in unique socio-political environment China. We investigate cross-institutional generalizability behavioural agency model, emphasizing non-economic goals controlling families as a driver predictable behaviours Chinese and relationship between R&D expenses reported by these firms. propose that context weak property rights protection such China's, opportunity for...
Using a sample consisting of 1,160,801 observations privately held firms, we explore the relationship between earnings quality and firms’ debt financing, access to debt, cost as well moderating effects provincial‐level economic development on this relationship. Our findings indicate that better increases private financing lowers their debt. The empirical results also show these are more pronounced in less developed provinces.
This study explores groupthink on the boards of family firms. We conjecture that institutional investors, in face principal–principal agency issues, are discouraged by and consequently invest less Appropriate corporate governance form greater board diversity, lower director tenure, busier boards, more financial disclosure, bigger shareholder voice should help alleviating these investor concerns. examine a sample firms from S&P 500 find evidence consistent with propositions. Also, we...
Jess Chua was a leading scholar in the field of family business and major contributor to Entrepreneurship Theory Practice both as an author editor. His significant contributions were acknowledged by Web Science, which listed him among world’s most highly cited researchers Economics Business 2017, 2019, 2020. In this memorial editorial, we pay tribute discussing his influence on through academic work, mentoring, long-term collaborations with other scholars, kindness he wife, Eva Kan, showed...