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{"title":"Notice of duplicate publication: Evergrande and Real Estate Value Subjectivity","authors":"","doi":"10.1080/10599231.2023.2274241","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10599231.2023.2274241","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15043,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Asia-Pacific Business","volume":"65 10","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135813308","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Insta-Influencers’ Endorsement Effect on Consumers’ Purchase Intention: Parallel Mediation Role of Brand Credibility and Brand Attitude","authors":"Alaleh Dadvari, Massoud Moslehpour, Shallyn Aprillia Shira","doi":"10.1080/10599231.2023.2259257","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10599231.2023.2259257","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACTThe paper aims to study the indirect effect of Insta influencers’ endorsement on Indonesian consumers purchase intention through brand attitude and brand credibility. A survey method based on an online questionnaire is distributed to collect data from Indonesian Instagram users that resulted in 288 usable responses. Partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) is carried out to test the hypotheses. Research findings provide implications for both marketers and influencers by bolding the attribute of an effective endorsement that has tangible direct impact on Indonesian consumers’ behavior.KEYWORDS: Influencers’ endorsementbrand attitudebrand credibilitypurchase intentionsocial media marketing Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).","PeriodicalId":15043,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Asia-Pacific Business","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135966682","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"From Keynes’ “Animal Spirits” to Human Spirits? Passion as the Missing Link(s) in Entrepreneurial Intentions","authors":"Norris Krueger","doi":"10.1080/10599231.2023.2260297","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10599231.2023.2260297","url":null,"abstract":"AbstractPassion seems remarkably important to entrepreneurial behavior and research has done well to explicate its impact, which needs to be celebrated. It also seems to have an outsized effect on entrepreneurial cognition, in particular, entrepreneurial intentions. But how does passion influence intentions? This essay offers a set of possible (and nonexclusive) pathways for passion to affect intent, giving us an agenda for assessing Keynes's assertion of ”animal spirits” as a prime mover of economic decision making under uncertainty. We invite the reader to join this line of research.Keywords: passionentrepreneurial passionentrepreneurial cognitionentrepreneurial intentions Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Notes1. This does suggest that the object of one’s entrepreneurial passion might serve as a cognitive marker distinguishing between necessity entrepreneurs (“push”) and opportunity entrepreneurs (“pull”).","PeriodicalId":15043,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Asia-Pacific Business","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136309029","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Will China Replace America in the Gulf Region? Saudi Chinese Relations and Potential Obstacles","authors":"Hussain Abdul-Hussain","doi":"10.1080/10599231.2023.2259253","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10599231.2023.2259253","url":null,"abstract":"AbstractChina seems to be replacing America as the powerbroker in the Middle East and the Gulf region while U.S.-ally Saudi Arabia seems to be switching sides. But while Riyadh prefers a non-liberal world order, such as the one China promises, Saudi economic interests remain aligned with America and the West, especially with signs indicating that China’s economy, and therefore power, have peaked, and are unlikely to replace America’s. Saudi Arabia’s bilateral trade and investments with China might suggest that relations between the two sides are deepening, but a closer look shows that such ties remain transactional, and therefore non-durable.Keywords: Saudi ArabiaChinaEconomicsBelt and RoadVIsion 2030 America Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Notes1. https://www.gcc-sg.org/ar-sa/MediaCenter/NewsCooperation/News/Pages/news2022-12-9-4.aspx2. https://www.reuters.com/world/saudi-arabia-gathers-chinas-xi-with-arab-leaders-new-era-ties-2022-12-09/3. https://www.spglobal.com/marketintelligence/en/news-insights/latest-news-headlines/chinese-yuan-on-slow-path-to-globalization-due-to-capital-account-controls-764849224. https://www.spglobal.com/marketintelligence/en/news-insights/latest-news-headlines/chinese-yuan-on-slow-path-to-globalization-due-to-capital-account-controls-764849225. https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/surging-dollar-tests-chinas-capital-controls-cash-flees-2022-10-17/6. https://www.transparency.org/en/countries/iraq7. https://thediplomat.com/2023/03/chinas-expanding-influence-in-iraq/8. https://asia.nikkei.com/Economy/China-sees-first-net-capital-outflow-in-more-than-2-years9. https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2023/07/27/deflation-is-curbing-chinas-economic-rise10. https://jewishinsider.com/2023/03/centcom-china-iran-middle-east-u-s-gen-michael-erik-kurilla-saudi-arabia/11. http://www.ensafnews.com/398289/بهشتی-پور-روابط-ایران-و-چین-استراتژیک-ن/12. https://greenfdc.org/countries-of-the-belt-and-road-initiative-bri/13. https://www.iraqoilreport.com/news/iraq-and-china-to-sign-massive-financing-deal-38041/14. https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220822-china-cements-influence-in-iraq-through-oil-infrastructure-deals15. https://www.asiainvestmentresearch.org/news/alleged-china-iraq-belt-and-road-initiative-investments-did-not-happen16. https://projects.voanews.com/china/global-footprint/english/projects/education/questions-arise-as-china-constructs-thousands-of-schools-in-iraq.html17. https://baghdadtoday.news/214195-تحقيق-مدارس-الاتفاقية-الصينية-يتخللها-فساد-عبر-العقود-الفرعية.html18. http://en.people.cn/n3/2023/0420/c90000–20008535.html19. https://www.akhbaralaan.net/news/exclusive/2023/07/11/مدراس-الصين-في-العراق-آيلة-للسقوط-والمقاولون-المحليون-يطالبون-بمستحقاتهم-المتأخرة20. https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/chinas-sinopec-wins-contract-develop-mansuriya-gas-field-oil-ministry-2021-04-20/21. https://www.iraqoilreport.com/news/mansuriya-deal-collapsing-after-sinop","PeriodicalId":15043,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Asia-Pacific Business","volume":"160 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136313568","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Zoetic Global, a U.S. Centric Firm with a Global Reach","authors":"Riad A. Ajami, Homa A. Karimi","doi":"10.1080/10599231.2023.2259251","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10599231.2023.2259251","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15043,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Asia-Pacific Business","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135306535","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Impact of Workforce Flexibility on Operating Costs: Empirical Evidence from Healthcare","authors":"Adelina Gnanlet, Christopher McDermott, Muge Yayla-Kullu","doi":"10.1080/10599231.2023.2259254","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10599231.2023.2259254","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACTWith increasing nursing shortages, workforce flexibility is frequently used in hospitals. Commonly referred to as “mobility flexibility” or “floating,” this type of workforce flexibility cross-trains and re-deploys nurses to the short-staffed hospital units. Using panel data across three years, we empirically show that mobility flexibility has a U-shaped effect on operating costs. It is very helpful in reducing costs at first. However, beyond an infliction point, the benefit of mobility flexibility diminishes. Managers should encourage limited employee movement outside their units and provide a mechanism to capture the knowledge gained during their re-deployments.KEYWORDS: Health care servicesworkforce flexibilitynursingcross-training AcknowledgmentsThe authors would like to thank Dr. Luv Sharma for his valuable contributions to this project.Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Notes1. We are unable to identify the state that is dropped from the final dataset, because of deidentification by ANA associates.","PeriodicalId":15043,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Asia-Pacific Business","volume":"111 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135306526","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"U.S. Global Leadership and Sustainability Vis-a-Vis China’s Lagging Economy","authors":"Riad A. Ajami, Homa A. Karimi","doi":"10.1080/10599231.2023.2259248","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10599231.2023.2259248","url":null,"abstract":"China experienced a high rate of growth in its gross domestic product (GDP) during the last three decades. However, the Chinese economy now is at a watershed. The once double-digit growth rate exceeding 10% is giving way to a current rate of growth estimated by leading analysts to be in the range of 3% to 5% for 2023. This slowdown in the Chinese economy is likely to be the new normal for the immediate short term and beyond. In order for China’s economy to grow, it needs to continue to export goods to the United States, Europe, and other emerging economies. Moreover, China needs to continue to attract foreign investment. These are challenges immense. Moreover, China’s youth unemployment is in the range of 21% to 30%. Additionally, China is facing an aging population along with a crisis in its shadow banking system which is sitting on significant debts that may not be collected. Furthermore, deflation is also on the horizon and consumer spending is not growing as anticipated. The return to economic growth after COVID-19 did not materialize. Thus, the Chinese government needs to reduce the obstacles for foreign multinational companies, treat foreign firms fairly, and declare the country to be open to global business. Moreover, the high level of Chinese subsidies to state-owned enterprises should decline in order for a fair and nondiscriminatory level playing field that must be seen as equitable by foreign multinational firms.","PeriodicalId":15043,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Asia-Pacific Business","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135395129","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A Regional Analysis of Airlines: The Impacts of South Korean won","authors":"Olcay Ölçen","doi":"10.1080/10599231.2023.2241011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10599231.2023.2241011","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The airline world is a little bit complex, especially on a regional, national, and continental basis. It is aimed to make a comprehensive analysis of Asia-Pacific Airlines’ financial structure in this analysis. If the reality of South Korea’s development in the last two decades is accepted, this development also should have an impact on the airline world. As it is expected, the impact of the South Korean won–USD exchange rate changed the hypothetical financial structure of the Asia-Pacific Region during the COVID-19 period. This change is shown with three models and six analyses.","PeriodicalId":15043,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Asia-Pacific Business","volume":"24 1","pages":"204 - 216"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46140748","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Sovereign Wealth Funds: Opportunities, Global Challenges & Relevance to the Oil-Producing Economies","authors":"R. Ajami, H. Karimi","doi":"10.1080/10599231.2023.2241012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10599231.2023.2241012","url":null,"abstract":"Sovereign wealth funds (“SWFs”) have emerged in the last three decades to be players in the global economy as funding sources. They have also received a great deal of attention and research interest and they hold an estimated $10.14 trillion as of 2022. The largest SWF is in the country of Norway and manages assets estimated at $1.4 trillion. According to the SWF Institute, the Public Investment Fund (PIF) of Saudi Arabia is second to that of Norway managing $973 billion, followed by the United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) estimated at $969 billion, and the Kuwait Investment Authority (KAI) managing assets estimated at over $715 billion. China’s two SWFs account for an estimated $1.2 trillion. This essay explores the importance of SWFs to the global economy highlighting their advantages and disadvantages. Moreover, the essay examines the global political and economic impact of these funds with a focus on the oil-producing states. SWFs’ role in the global economy is multifaceted. These funds help diversify and stabilize the economies of resource-rich countries. By channeling surplus revenues into diversified investments, SWFs reduce the dependency on a single commodity and mitigate the ups and downs of oil prices. This diversification enhances economic resilience and reduces the vulnerability of oil economies to external shocks. Secondly, SWFs promote intergenerational equity by preserving wealth for future generations. In oil-producing states, where oil resources are finite, SWFs serve as a vehicle for saving and investing a portion of the resource revenue. This prudent management of resources ensures that the wealth generated today will benefit future generations contributing to long-term sustainable development.","PeriodicalId":15043,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Asia-Pacific Business","volume":"24 1","pages":"145 - 148"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42877292","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Effect of Sonic Logo’s Musical Elements on Attitude Toward the Brand","authors":"S. Azizi, Aida Karamyar, Salman Eivazinezhad","doi":"10.1080/10599231.2023.2212541","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10599231.2023.2212541","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of manipulations of Nescafe’s sonic logo musical elements on brand attitude. The research method is a 2 (tempo: fast and slow) × 2 (phrasing: legato and staccato) within-subjects experimental factorial design. Results show that different levels of tempo do not affect brand attitude. The staccato and legato sonic logo respectively cause positive and negative attitudes toward the brand. Also, the interactive mode of tempo and phrasing has affected the attitude toward the brand. Attitude in staccato phrasing at both different levels of tempo is positive in comparison with legato phrasing.","PeriodicalId":15043,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Asia-Pacific Business","volume":"24 1","pages":"170 - 180"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47757562","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}