Muhammad Waris

• PhD
• PhD at universiti utara

Economic growth is the motive of every economy around the globe. With the change in the business landscape of Malaysia, corporate social responsibility (CSR) is a key factor influencing economic growth. Investigating the relationship between CSR factors and economic growth is crucial, as environmental concern throughout the world is for achieving t...

Entrepreneurship drives economic growth by creating jobs, fostering innovation, and introducing new products and services to the market. It also empowers individuals to pursue their ideas, solve societal challenges, and contribute to overall economic and social development. Grounded in leadership and entrepreneurship theories, particularly Conger's...

Purpose The stock market is an integral part of the financial system and is also known as the barometer of the economy due to its close relationship with the economic system of the countries. Stock markets have been affected by different financial shocks in the global economy over the past two decades. However, this study aims to investigate the co...

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This study aimed to investigate the effect of women’s development on the relationship between the social impact of green microfinance institutions and poverty in Pakistan. Women entrepreneurs in Pakistan rely on microfinance to improve their business standards and access other related services. The study collected quantitative data through a Likert...

Purpose Financial market sustainability is gaining attention as investors and stakeholders become more aware of environmental, social and governance issues, pushing demand for responsible and ethical investment practices. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the impact of carbon (CO2) emissions from three sources, oil, gas and coal, on the sto...

Economic welfare is essential in the modern economy since it directly reflects the standard of living, distribution of resources, and general social satisfaction, which influences individual and social well-being. This study aims to explore the relationship between national income accounting different attributes and the economic welfare in Pakistan...

The objective of the study is to explore the relationship between country governance practices along with political stability and Economic policy uncertainty, and stock market performance of two different economies, Pakistan and Kurdistan region of Iraq. To meet our objectives, we used the 25 years past data from 1996 to 2021. Data is collected fro...

The COVID-19 pandemic has emerged as a significant event of the current century, introducing substantial transformations in economic and social activities worldwide. The primary objective of this study is to investigate the relationship between daily COVID-19 cases and Pakistan stock market (PSX) return volatility. To assess the relationship betwee...

The growing trend of interdependence between the international stock markets indicated the amalgamation of risk across borders that plays a significant role in portfolio diversification by selecting different assets from the financial markets and is also helpful for making extensive economic policy for the economies. By applying different methodolo...

The government of any country can play a great role in promoting economic and environmental policy reforms in both normal and crisis periods, but during the crisis period, the role of the government should take the economy into a recovery position. The stock market is the backbone of the financial system that needs the government’s attention, espec...

Financial performance is a critical aspect of a company’s overall health and sustainability. It directly influences investor decisions, stock market performance, credit ratings, and the company’s ability to access capital. Corporate financial performance is influenced by multitude of facts, both internal and external such as disclosure of the infor...

The aim of this paper is to explore the stock market volatility of the emerging and OECD economies and also aimed to investigate the spillover effect of Malaysian stock market on its trading partners belongs to two different regions based on the linkage of the trade volume between them. For attain the objective, we used the data of and United Kingd...

The objective of this paper is to explore the relationship among corporate governance, timelines of financial reporting and ownership concentration taken as a moderating effect among the listed firms on Pakistan Stock Exchange. In this study, we developed hypothesis about the relationship between corporate governance and timelines of financial repo...

Objectives: The purpose of this study is to examine the determinants of institutional investment decision of MNCs listed on Pakistan Stock Exchange. Methods/Statistical analysis: Multinational companies of non-financial firms were selected based on market capitalisation. Data was collected from annual reports and some companies have fallen out due...

The objective of our study is to investigate the impact of the corporate governance on the IPO performance with moderating impact of the family ownership. To investigate that relationship, we used the data of IPOs registered from 2008 to 2017 in Pakistan Stock exchange. We used the OLS methods to analysis of the data. Our findings shows that Board...

This study seeks to explore the relationship between corporate governance and dividend payout policy Mediating role of leverage between corporate governance and dividend payout in PSE 100 index nonfinancial firms is also explored. Relationship between corporate governance with dividend payout and leverage as determinant of dividend is already estab...

The objective of our study is to investigate the impact of corporate governance on the IPO performance with moderating impact of the family ownership. To investigate that relationship, we used the data of IPOs registered from 2008 to 2017 in the Pakistan Stock exchange. We used the OLS methods for the analysis of the data. Our findings show that Bo...

The primary objectives of our study is to explore the association between ownership structure (Family ownership and ownership concentration) with risk taking of the firms in listed firms of the Pakistan. Our study uses the data 60 firms listed in Pakistan stock exchange for the period of five years 2013-2017. In this study pooled OLS with Random Ef...

Objectives: The objective of this paper was to find the impact of cash management and corporate governance on firm performance with the moderating role of family ownership in Pakistani listed firms. Methods/Statistical analysis: This study is based on hypothesis testing. 317 firms are listed on a Pakistan stock exchange for the period of 2010-19 us...

The main objective of this study is to ascertain the effect of external debt on economic growth and stock market performance in SAARC countries that included Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and India for the period spanning from 1992 to 2017. This study examines the effect of capital formation as a moderator. Using panel least square recreation ana...

This paper examines the role played by independent directors in monitoring the financial reporting process and its effects on certain personal characteristics. In particular, it encompasses the tenure and the number of directorships that independent director's hold. The data was collected from Pakistani listed firms for eight years i.e. 2010-2017....

Corporate risk taking is important for the firms for maximization of value. However, excessive risk may lead towards crisis. The primary objective of this study is to explore the relationship of board characteristics, ownership structure and growth opportunity with corporate risk-taking behavior in listed firms of Pakistan. This study uses data of...

This paper examines the role played by independent directors in monitoring the financial reporting process and its effects on certain personal characteristics and also examine the relationship between auditor characteristics like auditor brand name auditor presence and some economical attributes like GDP and Inflation. In particular, it encompasses...

The main objective our study is to explore the relationship between working capital policies and firm’s performance. Using OLS method to analysis the data after fulfilling the assumption of the regression, this study finds the working capital components (APP, ICP, CCC) and the firms’ performance are negatively correlated with the ROA and Tobin-q ex...

Risk taking by the firm is very important for the firm to maximizing its economic resources its value. However, taking huge risk may lead to crisis and other economic problems. The primary objectives of our study is to explore the relationship between ownership structure (Family ownership, institutional ownership and ownership concentration) with r...

The objective of this paper is to examine the relationship between risk management, corporate governance and financial performance of firms listed at Pakistan stock exchange for the period 2013-2017. Our study sample consists of three important sectors of the Pakistan such as financial, industrial and services sector. The dependent variables are fi...