Adam Smith Institute

When Bad Feels Better: How Negative Online Brand Engagement Transforms Into Consumer Happiness

ABSTRACT Brands are increasingly prioritizing consumer happiness alongside profit, yet research offers limited guidance on fostering this in negative consumer‐brand contexts. Drawing on the broaden‐and‐build theory, this work models consumer pathways from anti‐consumption and dis...

Accounting and local democracy in England: the contested purposes of local authority accounts

Purpose In this paper, we critically discuss a new framework for the purposes of local authority accounts and its relationship to the core concepts of accountability, transparency and local democracy. Design/methodology/approach This is accomplished via a critical review of the f...

Peer hypocrisy and corporate philanthropic giving

Purpose This paper aims to examine whether the prevalence of peer hypocrisy among industry counterparts is associated with reduced corporate philanthropic giving by focal firms and explore the pathways through which this association arises. Design/methodology/approach Using a pan...

The Impact of Energy‐Consuming Right Trading Policy on Green Technology Innovation in China

ABSTRACT China is committed to building the energy‐consuming right trading market. In this article, the impact of energy‐consuming right trading policy (ERTP) on green technology innovation (GTI) of Chinese manufacturing industry listed companies is evaluated. The results show th...

The impact of entrepreneurial traits to digital entrepreneurship and international performance: a qualitative analysis of Chinese small and medium-sized enterprises

Abstract This study explores the impact of entrepreneurial traits on the international performance (IP) of Chinese small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the digital age. Utilizing a qualitative approach, semi-structured interviews were conducted with Chinese SME entrepren...

The Trade–Security Loop: How Economic Ties and Defense Alliances Co‐Evolve

ABSTRACT The relationship between international trade and security cooperation has re‐emerged as a central concern in global political economy, international relations, and international business scholarship. While research examines the effects of trade on peace and the economic...