New issue of the Journal of Governance and Regulation
The editorial team of Virtus Interpress is proud to introduce the second issue (special issue) of volume 13 of the Journal of Governance and Regulation in 2024.
The current issue includes scholarly articles falling in the purview of a wide range of research themes, for example, public governance, corruption, legal aspects and regulatory environment, cybersecurity, behavioural aspects related to merger and acquisition, public sector internal control system, forensic accounting, sustainable tourism governance, and institutional settings and characteristics of public bodies including state organizations and universities, among others. The current issue encompasses several upcoming trends in the field of governance and regulatory developments that underline new business challenges, leadership issues, comparison of firm performance measures, macroeconomic characteristics, and a multitude of institutional settings, among others. An interesting feature of the current issue is that it includes manuscripts highlighting traditional themes per se as well as these themes from new perspectives along with several new themes that are relatively under-explored.
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The study by Ahmad Zaki Fadlur Rohman, Muhammad Barqah Prantama, and Abdul Rachman Sopyan focuses on the program’s institutional dynamics to understand its role in empowering social capital and resources.
Le Trung Dao, Ngoc Toan Bui, and Thu-Trang Thi Doan aim to analyze the impact of corruption control on foreign direct investments.
Agus Triyanta and Rusni Hassan investigate the pivotal role of robust legal instruments in driving the outstanding performance of Malaysia’s Islamic banking industry.
Mohammad Omar Mohammad Alhejaili conducts a comprehensive analysis of Saudi Arabia’s cybersecurity legal frameworks to assess their effectiveness in countering emerging threats to the digital commerce sector.
Nigel Garrow and Ifedapo Francis Awolowo draw upon the animal spirit, hubris, and narcissism theories to conduct an empirical study investigating the behavioural determinants influencing mergers and acquisitions.
Islam Pepaj and Mirlinda Batalli deal with the development of new trends in administrative procedure in the context of administrative legislation with a specific view of the Republic of Kosovo.
Muhtar Muhtar, Jaka Winarna, and Sutaryo Sutaryo examine the effect of an integrated government internal control system on various local development measures.
Chris Iwejuo Nwagboso, Chukwudi Charles Ezikeudu, Nnenna Salome Nwagboso, Uno Ijim Agbor, Joseph Chidi Ebegbulem, Chimaobi Okorie, John Anyabe Adams, Augustine Ugar Akah, Ugo Samuel Bassey, Ndifon Neji Obi, Stella-Odey Ekpo, Okwu Augustina Onyema, and Veronica Joseph Egba study the Nigerian public policy and internal security governance challenges using poverty, unemployment, gross domestic product, and foreign direct investment as the baseline.
Aggelia Xanthopoulou, Michalis Skordoulis, Petros Kalantonis, and Panagiotis Arsenos assess the effectiveness of forensic accounting and explore its relationship with corporate governance, based on the relevant literature.
The study by Olha Hurenko, Natalia Tsybuliak, Hanna Mytsyk, Anastasiia Popova, Yevheniia Lyndina, Hanna Lopatina, and Yana Suchikova, centered on the experiences of the Berdyansk State Pedagogical University in Ukraine, a displaced and borderless institution, seeks to understand the unique hurdles and prospects of implementing inclusive education amidst war.
Ali Rokhman, Pinar Çömez, and Slamet Rosyadi evaluate the quality of Indonesian local governments, using a quantitative approach with a web quality 4.0 (WebQual 4.0) instrument for assessing the quality of websites.
Throstur Olaf Sigurjonsson, Audur Arna Arnardottir, and Stefan Wendt analyze stakeholders’ experience with annual general meetings (AGMs) in 2021 and 2022, the challenges and opportunities of online and hybrid AGMs, and stakeholders’ expectations for the future format of AGMs.
Chekani Nkwaira and Huibrecht Margaretha van der Poll aim to determine the extent of moral virtues in investment decisions involving fossil fuels amidst risk-return principles.
Raphael Tabani Mpofu delves into the intricate interplay of leadership dynamics, governance, and regulatory concepts within a South African university-based entrepreneurship center.
Elida Liko explores the role of institutions in promoting employment and economic growth for a sample of eight Balkan countries over the period 2000–2022.
Dimitris Balios, Vasilios Nikolaos Katsikis, Vasilios Christos Naoum, and Theodora Zaroulea estimate the direction and intensity of the earnings management phenomenon in the firms of four European countries.
Baurzhan Bokayev, Gaziza Utepova, Guldana Baktiyarova, and Ulbossyn Baitassova discuss the impact of training programs on non-governmental organization representatives, aiming to foster collaborative and participatory governance within the non-governmental sector.
Papon Moolngearn and Tanpat Kraiwanit provide a framework to guide Thailand’s smart city development, aiming to enhance economic growth and residents’ quality of life.
Nuhi Osmani, Petrit Nimani, Berat Aqifi, and Artan Maloku outline the problem of unemployment in the Balkan countries, its causes, consequences, and policies.
Nguyen Thi Phuong Dung and Nguyen Thi Huong Lien identify the factors influencing the evolution of management accounting in Vietnam based on the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) model.
Ahmad A. Al-Majali, Sulieman D. Al-Oshaibat, Ahmad A. Al-Sarayreh, and Sufian Radwan Al-Manaseer measure the impact of digital financial literacy on financial development utilizing a panel vector autoregressive model and panel data encompassing 108 countries from 2017 to 2021.
Finally, Ha Nguyen Thi, Thuc Nguyen Thi, Thanh Vu Trong, Thang Nguyen Duc, and Thanh Nguyen Nghi shed light on the intricate interplay between sustainable tourism governance and the preservation of cultural heritage.
We hope that scholars in the relevant disciplines will find all the published articles in the current issue highly useful and they will utilize the contributions, and overcome the limitations identified in these publications in their future research endeavours.
