PurposeThe purpose of this study is to define FinTech, differentiating it from
financial technology and use the definition to develop an industry
framework.Design/methodology/approachUsing the existing literature on FinTech
and incorporating these contributions into a traditional financial structure,
characteristics are outlined and placed into a framework that describes the
FinTech industry.Findi... hiện toàn bộ
PurposeThe paper aims to investigate the monthly and trading month effects in
the stock market returns of the ASE using daily data before and after the crisis
of 1999‐2001. In addition, the study seeks to consider data from both periods of
the ASE, before and after the upgrade of the market (May
2001).Design/methodology/approachThis paper examines the calendar effects in the
Greek stock market ret... hiện toàn bộ
Muhammad Zubair Tauni, Zia-ur-Rehman Rao, Hong Fang, Minghao Gao
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of the key
sources of information, namely, financial advice, word-of-mouth communication
and specialized press, on trading behavior of Chinese stock investors. The study
also analyzed if the association between the key sources of information and
trading behavior is influenced by investor personality.
Design/methodology/approach The aut... hiện toàn bộ
Outlines previous research on measuring the performance of investment funds,
suggesting that data envelopment analysis (DEA) techniques can overcome some of
the problems of the capital asset pricing model and give pointers for
improvement. Uses DEA to assess the relative performance of 257 Australian
mutual funds 1995‐1999 and logistic regression to investigate the
characteristics which affect it.... hiện toàn bộ
PurposeThe aim of this paper is to examine empirically the managerial earnings
management practices of financially distressed firms, and to consider whether
these practices changed during the recent global financial crisis. Although
corporate distress has been a topic of research interest for many years,
earnings manipulation by distressed firms has received relatively little
attention.Design/meth... hiện toàn bộ
PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to determine the variables of brand equity
measurement for Greek companies quoted in the Greek exchange stock
market.Design/methodology/approachThe measurement of brand equity has been a hot
issue both for marketing and financial practitioners. Different attempts to
measure brand equity have been made by both sides. The present study, by the use
of Tobin's Q met... hiện toàn bộ
The topic of employee reporting has attracted the interests of practitioners and
academics in recent years, particularly in relation to the annual published
financial ducuments, known as an Employee Report, used by a number of companies.
The practice of giving financial information to employees can be traced back to
the last century, although its more popular use dates from the Second World War.
This study analyzes trends in analyst forecast properties from 1987 through 1998
in the United States and seven Pacific Rim countries: Australia, New Zealand,
Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, and Thailand. Analyst forecast properties
in the United States have become less dispersed, more accurate, and less
optimistic during the sample period. Similar trends exist in Australia and New
Zealand,... hiện toàn bộ
Outlines the special characteristics of the Athens stock exchange which may
cause misspecification in the simple market model and make Dimson type models
more appropriate. Refers to previous research on then and nonsynchronous
trading, discusses the methodological issues involved and applies both simple
and Dimson type models to 1993‐1997 data for 22 Greek shares. Finds the latter
“in many ways mo... hiện toàn bộ