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
It may be instructive to examine the reaction of the accounting profession to
the inflationary phenomenon in the ten countries in which tentative or final
positions have been taken. The record is curious indeed.
PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to assess the association between Chief
Executive Officer (CEO) tenure, compensation, and firm's
performance.Design/methodology/approachThe paper compares the influence firms'
performance on CEOs' cash and total compensation based on the length of tenure.
It also examines pay–performance relationship for new CEOs vs those serving
their last year in such position... hiện toàn bộ
PurposeBusiness failures during the economic recession of 2008‐2010 years were
unusually high in the USA. The purpose of this paper is to build a new model to
predict business failure, using mostly cash flow statement based measures as
predictor variables and discriminant analysis
technique.Design/methodology/approachThe authors' data matrix consisted of 100
firms and seven predictor variables. A ... hiện toàn bộ
During the past decade, there has been a revolution in investment management. If
you pick up any professional investment journal in the States you will find that
the articles and advertisements continually refer to Modern Portfolio Theory or
MPT. At the heart of MPT is the notion of risk measurement. And nowadays,
portfolio managers in almost any large American investment institution use
modern ri... hiện toàn bộ
Given the range of tools and techniques available for appraising capital
projects, financial managers are confronted with the problem of selecting
appropriate techniques that adequately reflect their goals. This article
explores the rationale underlying alternative measures of project profitability
in order to discuss the relationship between various appraisal methods and the
goals of management. ... hiện toàn bộ
PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine whether marketing alliances
create value for shareholders, and whether the results are robust across
different business cycles.Design/methodology/approachUsing standard event study
methodology, abnormal returns (AR) were computed for 402 firms which formed
marketing alliances in a 12‐month period covering three business time periods,
namely bull, bear... hiện toàn bộ