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
This study examines compensation changes among top executives of formerly
privately held stock insurers and mutual insurers at the time around an initial
public offering. This study explains how CEO compensation changes following an
IPO differ between these two types of insurers owing to their differing agency
characteristics. The results also show that CEOs’ benefits increase materially
following... hiện toàn bộ
To judge from the literature there has been a substantial amount of research
carried out into the evolution of supervisor training. For the most part,
however, this work has been carried out by those with psychological/sociological
leanings; in fact it should more appropriately be described as “validation”, in
that no attempt has been made to value the effects of the training programmes in
either ... hiện toàn bộ
Outlines the ideas incorporated in “development economics” and criticizes the
lack of distinction made by some writers between development and economic
growth. Asks whether underdeveloped countries really need a different economic
theory from Western Europe and suggests that growth (in gross national product)
and development (i.e. structural change) are actually complementary processes.
Reviews va... hiện toàn bộ
Purpose – To examine, determine, investigate and compare the extent to which
enterprises in Greece and Cyprus use the theoretical framework to evaluate
investments which are the discouraging factors concerning the use of this
framework with particular emphasis to investigate the type, size and percentage
of total capital expenditures detailed cash flow estimates; cash flow estimation
practices and... hiện toàn bộ
This essay considers some of the negative effects of proxy contests and
emphasizes that the proxy contest should be the choice of last resort. When
costs are weighed against benefits, it would seem that there are better and
cheaper ways for owners and managers to communicate and settle their
differences. Recent research on this topic is considered and suggestions for
research to judge the long‐ter... hiện toàn bộ