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
Only recently have the applications of expert systems in finance received
tremendous attention from not only the practitioners but the academicians as
well. Widespread applications of this technology in diverse financial problems
include credit management loan evaluation portfolio analysis capital budgeting
cash flow analysis, and so forth. Another problem area that can benefit from
this technolog... hiện toàn bộ
Traces China’s foreign debt policy from 1978 to the present and compares its
short and long term debt structure with Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, the
Phillippines and Thailand (i.e. five countries suffering from the Asian economic
crisis). Points out that in the 1980s, when all six had high growth rates, China
had a severe financial crisis while the others did not: a situation reversed in
the 1990s... hiện toàn bộ
Outlines the effect of exchange rate fluctuations on bank performance and
investigates the relationship between exchange rate exposure and stock value for
eight major Greek banks. Explains the methodological problems involved, develops
a mathematical model and applies it to 1995‐1998 data for the banks. Discusses
the results for each bank individually and suggests that although their stock
returns... hiện toàn bộ
Outlines previous research attempts to explain the behaviour of second moments
of price and return distributions and theories of how Big Players (i.e. those
with enough discretionary power to influence the market but little sensitivity
to profit/loss consequences) affect the volatility and informational efficiency
of markets. Contrasts the 1883‐1892 fluctuations in the exchange value of the
Russia... 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