Profitability determinants among micro firms: evidence from Swedish data
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View ArticleOrder imbalance and returns: evidence from India
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View ArticleEvaluation of Malaysian Mutual Funds in the Maximum Drawdown Risk Measure...
AbstractPurpose - This paper evaluates the risk-adjusted performance of the management styles of Malaysian mutual funds using nine modified performance evaluation measures generated by the maximum...
View ArticleProfitability of momentum returns under alternative approaches
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View ArticleDeterminants and Effects of Option Listings: Evidence from ADRs
AbstractPurpose - In this paper, we test the assertion that options act as a substitute for short sales by allowing investors an alternative way to act on bearish sentiment. An empirical test of this...
View ArticleDividend Investing - Performance and Explanations: A Practitioner Perspective
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View ArticleCanadian Corporate Payout Policy
AbstractPurpose - The purpose of this paper is to examine cash dividends and stock repurchases in Canada from 1988 to 2006 and their relationship with earnings. Design/methodology/approach - The study...
View ArticleEvaluation of Malaysian mutual funds in the maximum drawdown risk measure...
AbstractPurpose– This paper aims to evaluate the risk-adjusted performance of the management styles of Malaysian mutual funds using nine modified performance evaluation measures generated by the...
View ArticleProfitability of momentum returns under alternative approaches
AbstractPurpose– The analysis aims to explore how momentum return changes with alternative computational methods and the extent to which the portfolio structure is important in the momentum context....
View ArticleDeterminants and effects of option listings: evidence from ADRs
AbstractPurpose– In this paper, the authors aim to test the assertion that options act as a substitute for short sales by allowing investors an alternative way to act on bearish sentiment. An empirical...
View ArticleDividend investing performance and explanations: a practitioner perspective
AbstractPurpose– The purpose of this research is to investigate the risk and return characteristics of dividend investing compared to a passive “market” approach and provide probable explanations for...
View ArticleCanadian corporate payout policy
AbstractPurpose– The purpose of this paper is to examine cash dividends and stock repurchases in Canada from 1988 to 2006 and their relationship with earnings. Design/methodology/approach– The study...
View ArticleWhen Should Venture Capitalists Exit Their Investee Companies?
AbstractPurpose - Exit strategies are critical for external private equity holders, such as venture capitalists and business angels, to receive investment returns successfully. We model the exit...
View ArticleThe Value of Group Affiliation: Evidence from the 2008 Financial Crisis
AbstractPurpose - We observe listed firms in China during the 2008 financial crisis and investigate how group affiliation affects firm value when the economy turns down. We focus our study on answering...
View ArticleIPO LOCKUPS, FOUNDER POWER, AND EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
AbstractPurpose - This paper aims to examine the relationship between IPO lockups and founder-CEOs’ compensation and incentives in newly public firms. It argues that existence and length of lockup...
View ArticleCorporate Entrepreneurship and Debt Financing: Evidence from the GCC Countries
AbstractPurpose - The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member countries have recently given tremendous emphasis to corporate entrepreneurship. The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether the lack...
View ArticleTechnology Parks and Entrepreneurial Outcomes around the World
AbstractPurpose - Purpose – This paper studies factors that affect the success of technology parks in terms of fostering entrepreneurial firm formation, growth and financing....
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