Intuition suggests that constraint investment strategies will result in losses due to a limited portfolio allocation. Two types of constrained assets have been particularly growing over the last few decades: Islamic Mutual Funds and Socially Responsible Mutual Funds. Although research regarding...

Since the 1980s, industrial organizations have adopted practices such as Six Sigma to maintain and enhance competitiveness. It is expected that Six Sigma should work as a positive signal to convey quality expectations to both customers and investors. Financially speaking, Six-Sigma must be...

This essay searches for a link between house prices, broad money, private credit and the macro-economy among 19 emerging markets. We also explain which variables predict the emerging markets house price index returns. The analysis consists of data for 19 emerging markets spanning the period...

This volume contains fourteen articles split across four parts, exploring the debate around the topics of fintech, AI, blockchain, and cryptocurrency. Featuring a cast of global contributors, this is an unmissable volume exploring the most current research on digital innovation in the financial...

Digital disruption is ubiquitous and has changed both the way businesses operate and the way people live. Disruption caused by innovation affects firms across multiple industries, from financial services to industrial firms, business processes to payment systems, manufacturing to supply chains....

Increasing amounts of capital flows to developing countries and emerging markets tend to stimulate economic activity in these countries on one hand, and lead to serious macroeconomic fluctuations on the other hand. Foreign investors' activities in an emerging market, specifically in a stock...

Purpose This paper aims to expand the literature on financial and operational performance by analyzing the effects of undergoing through Six Sigma training. Design/methodology/approach The effects of implementing Six Sigma trainings is analyzed for 108 Fortune 500 companies. The authors estimate...