This study examines the influence of information constraints on firms' efficiency in using digital technologies, focusing on business websites. Through two natural field experiments in the UK, we provide firms with benchmarked performance information on their websites. The experimental designs...

The ability of business to affect human rights has only grown with globalisation, and the increased power of transnational corporations. Various attempts have been embarked upon by United Nations (UN) institutions to regulate business and human rights since the 1970s.This dissertation seeks to...

Country-by-Country Reports (CbCRs) have emerged as a unique public source of information to track the country-by-country activities of multinational corporations. However, concerns about double counting and comparability have raised questions about the reliability of these reports for economic...

The validity of day trading as a long-term consistent and uncorrelated source of income for traders and investors has always been a matter of debate. In this paper, we investigate the profitability of the well-known Opening Range Breakout (ORB) strategy during the period of 2016 to 2023. This...

With limited financing options, increasing investment efficiency will be a critical avenue to building infrastructure for many countries, particularly in the context of post-pandemic recovery and rising debt emanating from higher energy costs and other pressures. Estimating investment...

This paper provides empirical evidence that risk-return inversion in stock prices, characterized by high expected returns and low volatility, is a consequence of mutual funds’ performance evaluation against a benchmark. Mutual funds evaluated against a same benchmark have tendencies to imitate...

In this era of rapid digital revolution within the financial sector, our paper offers a cutting-edge approach to the intricacies of share buyback programs by employing Genetic Algorithms (GAs). Navigating the complexity of financial market operations, we leverage artificial intelligence to craft...