We investigate the effects of individual investors' participation on after-market divergence of opinion (DOP) for 269 Malaysian fixed-price initial public offerings (IPOs). Our findings show that individual investor participation moderates the relationship between initial performance and...

Recent studies show that Berle and Means' image of modern ownership of corporation, which introduced widely held corporate ownership, is not common even in developed countries. In fact, large shareholders including families, financial institutions, and states control a significant number of...

The aim of this article is comparison between Muslims' and non-Muslims' satisfaction towards Islamic banks in Malaysia by using SERVQUAL and CARTER model. This research also studies the importance of compliance term in CARTER model by comparison between two models. Data collection is based on...

Interim financial reporting is designed to provide an update on the latest set of the companies' financial statements. It highlights significant activities and events of the company. These interim reports may assist the interested users to evaluate the company's capacity to generate earnings and...

This research studies the level of awareness which Malaysians have in relation to the culture of Islamic banking, their attitude towards Islamic banking, and a ranking of the bank selection criteria. And for each part of the study, it will be studied the difference between Muslim and non-Muslim...

As jet fuel price is the largest cost in airlines, it can affect on their profit and as a result on their shares price in the stock exchange. If the price of crude oil climbed to $100 a barrel, for example, jet fuel would surpass $3 per gallon. A passenger flying coast to coast in the U.S. will...

How do shortfalls in crude oil production caused by wars and other exogenous political events in the oil producing countries affect oil prices, economic growth and inflation in major ASEAN countries? In this study we try to estimate and compare the effect of these shocks on Inflation rate and...

How do shortfalls in crude oil production caused by wars and other exogenous political events in oil-producing countries affect oil prices, economic growth and inflation in major ASEAN countries? In this study, we examine and compare the effects of these shocks on inflation rate and real growth...

Internet banking acceptance level is increasing due to the fact that it made transaction easy. It provides access to personal accounts and general information on bank products and services through computers or other technological devices. The aim of this study is to provide the empirical...

Background: Using technology acceptance model (TAM), prior studies revealed that attitude towards Internet use for health information differently affected behavioral intention to use the Internet for health information. In other words, some results showed a smaller influence of attitude on...