In this paper, we aim to investigate whether investor following is a determinant of the stock

In this paper, we study and extend the optimal portfolio positioning

This paper proposes to investigate the impact of ?nancialization on energy markets (oil, gas, coal, and electricity European forward prices) during both normal times and periods of extreme ?uctuation through an original behavioral and emotional approach. With this aim, we propose a new...

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the gap risk of dynamic portfo- lio insurance strategies which generalize the "Constant Proportion Port- folio Insurance " (CPPI) method by allowing the multiple to vary. We illustrate our theoretical results for conditional CPPI strategies indexed on...

Our study aims at analyzing Islamic bank efficiency over the period 2001-2008. We found that they were efficient at 92%. The level of efficiency could however vary according to the region where they operate. Asia displays the highest score with 96%. Indeed, country like Malaysia made reforms in...

Technological innovation is not exclusive to great industrial groups. Sometimes, innovative and dynamic companies emerge in high-tech sectors and constitute a serious threat for some industry giants. However, the high reactivity of these small companies is generally impaired by problems of...

In the last few years, small firms have had difficulties to finance their projects via the traditional bank system. A new type of financing has recently appeared in Europe and in particular in France: the crowdfunding. It is a method for funding a variety of new ventures, allowing individual...

This paper examines the strategy in resource allocation of a firm which must choose between several production functions. These latter ones can differ by their respective initial investment amounts, input costs, output levels and prices...Such management problem is often posed when input values...

Evaluate a growing company is always a difficult exercise because the valuation depends on the appreciation of many factors that vary depending on the person performing the evaluation: manager, shareholder, venture capitalist, etc. This article aims to present the methods used to evaluate this...

We extend the research on private equity by studying the decision to go private in Europe. We consider a new dimension by using two main theories: corporate finance and cognitive biases. It is the first time that these two theories are used to explain Public to Private decisions. To conduct our...