Since roughly 2015, the world has been witnessing the dawn of the age of “NewSpace,” with space now being explored by a new set of parties for a set of purposes distinct from those of the past. NewSpace is commonly used to refer to the private sector’s growing leadership in space...

The new winds of the fourth Industrial Revolution are blowing through the ASEAN economies. ASEAN consists of 10 South Asian countries (Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Viet Nam), all of have attained rapid economic...

New industry finance has the following five characteristics. First, information asymmetry problem appears relatively stronger in the new industry finance compared to the normal industry finance. Asymmetry of information between trading partners means that the amount of information is on...

With the rise of the digital economy around the world, fintech, which can reduce costs by utilizing technology and provide customized services based on data, has emerged as the center of innovation in financial services. Fintech is also fast growing in Vietnam as it is receiving attention as a...

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the possible role of asset tangibility (mainly collateral) on corporate’s investment decision. To satisfy the purpose, we highlight the differences of corporate investment behaviors between the 1990s and the 2000s considering its financial phase. The...

South Korea has been one of the thinnest countries in the world. According to the World Factbook (CIA, 2014), the obesity rate of South Korea (7.7%) was ranked 139th out of 191 countries in 2008. Upon growing familiarity with westernized cultures, the obesity percentage for the overall South...

Corporate investment leads job creation and output growth by increasing capital accumulation in the short-run, and also acts as a crucial element for sustainable economic growth in the long run. However, the external economic environment that Korea faces is currently not so bright. The U.S....

Competitive advantage elements and conditions for sustaining in the TV industry have changed significantly because the global financial crisis has led to rapid changes in the environment for consumer electronic industry. The global financial crisis left many economies in a state of low-growth...

A remarkable feature of the 2008-09 financial crisis was that it led to an exceptionally rapid and large contraction in world trade. For example, nominal world trade fell by 30% in just one year ending in the first quarter of 2009.1) The trade collapse was also unparalleled in its...