Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine whether marketing alliances create value for shareholders, and whether the results are robust across different business cycles. Design/methodology/approach – Using standard event study methodology, abnormal returns (AR) were computed for 402...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine whether marketing alliances create value for shareholders, and whether the results are robust across different business cycles. Design/methodology/approach – Using standard event study methodology, abnormal returns (AR) were computed for 402...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to focus upon the financial performance of firms that maintain headquarters in the largest cities and firms based in smaller metropolitan areas. Big city locations offer numerous opportunities. On the other hand, maintaining headquarters in big cities is...

Purpose -This paper aims to provide additional international evidence on the initial public offerings (IPOs) by examining the initial performance and two main determinants of short-run underpricing of 169 IPOs listed on the Athens Stock Exchange (ASE) over the period 1997-2002....

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to investigate the risk factors for A-shares listed on both Shenzhen and Shanghai Stock Exchange in China using variables from Akgun and Gibson. Design/methodology/approach -The paper applies cross-sectional regression on the orthogonal components by...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the return performance of different investment strategies in the hedge fund sector, with a particular emphasis on the recent US financial crisis of 2007-2010. Additionally, the paper aims to investigate the comovement of hedge fund index...

Purpose - This paper seeks to test the hypothesis that stock returns in the Athens Stock Exchange (ASE) adjust asymmetrically to past information due to differential adjustment costs. Design/methodology/approach -The methodological approach is based on the asymmetric price adjustment model...

Assesses the 1995‐1998 performance of ten domestic balanced mutual funds in the Greek financial market using daily net asset value per unit. Ranks them on the basis of daily average return, total risk, coefficient of variation, systematic risk, Treynor’s index, Sharpe’s index and...

Cites survey evidence that many firms undertaking e‐commerce projects do not appraise or evaluate them in traditional ways and discusses how businesses can deal with the many perspectives involved. Illustrates the “four faces of e‐business”, lists its benefits and considers seven...

Outlines previous research on the mutual fund industry and compares the characteristics of the US and European mutual fund markets using the structure‐conduct‐performance paradigm. Shows that the European industry is smaller, with more funds and more emphasis on fixed income, with the UK and...