Purpose – Many factors like CEO (“the chief executive officer”) decision can influence efficiency and productivity in insurance firms. This paper seeks to address this issue. Design/methodology/approach – To test the effect of CEO power on the efficiency and the productivity of the...

Purpose – Many factors like CEO (“the chief executive officer”) decision can influence efficiency and productivity in insurance firms. This paper seeks to address this issue. Design/methodology/approach – To test the effect of CEO power on the efficiency and the productivity of the...

Australian investors can reduce their overall portfolio risk by diversifying into equities from other markets. Emerging markets have attracted significant interest because of their low correlations with Australian equity market returns; however, a number of studies have indicated that...

Changes in magnetic and structural properties of 60–82 nm iron films induced by heavy-ion implantation were studied using the magneto-optical Kerr effect, Mössbauer spectroscopy, Rutherford backscattering spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, and X-ray absorption fine structure. The influence of...