S&T manpower act as the most important ingredient for scientific and technological activities. It is also an indicator of technological competitiveness of a country, which is most important in the 21st century. The manpower outturn and stock is also an important input while designing science...

This paper examines if a portfolio of firms with the best training program consistently outperforms the market. This study constructs an equally-weighted portfolio of top 10 companies ranked in the Training Top 125 each year from 2001 to 2010. In particular, this study compares the performance...

This paper gives an overview of some issues related to market valuation, focusing on the developments on the New York equity markets. The 42.4 p.c. fall in the S&P 500 price index between 24 March 2000 - when it reached its all-time high - and 31 December 2002 is situated in a very long term...