Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the long-run performance of initial public offerings (IPOs) in Taiwan with a five-factor model on a calendar time basis. Design/methodology/approach – Besides the Fama-French three factors, the paper also incorporates leverage and liquidity...

The current European economic crisis changes radically the structure of present and future employment, the political agenda and the adoption of appropriate economic policy means in the whole Europe. This is mostly true for southern European countries that were hit hard by economic crisis and...

Due to the limitations of the extant literature on the impact of scale of operation on microfinance performance, this paper has been written in an effort to fill this major gap by conducting an empirical investigation into the link between scale of operation, sustainability and efficiency of...

<Para ID="Par1">The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between financial performance and reviews—self, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), and third party—of corporate social responsibility (CSR) reports provided by North American firms over the period from 2006 to 2012. Using data obtained...</para>

We aggregate different dimensions of corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities following the stakeholder framework proposed in Clarkson (Acad Manag Rev 20(1), 92–117, <CitationRef CitationID="CR8">1995</CitationRef>) and present consistent evidence that CSR strengths targeting different stakeholders have their unique impact on...</citationref>

In recent years, development practice has seen that microfinance institutions (MFIs) are starting to consider their environmental bottom line in addition to their financial and social objectives. Yet, little is known about the characteristics of institutions involved in environmental management....

See the publication in the <I>North American Journal of Economics and Finance</I> (2013). Vol. 26(SI), 519-534.<P> This paper examines the size effects of volatility spillovers for firm performance and exchange rates with asymmetry in the Taiwan tourism industry. The analysis is based on two conditional...</p></i>

This paper investigates the relationship between gender diversity on management boards and financial performance of Indonesian listed companies. We conduct cross-sectional regression analysis based on a sample comprising 92.4 percent of public firms listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX)....

Banking sector is one of the fastest growing sectors in India. Today’s banking sector becoming more complex. The objective of this study is to analyze the Financial Position and Performance of the Bank of Baroda and Punjab National Bank in India based on their financial characteristics. This...