This paper shows that most admired companies generate admirable stock performance relative to the market. The current study analyses risk premiums and risk-adjusted excess returns of a portfolio of firms ranked as the most admired companies in the United States from 2006 to 2011. The results...

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...

Using a panel of Taiwanese bank data over the period from 1997 to 2010, this paper conducts a joint analysis to examine the static, selection, and dynamic effects of ownership on bank performance. Simultaneously, to determine whether politics have a significant effect on the performance of...

This paper examines the role of innovation in firm performance by drawing empirical evidence from the capital market. The current study analyzes risk premiums and risk-adjusted excess returns of a portfolio of the most innovative firms in the United States from 2006 to 2010. The results show...

This paper shows that most admired companies generate admirable stock performance relative to the market. The current study analyses risk premiums and risk-adjusted excess returns of a portfolio of firms ranked as the most admired companies in the United States from 2006 to 2011. The results...

This study examines the reaction of commercial bank sector to loan (written by all commercial banks) delinquency rate shock. Using quarterly data from 1985Q1 to 2012Q4, the results show that returns on the commercial bank sector significantly drop immediately following the spike in loan...