This paper aims to study how the stock market operates and the reasons for fluctuation in the stock market that wipes out investors' money in majority of cases. It tries to find out how the retail investor can easily decide which stock to invest so that he would have minimal effect of...

Product design has increasingly been recognized as an important source of competitive advantage. This paper empirically estimates the impact of effective design on the market value of the firm. We use a firm's receipt of a product design award as a proxy for its design effectiveness. Based on...