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...

Is globalization being derailed by opponents? Result of this event study analysis of the 1997 fast-track denial suggest that investors (1) may have perceived fast-track as a debate on globalization and (2) appear to have expected financial losses to result from the failure to enact fast-track....

This paper examines if firms in the United States with quality training programs can enjoy above-the-market-average benefits and performance by analyzing risk premiums and risk-adjusted excess returns of a portfolio of public firms in the United States, which are ranked consecutively from 2006...