The automobile industry in the ASEAN countries has expanded rapidly over the last few years. The growth potential of the ASEAN auto market and its now very major absolute importance for the industry warrant a more detailed analysis. In the following report depicts which opportunities the ASEAN...

This study uses factor analysis to simplify the complex relationships among stock markets and to reduce the number of markets required for portfolio construction. Our sample consists of the US and 11 Asia-Pacific stock markets. We find that the reduced portfolio obtained from factor analysis has...

Revenue enhancement and value creation are core issues of mergers and acquisitions (M&A). Revenue enhancing synergy associated with cross-industry M&A is supported by Asian emerging markets. Both within-industry M&A and cross-industry M&A deals realise significant positive abnormal returns. The...