Investing in the Second-Industrial-Revolution firms at the beginning of the 20th century exposed investors to strong information asymmetries due to the novelty of these industries and the lack of legal rules on transparency and public accounting. We analysed the firms listed in Paris at the...

This paper aims to bridge the knowledge gap in existing literature on Bitcoin, Blockchain, and FinTech. It begins by clarifying the definition of these concepts. Through a systematic review and case studies in the supply chain industry, this paper brings out the applications, the benefits/value,...

This thesis investigates the role of purchasing managers (and departments) in supplier relationships( SRs) and assesses the impact of their role on SRs' performance. Driven by the importance of outsourcing in organisations, there is an intense interest in academia in the study of SRs and an...