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The impact of culture on luxury consumption behaviour among Iranian consumers
Teimourpour, Bahar; Heidarzadeh Hanzaee, Kambiz - In: Journal of Islamic Marketing 2 (2011) 3, pp. 309-328
Iran as an Islamic country. Findings – Findings support the notion that there are cultural differences between consumers in … evaluating luxury value dimensions. As the study is about Iranian Muslim consumers, the role of religion in consumer behavior has …
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The value added by specific investments: a framework for managing relationships in the context of value networks
Kleinaltenkamp, Michael; Ehret, Michael - In: Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing 21 (2006) 2, pp. 65-71
caused by specific investments. This contribution aims to develop a new perspective on specific investments that accounts for … marketing activities. Practical implications – Specific investments are a powerful tool for differentiating the market offerings … the value potential generated by specific investments is not fulfilled in the realms of present marketing literature. Also …
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The impact of sustainability on the investment environment
de Francesco, Anthony J.; Levy, Deborah - In: Journal of European Real Estate Research 1 (2008) 1, pp. 72-87
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the key drivers affecting property investment decisions within a context of sustainability and how these drivers are likely to change the investment product landscape and the management of existing property investment portfolios....
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Asset allocation
Hin/David Ho, Kim; Eng Ong, Seow; Foo Sing, Tien - In: Journal of Property Investment & Finance 24 (2006) 4, pp. 324-342
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to conceptualise a workable strategic asset allocation (SAA) model, given the data paucity problem, and involve an ex ante framework that is distributional free. Design/methodology/approach – The SAA model is developed within a semi‐quantitative and...
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Comparing “socially responsible” and “sustainable” commercial property investment
Kimmet, Philip - In: Journal of Property Investment & Finance 27 (2009) 5, pp. 470-480
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to set out to explore the similarities and differences between jargon used to describe future‐focussed commercial building product. This is not so much an exercise in semantics as an attempt to demonstrate that responses to challenges facing the...
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Transferring home price risk to investors from individual borrowers
Sharma, Dhruv - In: The Journal of Risk Finance 11 (2010) 4, pp. 416-423
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to outline a new approach to risk management that will create an innovative marketplace mechanism to deal with risk. Design/methodology/approach – The paper discusses current risk management practice and proposes a novel new approach to risk management...
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A critique on accounting for the mudarabah contract
Atmeh, Muhannad A.; Hadi Ramadan, Abdul - In: Journal of Islamic Accounting and Business Research 3 (2012) 1, pp. 7-19
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the accounting treatment for mudarabah contract and its implications on the reliability and fairness of the financial statements. In addition, the paper also aims to explore the effect of provisions and reserves on profit allocation among...
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Financing and investing considerations for REITs
Scherrer, Phillip S. - In: Corporate Governance: The international journal of … 4 (2004) 4, pp. 78-82
As equity markets decline, bonds and REITs (Real Estate Investment Trusts) become more appealing to investors. Although REITs stocks are equity based their continual return is more bond‐like in nature. This article addresses the analyses process for investing in real estate based equities.
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Professionalism and investment advisers
Frumento, Aegis J.; Korenman, Stephanie - In: Journal of Investment Compliance 14 (2013) 1, pp. 32-41
proper scope of regulation of investment advisers. Design/methodology/approach – The authors reviewed the scholarly … adviser regulation, and some of the studies that led up to those bills. Findings – The authors concluded that professionalism … intense regulation of investment advisers by an SRO such as FINRA, presuming that would impair the development of a true …
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The influence of heterogeneous expectations on security prices
Abraham, Rebecca; Harrington, Charles W. - In: Review of Accounting and Finance 5 (2006) 1, pp. 5-19
Purpose – The purpose of the study was to provide empirical support for the Miller model. The paper proposes the use of the ratio of individual to institutional holdings as a proxy for heterogeneous expectations of security returns. Design/methodology/approach – Both bivariate t‐tests and...
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