Purpose – Convergence in the life sciences and health care industries – the combining of two or more of drugs, diagnostics and devices to create an improved health care product – is leading to new opportunities for business growth and product differentiation. This report aims to examine...

Purpose – This paper aims to entertain while reminding readers of the immense variability to be expected with respect to even the most highly recommended of investment strategies. Design/methodology/approach – Opinion column. Findings – This column lays out the historical record of the Dow...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to discuss the applicability of investment decision‐making techniques under fuzziness. Design/methodology/approach – The paper explains how fuzzy sets can be used in investment decision making. Findings – It was found that any classical investment...

Purpose – The paper aims to examine the investment in Scotland's further education (FE) estate as an example of public sector capital investment. It looks at the sector's modernization, which has previously suffered from under‐investment, to provide a built environment that meets the...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to propose and discuss practical approaches on how to address risk and uncertainty within valuation reports, particularly when there is only insufficient comparable transaction evidence available. Design/methodology/approach – A four stage approach to...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to look at the importance of investment feasibility analysis. Design/methodology/approach – The paper addresses the question of whether a planned course of action is likely to achieve individual or enterprise objectives, given the available resources...

Purpose – This poem aims to present a reflection on the bigger picture of how powerless people are in reality to safeguard their own futures. Design/methodology/approach – It is a fictional poem. Findings – The poet considers how outside forces devalue the traditional approaches people...

Hedge funds increasingly are becoming a focus of investors and U.S. regulatory agencies including the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), the U.S. Treasury Department, the National Association of Securities Dealers, and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission as enhanced...

On December 20, 2002, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), the National Association of Securities Dealers (“NASD”), the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”), the New York Attorney General, and the North American Securities Administrators Association (“NASAA”) announced...

The USA Patriot Act, Sarbanes‐Oxley, proxy voting disclosure, privacy regulations under Gramm‐Leach‐Bliley, fair valuation, hedge fund scrutiny, and the list goes on and on. Over the past two years, we have seen the Securities and Exchange Commission launch the most aggressive and...