This article empirically examines whether the ratio of research and development (R&D)spending to sales and marketing spending has an impact on the valuation of Dot Com companies. These companies are currently trading in today’s stock market. Previous research has not been able to link the...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide a bird's eye overview of the special issue and its significance. Design/methodology/approach – The paper reviews relevant topics and provide perspective. Findings – Critical areas and future focus are identified in the paper. Practical...

Purpose – This purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the status of e‐finance and discuss related issues and challenges. Provides data about growth of e‐finance in the last decade. Introduces advances and innovations in e‐finance and challenges facing the financial services...

Purpose – Existing empirical evidence indicates internet banks worldwide have underperformed newly chartered traditional banks mainly because of their higher overhead costs. The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of internet banking services on credit union activity....

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine stocks that are most actively discussed by online posters and see if the messages posted about these stocks have information or if they are just noise. Design/methodology/approach – This study uses messages posted on TheLion.com, which...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop a methodological usability evaluation approach for e‐commerce websites in developing countries. Design/methodology/approach – A multi‐faceted usability evaluation of three Jordanian e‐commerce websites was used, where three usability...