Purpose: The purpose of this study is to define a model of social technology diffusion, comprising constructs that explain guests’ likelihood of recommending their hotel loyalty program to their peers. Design/methodology/approach: The diffusion effect is explained by commitment-trust,...

The literature concerning the effects of sporting performance on football shares is scarce. Football clubs used to be non-profit organisations and their members had different rights and views from those which affect today's shareholders' perspectives and analysis. We were particularly concerned...

In this article, we found that the US stock prices react only to the unexpected component of U.S. inflation announcements, with such impact statistically significant only in a situation of economic recession. We also show that the impact of the unexpected component of inflation announcements is...

This paper investigates the disposition effect on the Portuguese stock market, on the basis of a unique database that consists of trading records of 1496 individual investors. We found strong evidence of the disposition effect, studied on the basis of trades, volume and value traded. This...