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Predicting mature consumers' attitudes towards use of self-service technologies in the financial services context
Rose, Janelle D. - 2007
context among mature consumers. A second aim of this thesis was to explore usage patterns of self-service banking …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009479836
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Efficiency, productivity, change and market structure of the banking industry in Sri Lanka
Seelanatha, Senarath - 2007
[Abstract]: During the last 27 years, the banking industry in Sri Lanka has undergone a series of changes through … performance in the banking industry. The motivation of this study is to investigate empirically the impact of those changes on the … banking industry. Thus, this study aims to address three main research issues related to the banking industry in Sri Lanka …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009479837
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The relationship between valuation and ownership of listed firms in China
Hovey, Martin; Li, Larry; Naughton, Tony - 2003
This paper investigates the relationship between firm performance and corporate governancein China. Firm performance is measured by Tobin's Q, while corporate governance is determinedbased on ownership structure and concentration. Prior research, in both China and elsewhere,indicates that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009479943
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Why do we invest ethically?
Beal, Diana; Goyen, Michelle; Phillips, Peter J. - 2005
Analysis in this paper has proposed three potential motives for ethical investment - financial returns, non-wealth returns and social change. The motives are developed from the literature and illustrated in the context of a 'best of sector' fund and a socially screened fund. We find that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009479950
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Mature Australian consumers' adoption and consumption of self-service banking technologies
McPhail, Janelle; Fogarty, Gerard - 2004
The slow diffusion of self-service banking technologies (SSBTs) into the mature consumer market necessitates research …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009481377
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Underpricing, risk management, hot issue and crowding out effects : evidence from the Australian resources sector initial public offerings
Nguyen, Hoa; Dimovski, William; Brooks, Robert - 2010
The main purpose of this paper is to explore the role of risk management, speculative industry competition effect and hot issue markets. We used a sample of 260 initial public offerings (IPOs) in the Australian resource sector for the 1994–2004 period to test the underpricing effect. We do not...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009483901
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The underpricing of US REIT IPOs : 1996?2010
Bairagi, Ranajit Kumar; Dimovski, William - 2011
This study examines the underpricing cost of 123 US REIT IPOs over the period 1996 until June 2010, including the period of the global financial crisis. The study uses OLS multivariate regression to determine some potential factors behind underpricing. The underpricing cost of raising REIT...
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Dynamically opted protection envelope (DOPE) - A cost-effective strategy of insuring an investment portfolio
Bhattacharya, Sukanto; Kumar, Kuldeep - 2007
Popular ways of hedging downside risk of a stock portfolio is by means of a constant proportion portfolio insurance (CPPI) strategy or by means of an options-based portfolio insurance strategy (OBPI). However both have drawbacks in terms of practical applicability given transaction costs....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009484099
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EVALUATION OF FINANCIAL RISK OF HEDGE FUNDS AND FUNDS-OF-HEDGE FUNDS
Lee, Hee Soo - 2010
The primary objective of this thesis is to provide models capable of predicting financial distress in individual hedge funds (HFs) and funds-of-hedge funds (FOHFs). Two approaches were used to build these models. The first approach was based on a cross-sectional model while the second one was on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009480022
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Domestic and international banking
Lewis, Mervyn; Davis, K. T. - 1987
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000727270