Part I: The Journey to the Land of Unknown -- Chapter 1: The Nature of Research -- Chapter 2: Scientific Method -- Chapter 3: The Research Process -- Part II: Preparation for Research -- Chapter 4: Formulating a Research Problem -- Chapter 5: Review of Literature -- Chapter 6: Research Design --...

The time-shift asymmetric correlation analysis method is introduced for stock exchanges with different but non-overlapping trading hours to analyze the degree of global integration between stock markets of different countries and their influence on each other. Next-day correlation (NDC) and...