Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) of European utility sectors subsequent to privatization and deregulation triggered widespread concern due to the crucial role played by utility sectors in a country's economic and social development. From the study of a sample of 156 cases of M&A within utility...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to determine the impact of announcements regarding information and communication technologies (ICTs)‐enabled offshoring on the share prices of public companies. Design/methodology/approach – The study is carried out by means of an event study....

Purpose - To determine the impact of announcements regarding ICT-enabled offshoring on the share prices of public companies. Method approach – The study is carried out by means of an event study. Findings - The finding from this research is that investors do not tend to reward offshoring...

Previous research on relationship lending has paid very little attention to the role of trust. Trust might be ex-pected to reduce agency costs, perceived credit risk and thus the request for personal collateral. Trustworthiness is associated with three attributes of SME owner/managers': ability,...