We examine the relation between stock volatility and asymmetric information empirically. We use two proxies of information asymmetry: institutional ownership and analyst coverage. We find that firms covered by more analysts are more likely to have less volatile returns. A significant and...

This paper provides a conceptual framework to analyze investment projects with networks externalities. In the presence of such effects, consumers make their choice of consumption according to the number of people having already adopted the product or the service. The process of diffusion of such...

Corporate venture capital (CVC) is a real driving force behind the development of technology-based innovation. It is an entrepreneurial strategy used by big corporations who go outside the company because they can no longer depend solely on creating innovations in-house. CVC enables them to...

This article investigates the use and the satisfaction derived from e-learning training by sales representatives of commercial banks in France.The research carried out among these representatives concerns a banking training scheme which was followed from work or from home. The analysis of the...

The tough game among e-brokers is still going on and is becoming more and more ruthless. The challenges they are facing will determine who will survive and who will be squeezed out of the market. Money they receive from shareholders will not always flow in if they do not prove that they are...

This article evaluates the quality of Internet banking services in France, and shows quality differences that result from underdevelopment of services such as "informational” or “customer relationships management” services. The certification process is then presented as a solution to...

Internet is not simply one more distribution channel among the multi-channel strategies used by the financial industry; it is fostering new "e-Business Models" such as Internet-primary banks. However, in spite of its strong development potential, this type of bank has often achieved a weak...

Quality Function Deployment (QFD) is a product and service design technique primarily oriented to deliver the ‘voice of the customer' throughout every single planning and design activity. QFD was successfully applied in almost every manufacturing industry, methodologically adapted and employed...