The peer review process typically has multiple evaluators. Too often editors rely on the Union Heuristic, which requires authors to perform all requested tests and extensions suggested by referees and editors, with results confirming the paper’s message. The Union Heuristic is easy, but has...

<p>Despite the crucial importance of high quality reviewing for the scientific process, new scholars often learn how to do this based on casual advice and trial-and-error learning. We offer a checklist that helps referees systematically develop high quality referee reports and avoid some of the...</p>

Increasing access to alternative or “big data” sources has given rise to an explosion in the use of these data in economics-based research. However, in our enthusiasm to use the newest and greatest data, we as researchers may jump to use big data sources before thoroughly considering the...

Some names, especially those with biblical origins, are very popular in the United States. But this then gives rise to an interesting question: Does a good given name lead to a better life and career success? Researchers have shown that the names of job applicants can affect their chances of...

Rating of research journals enables academic institutions to evaluate research quality of scholars in a more transparent manner. An indicative Journal Quality Ranking List has been compiled in this piece of work to assist researchers to understand the academic standards of various business...

Financial performance is the measure of an organization's productivity and effectiveness. It is used as an indicator of an organization's ability to use available resources in generating returns and profits for its stakeholders. Determinants of financial performance include employee...

The topic of risk incorporates a variety of definitions within different fields such as psychology, sociology, finance, and engineering. In academic finance, the analysis of risk has two major perspectives known as standard (traditional) finance and behavioral finance. The central focus of...

By tracing the history of the links of financialization to consumer behaviors and marketer actions in the 20th century, this paper aims to show that consumer market phenomena are often shaped by the imperatives of finance. The paper employs selective historical overviews, mainly focusing on the...

This publication covers seed and early stage financing for high growth companies in OECD and non-OECD countries with a primary focus on angel investment. Angel investment is the primary source of outside equity financing for start-ups in a number of countries, yet it is frequently overlooked as...

Because a commercial real estate borrower usually wants to secure a mortgage loan for as much as possible, as inexpensively as possible, loan originators sometimes structure a single large loan as two smaller loans by means of an intercreditor agreement. The process of severing one loan into...