The Academy's dual role is to discover and disseminate knowledge. For most of our tenure, we have focused on research's role in fulfilling this societal mandate. We continue that discussion here by calling for more “actionable” research — something that the supply chain discipline is...

This note deals with the simplified case of a principal (e.g., a firm's board of directors) which delegates execution of an economic activity to a business unit (or a subsidiary firm) managed by a manager. It is assumed that the manager has no control over the cash flows injected into the unit...

The research is basically deal with the Men Power of the Atul Auto Limited. In this research, we have covered the man power available with Atul Auto Limited for Research and Hurconomics (TVRL) Calculation for Measurement of ROI titled to Measuring ROI : A Study of Hurconomics on Employees of...

A trust is a relationship in which a designated trustee holds title to assets for the benefit of a designated person called the beneficiary. A trust is typically established when an owner of property (called the settlor) transfers the property to a trustee on terms describing how the trustee is...

Purpose – It is the purpose of this article to improve existing methods for risk management, in particular stress testing, for derivative portfolios. The method is explained and compared with other methods, using hypothetical portfolios. Design/methodology/approach – Closed form option...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine initial and long-run returns of Japanese IPOs in particular venture capital (VC)-backed and non-VC-backed. The main research focus is on the performance of VC-backed companies. Design/methodology/approach – This paper presents a comprehensive...

This paper aims to outline the financial situation of the return on equity ofo Romanian companies according to the decision of external financing in the period 2007 - 2008, namely the period of occurrence of the economic crisis. There are 32 companies which were surveyed, which are in different...

Purpose – In recent years, an increasing interest in the participative practices of the workpeople in their companies has taken place in the European Union. Taking advantage of this situation, the purpose of this paper is to show additional evidence of the benefits from companies with majority...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore capital gains, income, and total returns in various property markets in Europe. In a comparative study the nature of returns for different commercial and residential properties is investigated. Hereby, total returns, income returns, and capital...