This chapter examines the merger of two cellular companies (MOBILINK and WARID) for sustainability in the telecommunication sector of Pakistan. During 2011-2013, WARID faced the news of the possible sales of the company due to falling revenues,constant poor network quality, and lower network...

On 16 January 2015, Zohaib Akhtar, the company secretary and PA to the CEO of Ji Trading Company was analysing what went wrong during the day. Ji Trading Company imported heavy machinery from China for its clients in Pakistan. This year the company tried to attract more investment from their...

This paper examined the shift towards the Next Generation Networks (NGNs) like 4G from 2G and the role of technology for sustainable development in the telecommunication sector of Pakistan. WARID was one of the four cellular companies of Pakistan. All the big players in the market had auctioned...

Investment is a part and parcel of life. There are various avenues to invest and one of those is the Stock Market. But the decision of the investor depends on various factors and one of these factors is Terrorism. The chapter focuses on the Long and Short-run Association (LSA) and the influence...

The insurance sector mainly consists of insurance companies, insurance agencies, brokers and reinsurers. For many years, false damages, without being linked to money, have undoubtedly been the most attractive aspect of the insurance industry. However, for quite some time, the insurance sector is...

Importance of stock market in the economic development of a country cannot be denied, and macroeconomic variables are important indicators that affect stock market of a country. Present study provides a great contribution to understand the association of these variables with stock market. This...

The desire to edit a book on FinTech came out of my two decades of experience as a practitioner of finance and technology. The past decade has been an eventful one for those interested in the influence of Technology on Finance. FinTech has become a buzzword from G20 to World Economic Forum to...

The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the concept of global branding, what it stands for being socially responsible, and what its link with leverage is. It also highlights the range of social responsibility issues with reference to Pakistani brands and explores the relevant issues and deep...

The auditor may provide numerous services to their clients covering audit and non-audit services (NAS). These services have been considered as a combination of services offering varying results for client firms. The mixed results reported by past studies in measuring the relation between NAS and...