Purpose: This study examines the role of behavioural factors, such as confidence, optimism, pessimism and rational expectation, in affecting investment decisions in the Pakistani stock market.Design/methodology/approach: Using daily trading data of KSE-100 index from January 2012 to December...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to test the role of corporate governance instruments in affecting the value of a firm (CGVF) in isolation and in combination of each other in a developing financial market characterized by the existence of additional imperfections in this market....

The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between firm size and excess stock returns in Pakistani market. We construct a set of 10 portfolios based on size i.e., market capitalization, total assets and sales for the period between 2007 and 2011, and analyze the annual stock...

The paper focuses on determining the impact of employee empowerment on service quality and customer satisfaction in the banking sector of Pakistan. The data was collected from a random sample of middle and lower management staff and the customers of the banks through questionnaires. Statistical...