The present study focused on one of the important South Asian nations-Sri Lanka-to examine the role of idiosyncratic volatility in asset prices. A four-factor model with idiosyncratic volatility was designed for capturing the market, size, value and idiosyncratic risk yields better than Fama and...

Purpose: This paper study regional attractiveness through passive portfolio investment based on duration, immunization and convexity (in case of higher interest rate volatility) of municipal bonds by using data from Standard and Poor’s. The massive variety of financial incentives to promote...

Purpose: This study aims to examine whether the publication of analyst recommendations has reaction in the Russian stock market. This study also aims to determine the other factors that influence the reaction. Design/methodology/approach: Event study analysis (ESA) and regression models are...

Purpose: The paper introduces a resource-based linear programming model for resource optimization in small innovative enterprises (SIE). Design/methodology/approach: The model is grounded on resource-based view on the firm and dynamic capabilities approach. Linear programming technique is used...