The existing literature of performance persistence of US open-end funds is limited. We are going to use the entire population of 12083 US open-end funds to test performance persistence in different time periods, namely the first year, the third year, the fifth year and the tenth year. The sample...

Uncertain knowledge allows us to learn new knowledge and leads us to develop a new domain model. The medical domain is a very crucial area of research where a wrong decision taken by a physician can create a significant health issue. Based on patient sensations and certain conventional...

Purpose: Ayurveda which is one of the oldest healing sciences is considered a holistic healing system. In Sanskrit, the word ‘Ayurveda’ means ‘The Science of Life.’ The knowledge of Ayurveda originated in India over a period of more than 5000 years. It is also called as “mother of all...

This paper proposes new composite measures of relative and dynamic state performance to improve governance and delivery of public programs in developing countries with a federal structure. We rank the performance of 19 major Indian states on two large development programs launched by the Indian...

A comprehensive toolset that can provide fast and accurate design, survey, planning, monitoring, and evaluation of behaviors and responses in the reservoir field is essential to achieve successful geological carbon capture and storage (CCS) development and operations, with or without enhanced...

Risk-taking is a topic that has been studied for many years in finance under the famous slogan in the financial industry "Higher risk, higher return". Nevertheless, empirical results have shown different scenarios. Using a sample of 56 researches with 406 studies covering millions of companies...

Nowadays, there is increasing attention on corporate social responsibility (CSR) matters after some serious CSR-related scandals happening around the world. However, most of the research is carried out in developed countries, but not developing countries where environmental issues and firms'...

In the last decade, strategic management accounting (SMA) practices have garnered considerable attention from academics and business organizations. SMA is described as the provision and analysis of management accounting data on a company's product in the markets, its cost structure, and...

In a highly competitive market and global economy, innovation is often recognised as the pinnacle of success and one of the most critical components. Entrepreneurial orientation has been recognised as an effective development strategy to advance innovation performance. Nevertheless, innovation...