In several countries, digital financial advisory services, particularly those supported by robo-advisors, are becoming increasingly popular in retail banking. These tools assist users with financial decisions such as risk assessment, portfolio selection, and rebalancing-all at a reduced cost....

The survival of a company is highly dependent on the management of its working capital. Effective working capital management can lead to greater profitability. Insufficient working capital or liquidity shortages can severely hinder profitability and operational sustainability. The primary...

Aim: This study honors the pioneering work by André Dorsman on energy finance, especially on oil prices and company performance. The objective is to investigate the relationship between the global oil price and the profitability of Dutch companies. Design / Research methods: In our research, a...

This thesis examines the effect of corporate profitability on the levels of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, specifically analyz-ing Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions for European companies listed on the STOXX Europe 600 index from 2017 to 2023. Givenincreasing regulatory pressures, inconclusive...

This study investigates the non-linear effect of the cash conversion cycle (CCC) on a firm's profitability for a sample of 6072 firms from five countries (Germany, Spain, France, Great Britain, and Italy) from 2006 to 2015. Additionally, this study explores the sensitivity of economic crises to...

We extend Trade-Off Theory (TOT) by assuming that EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization), rather than EBIT (Earnings Before Interest and Taxes), follows a Geometric Brownian Motion (GBM), and we thus consider the role of tax depreciation allowances (TDA) in...