We hypothesize that trust plays an important role in affecting the activeness and effectiveness of the global mutual fund industry. Empirically, trust is positively associated with the activeness of domestic funds, whereas for internationals mutual funds conducting cross-border investments...

Firms have substantial freedom of choice about whether to disclose essential financial statement line items (e.g., total assets) for their business segments. Counting the number of line items that a firm discloses for its segments presents both a simple measure and a new angle for capturing the...

We show that product using experience can improve stock price efficiency. Based on U.S consumer expenditure data from 1998 to 2015, we construct a consumption-based proxy for product experience at firm level. We find that investors incorporate both industry and firm specific information into...

Consits of two parts: the first part draws together the presentations and discussion of the ILO research roundtable, May 2009 ; and the second part sheds light on the auto industry in five countries.

The paper provides a brief background to remanufacturing and the general use of Performance Measurement and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) before introducing selected and newly formulated KPIs designed specifically for remanufacturing. Their relationships with the remanufacturing challenges...

Assessing products prior to remanufacture is an important part of the remanufacturing process, ensuring that unsuitable cores are removed at an early stage to avoid unnecessary processing. In particular, understanding the economic cost of remanufacturing a product can be an important aspect of...

The paper provides a brief background to remanufacturing and the general use of Performance Measurement and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) before introducing selected and newly formulated KPIs designed specifically for remanufacturing. Their relationships with the remanufacturing challenges...