Purpose – In recent years, equity premiums have been unusually large and efforts to forecast them have been largely unsuccessful. This paper presents evidence suggesting that artificial neural networks (ANNs) outperform traditional statistical methods and can forecast equity premiums...

This study explores whether market sentiment is significantly related to equity premium levels using the Artificial Neural Network (ANN) framework with both the Conference Board CCI and the Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index (CSI) as market sentiment proxies. Contrary to several studies, our...

Purpose – In recent years, equity premiums have been unusually large and efforts to forecast them have been largely unsuccessful. This paper presents evidence suggesting that artificial neural networks (ANNs) outperform traditional statistical methods and can forecast equity premiums...

1. Introduction: On Types of Products of Theorizing -- 2. Useful Products in Information Systems Theorizing: A Discursive Formation Perspective -- 3. Debating Genres And IS Research: The Case Of Action Principles For Service Automation -- 4. A Paradigm Shift in Understanding Digital Objects in...

1: Why Theories? (Mis)Understanding the Context and Rationale -- 2: Theoretical, Empirical and Artefactual Contributions in Information Systems Research: Implications Implied -- 3: Theoretical Diversity in IS Research: A Causal Structure Framework.-4: Theory Building is Neither Art nor a...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to understand how microfinance initiatives (MFIs) are organized and orchestrated to serve internal and external stakeholders. Design/methodology/approach: A qualitative case study of three international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs)–CARE, Oxfam and...

Purpose: While recent research has established that businesses can benefit from engaging with people at the bottom of the pyramid (BOP), the authors know little about the practices that managers can use to effectively strategize this ethically sound and financially attractive proposition and...