We propose that innovative originality is a valuable organizational resource, and that owing to limited investor attention and skepticism of complexity, greater innovative originality may be undervalued. We find that firms' innovative originality strongly predicts higher, more persistent, and...

These are the slides for the paper “Innovative Originality, Profitability, And Stock Returns.” The abstract of this paper is the following: We propose that innovative originality is a valuable organizational resource and that owing to limited investor attention and skepticism of complexity,...

We propose that innovative originality (InnOrig) is a valuable organizational resource, and that owing to limited investor attention and skepticism of complexity, firms with greater InnOrig are undervalued. We find that firms' InnOrig strongly predicts higher, more persistent, and less volatile...

We propose that innovative originality (InnOrig) is a valuable organizational resource, and that owing to limited investor attention and skepticism of complexity, firms with greater InnOrig are undervalued. We find that firms' InnOrig strongly predicts higher, more persistent, and less volatile...

A major function of banks in any economic system involves the mobilization of deposits which they deploy to deficit units for the growth of their profitability, the financial system and the whole economy. Asset and liability management is of special importance in this process and without which a...

Corporate governance is the framework by which the various stakeholder interests are balanced or the relationships among the management, board of directors, and others are monitored. It is argued that lack of good corporate governance in banks is responsible for excessive risk taking and...

Performance management ensures that the contributions of organizational members are directed toward growth and profitability. Although performance objectives are set at the beginning of the financial year, the achievement of such critical objectives rests on robust performance management. This...

Huge nonperforming loans portfolio erodes the ability of banks to make profits. In the 1990s and beyond many Nigerian banks became weak and highly unprofitable due to excessive nonperforming loans portfolio accumulated by bank promoters and management that led to their demise. Insider dealing...