The present study introduce the human capital component to the Fama and French five-factor model proposing an equilibrium six-factor asset pricing model. The study employs an aggregate of four sets of portfolios mimicking size and industry with varying dimensions. The first set consists of three...

The study proposed a six-factor asset pricing model to explain global returns. The study employed the global version of the six-factor model, besides Carhart four-factor and Fama–French five-factor models, to test the integrated international asset pricing hypothesis. Fama-MacBeth two-step...

We study the international stock returns across Europe, Asia Pacific, North America, US, Japan, Global, and Global excluding US. We find there are value premiums in average stock returns across the regions. There is momentum return in all the regions except for Japan. With the exception of...

Purpose: The purpose of the study is to examine the dynamics in the troika of asset pricing, volatility, and the business cycle in the US and Japan.Design/methodology/approach: The study uses a six-factor asset pricing model to derive the realized volatility measure for the GARCH-type...

Corporate brand management is a topic of growing significance in today’s academia and business. Organizations are increasingly getting attuned to the need to treat their corporations as brands. A significant amount of research has been dedicated to product branding in marketing and management...

The main research question addressed in this paper is how two independent retail outlets in a franchise chain would react to each other on the quality of services. To better explain the interaction, the franchise as an organizational form and its peculiar characteristics compared to the...