This paper investigates the asymptotic behavior of tail probability of a randomly weighted sum of real-valued heavy-tailed dependent random variables; the weights form another sequence random variable. Under some other mild conditions, the asymptotic relations obtained are further applied to...

Summary Tolls are frequently discussed policies to reduce traffic in cities. However, road pricing measures are seldom implemented due to high investments and unpopularity. Transportation planning tools can support planning authorities by solving those problems if they take into account the...

Purpose: This paper aims to explore the critical success factors (CSFs) in Chinese cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions (M&As) to improve the odds of Chinese overseas acquisition success. Design/methodology/approach: For the multidisciplinary analysis purpose, a SCOPE model is developed to...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the important role played by corporate governance in de facto International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) convergence, and to provide empirical evidence that audit quality mediates the degree of IFRS convergence....

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to compare the critical success factors (CSFs) between two groups of European mergers and acquisitions (M&As) in China and Chinese M&As in Europe. Design/methodology/approach In the paper, a mixed-method research design which combines primary case study with...

This paper studies the problem of public opinion formation and concentrates on the interplays among three factors: individual attributes, environmental influences and information flow. We present a simple model to analyze the dynamics of four types of networks. Our simulations suggest that...