This study investigates whether patents can be a useful signaling tool for the IPO performances among high- and low-tech firms. Literature has provided a wealth of evidence confirming a significant relationship between patent signal and capital-raising success for US and EU venture...

Shareholder perks (SP) are additional benefits companies provide to strengthen investor relationships and increase retail shareholders. Using the Japanese listed companies that conduct SP programs, we examine the management intention of retail shareholder-increasing strategy given the real...

Research Question/Issue: The study compares corporate governance and its impact on cash holdings (CH) between shareholder-perk (SHP) and non-shareholder-perk (NON-SHP) firms in Japan. We use the t-test, fixed effects, and generalized method of moments (GMM) to examine 3522 firms from 2005 to...

Open innovation has developed over several decades from a small pool of innovation pioneers, mostly active in high-tech industries, to be widely discussed and implemented in innovation strategy. The primary objective of the Open Innovation Session (OIS) is to create a platform where firms are...

Purpose The halal industry is one of the most growing industries in the world. It refers to the industry in line with Islamic principles and requirements. The emergence of this industry aims to fulfil the requirement of Islamic-compliant products and services. Surprisingly, the industry has been...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the extent to which the Indonesian Shariah compliant investors can benefit from the portfolio diversification with the Islamic indices of its trading partners and selected commodities such as gold, crude oil, and cocoa....

Patterns and trends of trade disputes reveal vital information about the users of the Dispute Settlement Understanding (DSU) of the World Trade Organization (WTO). Despite WTO has detailed guidelines regarding how the multilateral trade should be practiced by the Member Countries, the DSU is the...