Online piracy may substantially undermine intellectual property rights of digital goods. There is much controversy concerning the issue of music piracy over the internet and the implementation of new information technology in Customer Relationship Management (CRM) with the rebirth of Napster and...

Online piracy may substantially undermine intellectual property rights of digital goods. There is much controversy concerning the issue of music piracy over the internet and the implementation of new information technology in Customer Relationship Management (CRM) with the rebirth of Napster and...

An app store has a two-sided market composed of a developer-side and consumer-side. If the developer-side expands, consumers' willingness to access is increased in the app store market. Therefore, we argue that the expansion of the developer-side is one of the key elements for the success of an...

In recent years, information and communication technologies (ICT) impacted greatly socioeconomic development in developing countries. Encouraged by the development of rural IT network projects in countries like India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Philippines, the government of Vietnam focused on IT...

Traditional capital budgeting models price only systemic risk. However, insurers and banks seek to manage their total risk. With the help of modern information systems and information technology, bankers and insurers are able to get timely information on the risk exposures of their multiple...

This paper compares the performance results of Spanish mutual fund managers and the market timing results obtained using traditional measures and those obtained using measures that consider time variations in returns and risks by incorporating macroeconomic variables representative of Spanish...

Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) refers to investment practices that take into account financial, social and environmental aspects. The objective of this paper is to identify the factors which may influence fund management companies in making a decision to manage and/or market SRI funds and...

This paper seeks to examine the impact of internet banking on banks' performance and also whether, among banks offering internet banking, those that have offered it for a relatively long time outperformed those that only recently began to offer it. Using the data on financial performance of 82...

This paper seeks to examine the impact of internet banking on banks' performance and also whether, among banks offering internet banking, those that have offered it for a relatively long time outperformed those that only recently began to offer it. Using the data on financial performance of 82...

The internet and all other kinds of networks have changed our way of life in general and the way to do business in particular and, as a result, many companies nowadays are conducting and transferring their businesses online. However, some of them are not successful. Until now, the majority of...