This paper proposes a unified framework for portfolio optimization, derivative pricing, modeling and risk measurement in financial markets with security price processes that exhibit intensity based jumps. It is based on ...

Trust has been widely studied in the context of business relationships and is viewed as one of the drives for relationship development. However, the majority of the studies in the past decades have treated trust as a ...

This article examines the dynamic relationship between a firm’s decision to vary the quality of a product, consumer response to this variation, and the effect this could have on the firm’s profit and value. This is ...

Going public is the dream of many private companies. It represents a major milestone in the development of a firm. The listing status brings a lot of advantages to a firm. Some of these advantages include (1) access to ...

This article covers the evolution of industrial relations in New Zealand from 1840 to the present and illustrates the unique way industrial relations developed in New Zealand A good number of developments were influenced ...

Tourism precincts form an important part of the phenomenon of urban tourism. The pattern of tourist visitation in an urban destination tends to be concentrated in specific tourism precincts, where tourists tend to spend a ...

The interaction between clients and consultants during consulting projects is essential for their success and is, consequently, of critical importance for the long-term survival of con-sulting companies. Since the exchange ...

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The number of aid organisations, NGOs and Government agencies pursuing the Millennium Development Goals and seeking to improve the everyday needs and social life of disadvantaged communities through sport and events, has ...

During the decision-making process consumers pass through a series of stages or states as they progress from being aware of a new product category and/or offering to the final purchase choice. This paper presents preliminary ...