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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2014)This paper investigates empirical existence of theories of IPO underpricing in Canadian Energy Sector. The study based on IPO listed in all Canadian stock exchanges from 1990-2014 analyzes level of IPO underpricing and its ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary’s University, 2012)The phenomenon of IPOs’ underpricing has been investigated of stock markets around the world. In this paper, I focus on 203 IPOs from 2009 to 2011 extracted from Shenzhen growth enterprise market. Underpricing is directly ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2012)The paper investigates the underpricing level of GEM IPO companies which are listed in the Hong Kong stock market from 1999 to 2011. We examine some of the factors that influence IPO underpricing such as offering price, ...
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Is leading from the second chair a new leadership theory? : examining the theoretical underpinnings (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2015)A burgeoning area of inquiry exists that is concerned with leading from a place of subordination in an organizational context. In what is called “second chair leadership,” this concept metaphorically expresses this unique ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2019)Many developing countries have used export processing zones as central development strategies to attract foreign direct investment and to create employment However, a serious problem associated with export processing zones ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2013)This paper tests the existence of volatility timing skills in the Tokyo ETFs market. The historical daily data on sixty-two ETFs are collected covering the period July 1st, 2003 to July 16 , 2013 from Bloomberg. Two methods ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2015)This paper seeks to add to the concept of linear small to medium-sized enterprise growth research through the analysis of existing linear growth models, and common causes of failure. Two literature reviews starting with a ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2013)This paper seeks to evaluate the performance of Leveraged ETFs during the financial crisis. The paper is based on the performance analysis of three 2x bull and 2x bear Exchange Traded Fund respectively traded in the US and ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2012)The purpose of this project is to determine the relationship between stock market returns and GDP growth in the United States, and the reasons will be discovered as well. In this changing global financial market, the results ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2013)The purpose of this project is to determine the relationship between tax revenue and GDP in China, and any potential problems in China’s tax system will be identified. It uses the past 10 years national GDP and tax revenue ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2013)This paper studies the impact of hedge fund activism and takeovers on public firms in the United States of America. The research examines samples of 13D filings which show that a positive abnormal return is achieved when ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2014)This paper mainly tests the Canadian market reaction to Canadian firms being cross listed on U.S. stock exchanges. We tested the existence of abnormal returns based on cumulative abnormal returns using 11-day and 21-day ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2013)Canada has become one of China’s major oil-importing countries since 2005. In 2010, China’s oil companies invested over $20 billion in Canada’s oil and related industries. This report consists of an industry analysis that ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2014)The purpose of this study was to find out the current Employer Branding Practices being used by a sample of companies in Canada. The goal was to find out how companies were creating awareness of their employer brands, how ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2013)The goal of the paper is to find out the relationship between indicators and intraday stock price using data from the United States stock market give a reasonable conclusion on how accurate the indicators reflect the stock ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2014)This study is investigate whether or not mergers and acquisitions (M&A) can create a value for shareholders. We employ the M&A data to test whether or not the North America stock market have achieved the Semi-strong form ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2013)The purpose of this paper is to determine the impact of mergers and acquisition on China’s IT firms and to make a reasonable conclusion as to whether the market reaction to M&A’s is good or bad. 99 acquirer firms on the ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2015)Financial liberalization in the PRC has been a gradual process. The most recent liberalization effort was the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect program which represents the first program allowing direct access between the ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2013)This paper measures the relative performance of ETFs in the US market. The historical data on four ETFs and four Mutual Funds are collected through 2011 to 2013. To examine the relative performance of ETFs compared to the ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2015)Qualitative review of academic and professional publications was undertaken to determine non-financial risk factors affecting mining projects. The research provides guidance for the development of a non-financial risk ...
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