This paper incorporates EGARCH modeling in a financial event study relating firm value to negative environmental news. News media provide informal information channels unlike formal government disclosure programs. This paper improves on previous studies by using a larger sample than most studies, treating heteroskedasticity in the disturbance term with a hybrid method that allows EGARCH, and co...

This paper incorporates EGARCH modeling in a financial event study relating firm value to negative environmental news. News media provide informal information channels unlike formal government disclosure programs. This paper improves on previous studies by using a larger sample than most studies, treating heteroskedasticity in the disturbance term with a hybrid method that allows EGARCH, and co...

In this paper we explore how (micro)economic theory can be used to analyze and model the exchange of information on the Web. More specifically, we try to explain why searchers for information engage in transactions on the Web. To this end we develop a formal model for markets, based on notions such as value and transaction. This model enables us to examine transactions on the information market...

Medical tourism is a growing niche market with huge potential as the 6th industry of medical services, including an unforgettable trip. Due to these advantages, Uzbekistan hopes be leader in central Asia concerning tourism. Contrary this ambitious goal, patients still prefer going abroad for services. Therefore, order hub tourism, sustainable governance factors need found local overseas. Under ...

A lot of mobile health (mHealth) service apps have been launched in the market with advances in technology. When people decide to use these mHealth service apps, they have to provide their personal data or personal health data more or less to the service providers. However, the health data is more sensitive data than general personal data. In addition, the behaviour of using mHealth service app...

The concept of Value Creation is gaining momentum in Iran under the open regime. Iranian Companies are geared to understand and act upon the concept of Shareholder Value to stay competitive in this unfathomable and volatile environment. Most executives today understand that, the need to create shareholder value is paramount and the world’s most competitive management teams are responding to the...

The purpose of this study focuses on the role of Customer Perceived Value (CPV) in building Word of Mouth (WOM) and loyalty at the Business to Business (B2B) context. More specifically, we examine the proposition that customer perceived value in service providers with unique antecedents and consequences. Data were collected in the main study by measuring the participants through face-to-face in...

Previous studies have highlighted the impacts of environmental factors (teacher's autonomy support) and individual factors (self-efficacy, intrinsic value, and boredom) on academic engagement. This study aimed to investigate these variables and examine the relations among them. Three structural equation models tested the multiple mediational roles of self-efficacy, intrinsic value, and boredom ...