Despite prolific research on IT business value, this stream of research still encounters considerable limitations such as inconsistent findings of the direct link between IT and firm profitability and the demonstration of the indirect relationship between IT and specific aspects of firm value without explicitly considering network environments. To overcome the limitations caused by utilizing th...

We empirically investigate the effects of market structure on profitability and stability for 1929 banks in 40 emerging and advanced economies over 1999–2008 by incorporating the traditional structure-conduct-performance (SCP) and relative-market-power (RMP) hypotheses. We observe that a greater market share leads to higher bank profitability being biased toward the RMP hypothesis in advanced e...

Profitability and investment are becoming the new focus of empirical asset pricing. This paper examines the extent to which their return predictability is attributable to behavioral bias, specifically, investors’ tendency to anchor on 52-week high. Based on a return decomposition methodology developed by George, Hwang, and Li (2014), two profitability measures (operating profitability, return o...

Tourism plays an increasingly important role in the economic flows of each country. Recognizing tourist potential AP Vojvodina is task for creators policy our In order to make a favourable tourism environment with quality content and products, it necessary entities operate stably successfully. The aim this paper highlight importance financial performance firms sector terms profitability. subjec...

Given the unprecedented reach of social media, firms are increasingly relying on it as a channel for marketing communication. The objective of this study is to examine the effect of firm-generated content (FGC) in social media on three key customer metrics: spending, cross-buying, and customer profitability. The authors further investigate the synergistic effects of FGC with television advertis...

This paper studies the relationship between Euribor rate and return on average assets (ROAA) of Spanish banking sector. We use quarterly time series data for period 1995-2016. Our analysis also controls bank factors, market concentration, macroeconomic environment effects. The main purpose is to examine how sector's ROAA varies with slope yield curve. find evidence an inverse profitability. sho...

In the design phase of business collaboration, it is desirable to be able to predict the profitability of the business-to-be. Therefore, techniques to assess qualities such as costs, revenues, risks, and profitability have been previously proposed. However, they do not allow the modeler to properly manage uncertainty with respect to the design of the considered business collaboration. In many r...

The scope of this paper is to explore the transaction profitability of frequent and sporadic buyers in the Brazilian e-retailing home appliance market. Concepts in relationship marketing literature stressing the impact of purchasing frequency on customer transaction profitability, as well as recent academic research challenging this approach and pointing out the importance of sporadic clients, ...

Critical acclaim is considered to be one of the main predictors of profitability of game products. Major game publishers face tremendous hurdles in order to fare well in different forums that review and rate their products. However, little evidence exists on the relationship between ratings and profitability beyond anecdotal assumptions. In this study we investigate the relationship between cri...

Several existing mechanisms for order processing, such as Available-to-Promise (ATP), Materials Requirements Planning (MRP), or Capable-to-Promise (CTP), do not really include simultaneous capacity and profitability considerations. One of the major issues in the incorporation of profitability analysis into the order management system is the determination of relevant costs in the order cycle, an...