Fundamental Indexation For Global Equities: Does Firm Size Matter?

Does Firm Size Matter for Growth and Poverty Alleviation?

Determinants of New Firm Formation: Does Location Matter?

The link between location features and the propensity to start a new firm is a subject that did not get much attention in Iran until recently. This paper is the first attempt on this proposition and is concerned with deliberating the effect of demographical and industrial characteristics of location on start-up rates in Iranian manufacturing industries. To fulfill this aim, regional panel data ...

Fundamental frequency of neonatal crying: does body size matter?

The objective of this study was to determine the influence of fetal growth on the fundamental frequency (F(0)) of neonatal crying in a group of healthy full-term infants. The spontaneous cries of 131 infants were audio recorded during the first week of life, and subsequently submitted to acoustic analyses. The individual cry utterances produced by each infant were measured for minimum, mean, an...

Fundamental indexation in Europe

We examine the benefits of fundamental indexation using European data. Our findings suggest that by re-weighting a capitalisation-weighted market index by certain fundamental values, it is possible to produce consistently higher returns and higher riskadjusted returns. Some of these fundamental portfolios produce consistent and significant benefits compared to the capitalisation-weighted portfo...

The Influence of Green External Integration on Firm Performance: Does Firm Size Matter?

Although the importance of green external integration has been widely recognized, our understanding of how firm size influences its link with firm performance is still limited. This study develops a conceptual framework in which firm size is proposed to moderate the relationships between green external integration, the time-to-market of environmentally friendly products and firm performance. We...