We examine three research questions concerning the roles of personality and network position in organizations. First, how do different personality characteristics—self-monitoring and the Big Five traits—relate to indegree centrality and brokerage, the two most studied structurally advantageous positions in organizational networks? Second, how do indegree centrality and brokerage compare in expl...

This paper examines whether foreign investors (FIs) affect the information production of analysts. Based on China's stock market, we find that FIs significantly reduce analysts’ coverage. Such negative association is more pronounced in firms with a high level governance and disclosure varies analyst characteristics. We also identify two possible economic mechanisms: channel channel. Further tes...

This thesis has as its general goal the integration of the fields of organization development with the management of financial intermediaries, especially the securities brokerage firms. It is my belief that the trends in O.D. are toward more use of multidisciplinary approaches, especially in professional settings. This industry has changed rapidly in the past decade, from a traditional one to a...

Regulations regarding the prohibition of giving full power attorney from customers to brokers still cannot be fully implemented by stock futures brokerage companies in emerging economies. This then becomes a problem for firms future. The purpose this study is analyze legal protection cryptocurrency investors reviewed based on Indonesia’s Commodity Futures Trading Authority Regulation No. 5 2019...

This article examines the dynamics of brokerage surrounding two moments rupture (the tsunami and end war) in Hambantota, a district southern Sri Lanka key site frontier development. We contrast development assemblages that emerged from these moments, examining how structural transformations shape brokerage, brokers mediate effects transformations. By tracing shifting fortunes local government b...

This paper finds evidence that brokers who execute insider trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange engage in tipping and insider trading. We find that on the day when insiders buy (sell), there is a significant increase in the proportion of non-insider client buying (selling) handled by the insider’s brokerage firm. Furthermore, we find that the brokerage firm doubles the amount of its own buying ...

Among the actual cultural-heritage-related problems is the one of effectively managing and globally distributing digitized cultural (and scientific) information. The only feasible way to realize this goal is via the Internet. Hence, a significant issue to be considered is the adequate design of software applications which to realize brokerage tasks within the global space. However, due to the g...

Recent attempts to repeal the Glass-Steagall Act, which would allow commercial banking to mix with investment banking, have again initiated debate over current regulation prohibiting the affiliation between banking and commerce. Although participants in that debate have put forward many arguments based on U.S. historical experience, international evidence, and research results, the debate remai...

The CeLeBraTe (Context eLearning with Broadband Technologies) project is developing a system to support a European Learning Network (ELN) of virtual learning environments capable of exchanging digitally stored learning resources. The ELN is built around a Brokerage System that manages exchanges between its members. Unlike other virtual learning environment networks based on a client-server arch...