Paper studies the impact of the liquidity, underpricing and ownership up on both the short term and long term performance of the Initial Public Offer (IPO) stocks in the equity markets of India. Empirical analysis is undertaken to study the impact of liquidity, underpricing and ownership on Performance of IPO stocks. Multiple regression analysis is undertaken for analyzing the impact. It is fou...

The effect of cropping system on the distribution of organic carbon (OC) and nitrogen (N) in soil aggregates has not been well addressed, which is important for understanding the sequestration of OC and N in agricultural soils. We analyzed the distribution of OC and N associated with soil aggregates in three unfertilized cropping systems in a 27-year field experiment: continuously cropped alfal...

Anthropogenic effects on watersheds are important in explaining the decline of Pacific Northwest salmon stocks. Associations were tested between thirteen anthropogenic variables in 202 watersheds in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and California and the stock status of summer, spring and fall Chinook Onchorhynchus tshawytsha, coho O. kisutch, and winter steelhead O. mykiss. Summer Chinook had the hig...

In the stock market, investors can invest in stocks to obtain profit. But there are many individual persons without professional investment knowledge about the stock market. It is difficult for them to choose stocks with high returns. After they have chosen the good stocks, it is also difficult for them to choose the time for selling or buying the stock. So, most of investors would lose money i...

In this paper we consider the measurement and pricing of distress risk. We present a model of corporate failure in which accounting and market-based measures forecast the likelihood of future …nancial distress. Our best model is more accurate than leading alternative measures of corporate failure risk. We then use our measure of …nancial distress to examine the performance of distressed stocks ...

The two objectives of this project were to develop an understanding of the challenges and opportunities of the supply chain of a family of currently marketed products manufactured overseas and distributed/sold worldwide and to increase the agility of the supply chain while achieving a target service level of 99% and maintaining or decreasing costs. A model was created to explore the current sup...

Stocks appear to have investor clienteles based on their business practices and products. The variety in expressive benefits each individual receives from owning controversial stocks causes them to modify their portfolio to accommodate their beliefs. We examine the ownership of firms with social concerns and sin stocks (tobacco, alcohol and gambling). Women tilt their portfolios towards stocks ...