In recent years, China sees complicated and volatile external situation growing downward pressure on the domestic economy. Moreover, COVID-19 has adversely affected China's economic social development. such context, Company, as great strength strong pillar, reduces energy consumption cost for three consecutive years. Besides, uncertain factors in terms of power grid development investment have ...

Purpose – The paper aims to present a conceptual framework for analysing CSR practices in global supply chains. It also seeks to demonstrate how a pioneering Swedish company, IKEA, implements and manages CSR practices at its suppliers. Design/methodology/approach – A case analysis of IKEA illustrates the implementation and management of CSR practices in supply chains. The focus is on internal a...

Dead and dying oak (Quercus) and numerous other woody ornamental trees and shrubs showing signs and symptoms of Armillaria root rot were identified in the Company Gardens, Cape Town, South Africa, which were established in the mid-1600s by the Dutch East Indies Trading Company. Nineteen isolates from dying trees or from mushrooms were collected and analysed to identify and characterize the Armi...

Project background: one common strategy within the capital structure relative value umbrella is trading credit versus equity. Credit and equity are both claims on the assets of a company. Debt securities typically pay a fixed coupon to the holder as long as the company does not default, but offers no additional upside if the company’s performance improves and its assets become more valuable. On...

Business-to-Business (B2B) e-commerce is emerging as trading parties are attempting to integrate electronically, to automate exchange of their services. To be able to collaborate, enterprise processes must expose compatible public behavior. It is a common need for a company to collaborate a business with many partners. A problem is that, even agreeing on information to be exchanged, the partner...

On line Knowledge e-marketplaces (Ke-markets) posses some special challenges for buyers and sellers. Unlike most markets, the product of exchange has some unique characteristics. It is mostly intangible, making it difficult for the buyer to assess and value beforehand. Its value is contextdependent, making it difficult for the supplier to price it in a transparent marketplace of multiple buyers...

Acquisition announcements generate predictable movements in the price of the acquirer’s stock. For example, post-announcement returns are typically negative for high Tobin’s q acquirers, stock transactions, and foreign targets, but positive for private equity-backed private targets. Pre-announcement trading of acquirer’s stock is more likely to be attributable to insider trading when the pre-an...

Being equipped with a unique high-frequency dataset that enables us to precisely identify algorithmic trading (i.e. computergenerated) activity, we provide strong evidence that algorithmic trading does not exceedingly increases volatility, at least not more than human traders do. Our empirical analyses cover several potential reasons why algorithmic trading could increase volatility. For exampl...

In this paper, we discuss different concepts for transforming professional trading mechanisms for the increasing market of private investors. Different perspectives of this fundamental change in capital markets are discussed. The driver of these changes is IT: technological progress provides new ways for private investors to participate actively in the capital markets in order to take advantage...

The COVID-19 pandemic had an impact on the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) sector. MSMEs' understanding of Financial Literacy can help MSMEs survive in this difficult time. This study aims to determine level financial literacy Dalung Village, North Kuta District, Badung Regency. was conducted analyze whether differences gender, age, education have a significant effect MSME owners. co...