Measuring the performance of financial holding companies Chuang-Min Chao a , Ming-Miin Yu b & Mu-Chen Chen c a Department of Business Management , National Taipei University of Technology , No. 1, Section 3, Chung-Hsiao E. Road, Taipei, 105, Taiwan, Republic of China b Department of Transportation and Navigation Science , National Taiwan Ocean University , No. 2, Pei-Ning Road, Keelung, 20224, ...

Contrary to the expectations of the neo-liberal theorists of ‘shock therapy’, the collapse of the soviet system did not lead to the rapid and spontaneous development of the institutions and practices typical of a capitalist market economy. This led some critics to doubt whether Russia was in transition to capitalism at all. Michael Burawoy, for example, has characterised the developmental traje...

This paper presents an empirical analysis of the Russian market of mergers and acquisitions (the largest market for corporate control in Central and Eastern Europe) in 2003–2012 in terms of the total volume and value of the merger and acquisition deals of the holding companies. This analysis allowed for the conclusion that, to assess and forecast the integration activity of holding companies, t...

Purpose – The main aim of the present study is to propose a framework for selecting an appropriate electronic business (e-business) model in managerial holding companies with a chain structure acting in the area of the automobile industry. Design/methodology/approach – This is an applied study conducted as a survey and case study. First, the factors affecting selection of an appropriate e-busin...

Financial Services Holding Companies?