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On The Fintech Revolution: Interpreting The Forces Of Innovation, Disruption And Transformation In Financial Services, Peter Gomber, Robert J. Kauffman, Chris Parker, Bruce W. Weber
On The Fintech Revolution: Interpreting The Forces Of Innovation, Disruption And Transformation In Financial Services, Peter Gomber, Robert J. Kauffman, Chris Parker, Bruce W. Weber
Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems
Firms in the financial services industry have been faced with the dramatic and relatively recentemergence of new technology innovations, and process disruptions. The industry as a whole, and many newfintech start-ups are looking for new pathways to successful business models, the creation of enhanced customerexperience, and new approaches that result in services transformation. Industry and academic observers believethis to be more of a revolution than a set of less impactful changes, with financial services as a whole due formajor improvements in efficiency, in customer centricity and informedness. The long-standing dominance ofleading firms that are not able to figure out how …
Incorporating Social Velocity In The Value-Momentum Model, Sean Fiedler
Incorporating Social Velocity In The Value-Momentum Model, Sean Fiedler
Business: Student Scholarship & Creative Works
Fama-French’s Three-Factor Model stands as one of the overarching financial models in investing. This model details the risk and return attributed to stocks, based on capitalization, book value, and market return. Since then, a number of financial theorists have proposed amendments to the model, finding other factors with correlation to stock returns. One in particular was momentum, proposed by Mark Carhart to enhance the model further. From this Four-Factor Model, the question remains whether or not more factors can be added to better explain excess return.
The goal of this study is to find a correlation between Social Velocity ranking …
Does The Market Believe White Knights And Hostile Bidders Are Acting In Their Shareholders' Interest?, John M. Griffith, Mohammad Najand, Jiancheng Shen
Does The Market Believe White Knights And Hostile Bidders Are Acting In Their Shareholders' Interest?, John M. Griffith, Mohammad Najand, Jiancheng Shen
Finance Faculty Publications
This study examines why white knights suffer significant losses while their rival hostile bidders experience significant abnormal gains. We address two research questions: 1) Does the market believe that white knights and hostile bidders are acting in their shareholders' interest? 2) Does Tobin's q explain why white knights suffer significant losses and hostile bidders experience significant gains upon the announcement of their bids? The results show that hostile bidders are value-maximizing investors and white knights are not acting in their shareholders' interest. Instead, white knights suffered significant reductions in value and historically have not maximized the wealth of investors