scholarly journals An empirical study of portfolio management and Kanban in agile and lean software companies

2016 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
pp. e1834 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Ovais Ahmad ◽  
Lucy Ellen Lwakatare ◽  
Pasi Kuvaja ◽  
Markku Oivo ◽  
Jouni Markkula
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Portfolio Management ◽  
Software Companies

scholarly journals Portfolio management practices of investment practitioners active in the long-term insurance industry

2001 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 344-358
Author(s):  
J. H. Mostert ◽  
S. J. Steel ◽  
F. J. Mostert
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Portfolio Management ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Insurance Industry ◽  
Investment Decisions ◽  
General Information ◽  
Financial Investment ◽  
Decisionmaking Process ◽  
Term Insurance

In the long-term insurance industry, sound financial investment decisions depend largely on the portfolio management practices of the investment practitioners concerned. The ability of the investment practitioners to make well-informed decisions, as well as the strategies and policies underlying portfolio management practices, are the main issues of this research. Important correlations amongst various aspects of the financial investment decisionmaking process, as well as their association with the general information pertaining to the long-term insurers (which were disclosed during the empirical study), emerge in the closing section of this paper. The conclusions should be of prime interest to long-term insurers as well as investment practitioners who are working in that industry.

scholarly journals Empirical study of relation measures of stable distributed stock returns

2008 ◽  
Vol 48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Igoris Belovas ◽  
Audrius Kabašinskas ◽  
Leonidas Sakalauskas
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Stock Returns ◽  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
Portfolio Management ◽  
Financial Instruments ◽  
Baltic States ◽  
General Correlation ◽  
Second Moment ◽  
Correlation Measures ◽  
The Empirical Analysis

Relationships between financial instruments are very important in practical portfolio management. Under the assumption of stability, when the second moment does not exist, traditional relationship measures cannot be applied. In this paper we introduce new general correlation measures. Results of the empirical analysis of the selected equities from Baltic States market are given as an example.

An Empirical Study on Pharmaceutical and Personal Care Stocks Using Sharpe's Single-Index Model

2021 ◽  
pp. 139-149
Author(s):  
Divya Bansal ◽  
Srilakshmi Rao ◽  
Karpagam T.
Keyword(s):  
Stock Market ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Portfolio Management ◽  
Investment Decision ◽  
Optimal Portfolio ◽  
Personal Care ◽  
Fund Managers ◽  
Index Model ◽  
Single Index Model ◽  
Monthly Return

As the various avenues for better returns in India are slowly dwindling due to various global scenarios as well as due to domestic government policies, more and more people are turning towards stock market for better returns. This poses a challenge to the fund managers when they have to construct a portfolio, which maximizes return and minimizes risk. This has become more and more challenging in the recent years as the investors are also becoming more knowledgeable. Timely and correct investment decision on the part of the investor requires an in-depth knowledge of the stock that he intends to procure and the theories behind portfolio management. This chapter mainly focuses on construction of an optimal portfolio comprising of top pharmaceutical companies and FMCG companies in India. Sharpe ratio return analysis is the tool that is used to construct the optimal portfolio. Monthly returns data of last 10 years of the said companies are regressed against monthly return data of Nifty for better comparison.

scholarly journals How diverse is your team? Investigating gender and nationality diversity in GitHub teams

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Ortu ◽  
Giuseppe Destefanis ◽  
Steve Counsell ◽  
Stephen Swift ◽  
Michele Marchesi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Human Factors ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Gender Diversity ◽  
Complex Task ◽  
Software Companies ◽  
Open Source Communities ◽  
Nationality Diversity

Building an effective team of developers is a complex task faced by both software companies and open source communities. The problem of forming a “dream” team involves many variables, including consideration of human factors, and it is not a dilemma solvable in a mathematical way. Empirical studies might provide interesting insights to explain which factors need to be taken into account in building a team of developers and which levers act to optimise collaboration and productivity among developers. In this paper, we present the results of an empirical study aimed at investigating the link between team diver- sity (i.e., gender, nationality) and productivity (issue fixing time). We consider issues solved from the GHTorrent dataset inferring gender and nationality of each team’s members. We also evaluate the politeness of all comments involved in issue resolution. Results show that higher gender diversity is linked with a lower team average issue fixing time and that nationality diversity is linked with lower team politeness.

scholarly journals How diverse is your team? Investigating gender and nationality diversity in GitHub teams

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Ortu ◽  
Giuseppe Destefanis ◽  
Steve Counsell ◽  
Stephen Swift ◽  
Michele Marchesi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Human Factors ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Gender Diversity ◽  
Complex Task ◽  
Software Companies ◽  
Open Source Communities ◽  
Nationality Diversity

Building an effective team of developers is a complex task faced by both software companies and open source communities. The problem of forming a “dream” team involves many variables, including consideration of human factors, and it is not a dilemma solvable in a mathematical way. Empirical studies might provide interesting insights to explain which factors need to be taken into account in building a team of developers and which levers act to optimise collaboration and productivity among developers. In this paper, we present the results of an empirical study aimed at investigating the link between team diver- sity (i.e., gender, nationality) and productivity (issue fixing time). We consider issues solved from the GHTorrent dataset inferring gender and nationality of each team’s members. We also evaluate the politeness of all comments involved in issue resolution. Results show that higher gender diversity is linked with a lower team average issue fixing time and that nationality diversity is linked with lower team politeness.

scholarly journals Podcasting In Higher Education: Does It Make A Difference?

2010 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
pp. 7-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Russell Baker ◽  
Jeffery Harrison ◽  
Barry Thornton ◽  
Rhett Yates
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
College Students ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Education Major ◽  
Software Companies ◽  
Course Material ◽  
Supplemental Course ◽  
University Course ◽  
College Or University

Podcasting is a growing trend in higher education. Major software companies, such as Apple, have dedicated entire websites to podcasting. These podcasts are available to college students to be used as supplemental material for specific coursework at their particular college or university. Unfortunately, due to the new and progressive nature of the technology, empirical studies of the effectiveness of this pedagogical device are rare. This paper presents an empirical study of the effectiveness of podcasting when incorporated as supplemental course material in a university course.

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