Qualitative Research in Financial Markets: Volume 12 Issue 1

Stock hunting or blue chip investments?: Investors’ preferences for stocks in virtual geographies of social networks

Atul Shiva, Manjit Singh

The purpose of this paper is to study the individual investors’ preferences towards stock selection in social media environments. The study is conducted to understand the…

Financial inclusion and FinTech: A comparative study of countries following Islamic finance and conventional finance

Hasnan Baber

Using data from World Bank and Global Islamic Finance Report, this paper aims to compare the performance of countries following Islamic and conventional finance system in terms of…

Causes of failure among Malaysian female entrepreneurs: A qualitative case study of Malaysian microcredit borrowers

Samer Al-Shami, Abdullah Al Mamun, Safiah Sidek, Nurulizwa Rashid

This paper aims to explore the specific causes of failure among Malaysian female entrepreneurs who were provided with financial services by the microfinance institution: Amanah…

Bibliometric study on dividend policy

Geetanjali Pinto, Shailesh Rastogi, Sanjeev Kadam, Arpita Sharma

The purpose of this paper is to study the general trends in the area of dividend policy which will help to identify fertile research streams in this area with a potential for…

Towards a competency-based undergraduate qualification in risk management

Johan Marx, Cecilia Jacoba de Swardt

The purpose of this paper is first to determine the competencies required of risk managers and second to consider the implications of such competencies in determining modules for…

Collective action and UK wine investment fraud

Karina Mari Olsen Einarsen, Lisa Jack

The purpose of this paper is to examine the measures taken by legitimate wine investment companies and enforcement agencies to counter alternative investment scams.