List of Figures and Tables vii About the...

List of Figures and Tables

vii

About the Editors

About the Contributors

xiii

Preface

xix

Chapter 1: The Relationship Between Good Stewardship, Agency Costs, and Performance of South African Firms

Siphiwe Zungu, Nicole Kandaswami, Taliya Gunpath, Naseeba Limalia, Tahlia Reddy, Divania Govender, Hilary T. Muguto and Paul-Francois Muzindutsi

Chapter 2: Can West African Monetary Zone form a Currency Union?

A. A. Obalade, T. Moodley, N. Ncama, N. Mkhize, M. Pillay and T. Singh

Chapter 3: Risk and Mutual Fund Clustering in an Emerging Market: Evidence for Thailand

Surachai Chancharat and Arisa Phadungviang

Chapter 4: Zero-Investment Portfolio Strategy and Excess Returns in ESG100 Stocks

Parichat Sinlapates and Thawaree Chinnasaeng

Chapter 5: Personality Traits as Determinants of Facebook Behavior: Study of Indian Gen-Z

Sudatta Banerjee, Swati Alok, Mousumi Singha Mahapatra and Souri Banerjee

Chapter 6: The Dynamic Relationship Between the Services Trade Sector and Economic Growth in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic

Soukavong Bounthone and Kyophilavong Phouphet

Chapter 7: Predictive Blend: Fundamental Indexing with Markowitz Mean Variance Portfolio in Indonesia Stock Exchange

Taufik Faturohman and David Christian

101

Chapter 8: Financial Literacy of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises: Empirical Study During the Pandemic Period

Marcellia Susan, Jacinta Winarto and Ika Gunawan

113

Chapter 9: Personnel Management in the Context of New Forms of Diffusion of Innovations

Mikhailov Fedor Borisovich, Miasnikov Dmitrii Alekseevich and Fakhrutdinov Bulat Ildarovich

123

Chapter 10: Impact of Non-Tariff Measures of the People’s Republic of China on the Export of Agricultural Products of Lao People’s Democratic Republic

Vadsana Chanthanasinh and Piya Wongpit

131

Chapter 11: Financial Distress and Financial Performance Analysis of Highway Companies Before and During the Covid-19 Pandemic: Evidence from Indonesia Stock Exchange

Ari Prasetyo and Taufik Faturohman

151

Chapter 12: Credit Risk Scoring Model for Consumer Financing: Logistic Regression Method

Isti Yuli Ismawati and Taufik Faturohman

167

Chapter 13: The Effects of Investment Amount in Investment Activity Report (Laporan Kegiatan Penanaman Modal/LKPM) on Employment in West Java Province

Tresna Puspitadewi and Taufik Faturohman

191

Chapter 14: Influence of Bank Loans on Listed Company Performance: Evidence from China

Zaoxing Hu and Jianing Zhang

203

Chapter 15: The Relationship Between Capital Structure and Performance of Real Estate Companies in China

Yitao Jiang and Jianing Zhang

217

Index

235

List of Figures and Tables	vii
About the Editors	xi
About the Contributors	xiii
Preface	xix
Chapter 1: The Relationship Between Good Stewardship, Agency Costs, and Performance of South African Firms
Siphiwe Zungu, Nicole Kandaswami, Taliya Gunpath, Naseeba Limalia, Tahlia Reddy, Divania Govender, Hilary T. Muguto and Paul-Francois Muzindutsi	1
Chapter 2: Can West African Monetary Zone form a Currency Union?
A. A. Obalade, T. Moodley, N. Ncama, N. Mkhize, M. Pillay and T. Singh	19
Chapter 3: Risk and Mutual Fund Clustering in an Emerging Market: Evidence for Thailand
Surachai Chancharat and Arisa Phadungviang	37
Chapter 4: Zero-Investment Portfolio Strategy and Excess Returns in ESG100 Stocks
Parichat Sinlapates and Thawaree Chinnasaeng	51
Chapter 5: Personality Traits as Determinants of Facebook Behavior: Study of Indian Gen-Z
Sudatta Banerjee, Swati Alok, Mousumi Singha Mahapatra and Souri Banerjee	67
Chapter 6: The Dynamic Relationship Between the Services Trade Sector and Economic Growth in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic
Soukavong Bounthone and Kyophilavong Phouphet	85
Chapter 7: Predictive Blend: Fundamental Indexing with Markowitz Mean Variance Portfolio in Indonesia Stock Exchange
Taufik Faturohman and David Christian	101
Chapter 8: Financial Literacy of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises: Empirical Study During the Pandemic Period
Marcellia Susan, Jacinta Winarto and Ika Gunawan	113
Chapter 9: Personnel Management in the Context of New Forms of Diffusion of Innovations
Mikhailov Fedor Borisovich, Miasnikov Dmitrii Alekseevich and Fakhrutdinov Bulat Ildarovich	123
Chapter 10: Impact of Non-Tariff Measures of the People’s Republic of China on the Export of Agricultural Products of Lao People’s Democratic Republic
Vadsana Chanthanasinh and Piya Wongpit	131
Chapter 11: Financial Distress and Financial Performance Analysis of Highway Companies Before and During the Covid-19 Pandemic: Evidence from Indonesia Stock Exchange
Ari Prasetyo and Taufik Faturohman	151
Chapter 12: Credit Risk Scoring Model for Consumer Financing: Logistic Regression Method
Isti Yuli Ismawati and Taufik Faturohman	167
Chapter 13: The Effects of Investment Amount in Investment Activity Report (Laporan Kegiatan Penanaman Modal/LKPM) on Employment in West Java Province
Tresna Puspitadewi and Taufik Faturohman	191
Chapter 14: Influence of Bank Loans on Listed Company Performance: Evidence from China
Zaoxing Hu and Jianing Zhang	203
Chapter 15: The Relationship Between Capital Structure and Performance of Real Estate Companies in China
Yitao Jiang and Jianing Zhang	217
Index	235

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