The lifestyles and demands of automobiles for some auto consumers have changed significantly in recent years. There are more auto consumers who prefer purchasing larger vehicles with more interior space and capacity. To satisfy these auto consumers¡¦ needs and wants, more automakers start manufacturing full-sized vehicles such as Sports Utility Vehicles (SUV) and Multi-Purpose Vehicles (MPV). In fact, most SUVs in Taiwan will have two rows of seats and can carry five passengers. On the other hand, most MPVs in Taiwan will have three rows of seating arrangement with seven-passenger capacity. However, Toyota WISH is one of the most popular MPVs in Taiwan auto market but WISH should be considered as a ¡§Mini MPV¡¨. This research study will be focused on a Mini MPV called Toyota WISH. First, it is very important to understand the definition of Mini MPVs in the auto market. Secondly, there 7 major Mini MPVs in the Taiwan auto market, including Toyota WISH, Mazda5, Nissan Grand Livina, Mitsubishi Savrin, Ford i-Max, Kia Euro Carens, and Hyundai Santa Fe. Thirdly, Toyota has become the most leading automaker in terms of its market shares in total and Toyota WISH is also one of the most popular Mini MPVs in Taiwan auto market based on its sales volumes. Lastly, this research study will examine the primary purchasing reasons from some Toyota WISH owners. After conducting this research study, it is clearly to see that Toyota WISH has its own target customers who are mostly mature male adults between ages at early 40s to late 50s and they are usually married with children. Nevertheless, while collecting all the statistical numbers, the precise and accurate automobile sales figures are the most difficult parts to obtain in Taiwan auto market.

This article adopt ¡¨nonlinear cointegrating regression¡¨ model, which was published by Bae and DE Jong in 2007, to conduct related empirical research on one of the pricing theories of futures-Cost of carry theory. Since cost of carry theory is based on the assumption that the market belongs to ¡¨perfect market¡¨, the test for cost of carry theory is accompanied by the test of the efficiency of the market. This article takes Taiwan Stock Exchange Capitalization Weighted Stock Index ¡BTaiwan Stock Exchange Electronic Sector Index and Taiwan Stock Exchange Finance Sector Index as our researching target and the final result exhibits that the cost of carry theory is mostly significant in the future market of Taiwan .

In Taiwen, several creative markets which called Fashion Markets were growing quickly after 2005, in the same time, Taiwan government started to promote the cultural and creative industry. Therefore, many people held Fashion Market to cooperate with the policy. However, Fashion Market declined in the late of 2007 because of the massive consumption. Would Fashion Markets be another kind of Portuguese egg tart in and an expense phenomenon in Taiwan? This study attempts to understand the possibility whether Fashion Markets can run on the internet from the view of electronic commerce management. From references and cases interviews, this study discovers the characteristics of internet quite match Fashion Markets. On the internet, Fashion Markets can mainly develop into three forms: 1. The Clicks-and-Mortar sales platform. 2. The virtual community with creation spirit. 3. The comprehensive platform with sales and shows. The characteristics of internet, like Low Cost and Information Spread, let Fashion Markets to rest, and gather designers from Taiwan to sell and share their work on the internet. On the other hand, the website administrators cooperate with other businesses, not only the designers have a opportunity to show their impressive talents, but also the populace can see many cultural and creative works from Taiwanese designers by these cooperating activities. The spirit of Fashion Markets is not only sales, but also a display stage which can use their creativity heartily. If the internet can help Fashion Market in its complete development, it will generate precious nourishment for Fashion Market in Taiwan. Otherwise, Fashion Market would only become an expense phenomenon in a short run. It just likes the important sustenance to cultivate Taiwan creative culture.

<p>A takeover announcement does not necessarily mean good news for stockholders of the acquiring firm. In fact, for a majority of takeovers it means losses in share prices. Motives that can explain this trend are agency and hubris. This thesis is an event study of 28 acquir-ing firms in Sweden between the years 1997-2005, and the purpose is set to see whether stock prices are affected or not. This has been done by the help of the market model. The empirical results show that the takeovers are on average value decreasing operations which indicate that agency and hubris are the primary motives even though one can not for cer-tain exclude synergy.</p>

<p>Problem: Recent articles argue that the new accounting standard regarding abandonment of depreciation of goodwill will cause a rise in share prices. According to the Efficient Market Hypothesis, a rise in profits due to accounting changes should not cause an increase in share prices. Therefore we ask the following main question in our thesis: Do investors on the Stockholm Stock Exchange act semi-strong efficient in relation to the abandonment of linear depreciation of goodwill?</p><p>Purpose: The purpose of this study is to test the semi-strong form of market efficiency on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by studying if companies show positive abnormal returns caused by the removal of linear depreciation of goodwill.</p><p>Method: Both a qualitative and quantitative approach was used to investigate semi-strong market efficiency. We conducted an event study to measure if companies with a high degree of goodwill showed abnormal returns. To be able to see if the abnormal returns were caused by the new accounting standards, a qualitative research was made.</p><p>Conclusion: The empirical investigation indicates that investors acted semistrong efficient in relation to the abandonment of linear depreciation of goodwill.</p>

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago, Dept. of Economics, June 2001. / Includes bibliographical references. Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2001. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 160-169). Available also in a digital version from Dissertation Abstracts.

Zugl.: Bonn, Univ., Diss., 2008

Thesis (M.B.A)--Naval Postgraduate School, March 2004. / Thesis advisor(s): Bill Gates, Bill Hatch. "MBA professional report"--Cover. Includes bibliographical references (p. 65). Also available online.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Rutgers University, 2009. / "Graduate Program in Economics." Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-140).