Stephen Ackroyd and Jonathan Murphy
Biographic Data
| ID | 9134491 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Stephen Ackroyd and Jonathan Murphy |
| GIVEN NAMES | Stephen Ackroyd and Jonathan |
| FAMILY NAME | Murphy |
| SIGNATURE | MURPHY S A A J |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 0 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 6 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Hedge funds
Purpose – The paper's aim is to explore the impact of statistical arbitrage and high-frequency trading as hedge fund investment strategies that have a significant impact on the environment of corporations. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is a meta-analysis of the role of investment strategies within complex systems. Findings – The growth of hedge fund investment activity based on statistical arbitrage tends to produce a vulnerability; mor…
Transnational corporations, socio-economic change and recurrent crisis
Purpose – The paper's aim is to consider the effects of recurrent economic crisis on the management and organisational structures of transnational companies based in the UK by considering contemporary evidence and scholarly views of the processes involved, and especially to consider the contributions of the papers that follow in this special issue of the journal. Design/methodology/approach – The paper provides a summary overview of some of the k…
Sovereign wealth and the crisis
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to assess the wide-ranging implications of the global economic crisis and provide a comprehensive assessment of the how the structure of the market and competition within it is changing as a result. Design/methodology/approach – The research methodology draws on a “financialization” market construct and adapts it to include the public-private interfaces (PPIs) that have appeared since the global economic cri…
The tax avoidance industry
Purpose – The paper aims to examine the involvement of global accountancy firms in devising and selling tax avoidance schemes euphemistically marketed as “tax planning”. Design/methodology/approach – The study draws upon a range of secondary sources, including legal cases and government reports, to demonstrate how “tax planning” involves “wilful blindness” to complicity in dubious and sometimes fraudulent activity. Findings – The study reveals in…
Managing from the echo chamber
Purpose – This paper aims to explore the culture of working life in British financial services multinationals in the period leading up to the financial crisis of 2007-2008. Design/methodology/approach – Informed by labour process theory, the paper is based on a questionnaire survey and in-depth interviews with technicians and junior managers in British insurance and banking MNCs. Findings – The data demonstrate widespread employee disaffection wi…
Hedge funds
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine in which ways hedge funds contribute to financialization. Design/methodology/approach – Two already identified conduits through which financialization operates are applied to hedge funds. Findings – The paper finds that hedge funds drive the phenomenon of financialization in two major ways, i.e. the financialization of corporations, and the financialization of markets. Hence, hedge funds can be co…
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Hedge funds
Purpose – The paper's aim is to explore the impact of statistical arbitrage and high-frequency trading as hedge fund investment strategies that have a significant impact on the environment of corporations. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is a meta-analysis of the role of investment strategies within complex systems. Findings – The growth of hedge fund investment activity based on statistical arbitrage tends to produce a vulnerability; mor…
Transnational corporations, socio-economic change and recurrent crisis
Purpose – The paper's aim is to consider the effects of recurrent economic crisis on the management and organisational structures of transnational companies based in the UK by considering contemporary evidence and scholarly views of the processes involved, and especially to consider the contributions of the papers that follow in this special issue of the journal. Design/methodology/approach – The paper provides a summary overview of some of the k…
Sovereign wealth and the crisis
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to assess the wide-ranging implications of the global economic crisis and provide a comprehensive assessment of the how the structure of the market and competition within it is changing as a result. Design/methodology/approach – The research methodology draws on a “financialization” market construct and adapts it to include the public-private interfaces (PPIs) that have appeared since the global economic cri…
The tax avoidance industry
Purpose – The paper aims to examine the involvement of global accountancy firms in devising and selling tax avoidance schemes euphemistically marketed as “tax planning”. Design/methodology/approach – The study draws upon a range of secondary sources, including legal cases and government reports, to demonstrate how “tax planning” involves “wilful blindness” to complicity in dubious and sometimes fraudulent activity. Findings – The study reveals in…
Managing from the echo chamber
Purpose – This paper aims to explore the culture of working life in British financial services multinationals in the period leading up to the financial crisis of 2007-2008. Design/methodology/approach – Informed by labour process theory, the paper is based on a questionnaire survey and in-depth interviews with technicians and junior managers in British insurance and banking MNCs. Findings – The data demonstrate widespread employee disaffection wi…
Hedge funds
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine in which ways hedge funds contribute to financialization. Design/methodology/approach – Two already identified conduits through which financialization operates are applied to hedge funds. Findings – The paper finds that hedge funds drive the phenomenon of financialization in two major ways, i.e. the financialization of corporations, and the financialization of markets. Hence, hedge funds can be co…
Economics (6 works) · Business (5 works) · Finance (4 works) · Hedge fund (3 works) · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism (3 works) · Originality (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Alternative beta (2 works) · Corporate governance (2 works) · Financial crisis (2 works)