Chapter 1. Bankruptcy Risk, Financial Flexibility and Investment.- Chapter 2. Volatility on the Crypto-Currency Market: A Copula-Garch Approach.- Chapter 3. Cross-Market Volatility Spillovers and Portfolio Diversification in South African Equity Markets: Evidence From an Index-Level Analysis.- Chapter 4. Scoping Review of Behavioural Biases.

- Chapter 5. Reevaluation on the Long-Run Price-Dividend and Price-Earnings Relation in Predicting Expected Return.- Chapter 6. Replicating Bitcoin Performance: A Connectedness Analysis of Equity Portfolios.- Chapter 7. Inflation, IVOL, the Cost of Capital, and Investment: Jolted by the Unexpected.- Chapter 8. Evaluating Startup Potential: A Holistic Approach.

- Chapter 9. Key Drivers of Social Responsibility in Portugal's Energy Sector.- Chapter 10. Assessing AI and Technology Readiness in Indian Banking: Workforce Adaptability, Organisational Transformation, and Strategic Implementation.- Chapter 11. Algorithmic Bias in Automated Decision-Making: Hidden Risks Through the Perspective of AI-Driven Tax Compliance. The EU's Response From GDPR to the AI Act.- Chapter 12.

Sustainable or Risky? Performance and Volatility Asymmetries Between ESG ETFs: Evidence From the European Financial Markets.- Chapter 13. Modeling Uncertainty in Stock Price Indices Using a Hybrid NARX-Based Machine Learning Framework.- Chapter 14. Board Characteristics, Carbon Accounting, and the Net Zero Transition.- Chapter 15. When Convergence Breeds Fragility: Evidence From Global Equity-Bond-Trade Networks.- Chapter 16.

Shifting Innovation Landscapes: A Patent-Based Comparison of the US, Europe and China.- Chapter 17. Bank-Specific, Macroeconomic and Country Governance Determinants of Non-Performing Loans: Evidence From Cross Countries.