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To Offshore or Nearshore IT services? An investigation using transaction cost theory
Trampel, Julia - EconWPA - 2004
The phenomenon of offshoring, that is, the outsourcing of highly- qualified services into low wage countries was until … the controversial issue of the advantageousness of offshoring. The trend, which has been enforced by numerous consultants … validity. The following paper deals with the advantageousness of offshoring in the case of IT services. In order to detach …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005134437
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CONTAGION AND PORTFOLIO SHIFT IN EMERGING COUNTRIES´ SOVEREIGN BONDS
Herrero, Alicia Garcia; Rios, Antonio Diez de los - EconWPA - 2004
The paper tests whether there were events of contagion, and portfolio shift, in the sovereign bond markets of eleven emerging countries' between January 1995 and November 2001. From existing definitions, we narrow down the concept of contagion by focusing on pricing errors, after general market...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005125554
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Further evidence on the link between finance and growth: An international analysis of community banking and economic performance
Berger, Allen N.; Hasan, Iftekhar; Klapper, Leora F. - EconWPA - 2004
We seek to contribute to both the finance-growth literature and the community banking literature by testing the effects of the relative health of community banks on economic growth and investigating potential transmission mechanisms for these effects using data from 1993–2000 on 49 nations....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005134638
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Western Institution Building:The War, Hayek’s Cosmos and the WTO
Killion, M. Ulric - EconWPA - 2005
developed nation-states, and international intergovernmental organizations dominated by developed nation-states such as the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005407658
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Counting chickens when they hatch: The short-term effect of aid on growth
Clemens, Michael A.; Radelet, Steven; Bhavnani, Rikhil - EconWPA - 2004
Past research on aid and growth is flawed because it typically examines the impact of aggregate aid on growth over a short period, usually four years, while significant portions of aid are unlikely to affect growth in such a brief time. We divide aid into three categories: (1) emergency and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005408143
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THE BALANCE OF PAYMENTS AS A MONETARY PHENOMENON:AN ECONOMETRIC CASE STUDY OF NIGERIA
NWAOBI, GODWIN CHUKWUDUM - EconWPA - 2003
THE THRUST OF THIS PAPER HAS BEEN TO INVESTIGATE THE THEORETICAL PROPOSITION OF THE MONETARY APPROACH TO THE THEORY OF BALANCE OF PAYMENTS ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM. THE ESSENCE OF THE APPROACH IS A CONSISTENT INSISTENCE THAT BALANCE OF PAYMENTS IS A MONETARY AND NOT A REAL PHENOMENON AS POSITED BY...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005408148
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MANAGEMENT & DEVELOPMENT OF HAPPINESS : A PRIORITY IN SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Dr.VSR.Subramaniam - EconWPA - 2005
, Local, International and Universal in nature. Author’s Research and Development approach for these vicious combination …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005408439
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SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT : MATHEMATICAL MODELS BY DR.VSRS
DR.VSR.SUBRAMANIAM - EconWPA - 2005
The current population in the World has grown beyond the Break-even level of the food supplies, water, clothing and shelter. Techno- commercial systems are also within the utility of developed nations, but beyond the infrastructure and mental orientation of the Developing and Under Developed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005119190
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Further evidence on the link between finance and growth: An international analysis of community banking and economic performance
Berger, Allen N.; Hasan, Iftekhar; Klapper, Leora F. - EconWPA - 2004
We seek to contribute to both the finance-growth literature and the community banking literature by testing the effects of the relative health of community banks on economic growth and investigating potential transmission mechanisms for these effects using data from 1993–2000 on 49 nations....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005561768
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Why Funds of Funds?
Lai, Richard Kum-yew - EconWPA - 2005
Private equity funds of funds (FOFs) have become big business. Today, FOFs form 14% of new money raised. I test six explanations for the rise of FOFs. First, I find that FOFs do not generally deliver superior returns. They do, however, do well enough for the limited partners (LPs) that hire...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005134791