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We examine Africa’s increasing reliance on hydropower in light of climate change induced variations in rainfall and the potential power outages that may result. We use a continent wide riverflow model and IPPC climate change scenarios and show that current plans for African dam building are...
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one follows the studies by Lean and Smyth (2010a) and Sadorsky (2012) which examine the dynamic interaction of energy … Mahmud (2009), and Jayanthakumaran et al. (2012) which attempt to introduce energy consumption and trade openness in the … increase the share of renewable energy relative to non-renewable energy sources. …
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of 1973-2011. Our main results show: i) the presence of long-run link between energy consumption and trade performance … note that energy conservation policies will reduce the trade performance which in turn leads to the decline in economic …This study investigates the energy-growth-trade nexus in Pakistan by using the annual time series data for the period …
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deals with the dynamic return and volatility spillovers across internationally traded energy and cereal commodity markets … results provide evidence of significant linkages between the energy and cereal markets. Moreover, the OPEC news announcements … can be used to improve the risk-adjusted performance by having more diversified portfolios and also serve to hedge the oil …
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Our study aims at analyzing Islamic bank efficiency over the period 2001-2008. We found that they were efficient at 92%. The level of efficiency could however vary according to the region where they operate. Asia displays the highest score with 96%. Indeed, country like Malaysia made reforms in...
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This paper aims to study the performance of Islamic finance regarding that of conventional finance over the last decade … higher performance and lower risk. Indeed, thanks to the ethical and moral aspect of Islamic finance, its products seem to be … financial downturns. In this paper, we address this question using different indicators and measures of performance that we have …
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Technological innovation is not exclusive to great industrial groups. Sometimes, innovative and dynamic companies emerge in high-tech sectors and constitute a serious threat for some industry giants. However, the high reactivity of these small companies is generally impaired by problems of...
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Research works haven’t yet shed much light on the performance of the location choice of multinational companies. The … multinational company and its consequential performance. We put forward a conceptual approach allowing to formulate the bases of a … highlight some types of managerial behaviours which will ensure the location performance within a cluster. …
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pourrait répondre non seulement à la performance économique et environnementale mais aussi à l’amélioration de la performance … l’amélioration de la performance sociétale. …
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Le capital risque industriel (CVC) joue un rôle moteur dans le développement d’innovations technologiques. C’est à la fois un apport en fonds propres ainsi qu’en compétences techniques et stratégiques aux start-up. Mais c’est également une stratégie entrepreneuriale réalisée à...
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