This paper highlights the role of capital outflows in creating periods of turbulence by forcing emerging economies to raise massive funds abroad. First, we present stylised facts related to the capital outflows from the emerging economies. Then, we carry out a breakdown of the balance of...

The evolution of international alliances has raised the interest of literature on firm’s theory and in terms of the conception and its capacities. Thus, the firm’s evolution is viewed from the technological opportunities and its capacities perspective. In this context, the joint venture is...

This paper takes full advantage of daily quoted prices of microfinance stocks from their issuance, and draws a global picture of worldwide microfinance equity from the viewpoint of a profit-oriented investor. We construct microfinance country equity indices and an international global...

Emerging economies and especially the BRICS countries have strong economic ties with the euro area. In addition, the financial crisis in the euro area may have effects on other markets or areas, especially those of the main emerging markets. Credit default swap (CDS) spreads are relevant...

This research, indeed, aims at proposing and testing an analytical model that correlates international advertising strategies to the cultural values. Based on the acculturation theory, a four cell model is proposed according to the degree of attractiveness of the imported values and the degree...

This article studies the socio-economic and cultural characteristics in emerging markets segmentation and their influence upon international communication. The conceptual developments are based upon the Prahalad's economic pyramid and the acculturation approach. The proposed framework to analyze...

Debt is not frequently analyzed in relation to the conflict between controlling and outside shareholders. At the same time, debt helps to manage the type II corporate agency conflicts because it is easier for controlling shareholders to modify the leverage ratio than to modify their share of...

Debt may help to manage type II corporate agency conflicts because it is easier for controlling shareholders to modify the leverage ratio than to modify their share of capital. A sample of 112 firms listed on the French stock market over the period 1998-2009 is empirically tested. It supports an...

Today’s unstable and unpredictable world, from a financial and a legal point of view, creates a new requirement, the performance. In this context, the company’s legal performance refers to its ability of develop legal resources and to connect it to other resources to reach its goals,...

This paper analyses the private equity fund compensation. We build a model to estimate the expected revenue of fund managers as a function of their investor contracts. We tried to evaluate the present value of the carried interest, which is one of the most common profit sharing arrangements...