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Bank activity and funding strategies : the impact on risk and returns
Demirgüç-Kunt, Aslı - 2009
using an international sample of 1,334 banks in 101 countries leading up to the 2007 financial crisis. Expansion into non … risky, which is consistent with the demise of the U.S. investment banking sector. "--World Bank web site …
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International Experience with Cross-border Power Trading
World Bank - 2013
The five main lessons for Southern Africa from our review of the experiencewith cross-border power trading in other regions of the work are that: Security of supply concerns need to be explicitly addressed and understood by the parties to proposed cross-border transactions. Regional entities...
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China's management of enterprise assets : the state as shareholder
1997
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Does More Power for Shareholders Undermine Board Stewardship?
World Bank - 2012
The level of shareholders' expertise and experience needs to be questioned as they wield greater clout and become more … deeply involved in strategic issues that should be the board's purview. This misdirected involvement distracts shareholders … from their principal and most important role: electing and overseeing boards. To play that role, shareholders must have the …
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Corporate governance and bank performance : a joint analysis of the static, selection, and dynamic effects of domestic, foreign, and state ownership
Berger, Allen N. (contributor) - 2005
likely due to placing nonperforming loans into residual entities, leaving "good" privatized banks."--World Bank web site …
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Greenfield foreign direct investment and mergers and acquisitions : / feedback and macroeconomic effects
Calderán, César - 2004
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Reflections on Korea's acquisition of technological capability
Westphal, Larry E. - 1984
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Timor-Leste : An Analysis of Early Grade Reading Acquisition
World Bank - 2010
This report examines the status of reading acquisition in Timor-Leste's primary schools. It is written for education stakeholders and policy makers in Timor-Leste, including government officials, politicians, educators, parents, Timor-Leste's donor partners and Non Governmental Organizations...
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American depositary receipts (adr) holdings of U.S. based emerging market funds
Aggarwal, Reena - 2005
ADR listings of local firms might not negatively affect local markets if the investment climate is good. "--World Bank web …
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World atlas of the child
1979
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