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R&D activities and firms' characteristics: some evidence from North East England

Seddighi, H. R.; Nuttall, M. W.; Evans, J.; Lawler, K. A. - In: Global Business and Economics Review 4 (2002) 2, pp. 261-276

This study considers the impact of labour and product market characteristics on Research and Development (R&D) activity in the North East. This study extends the literature on regional R&D by focusing on potential strategic relationships between relative firm size, market structure and crucial...

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The influence of demographic variables on relationship banking: an international study

Rootman, Chantal; Tait, Madele; Sharp, Gary - In: Global Business and Economics Review 15 (2013) 2/3, pp. 133-147

and the UK. Convenient snowball sampling was used to select the sample which comprised 637 banking clients and 67 bank … Canadian and UK banks. In terms of practical banking strategies, the study adds value in respect of personalised offerings and …

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A new composite leading indicator of inflation for the UK: a Kalman filter approach

Binner, Jane M.; Wattam, Stuart I. - In: Global Business and Economics Review 5 (2003) 2, pp. 242-264

to outperform those already derived using the Central Statistical Office methodology in the UK. A secondary aim of this …

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Effects of budgetary deficits on macrovariables in Germany and the UK: 1950-2002

Ghatak, Anita - In: Global Business and Economics Review 6 (2004) 2, pp. 239-254

Germany and the U.K. for 1950-2002. There is evidence that interest rate, current account deficit and debt increase with … UK but the speed of adjustment is mentionable only for current account deficit and for consumption in Germany and only … for debt in the UK. The evidence on bivariate causality from deficit, therefore, also exists in these three cases. …

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Financial innovation in the UK: new tier-adjusted household sector monetary services indexes

Binner, Jane M. - In: Global Business and Economics Review 11 (2009) 1, pp. 44-64

data set obtained from Barclays Bank plc, we construct two adjusted UK household sector measures of the aggregate monetary …

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Financial innovation in the UK: new tier-adjusted household sector monetary services indexes

Binner, Jane M. - In: Global Business and Economics Review 11 (2009) 1, pp. 44-64

data set obtained from Barclays Bank plc, we construct two adjusted UK household sector measures of the aggregate monetary …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005048932

Auctions and retail price competition: a logit study of the North East

Lawler, Kevin A.; Lee, Kin Pui; Yang, Chih Cheng; … - In: Global Business and Economics Review 3 (2001) 2, pp. 258-271

In this paper, we develop a model of Bertrand competition and uncertainty as to the number of rivals. The auction models predict retail price dispersion as an observable feature of retail price competition. The implication of the auction model are tested using a binary logit model on primary...

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Carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies and economic investment opportunities in the UK

Chevallier, Julien - In: Global Business and Economics Review 12 (2010) 3, pp. 252-265

This article reviews the role played by carbon and capture (CCS) technologies in order to facilitate the transition to low-carbon emitting technologies in the medium-term. More precisely, we address the following central questions: how will the development of CCS technologies impact energy...

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Trade balance and real exchange rate: new evidence from Mauritius-UK trade

Bissoondeeal, Rakesh K. - In: Global Business and Economics Review 11 (2009) 2, pp. 167-179

for the bilateral trade between Mauritius and UK? Does a J-curve exist for this bilateral trade? Our findings suggest that …

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Aid and happiness: untangling the causal relationship in nine European donor countries

Arvin, B. Mak; Lew, Byron - In: Global Business and Economics Review 12 (2010) 4, pp. 341-358

relationships exist for France and the UK, but not for other countries. …

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