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This article explores the issue of program diversification within Russian higher education institutions (HEIs) and its … diversification and program drift is defined by two influential forces: state regulation and market forces. Empirical evidence on the … changes of HEIs internal diversification includes quantitative analysis distributed throughout eight fields of education …
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Information disclosure is considered as an important prerequisite for the efficient functioning of a financial system. Costs and benefits of information disclosure in the banking system have been extensively theoretically and empirically investigated. However, the effect of voluntary...
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Researchers have long tried to define the impact of corporate diversification on firm value. Academic papers mainly … concentrate on the effects of corporate diversification in mature markets while its consequences in emerging capital markets are … less explored. This article presents the results of an empirical analysis of corporate diversification strategies of a …
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There seems to be a consensus among regulators and scholars that in order to improve the functioning of a banking system and to stimulate bank competition, it is necessary to raise the level of bank information transparency. However, empirical studies which examine the determinants of...
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manufacturing industry in Russia. A settlement is counted as part of an urban agglomeration in two cases: that of a large, central …
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The author examines the theoretical difficulties of implementing decisions and awards of foreign courts in Russia … educational background of legal professionals – especially judges – in Russia. It is suggested that the statist conception of law … of law developing in the mentality of legal professionals in Russia …
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Nonprofit accountability in Russia is becoming increasingly important as nonprofit organizations become more open …
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assess correctly the riskiness of other banks. However, the “crises of trust” (as one in 2004 in Russia) create some doubts …
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The empirical literature assessing the connection between land rights, access to finance and investment activity has focused largely on actors that, for multiple reasons, might face difficulties accessing credit. Communities of small-scale farmers or poor urban households in developing...
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Under the Basel II accord, improving probability of default models is a key risk-management priority. There are four main aspects of this research: suggesting the bank default classification; using a wide time horizon (quarterly Russian banking statistics from 1998 to 2011); investigating the...
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