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Drivers of Socially Responsible Investing: A Case Study of Four Nordic Countries
Scholtens, Bert; Sievänen, Riikka - In: Journal of Business Ethics 115 (2013) 3, pp. 605-616
Sweden can be associated with key characteristics in economics, finance, culture, and institutions. We find that in …
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Service-Learning and Leadership: Evidence from Teaching Financial Literacy
Sabbaghi, Omid; Gerald Cavanagh S. J.; Tim Hipskind S. J. - In: Journal of Business Ethics 118 (2013) 1, pp. 127-137
We provide an empirical investigation of leadership characteristics and social justice issues in the context of financial literacy service-learning. Using a unique dataset of student self-ratings, we find that students experience statistically significant increases in 8 of the 10 leadership...
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Inter-Firm Linkages and Finance in Value Chains
Pietrobelli, Carlo; Navas-Alemán, Lizbeth; Kamiya, Marco - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
The literature on small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) finance highlights linkages with large firms in value chains … implications for SMEs. This paper explores this gap by looking for evidence on the impact of SMEs' access to finance of inter … technologies in Costa Rica), a comparison between the different sources and instruments of finance used by SMEs is presented. A …
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Indicadores de riesgo y de gestión del riesgo de los desastres: resultados para Nicaragua
Cardona, Omar D. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2007
Los desastres naturales han repercutido en las perspectivas de desarrollo de muchos de los países de América Latina y el Caribe. Nicaragua está al frente de esta infortunada realidad, estando localizada en una de las zonas del mundo más propensa a amenazas naturales. Con el fin de apoyar a...
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Should Public Budgets Finance Convention Centers?
Darling, Arthur H.; Beato, Paulina - Inter-American Development Bank - 2004
The Bank is receiving an increasing number of requests from state and municipal governments to finance publicly owned …
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Insurance for the Poor?
Dercon, Stefan; Bold, Tessa; Calvo, César - Inter-American Development Bank - 2006
that shows the clear disadvantages of the informal risk management instruments typically used by the poor. Next, the paper …
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From Intervention to Empowerment: A New Approach to Assisting SMEs in Latin America: Regulation, Procurement, and Dispute Resolution
Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American …; … - 2008
This paper outlines some of the issues that affect small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in three areas: regulation, procurement, and dispute resolution. The work presented herein is part of the Bank's most recent efforts to develop new approaches and instruments to strengthen its role as a...
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The Rationale for Integrating Financial Supervision in Latin America and the Caribbean
Demaestri, Edgardo; Guerrero, Federico - Inter-American Development Bank - 2003
Several developed and developing countries started to integrate their specialized supervisory institutions into a single entity during the past few years. A debate on the pros and cons of integrated supervision models emerged recently. Issues in favor and against integration have been...
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IDB Group Support to the Small and Medium Enterprise Sector (1990-2002): Achievements, Lessons and Challenges
Angelelli, Pablo; Guaipatín, Carlos; Almeyda-Stemper, … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2003
Small and medium enterprises are estimated to account for at least 10 percent of the number of total businesses in most Latin American countries and between 20-40 percent of total employment. In the 1990's, 30 percent of new jobs were created by SMEs. Small companies have played a major role in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009246497
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El Nuevo Acuerdo de Capital de Basilea: Efectos en los sistemas financieros de America Latina y el Caribe
Giorgio, Luis Alberto; Rivas, Carlos Gabriel - Inter-American Development Bank - 2003
El presente documento presenta algunos de los aspectos más destacados referentes a los efectos del Nuevo acuerdo de capital de Basilea (NACB) sobre los sistemas financieros de América Latina y el Caribe. Se discuten las implicancias de los cambios propuestos sobre los niveles de capital, la...
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