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Risk-return efficiency, financial distress risk, and bank financial strength ratings
Hua, Changchun; Liu, Li-gang - 2010
This paper investigates whether there is any consistency between banks' financial strength ratings (bank rating) and their risk-return profiles. It is expected that banks with high ratings tend to earn high expected returns for the risks they assume and thereby have a low probability of...
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Reform of state-owned enterprises in Viet Nam to increase performance and profit
Kim, Kunmin; Nguyen Anh Tru - 2019
In Viet Nam, the reform of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in recent years has become an essential mission to improve their performance in the context of international economic integration. It also represents the commitment of the Vietnamese Government to renovating economic institutions as well...
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Performance differential between private and state-owned enterprises : an analysis of profitability and leverage
Nguyet Thi Minh Phi; Taghizadeh-Hesary, Farhad; Chuc Anh Tu - 2019
of firms in terms of profitability and solvency. Using cross-sectional data covering over 25,000 firms worldwide and by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012007648
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Why trade finance gaps persist : does it matter for trade and development?
Auboin, Marc; DiCaprio, Alisa - 2017
Trade finance shortfalls now appear regularly. Does this matter for trade expansion and economic development in developing countries? Global trade finance has resumed following the 2009 global financial crisis. However, the pattern of recovery has been uneven across countries and categories of...
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Major challenges facing small and medium-sized enterprises in Asia and solutions for mitigating them
Yoshino, Naoyuki; Taghizadeh-Hesary, Farhad - 2016
Asia's economic success to have fully functioning support measures for SMEs. However, SMEs face challenges from limited … growth in Asia including i) lack of finance, ii) lack of comprehensive databases, iii) low level of R&D expenditures, and iv …
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Role of the Credit Risk Database in developing SMEs in Japan : lessons for the rest of Asia
Kuwahara, Satoshi; Yoshino, Naoyuki; Sagara, Megumi; … - 2015
bank-dominated financial systems in Asia, banks are the main source of financing for SMEs. For financial institutions, it …
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Solutions for SMEs' difficulties in accessing finance : Asian experiences
Yoshino, Naoyuki; Taghizadeh-Hesary, Farhad - 2017
as Thailand with a view to them being implemented in the rest of Asia. …
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A comprehensive method for the credit risk assessment of small and medium-sized enterprises based on Asian data
Yoshino, Naoyuki; Taghizadeh-Hesary, Farhad - 2018
employing two statistical analysis techniques - principal component analysis and cluster analysis - applying 11 financial ratios … of 1,363 SMEs in Asia. If used by the financial institutions, this comprehensive and efficient method could enable banks … and other lending agencies around the world, and especially in Asia, to group SME customers based on financial health …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011949799
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The role of SMEs in Asia and their difficulties in accessing finance
Yoshino, Naoyuki; Taghizadeh-Hesary, Farhad - 2018
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are the backbone of the Asian economy. They make up more than 96% of all Asian businesses, providing two out of three private-sector jobs on the continent. Therefore, it is vital for Asian economies' economic success that they have fully functioning...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011949926
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SME finance in Asia : recent innovations in fintech credit, trade finance, and beyond
Cornelli, Giulio; Davidson, Vukile; Frost, Jon; … - 2019
Asia. While SMEs are an important contributor to employment and gross domestic product in Asia, they often face significant … credit constraints. Recently, in the context of Asia's rapidly digitalizing economy, both incumbents and new entrants are …
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