Using a simultaneous equation model initially developed by Shrieves and Dahl this article shows that Japanese banks in comparison to European banks, have focused on factors other than those that impact on bank safety levels. This has left Japanese banks in a vulnerable position with respect to...

Many studies have examined the particular farm-level factors affecting the adoption of new technologies by smallholders. Using an ‘actor-oriented perspective’, this paper focuses on the larger processes at work in the development, dissemination and adoption of improved technologies. Three...