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Key Factors in the Future Development of the Construction Industry
Fox, Paul; Skitmore, Martin - 2002
This paper reports on a recent study aimed at identifying the key factors influencing the development of the construction industry. From a list of 62 variables identified in earlier studies, a questionnaire survey was conducted. This quantitative study elicited views from 76 respondents and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009437461
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Regulation of International Financial Markets by Transactions Taxes: The Effect of the Tobin Tax on Trade Volume und Exchange Rate Volatility
Haberer, Markus - 2006
volatility on foreign exchange markets. Starting point is the market participant's microeconomic investment decision, which is … trading volume and volatility on foreign exchange markets. We apply various two-country-models with representative market …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009471738
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Trading Systems, Volatility, and the Regulation of Stock Markets: An Investigation of the Microstructure of the Warsaw Stock Exchange
Henke, Harald - 2004
into volatility persistence in stock returns. In part two, I show that the introduction of continuous trading on the WSE is … volatility on days after limit hits and positive autocorrelation in stock returns. I do not find significant advantages of this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009460735
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Two Essays in Macroeconomics
Wu, Dong - 2010
mid-1980s, in contrast to the simultaneous volatility decline of most aggregates, including overall hours and employment … the skill premium, it is interesting to check its short-run implications for employment volatility. The numerical results … DSGE models' implications for overall labor market' volatility. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009450956
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Critical success factors for PPP/PFI projects in the UK construction industry
Akintoye, Akintola; Li, Bing; Edwards, Peter J.; … - 2005
Public-private partnerships (PPPs) are increasingly used in the United Kingdom's public facilities and services provision through the Private Finance Initiative (PFI). Despite some casualties, PPP/PFI projects have been undertaken successfully, but the reasons for success are not entirely clear....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435327
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The emerging management services of business transformation management
Safrudin, Norizan; Recker, Jan C.; Rosemann, Michael - 2011
Business transformations are large-scale organizational change programs that, evidence suggests, are often unsuccessful. Our interest is in identifying the management capabilities required for the successful execution of these projects. We advance a service-oriented view of the enterprise, which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009437823
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An exploration of policy, product developments, innovation and consumption patterns:the case of tourism and airline industries in Cyprus
Liasidou, Sotiroula - 2009
production, which refers to niche products. However, there is a dearth of policy theory and implementation, with consistent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009440924
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Characteristics determining the efficiency of foreign banks in Australia
Sturm, Jan-Egbert; Williams, Barry - 2008
The factors determining foreign bank efficiency are investigated using a three stage research method. It is found that host market incumbency reduces efficiency of foreign banks in Australia, resulting in over use of inputs. Factors underlying the limited global advantage hypothesis of Berger,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441579
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Foreign bank efficiency in Australia: What makes a difference?
Sturm, Jan-Egbert; Williams, Barry - 2009
-owned banks operating in Australia. The relevance of both comparative advantage theory and new trade theory to multinational … – Following clients (defensive expansion) was found to increase host nation efficiency, and new trade theory tended to, (but not … conclusively), dominate comparative advantage theory. The limited global advantage hypothesis was found to apply for US bank …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441745
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Factors Affecting Maize Producers Adoption of Forward Pricing in Price Risk Management: The Case of Vaalharts
Jordaan, Henry; Grove, Bennie - 2007
Logistic regression is employed to analyse the factors which influence the decision of whether or not the respondent used forward pricing methods during the 2004/05 maize production season. Forward pricing methods include cash forward contracting and hedging with futures contracts and/or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009443189