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Factors influencing foreign direct investment of South African financial services firms in Sub-Saharan Africa
Charalambous, Harris - 2011
This research investigates the key elements that South African financial servicesfirms consider before making foreign direct investments (FDI) in Sub-SaharanAfrican (SSA) markets. Specifically it aims to establish the order of importance ofthe key factors influencing FDI as well as understanding...
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The G-20 regulatory agenda and bank risk
Cabrera, Matías; Dwyer, Gerald P.; Nieto Carol, María … - 2018
riesgo, mientras que la liquidez no afecta de manera significativa al riesgo ; Using international listed banks from the … measure, namely the volatility of banks’ stock returns. We also examine the effect of government support during the financial … with securities trading and a negative association with capital. Banks’ chosen liquidity is unimportant for this measure of …
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Risk Classification and Competition on Insurance Markets
Beschorner, Patrick Frank Ernst - 2004
Along with the creation of the European single insurance market in1994 the German insurance market was liberalized … losscharacteristics of its customers. These effects explain whyinformational constraints and market power are immanent oninsurance markets.Insurance … appropriate insurance premium will induce an efficientuse of prevention by the customers. Information constraints mayinhibit the …
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Critical factors that influence the success and failure of SMEs in Namibia in the Khomas Region
April, Wilfred Isak - 2005
This study seeks to analyse the critical factors that influence the success andfailure of Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Namibia in the Khomas Findings of the study indicate that there is a problem of business failure in theKhomas Region. Although business owners of successful and...
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Fidentia : a strategic and corporate governance analysis
Steenkamp, Pieter - 2007
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Fidentia became an active player in the South African financial services industry in 2005, only a few years since its inception. This was achieved through aggressive take-overs and a favourable public image boosted by employing known sports personalities and sponsorships of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442207
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Development of a model to predict financial distress of companies listed on the JSE
Muller, Grant Henri - 2008
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: To date, there has been significant research completed on the topic of corporate financial distress. Two pioneering researchers in the field of predicting financial distress was Beaver in 1966 and Altman in 1968. More recent research, based on companies listed on the JSE has...
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Ego Check: Why Executive Hubris is Wrecking Companies and Careers and How to Avoid the Trap
Hayward, Mathew - 2007
No one executive is immune from that difficult-to-distinguish line that divides the self-confidence required of a successful CEO from the hubris seen at the root of so many corporate scandals today. We can count Warren Buffett, Steve Jobs, Martha Stewart, and Jack Welch among the business...
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Summary Brief: Macro Influences on the Adoption of Sales Force Automation (SFA) Technology
Borders, Aberdeen Leila; Widmier, Scott; Hair, Joe - 2009
There is great interest in the application of technological solutions driven by a thriving CRM industry. It has been shown the more effective the implementation of SFA, the greater its impact on increased sales performance. Previous research on SFA adoption has focused on the individual as the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009459115
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Banks and insolvent corporate customers: experience of the rescue culture
Pond, Keith - 2004
Over the last twenty years UK banks have reviewed and streamlined traditional credit assessment techniques for Small … period the nature of the banks’ “safety net”, the sanction of insolvency proceedings has changed too. The effect of this is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009461195
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Death of an airline : personal repercussions of the Ansett collapse
Mitchell, Jim; Markey, Bronwyn Rae - University of Western Sydney; University of Western Sydney; … - 2004
In March 2002 Ansett Australia, the country's second largest airline, collapsed after 66 years of operation. Ansert's demise as an Australian business icon and major employer had lasted for six months. After the initial grounding on 14th September 2001, through its attempted resurrection and...
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