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Subprime residential mortgage loan securitization and its associated risks have been a major topic of discussion since the onset of the subprime mortgage crisis (SMC) in 2007. In this regard, the thesis addresses the issues of subprime residential mortgage loan (RML) securitization in discrete-,...
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The thesis intends to lay down innovative foundations for valuing contracts or portfolios of contracts under counterparty risk and in the presence of netting agreements. The approach departs from the usual methods for pricing contracts, and portfolios of contracts, with counterparty risk found...
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We study a retail benchmarking approach to determine access prices forinterconnected networks. Instead of considering … i pays to network j as a linear functionof the marginal costs and the retail prices set by both networks. In thecase of …
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We study how access pricing affects network competition when consumers'subscription demand is elastic and networks …
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Networks are having a profound impact on the way society is organised at the local, national and international level …. Networks are not ‘business as usual’. The defining feature of networks and a key indicator for their success is the strength … and quality of the interactions between members. This relational power of networks provides the mechanism to bring …
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This study seeks to make a theoretical contribution to the rapidly growing field ofInternational Entrepreneurship by investigating the process of internationalization of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). Bell, McNaughton, Young & Crick, (2003) emphasized the need for researchers to...
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This exegesis examines the proposition that playwriting is an entrepreneurial activity when combined with the role of producer. The thesis demonstrates that, when a playwright combines the two roles and considers the development of a network of relationships in the process, positive steps can be...
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networks and firm performance. Specifically, I use resource dependence theory (Pfeffer & Salancik, 1978) and social capital … networks. SNA is used to measure a the number of ties a director has to other directors in the top-105 company director network …
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networks, exclusively by the state. Subsequently, a range of alternative models, have emerged in infrastructure project … delivery. Among these, governance networks have become a widespread mechanism for planning and delivering infrastructure …. However, despite substantial public investments in road infrastructure that are made through governance networks, little is …
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Understanding the relationship between technology and economics is fundamental to making judicious policy and design decisions. Many technologies that are successful in meeting their technical goals often fail to get adopted due to economic factors. This holds true even for networked systems,...
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