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Mining conflicts in sub-Saharan Africa: Actors and repertoires of contention
Engels, Bettina - 2016
developed, starting with existing case studies of current conflicts over industrial mining in sub-Saharan Africa and building on … bestehenden Fallstudien zu gegenwärtigen Konflikten um den industriellen Bergbau in Subsahara-Afrika sowie aufbauend auf eigene …Industrial mining is currently one of the fastest growing sectors of the world economy, particularly in the Global …
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The structure and performance of Ethiopia's financial sector in the pre- and post-reform period with a special focus on banking
Geda, Alemayehu - 2006
Since 1992 Ethiopia has been engaged in liberalizing its financial sector. The hallmark of the strategy is gradualism. The approach is not without problems especially from Bretton Woods Institutions that saw the reform as a sluggish process. This study examines this liberalization program by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010333062
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The institutional determinants of private equity involvement in business groups: The case of Africa
Hearn, Bruce; Oxelheim, Lars; Randøy, Trond - 2015
This study examines the governance attributes of post-IPO (initial public offering) retained ownership of private equity in business group constituent firms in contrast to their unaffiliated counterparts, in 202 newly listed firms in 22 emerging African economies. We adopt an actor centred...
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Does cryptocurrency hurt African firms?
Sami, Mina; Abdallah, Wael - In: Risks 10 (2022) 3, pp. 1-17
level, in Africa. To reach the study's main goal, the authors adopted the Panel-Corrected Standard Errors (PCSEs) and Panel …) The cryptocurrency market hurts the firm market value in Africa. (b) The firms operating across different sectors respond … disproportionally to the cryptocurrency market. For instance, the sectors that offer low returns in Africa (industrial, energy …
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Efficiency of commercial banks in sub-Saharan Africa: A comparative analysis of domestic and foreign banks
Kiyota, Hiroyuki - 2011
Utilizing the stochastic frontier approach, this study conducts a comparative analysis of profit efficiency and cost inefficiency of commercial banks operating in 29 sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries by bank ownership (domestic bank, SSA foreign bank or non-SSA foreign bank), as well as by the...
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Capital structure, corporate taxation and firm age
Pfaffermayr, Michael; Stöckl, Matthias; Winner, Hannes - 2008
This paper analyzes the relationship between capital structure, corporate taxation and firm age. We adapt a standard model of optimal capital structure choice under corporate taxation, focusing on the financing and investment decisions a young firm is typically faced with. Our model allows to...
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The performance of state-owned enterprises and newly privatized firms: Empirical evidence from Egypt
Omran, Mohammed - 2002
Even though it is well documented that privatization leads to an improvement in the performance of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) following divestiture, it is argued that the existing literature suffers from a misspecification measure because it does not consider the performance of control firms...
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Performance and financing of the corporate sector: The role of foreign direct investment
Geršl, Adam - 2008
Foreign direct investment has been one of the main drivers of economic developments over the past few years in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). Within the ongoing globalization and international division of labor, a large number of foreign companies have established production units in CEE...
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Importance of the non-financial value added of government and independent venture capitalists
Luukkonen, Terttu; Deschryvere, Matthias; Bertoni, Fabio; … - 2011
This paper compares the post-investment value-added activities performed by governmental venture capital (GVC) and independent venture capital (IVC) for their portfolio companies, and controls for the selection effect that the different investment profiles of these investors might have on the...
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Corporate Governance und Unternehmenserfolg - Eine empirische Analyse des Zusammenhangs zwischen den Führungs-, Kontroll- und Anreizstrukturen und der Geschäftsentwicklung deutsche...
Steinbrecher, Johannes - 2016
Das internationale Bankensystem stand in den vergangenen Jahren im Fokus des öffentlichen Interesses. Bei der Diskussion möglicher Optionen zur Verbesserung der Finanzsystemstabilität rückt zunehmend die Corporate Governance in Banken in den Fokus. Der vorliegende Forschungsbericht widmet...
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