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Troubling times for the commercial banker : exploring the recent wave of failures
Hendickson, Jill M.; Nichols, Mark W. - In: Journal of applied finance & banking 1 (2011) 4, pp. 1-37
That the United States and the world experienced a major financial crisis and is still struggling to recover comes as …
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Efficiency in Islamic banking during a financial crisis : an empirical analysis of forty-seven banks
Said, Ali - In: Journal of applied finance & banking 2 (2012) 3, pp. 163-197
The present paper measured the efficiency of Islamic banks during economic troubles of 2006-2009 to address the question if Islamic banks were efficient and stable. This paper addresses this question by measuring efficiency through employing the on-parametric technique, Data Envelopment Analysis...
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Comparative study on performance of Islamic banks and conventional banks in GCC region
Siraj, K. K.; Pillai, P. Sudarsanan - In: Journal of applied finance & banking 2 (2012) 3, pp. 123-161
Islamic banking is considered as alternative to conventional banking. It focuses on profit/loss and risk sharing, than …
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Financial liberalization and banking crisis : a spatial panel model
Triki, Mohamed Bilel; Maktouf, Samir - In: Journal of applied finance & banking 2 (2012) 3, pp. 81-122
This paper investigates the determinants of banking system fragility by underlining the impact of bank liberalization on banking stability during the process of financial liberalization in emerging and developed countries. To this effect, we adopted a panel model with spatial dependency from a...
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Extreme learning machine to analyze the level of default in Spanish deposit institutions
Montero-Romero, Teresa; López-Martín, María del Carmen; … - In: Revista de métodos cuantitativos para la economía y … 13 (2012), pp. 3-23
reveals their level of risk. This in turn explains the growing attention given to variables of this kind, during the crisis of …
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Bank mergers and acquisition and shareholders’ wealth maximization in Nigeria
Nwidobie Barine Michael - In: Journal of applied finance & banking 3 (2013) 3, pp. 255-270
Banks operating in a regulated environment need to operate within the fiscal, monetary, political and legal regulations; customer tastes, habits and demand; and input supply changes. Changes in these require adjustments in the bank’s operations. Coping with these require finance and instant...
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Transformational effects of upgrading Nigerian colleges of education to universities in the globalization era : a perspective of staff psychological well-being
Lasun, Gbadamosi; Odufowokan, Benard Adesina - In: Advances in management & applied economics 2 (2012) 1, pp. 185-204
award Bachelor and other degrees to their teaming students' population. This may not be unconnected with the excesses of …
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Teaching managerial economics : spreadsheet exercises integrate economics within the business curriculum
Heath, Will C.; Underwood, James H.; Watson, John K. - In: Advances in management & applied economics 3 (2013) 4, pp. 249-256
Business students often have difficulty integrating economics reasoning into other business disciplines because of … and other business courses use another. This paper shows how simple electronic spreadsheet exercises can help students …
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Development and imporvement of business higher education through implementation of Students Learning Outcomes Asessment Plan (SLOAP)
Ivanovski, Zoran; Milenkovski, Ace; Ivanovska, Nadica; … - In: UTMS journal of economics / University of Tourism and … 4 (2013) 1, pp. 1-16
introduce best practices and objective standards in order to offer high-quality business education for its students. UTMS has … where changes and improvements are necessary. UTMS has developed Students Learning Outcomes Assessment Plan (SLOAP) as a way … to reach this goal. Based on permanent analysis of students needs as well as business sector suggestions about desirable …
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The political economy of regional integration in the Western Balkans
Sklias, Pantelis - In: International journal of economic sciences and applied … 4 (2011) 3, pp. 21-37
The paper aims to identify the roots and causes of the failure of existing regional economic integration efforts in the Western Balkans and the poor prospects for similar attempts in the future. Existing classical political and economic approaches are enriched by identifying a framework of...
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