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Jacques Laffitte, an investment banker who did not create a model for investment banking (In French)
BONIN, Hubert - Groupe de Recherche en Économie Théorique et … - 2007
The research program about the history of investment banking gauged in this text the legacy of Jacques Laffitte, one of the initiators of modern investment banking in the years 1800-1840. It assesses the reality of his contributions and argues about their role within the process of modernisation...
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Structural Funding and Bank Failures
Bologna, Pierluigi - In: Journal of Financial Services Research 47 (2015) 1, pp. 81-113
This paper investigates bank structural funding vis-à-vis bank failures. An empirical analysis is conducted on the … position indeed plays a significant role in explaining the probability of bank defaults. A balanced funding position, with more …-stable components the more likely a bank is to face distress. Results are robust to the sampling and modelling choices as well as to the …
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Labour and employment issues in foreign direct investment : public support conditionalities
Penfold, Bonnie - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 2004
Explores how public actors, especially in home countries, link foreign direct investment (FDI) to labour and employment issues.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010966302
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Strategies for unions to provide benefits and financial services to workers : experiences in the United States
Koven, Richard C - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010967584
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Aufspaltung der Universalbanken: Krisenprävention oder gefährlicher Eingriff in das Bankensystem?
Socher, Karl; Blum, Ulrich; Driftmann, Hans Heinrich - In: Ifo Schnelldienst 65 (2012) 21, pp. 03-12
Zulassung von Universalbanken die Banken-, Finanzmarkt-, Schulden- und Konjunkturkrisen sowohl in den USA wie im Euroraum mit …
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An analysis of the credit rating agencies
D'Amato, Stephen - In: International Journal of Critical Accounting 6 (2014) 3, pp. 258-283
rating methodology and assess the ratings of these agencies in regards to Greece, France, and the USA. …
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Transfer students from two-year institutions to four-year institutions at the course-level: a case of minority students population
Kagochi, John; Durmaz, Nazif - In: International Journal of Education Economics and Development 5 (2014) 3, pp. 257-266
This paper empirically investigates the performance of transfer students from two-year colleges to four-year institutions at the course-level, especially colleges with significant minority student population. Advantages of looking at transfer student's performance at the course level are;...
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The financial contagion effects of the subprime crisis on BRIC countries
Hmida, Mourad - In: International Journal of Managerial and Financial Accounting 6 (2014) 3, pp. 175-188
phenomenon between the financial markets of the USA, Brazil, Russia, India and China during the current crisis. …
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Designing a large-scale emergency logistics network - a case study for Kentucky
Umut Rıfat Tuzkaya; Heragu, Sunderesh S.; Evans, … - In: European Journal of Industrial Engineering 8 (2014) 4, pp. 513-532
During a medical emergency in the USA, critical medical supplies such as medications, vaccines, gloves, masks and …
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Oil spills: are corporations responsible for protecting the environment? USA and Africa
Wrigley, Eric - In: African Journal of Economic and Sustainable Development 3 (2014) 3, pp. 237-253
The purpose of this paper is to answer the following question: are corporations responsible for protecting the environment? In order to answer this question, this paper addresses the following topics: major oil spills, corporate social responsibility, corporate social irresponsibility,...
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