<title>Abstract</title> Women-owned businesses are often thought to face difficulties in applying for and securing bank loans (Schwartz, 1979; Riding and Swift, 1990; Buttner and Rosen, 1992; Fabowale <italic>et al</italic>., 1995; Haines <italic>et al</italic>., 1999; Coleman, 2000). While there may always be individual instances of difficulties with credit...

Market liberalization in emerging-market economies and the entry of multinational firms spur significant changes to the industry/institutional environment faced by domestic firms. Prior studies have described how such changes tend to be disruptive to the relatively backward domestic firms, and...

The distinguished authors in this volume address the fundamental causes for such heterogeneous international experiences, placing particular emphasis on the role of institutions. They demonstrate how the study of economic development is increasingly linked to the development of institutions,...

The two most important forces affecting the world economy in the closing decades of the 20th century are globalization and privatization. While proceeding in parallel, these forces have nonetheless had significant interactions with one another, which are examined in this collection.

This topical book analyses the change of electoral rules in Italy from proportional representation toward plurality. While Italy is used as the illustrative case, the analysis has far-ranging theoretical and practical implications, and will therefore be of interest to academics and researchers...

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The location of investment by multinational enterprises has been investigated from many perspectives. It has been suggested that investment may be motivated by experience of a particular location represented by tenure of operations. In contrast, portfolio considerations suggest that increased...