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Access to Finance and Mobile Banking in Africa: Challenges and Prospects
John, O. Aiyedogbon; Obumneke, Ezie - In: International Journal of Economics and Empirical … 2 (2014) 1, pp. 7-12
This study investigates the challenges and prospects of mobile banking in Africa. We examined the growth of mobile … services penetration compared with the exponential growth of mobile telephony in sub-Saharan Africa, thus creating a unique … telecommunication infrastructure impede smooth development and improvements in mobile banking in Africa. These challenges can be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010902148
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Does ownership affect the efficiency of african banks?
Figueira, Catarina; Nellis, J. G.; Parker, David - In: Journal of Developing Areas 40 (2006) 1, pp. 37-62
, the results show that in Africa, on average, privately-owned banks do not appear to outperform state-owned banks. However … Africa and in two separate regions, North Africa and sub-Saharan Africa. We also test for country-level effects. …
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The Case for Financial Sector Liberalization in Ethiopia
Kiyota, Kozo; Peitsch, Barbara; Stern, Robert M. - Research Seminar in International Economics, University … - 2007
This paper focuses on issues of financial sector liberalization in Ethiopia, with reference in particular to the Ethiopian banking sector. We identify two factors that may constrain Ethiopia’s financial development. One is the closed nature of the Ethiopian financial sector in which there are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005357165
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Industry association networks, innovations, and firm performance in Chinese small and medium-sized enterprises
Qiao, Peng-hua; Ju, Xiao-feng; Fung, Hung-Gay - In: China Economic Review 29 (2014) C, pp. 213-228
This study uses panel data analysis to examine the effects of membership in industry association networks on innovation and firm performance in Chinese small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange Small and Medium-size Enterprises Board from 2007 to 2011. There...
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Firms’ Size Moderating Financial Performance in Growing Firms: An Empirical Evidence from Pakistan
Abbasi, Atif; Malik, Qaisar Ali - In: International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues 5 (2015) 2, pp. 334-339
The main determination of the research is to pinpoint the moderating inspiration of firm size between the relationship of firm growth and firm performance. In the study Null and alternative hypothesis have been constructed, Null hypothesis is concerning the negation of the moderating effect of...
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Corporate Ownership Structure and Firm Performance: Evidence from Greek Firms
Kapopoulos, Panayotis; Lazaretou, Sophia - Bank of Greece - 2006
The Berle-Means thesis (1932) implies that diffuse ownership adversely affects firm performance. This paper tries to investigate whether there is strong evidence to support the notion that variations across firms in observed ownership structures result in systematic variations in observed firm...
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How Ownership Structure Affects Capital Structure and Firm Performance? Recent Evidence from East Asia
Driffield, Nigel; Mahambare, Vidya; Pal, Sarmistha - EconWPA - 2005
Despite the seminal work of Claessens et al. (2002), who highlighted the role of ownership structure on firm performance in East Asia, the relationship between capital structure and ownership remains much unexplored. This is important, given recent empirical and theoretical work linking capital...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005076974
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How Ownership Structure Affects Capital Structure and Firm Performance? Recent Evidence from East Asia
Driffield, Nigel; Mahambare, Vidya; Pal, Sarmistha - EconWPA - 2005
Despite the seminal work of Claessens et al. (2002), role of ownership structure on capital structure and firm performance in East Asian corporattions remains much unexplored. Within the framework of Bajaj et al. (1998), the present paper empirically examines the effects of a controlling manager...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005076997
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Managerial Ownership and Firm Performance in German Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
Müller, Elisabeth; Spitz, Alexandra - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2002
This paper studies the effect of managerial ownership on performance and the determinants of managerial ownership for small and medium-sized private companies. We use a panel of around 1300 firms in the German business-related service sector for the years 1997-2000. Managerial ownership up to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005016925
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Institutional Ownership and Firm Performance: Evidence from Finland
Bhattacharya, Prasad S.; Graham, Michael - Deakin University, Faculty of Business and Law, School … - 2007
This paper investigates the relationship between different classes of institutional investors and firm performance. Using industry level data from Finland, which is characterized by various institutional investors who own multiple ownership stakes in different firms across a broad spectrum of...
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