that education made little difference to sources of finance, except that those educated to A‐level more frequently used … finance faced by UK small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs), specifically the impact of personal characteristics (ethnicity …, gender and education). Design/methodology/approach – A conceptual model was developed and the results of a telephone survey …

Purpose – Mead was one of the first university professors of Finance in North America. The purpose of this article ia …'s more famous daughter, Margaret Mead, and includes an analysis of Mead's published work in Finance. Findings – The findings … are reported as an intellectual biography. The paper reports on Mead's life and career as a pioneer Finance scholar …

education/certification is available, any time/any place, the university and the faculty must redefine themselves. Liberal …

Purpose – The article attempts to determine whether academic research in the area of finance has a direct link to the … practitioners in the field. Design/methodology/approach – This paper used a survey of over 50 finance practitioners to ask their … opinion on the relevance of academic finance journals to their respective jobs. Findings – The results suggest that most …

Investigates the role of investment and finance in real estate education and researches the programs of the conferences … estate economics”. The paper comes to the conclusion that real estate investment and finance play an important role which is …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the farm and rural credit system in China. To do this …, and Collateral) and for each “C” provide some aspect of importance related to agricultural finance. Design … a variety of credit issues in China. Findings – A number of key factors related to credit delivery and demand are found …

income, whilst the BVAR causality test shows unidirectional causality running from savings to income. For China …

finance than men in China and in some respects appear to be in a better position. Both women‐ and men‐led firms are … finance in China is a key need‐to‐know area, there is a paucity of specific research on financing women entrepreneurs in China … obtaining finance. Design/methodology/approach – A structured questionnaire is used to collect comprehensive financial data from …