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An analysis of global credit risk spreads during crises
Morgan, Irvin W.; Murtagh, James P. - In: Managerial Finance 38 (2012) 3, pp. 341-358
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to model the components of credit risk in primary debt markets and evaluate changes in these factors in times of crisis. Design/methodology/approach – The authors use a unique dataset consisting of nearly 163,000 new loans and bond issues in the USA and...
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Measures of financial openness and interdependence
Clark, William R.; Hallerberg, Mark; Keil, Manfred; … - In: Journal of Financial Economic Policy 4 (2012) 1, pp. 58-75
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to review concepts and measurements related to financial globalization such as …/methodology/approach – This paper surveys the theoretical and empirical literature on monetary interdependence and financial globalization. The … for national policies and the operation of the international monetary system of different dimensions of globalization. In …
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The financial crisis and the failure of modern social science
Bragues, George - In: Qualitative Research in Financial Markets 3 (2011) 3, pp. 177-192
Purpose – The aim of this paper is to explore the lessons offered by the financial crisis about the appropriate epistemological approaches to apply in the study of human affairs in general, and of the financial markets in particular. Design/methodology/approach – The paper applies a...
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Decisive factors in company financial internationalization: an empirical study
Urionabarrenetxea, Sara; Rodríguez Castellanos, Arturo - In: Managerial Finance 36 (2009) 1, pp. 22-43
Purpose – This paper seeks to identify factors potentially conditioning firms’ financial internationalization. Companies often internationalize their financial areas as part of their larger internationalization strategy. In other words, such an initiative is associated with the...
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A review of institutional influences on the rise of made-in-China multinationals
Yang, Xiaohua; D. Stoltenberg, Clyde - In: International Journal of Emerging Markets 9 (2014) 2, pp. 162-180
. The research contributes to the study of globalization of Chinese enterprises by exploring the renewed dynamic …
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Japan′s Quest for Global Leadership in IT
Hsieh, Chang‐tseh - In: Industrial Management & Data Systems 94 (1994) 2, pp. 23-28
Over the past three decades, the Japanese information technology industry has been questing for global leadership. With the help of keiretsu , a special social organization, and government agencies, those giant information technology companies such as NEC, Fujitsu, etc. have become the leaders...
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“The great convergence”: visionary illusion or megatrend?
Buchen, Irving H. - In: Foresight 4 (2002) 1, pp. 36-42
history of future ideas. A substantive candidate of the twenty‐first century is “convergence”. That pursuit of “the unity of …
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Evolution of foresight in the global historical context
Jemala, Marek - In: Foresight 12 (2010) 4, pp. 65-81
foresight. However, it is possible to compare the history of foresight in relation to the history of globalization through … events and the history of forecasting and globalization, and to outline several linkages. Second, there are significant … milestones of globalization and the world history.  …
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“For Piketty” – a new Enlightenment that goes far beyond rewriting Das Kapital
Jardat, Rémi - In: Society and Business Review 9 (2014) 2, pp. 214-227
Purpose – This critique of Piketty’s Capital in the Twenty-First Century summarizes and comments on the main tenets of the author’s principal theory. The author's aim is to point out the book’s contributions to a critical debate around social and economic issues, while giving special...
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Digital Literacy Skills Among Librarians in University Libraries In the 21st Century in Edo And Delta States, Nigeria
Emiri, Ogochukwu Thaddaeus - In: International Journal of Library and Information … 6 (2017) 1, pp. 37-52
This paper discussed the contemporary digital literacy skills (DLS) among librarians in university libraries the 21st century in Edo and Delta States of Southern Nigeria. The study was guided by six objectives and research questions and one hypothesis. The design of the study is descriptive...
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