Strategic alliances are a prevalent form of business organization. The criticalcharacteristics of strategic alliances are detailed using Coase (1937) and the resultingdefinition tested through primary research and the alternative form, the infrastructurealliance posited. The thesis examines...

A dynamic model of investment is estimated with data on non-financial firms in 15 European countries across 25 industries over 1991-2006. A rise in real energy price reduces the degree of persistence in the investment adjustment cost function. Panel results suggest that in manufacturing a 1%...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to compare two opposite approaches chosen to regulate an industry. Design/methodology/approach – The approach is based on studying the two selected regulation systems, Basel III and the Eurocodes and identifies how the one system regulates financial...

This paper analyzes the impact of deregulation and market integration policies on the structure of European banking markets. It argues that whether European integration will lead to large increases in EU-wide concentration will depend on the extent to which competition in banking is based on...