In the present paper an attempt will be made to show econometrically with panel data that as globalization increases, banking risk goes also up but not by as much. Panel data are elaborated by means of Eviews software package. The sample covers during 1999–2007 Western Europe and the United States

This research is an attempt to discover the extent of availability of the marketing mix elements in the webpages of some of the Qatari banks, in order to assess the degree of development in this area, and if they are able to take advantage of existing technologies in this field. I have...

In the present paper it will be pointed out econometrically that entrepreneurial calibre improves Balassa index. The contribution of this paper is that a new method to estimate entrepreneurial calibre will be introduced. Data are annual and cover most Western European countries and the USA for...

The paper elaborates on socio-cultural circumstances of advertisement. Many examples of promotion campaigns are mentioned. The main European advertisement styles are also described. There are many arguments in favour of either standardization or adaptation. Nevertheless socio-cultural aspects...

This book has been woven with a global economy as its loom and e-tailing taxation issues as its thread. This is the result of collective work among a number of researchers in, India, South Africa, and the United Kingdom. This is a unique effort that gives in-depth and global insight into the way...

This paper summarizes an explorative study of the novel design and security that contribute to consumers’ adoption of an integrated, single platform payment system encompassing card, Internet and mobile technologies in the ASEAN. The attempt to survey these areas in an integrated fashion is a...

Purpose: This research uses the institutional theory perspective to better understand the social dynamics of the European Union (EU) tourism policy and its directions.Design/methodology/approach: A thorough literature review involving a critical discourse analysis on the regulative, normative...

In this paper it will be attempted to show econometrically that electronic commerce (e-commerce) has a positive impact on economic growth at country level, since e-commerce promotes sales (and thus consumption), that in turn improves company performance, thus causing ultimately economic growth....

Ever since the path-breaking empirical studies by Schott (1998) world systems scholars start from the well-established assumption that world science is a single gigantic center-periphery relationship. The strategic and tactical practical conclusions for individual scholars and their agenda in...