period the nature of the banks’ “safety net”, the sanction of insolvency proceedings has changed too. The effect of this is …

the Spanish bankruptcy system relative to that of an alternative insolvency institution, the mortgage system, and the … a hypothesis to explain why Spain has one of the world’s lowest business bankruptcy rates, even during the current … unattractiveness of the personal bankruptcy law ; Utilizando una amplia base de datos de más de 1 millón de empresas españolas …

liquidaciones ineficientes ; The paper warns about the potential efficiency losses associated with low business bankruptcy rates … (number of fi rms filing for bankruptcy as a proportion of the total stock of firms) and shows that welfare could be improved … by increasing the protection of creditors in the bankruptcy system. These ideas are illustrated with the Spanish case …

corporativa y personal ; Small businesses, the majority of Spanish firms, rarely file for formal bankruptcy, and this has been the … case even during the current economic crisis. This suggests that bankruptcy law has a limited role to play in the distress … of small firms. We propose an explanation based on two premises: (i) bankruptcy procedures are more costly and drawn out …

members’ needs – and contracting practices – the process of making expectations explicit and transparent – enable …-technology entrepreneurial teams. The findings suggest that communal relational schemas and contracting practices both are positively associated … mediated the relationships between communal relational schemas and contracting practices on creativity, resilience, and …

project design and delivery through implementation of innovative contracting and procurement practices. The concept of … and cost-effectiveness of these two alternative contracting practices. Effectiveness was measured in terms of average …

INDOT initiated a study to investigate Performance Based Contracting of maintenance operations. One of the main impetus … planning how maintenance will be performed. One viable option is the use of performance based contracting (PBC). This study has … North Carolina. Other states studied included: South Carolina, Oklahoma, Massachusetts, and Texas.* Evaluated contracting …