Similar Search Results

Creating associations as a substitute for direct bank credit : evidence from Belgium

Bedayo, Mikel

Incluye bibliografía ; El artículo analiza empíricamente los incentivos de distintas empresas a unirse para pedir un préstamo de manera conjunta. Cuando distintas empresas se unen para pedir un único préstamo, estas constituyen una asociación. Identificamos las asociaciones que tuvieron...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012530542

Credit market competition, collateral and firm's finance

Jiménez Zambrano, Gabriel; Salas Fumás, Vicente; …

This paper investigates the relationship between credit market competition and the availability of bank credit for firms of unobserved credit quality when firms pledge collateral to secure the loans. Loan data from the Spanish Credit Register shows that the average credit quality of borrowers...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012530121

Capital and operating cost estimates. Volume I. Preliminary design and assessment of a 12,500 BPD coal-to-methanol-to-gasoline plant. [Grace C-M-G Plant, Henderson County, Kentucky...

2009

This Deliverable No. 18b - Capital and Operating Cost Estimates includes a detailed presentation of the 12,500 BPD coal-to-methanol-to-gasoline plant from the standpoint of capital, preoperations, start-up and operations cost estimation. The base capital cost estimate in June 1982 dollars was...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435425

A Review of Recent RTO Benefit-Cost Studies: Toward MoreComprehensive Assessments of FERC Electricity RestructuringPolicies

Eto, Joseph H.; Lesieutre, Bernard C. - 2009

During the past three years, government and private organizations have issued more than a dozen studies of the benefits and costs of Regional Transmission Organizations (RTOs). Most of these studies have focused on benefits that can be readily estimated using traditional production-cost...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435767

Green Pricing Program Marketing Expenditures: Finding the Right Balance

Friedman, B.; Miller, M. - 2009

In practice, it is difficult to determine the optimal amount to spend on marketing and administering a green pricing program. Budgets for marketing and administration of green pricing programs are a function of several factors: the region of the country; the size of the utility service area; the...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435865

Getting the Sharks to Bite in Your Ocean: A Look at Regional Differences in Funding Components in China and the United States

Schwall, Jennifer Ashley - 2011

This study explores the relationship between a venture capital firm?s geographic region and the investment traits that it values. This study?s results will help determine whether venture capital firms, by geographic region, emphasize certain investment traits over others when funding new...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009483679

Not quite up to scratch: An examination of failure, persistence, and 'living dead' outcomes for wireless start-ups

Ghosh, Anindya - 2011

This dissertation analyzes why some VC-funded high-tech firms do not generate harvesting events for investors through a lucrative sale, either to another company or on the stock exchange. In other words, I seek to understand two performance outcomes: failure and persistence. Building on the...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009438635

Spotlights and shadows: Preliminary findings about the experiences of women in family business leadership roles

Barrett, Mary; Moores, Ken - 2009

study focuses on women in FCBs to better understand how they exercise leadership and entrepreneurship in the family firm … leadership and entrepreneurship roles. We have tentatively labelled them stumbling into the spotlight, building your own stage …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441587

Entrepreneurship as a Values and Leadership Paradigm

Robinson, David A.; Goleby, Mahesha; Hosgood, Neville - 2006

leadership. Entrepreneurship may be seen as one type of leadership orientation, namely that of leading a business venture. As … entrepreneurship may be situated. The paper aims to position entrepreneurship within a leadership and values paradigm, thereby … research in the fields of entrepreneurship, with the ability to nurture entrepreneurial talent. …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441626

Keeping pace with change in SMEs: creating and maintaining congruence and consistency in SMEs in transition economies.

Robinson, David A - 2008

create shared perceptions that support innovation and entrepreneurship. This paper argues for congruency, as well as … entrepreneurship into transition economies. …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441634