firms and investment banks. Design/methodology/approach – Theoretical ideas are subject to empirical scrutiny from 34 in …‐depth interviews with investment banks and senior retail executives from two retail multinationals. Findings – Exploratory findings … suggest that US investment banks' ideals were at odds with European retail firms – and both occupied “different thought worlds …

importance of the counter‐party credit risk, which was surprisingly neglected by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision in … banking practices can be used in manipulating an advanced IRB corporate credit‐rating system, and thus presenting a high‐risk … corporation as a highly attractive (low‐risk) bank customer. Practical implications – The regulatory authorities should take into …

Purpose – The paper aims to examine how the theory of institutional economics is used to analyze and explain how the …‐market institutions in innovation processes. Design/methodology/approach – The theory of transactions and institutions is examined … inadequate investment incentives were overcome by development of public research programs and new participatory institutions that …

companies; however 50% of companies questioned remain unsatisfied with the financial returns on their companies' investments in …

terms of attracting Venture capital (VC) and private equity (PE) investment in low carbon technologies. Commissioned by …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify the key characteristics of the post‐investment relationship between … UK venture capital firm using qualitative research to determine the key characteristics of the post‐investment … a context in which the selection of the entrepreneur and the post investment relationship are set. Research limitations …

, and more broadly test the investment development path (IDP) hypothesis for Egypt. Design/methodology/approach – A …. The theoretical background is the IDP hypothesis, according to which the net outward investment position of a country … depends on its level of development. Findings – The paper highlights how poor investment climate and broader geopolitical …

This paper provides empirical evidence on the dynamic relationship between inward foreign direct investment (FDI …), economic growth and domestic investment in Korea for the period 1985‐1999. By employing a vector autoregression model and the … innovations accounting techniques, we explore dynamic interactions between inward FDI, domestic investment and output. We find …