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Allen, Roy E.; Snyder, Donald - In: Critical perspectives on international business 5 (2009) 1/2, pp. 36-55

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to expand understanding of the current global financial crisis in light of other large‐scale financial crises. Design/methodology/approach – The phenomenon of large‐scale financial crisis has not been modeled well by neo‐classical general...

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Financial crisis, activist states and (missed) opportunities

Caprotti, Federico - In: Critical perspectives on international business 5 (2009) 1/2, pp. 78-84

Purpose – This article seeks to discuss three key issues raised by the recent financial crisis: the rise of “activist states”; a new focus on the geopolitical effects of finance; and possible future social implications of the rapid response to crisis. Design/methodology/approach – The...

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Wrong assumptions in the financial crisis

Aalbers, Manuel B. - In: Critical perspectives on international business 5 (2009) 1/2, pp. 94-97

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to show how some of the assumptions about the current financial crisis are wrong because they misunderstand what takes place in the mortgage market. Design/methodology/approach – The paper discusses four wrong assumptions: one related to regulation, one...

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Policy rationing in rural credit markets

Turvey, Calum G. - In: Agricultural Finance Review 73 (2013) 2, pp. 209-232

refers to constraining impacts on farm credit through policy action or inaction. To present the ideas the author discusses …/methodology/approach – The paper is developed as a narrative on agricultural credit policies based largely on existing literature. Findings … – This paper argues that the various critiques of rural credit policy in favor of free market principles have generally not …

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Liberty Hyde Bailey, the Country Life Commission and the formalization of farm credit in the USA

Turvey, Calum G. - In: Agricultural Finance Review 69 (2009) 2, pp. 133-148

farm credit 100 years after the Country Life Commission. Design/methodology/approach – This paper is a qualitative … that rural credit in the USA be developed along the lines of cooperative principles. Research limitations … system of rural credit in the USA evolved. Originality/value – This paper provides a historical perspective on US rural …

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Fair value accounting – an industry view

Chisnall, Paul - In: Balance Sheet 9 (2001) 1, pp. 27-33

The author notes the proposals put forward by the Joint Working Group of Standard Setters on Financial Instruments and sets out the arguments why the banking community is against the concept of measuring financial instruments under a fair value accounting system. He suggests that the proposals...

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Fair value accounting: breaking a butterfly upon a wheel?

Ebling, Paul - In: Balance Sheet 9 (2001) 1, pp. 22-26

Recent proposals to require all financial instruments to be measured at fair value are raising some pretty basic issues about bank accounting. The author, who headed up the UK end of the project to produce the new rules, argues whether, as bankers might suggest, they are overkill or whether they...

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Active loan portfolio management through the use of credit derivatives

Van der Maas, Paul - In: Balance Sheet 9 (2001) 1, pp. 47-52

brief overview of common credit derivatives, the size and scope of their markets and their role in structured credit … products. The case study uses as a reference a current deal that Bank of America has structured using credit derivatives. …

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Prospering in uncertain times

Price, Tony - In: Industrial and Commercial Training 41 (2009) 2, pp. 75-79

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to outline some of the measures that UK business leaders can take, during times of economic turbulence, to ensure that their companies survive and thrive. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is written from the perspective of the UK and Ireland CEO...

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Rural credit: a source of sustainable livelihood of rural India

Akoijam, Sunildro L.S. - In: International Journal of Social Economics 40 (2012) 1, pp. 83-97

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse the issues and concerns of Indian rural credit, which is a powerful … adopted by Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to increase the rural credit facilities in the rural area of India. Design …/methodology/approach – The various tools of rural credit are analysed in detail. The Regional Rural Bank (RRB) who play a vital role in …

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