This study investigates the determining factors of the successful adoption of e-business by small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Korea using survey data. After the major determining factors were identified from the innovation adoption literature and were extracted by applying the principal...

This study investigates the determining factors of the successful adoption of e-business by small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Korea using survey data. After the major determining factors were identified from the innovation adoption literature and were extracted by applying the principal...

This paper examines whether or not Northeast Asia economies, namely, China, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan, can form a currency union, where a single currency and a uniform monetary policy are adopted, or an exchange rate union where all the currencies are pegged to an internal or external currency or...

Using bank-level data on 368 foreign subsidiaries of 68 multinational banks in 47 emerging economies during 1994-2008, we present consistent evidence that internal capital markets in multinational banking contribute to the transmission of financial shocks from parent banks to foreign...

This paper addresses the impact of monetary policy on banks' risk-taking levels by using the bank-level panel data from more than 1000 banks in 33 emerging economies during 2000-2012. We find that, consistent with the proposition of the “bank risk-taking channel” of monetary policy...

This paper examines how banking competition affects the transmission of monetary policy through the bank lending channel. Using bank-level panel data for commercial banks of ten Asian countries and ten Latin American countries during the period from 1996 to 2006, we apply a two-step estimation...

This paper provides a brief survey for the progress and prospects of regional financial arrangements/cooperation among the East Asian nations and presents the summary of various conflicting points of discussion about the strategies on the establishment of an effective regional financial...

This paper examines the role of foreign capital in the economic development process of the Korean economy since the early 1960s until 2000. The paper, first, review the history of foreign capital inflow into Korea, along with the evolution of the government policies on inducing foreign capital,...

This paper examines whether or not Northeast Asia economies, namely, China, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan, can form a currency union, where a single currency and a uniform monetary policy are adopted, or an exchange rate union where all the currencies are pegged to an internal or external currency or...