This paper analyzes in detail relevant mechanisms that influence the growth of Chinese transnational corporations (TNCs). These include foreign exchange administration, legal systems, systems of administrative scrutiny and approval, monetary support systems, tax systems, insurance systems, and...

This study aims at identifying factors affecting formal credit constraint status of rural farm households in Vietnam’s North Central Coast region (NCC). Using the Direct Elicitation method (DEM), we consider both internal and external credit rationing. Empirical evidences confirm the...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to develop and test a comprehensive hierarchical model of the interrelationships among five higher order marketing constructs (service quality, customer satisfaction, perceived value, restaurant image and behavioural intentions) for moderate upscale...

This study assesses the mean and volatility spillover effects of changes in food prices among a number of Asia and Pacific countries - Australia, New Zealand, Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, India and Thailand - including the USA as a special case using daily observations for 1995 to 2010....

The fast and steady economic growth in China during the 1990s has attracted much international attention. Using the three most recent Chinese input-output tables, this paper investigates industry structure and inter-industry relationships and the relationship of both to economic growth. The...

The purpose of this paper is to quantify the efficiency with which Australian universities utilise their teaching resources. The study estimates the cost efficiency of 36 universities over the period 1995-2002 using stochastic frontier analysis. The present study differs from previous cost and...

This paper studies the effect of ownership structure on firm performance of Vietnamese manufacturing companies listed on Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HOSE) during 2007-2015. Ownership structure is examined in three disparate aspects: managerial ownership, block ownership and state ownership....