About half of China’s overseas acquisition attempts have not been completed; the chance of success is much lower than worldwide. This study provides an overview of China’s overseas acquisition, and investigates the reasons behind the low likelihood that an acquisition deal is...

Over the last few years, large retailers offering financial services have considerably grown in the financial services sector. Retailers are increasing the wideness and complexity of their offer of financial services. Large retail companies provide financial services to their customers following...

The Italian real estate industry improved quickly in the last decade of the past century due to a large investigation on public contracts and calls for tenders in many sectors of the economy, the so called "mani pulite" affair, and the increasing attention paid to the Italian market by...

The Italian real estate industry has become more and more structured during the mid-90s in a propitious economic situation, thanks to several factors including i.e. the persistence of low real estate values and the developing of wide urban regeneration processes, combined with low inflation and...

This article attempts to study the Philippine experience with financial liberalization. In particular, it examines the impact of interest rate reforms on the flow of loanable funds in the organized financial market.

Credit provision for small and poor households has always been the major element of nongovernment organizations in alleviating poverty. Recently, there has been a move to replicate the Bangladesh Grameen Bank in the Philippines known as Landless People’s Development Fund. This paper assesses...

Against the backdrop of rural financial markets, this article documents and describes Philippine rural deposit mobilization in view of the recent government attempts to reduce the urban bias of financial developments. It also examines the factors in rural economy that can contribute to the...