After a decade of deep transformation, which influenced both lending policies and risk management, Italy�s mutual banks are faced with the upcoming Basel III reform. Economic trends continue to exert pressure on the traditional bank business model. The entry into force of Basel III provides...

In December 2010 the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision published a set of new regulations for banks in response to the financial crisis. This paper aims at evaluating the possible effects of the new framework on banks� available regulatory capital and risk-weighted assets and assessing...

This study summarizes the main conclusions from a systematic review of the empirical literature regarding the impact on firms of the use of knowledge providers, including universities, technology institutes or knowledge intensive business firms. We use a criteria to classify the literature...

Scarce information on production costs and farms profitability, in line with the lack of adequate institutional arrangements between the institutions collecting, processing and analyzing information are serious obstacles to the preparation of relevant analyses. The establishment of FDMS will...

Az Európai Bizottság 2011. október 12-én nyilvánosságra hozott elképzelései szerint a közvetlen támogatások rendszere előreláthatóan olyan irányba változik, amely Magyarország számára elfogadható, a magyar agrárpolitika törekvéseihez megfelelő eszközöket kínál. Az...

A growing body of research is exploring the role of community-based initiatives (CBIs) in the promotion of sustainable regional transitions. While existing research and policies acknowledge the relevant contribution of community activism in providing a soft, self-governed and bottom-up path...

Survival of the fittest theory equally applies to the organizations which are working in this modern, volatile, competitive and technology driven era. Public sector as well as private sector organizations are equally interested in reengineering their business processes. The main objective behind...