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Corporate Governance And The Insolvency Risk Of Financial Institutions, Searat Ali, Jamshed Iqbal
Corporate Governance And The Insolvency Risk Of Financial Institutions, Searat Ali, Jamshed Iqbal
Faculty of Business - Papers (Archive)
We investigate whether corporate governance is related to insolvency risk of financial institutions. Using a large sample of U.S. financial institutions over the 2005-2010 period, we find that corporate governance is positively related with insolvency risk of financial institutions as proxied by Merton's distance to default measure and credit default swap spread. We also find that "better" corporate governance increased insolvency risk relatively more for larger financial institutions and during the period of the global financial crisis. Our findings suggest that too-big-to fail and deposit insurance policies encourage excessive risk taking by financial institutions.
Students' Perception On Use Of Technology In The Classroom At Higher Education Institutions In Philippines, Virginia Carbonilla Gorra, Shyam S. Bhati
Students' Perception On Use Of Technology In The Classroom At Higher Education Institutions In Philippines, Virginia Carbonilla Gorra, Shyam S. Bhati
Faculty of Business - Papers (Archive)
Issue of unintended consequences of use of technology in class room is important because unintended consequences can cause disruption in class room and negate the institutional policies regarding strategic direction and intervention in teaching and learning process. Current literature on the use of e-learning for teaching focuses on factors which increases the effectiveness of e-learning but there is very little research on unintended consequences of e-learning, particularly in regard to developing countries. The present research seeks to fill in this gap in the research. This research investigates the consequences of the use of technology during classroom activities in higher education …
Touch Screen Technology Adoption And Utilisation By Educators In Early Childhood Educational Institutions: A Review Of The Literature, Melinda Plumb, Karlheinz Kautz, Holly Tootell
Touch Screen Technology Adoption And Utilisation By Educators In Early Childhood Educational Institutions: A Review Of The Literature, Melinda Plumb, Karlheinz Kautz, Holly Tootell
Faculty of Business - Papers (Archive)
The adoption of information and communication technology (ICT) in early childhood educational settings, in particular touch screen technology such as interactive whiteboards and tablet computing devices has potential for use within early childhood educational institutions. We conducted a literature review in order to understand what literature currently exists in this research area. The nature of ICT implementation as a dynamic, complex process, and concepts of organisational innovation were considered when examining articles. We demonstrate that there is a significant gap in the body of knowledge in regards to touch screen technology in early childhood, particularly from a process perspective, and …
Reforming The Power Sector In Transition: Do Institutions Matter?, Rabindra Nepal, Tooraj Jamasb
Reforming The Power Sector In Transition: Do Institutions Matter?, Rabindra Nepal, Tooraj Jamasb
Faculty of Business - Papers (Archive)
This paper aims to investigate the often poorly explored link between power sector reforms and wider institutional reforms in the economy across different groups of transition countries. We use panel-data econometrics based on bias corrected dynamic fixed effect analysis (LSDVC) to assess the impact of reforms on macroeconomic and power sector outcomes. The results indicate that power sector reform is highly inter-dependent with wider reforms in other sectors of the economy. The findings indicate that failure to harmonize inter-sector reforms leads to power sector reform measures being ineffective. We conclude that the success of power sector reforms in developing countries …
Culture Of Social Institutions And Behavioural Manifestations In Entrepreneurship Development: A South-Asian Case, Helan R. Gamage, Ananda Wickramasinghe
Culture Of Social Institutions And Behavioural Manifestations In Entrepreneurship Development: A South-Asian Case, Helan R. Gamage, Ananda Wickramasinghe
Sydney Business School - Papers
This paper is based on the South Asian culture, social institutions and entrepreneurship in particular to Sri Lankan entrepreneurship. Sri Lankan culture demonstrates various complex and unique behavioral patterns. Sri Lankan entrepreneurial culture can be identified to have evolved through two different routes. One can be traced to the origins of Sri Lankan civilization and the other to the western influence, originating from the Industrial Revolution, and imposed through colonization which systematically destroyed the indigenous feudal system. Moreover, the ideology of entrepreneurship training and education in Sri Lanka is exclusively western in origin and character. Observations of this research showed …
Malmquist Indices Of Productivity Change In Botswana's Financial Institutions, Boitumelo Dudu Moffat, Abbas Valadkhani, Charles Harvie
Malmquist Indices Of Productivity Change In Botswana's Financial Institutions, Boitumelo Dudu Moffat, Abbas Valadkhani, Charles Harvie
Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)
The productivity and efficiency of the financial sector is pivotal to the attainment of economic growth and development in developed and developing economies alike, and is of particular interest in the wake of financial sector reform and restructuring. This study applies the Malmquist productivity index to measure and decompose the total factor productivity change of ten financial institutions in Botswana in its post-reform era, covering the period 2001-2006, into a 'catching up' or efficiency change, and a 'frontier shift' or technological change. The robustness and sensitivity of the empirical results presented are assessed by comparing outcomes from different input and …