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Full-Text Articles in Corporate Finance
Modeling Risk Management In Banks: Examining Why Banks Fail, Daniel O. Okehi
Modeling Risk Management In Banks: Examining Why Banks Fail, Daniel O. Okehi
2010-2016 Archived Posters
The aim of this research was to determine why there have been persistent bank failures in Nigeria and to investigate whether ineffective risk management in banks, coupled with poor corporate governance practices and nonadherence to regulations (independent variables), play a significant role in the banks' performance(dependent variable).
Financial Resources And Technology To Transition To 450mm Semiconductor Wafer, Thomas Earl Pastore
Financial Resources And Technology To Transition To 450mm Semiconductor Wafer, Thomas Earl Pastore
2010-2016 Archived Posters
Financial models that can be applied by management to build giant wafer foundries to manufacture low cost semiconductor products are demonstrated. This advanced semiconductor technology will likely drive a new frontier called the Internet of Everything, an expected $14 trillion market that will likely contribute to global positive social change.
Factors Affecting Mobile Banking Adoption In The United States, Michel N. Engwanda
Factors Affecting Mobile Banking Adoption In The United States, Michel N. Engwanda
2010-2016 Archived Posters
This quantitative correlational study was focused on how consumers’ perceptions affect their intention to use mobile banking in the United States. Among U.S. consumers with smartphones, Internet access, and a bank account; 68% used Internet, 33% used telephone-based banking, and only 21% engaged in some type of mobile banking activities in 2011. The web-based survey used in this study was derived from the technology acceptance model extended by the innovation diffusion theory. Data were collected by email from a random sample of 398 people in the United States. The structural equation modeling technique was used to analyze data. The results …
Ethics And Market Economic System: A General Review And A Survey, Reza G. Hamzaee
Ethics And Market Economic System: A General Review And A Survey, Reza G. Hamzaee
International Journal of Applied Management and Technology
Recent global recession has motivated this predominantly historical and exploratory research of thoughts and perceptions. A continuous planning of governmental correction of any market failure, such as various types of externalities and information asymmetry, has been strongly recommended by the pioneers of free enterprise systems. Capitalism—in which private ownership of means of production, physical capital, human capital, financial capital, brand-name capital, social capital, land, and mineral deposits are all protected by law without implementation of a series of certain evolving ethical standards and principles—may not continue to be the same efficient system as implied to be by the cost-benefit balancing …
Performance Prediction Of Commodity Prices Using Foreign Exchange Futures, Yisa Ajao
Performance Prediction Of Commodity Prices Using Foreign Exchange Futures, Yisa Ajao
2010-2016 Archived Posters
In an experimental quantitative research design, data from the Futures Market for commodities and foreign exchange futures covering 1986-2011 were obtained and addressed. A General Regression Neural Network was overlaid on this data to deduce a time-series prediction model for wheat prices. Performance prediction error was only 4.42%.
Redefining Globalization, Aqueil Ahmad
Redefining Globalization, Aqueil Ahmad
Walden Faculty and Staff Publications
This article highlights some facts and fallacies about globalization, with a particular reference to the global economy. To explain what is globalization and what it is not is critical both theoretically and practically for nations, corporations, and communities to benefit from it and avoid its negative consequences. Some historical antecedents of globalization and the interactive nature of its structures and processes are highlighted in this article. The analysis is expected to benefit scholars, practitioners, and agents of social change interested and involved directly or indirectly in the impacts and processes of globalization.