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Ingredients For Creating And Sustaining Growth For The Long Term, Singapore Management University 2011 Singapore Management University

Ingredients For Creating And Sustaining Growth For The Long Term, Singapore Management University

Perspectives@SMU

It is easy to explain why organisations need and want to grow. This applies not only to bottom line-oriented companies, but also non-profit entities. Just like the same way business management skills can and should be applied to public sector and not-for-profit set-ups, these organisations do seek growth too. However, while it is easy to engineer short spurts of growth one way or another, what differentiates a successful organisation from one less so, is whether this organisation can sustain growth over the long-term and achieve continuous success.


Mexico Consensus Economic Forecast, Volume 14, Number 4, Thomas M. Fullerton Jr., Adam G. Walke 2011 University of Texas at El Paso

Mexico Consensus Economic Forecast, Volume 14, Number 4, Thomas M. Fullerton Jr., Adam G. Walke

Departmental Papers (E & F)

No abstract provided.


A Forensic Analysis Of Global Imbalances, Menzie David Chinn, Barry Eichengreen, Hiro Ito 2011 University of Wisconsin-Madison

A Forensic Analysis Of Global Imbalances, Menzie David Chinn, Barry Eichengreen, Hiro Ito

Economics Faculty Publications and Presentations

We examine whether the behavior of current account balances changed in the years preceding the global crisis of 2008-09, and assess the prospects for global imbalances in the post-crisis period. Changes in the budget balance are an important factor affecting current account balances for deficit countries such as the U.S. and the U.K. The effect of the “saving glut variables” on current account balances has been relatively stable for emerging market countries, suggesting that those factors cannot explain the bulk of their recent current account movements. We also find the 2006-08 period to constitute a structural break for emerging market …


Subsidizing The Rich, Ishrat Husain Dr. 2011 Institute of Business Administration, Karachi, Pakistan

Subsidizing The Rich, Ishrat Husain Dr.

Faculty Research - Newspaper and Magazine Articles

A progressive state caters to the needs of those, who are unable to generate adequate incomes and forced to live in subhuman conditions. Targeted subsidies to the poor are seen as an integral part of the state policy for promoting equity within a society. To finance these subsidies, the rich pay taxes. What is ironical in Pakistan is the role reversal — as those who should be financing subsidy to the needy, are its beneficiaries. First, they evade taxes on their income and then, they also receive bulk of subsidies and concessions to which they are least entitled. The only …


Sources And Application Of Funds In Non Interest Banking Regime, A. S. Abdulkarim 2011 Central Bank of Nigeria

Sources And Application Of Funds In Non Interest Banking Regime, A. S. Abdulkarim

Bullion

The concept of Islamic finance is a new phenomenon in Nigeria. At present there are over 300 Islamic Banks that are operational throughout the world. Like conventional banks, Islamic banks also needs funds to operate its banking activities.This paper explores the sources and application of funds in non-interest banking regime. Sources of funds to include deposits, deposits from other Islamic banks, banks equity, Islamic investment funds and placement from bank treasury.


The Role Of Non-Interest Banking In National Economic Development, Hakeem Ishola Mobolaji 2011 University of Ilorin, Kwara

The Role Of Non-Interest Banking In National Economic Development, Hakeem Ishola Mobolaji

Bullion

The paper examines non-interest Banking model that operates devoid of interest in lending, financing, deposit-taking and all forms of financial intermediation. Hence, the bank becomes an important financial institution for enhancing growth and development in an economy. The article is divided into five section, the first being the introduction, section two contains the conceptual framework, three highlights non-interest banking in Nigeria and four concludes the paper.


On Equitable Social Welfare Functions Satisfying The Weak Pareto Axioma Complete Characterization, Ram Dubey, Tapan Mitra 2011 Montclair State University

On Equitable Social Welfare Functions Satisfying The Weak Pareto Axioma Complete Characterization, Ram Dubey, Tapan Mitra

Department of Economics Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

The present paper examines the problem of aggregating infinite utility streams with a social welfare function that respects the Anonymity and Weak Pareto Axioms. The paper provides a complete characterization of domains (of the one period utilities) on which such an aggregation is possible. A social welfare function satisfying the Anonymity and Weak Pareto Axioms exists on precisely those domains that do not contain any set of the order typeof the set of positive and negative integers. The criterion is applied to decide on possibility and impossibility results for a variety of domains. It is also used to provide an …


Money, Bargaining, And Risk Sharing, Nicolas L. JACQUET, Serene TAN 2011 Singapore Management University

Money, Bargaining, And Risk Sharing, Nicolas L. Jacquet, Serene Tan

Research Collection School Of Economics

We investigate the dual role of money as a self-insurance device and a means of payment when perfect risk sharing is not possible, and when the two roles of money are disentangled. We use a variant of Lagos–Wright (2005) where agents face a risk in the centralized market (CM): in the decentralized market (DM) money’s main role is as a means of payment, while in the CM it is as a self-insurance device. We show that state-contingent inflation rates can improve agents’ ability to self-insure in the CM, thereby improving the terms of trade in the DM. We then characterize …


Study On Ship Investment Risk : Uo Company As An Example, Yichen Chen 2011 World Maritime University

Study On Ship Investment Risk : Uo Company As An Example, Yichen Chen

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Research On The Impact Of Container Freight Derivatives On Shipping, Zhenle Shen 2011 World Maritime University

Research On The Impact Of Container Freight Derivatives On Shipping, Zhenle Shen

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Process Optimization In Freight Forwarding Industry, Xiaohua Shi 2011 World Maritime University

Process Optimization In Freight Forwarding Industry, Xiaohua Shi

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.


An Investigation Of Shipping Derivatives Based On Risk Evaluation, Sheng Yang 2011 World Maritime University

An Investigation Of Shipping Derivatives Based On Risk Evaluation, Sheng Yang

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Liner Shipping Lane Planning From Shanghai Port To Guangzhou Port Of Shanghai Baoyin Shipping Co., Ltd, Zhujun Zhou 2011 World Maritime University

Liner Shipping Lane Planning From Shanghai Port To Guangzhou Port Of Shanghai Baoyin Shipping Co., Ltd, Zhujun Zhou

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Marketing Model Of Freight Forwarding Basing On Information Technology, Yang Li 2011 World Maritime University

Marketing Model Of Freight Forwarding Basing On Information Technology, Yang Li

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Research On Capacity Development Plan Of Wenzhou Shipping Company, Xinlei Chen 2011 World Maritime University

Research On Capacity Development Plan Of Wenzhou Shipping Company, Xinlei Chen

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.


The Application Of Portfolio Theory In Shipping Assets And Business For Shipping Company, Ying Zheng 2011 World Maritime University

The Application Of Portfolio Theory In Shipping Assets And Business For Shipping Company, Ying Zheng

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Marketing Margins Of Strawberries 2006-2010 Shipping Point-Terminal-Retail Price, Matej Mikle Barat 2011 University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Marketing Margins Of Strawberries 2006-2010 Shipping Point-Terminal-Retail Price, Matej Mikle Barat

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This thesis examines vertical price relationships for fresh strawberries. Specifically, the focus is on three stages of the vertical chain. The first stage is the shipping point. Shipping points represent major strawberry production regions and are the closest price point to the farm. The second stage is the terminal market. Terminal markets are wholesale markets in major US cities. The third stage is the retail level. Retail level prices are measured as average supermarket prices in the same cities for which terminal market prices are available. Using weekly data, markup equations are estimated from upstream to downstream levels of the …


Three Essays On Opacity, Corporate Governance, And Credit Ratings, Yiwen Gu 2011 University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Three Essays On Opacity, Corporate Governance, And Credit Ratings, Yiwen Gu

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

In the first essay, utilizing a more recent and expanded 20-year sample 1991-2010 of dual-rated bonds issued, I confirm Morgan's (2002) finding that banks are relatively more opaque than nonbanks. The likelihood of a rating split is higher, and the magnitude of the rating gap is larger, for banks than nonnbanks. Moreover, rating agency disagreements are more significant for banks with relatively higher loan and trading securities holdings and maintain lower capital, and for banks engaged in mortgage securitization. Importantly, I find that rating agency disagreements reflect market proxies of information uncertainty. Further, opacity makes external financing more costly. Equity …


An Impact Evaluation Of U.S. Arms Export Controls On The U.S. Defense Industrial Base An Interrupted Time-Series Analysis, Aaron Condron 2011 University of Central Florida

An Impact Evaluation Of U.S. Arms Export Controls On The U.S. Defense Industrial Base An Interrupted Time-Series Analysis, Aaron Condron

HIM 1990-2015

The United States Defense Industrial Base (USDIB) is an essential industry to both the economic prosperity of the US and its strategic control over many advanced military systems and technologies. The USDIB, which encompasses the industries of aerospace and defense, is a volatile industry - prone to many internal and external factors that cause demand to ebb and flow widely year over year. Among the factors that influence the volume of systems the USDIB delivers to its international customers are the arms export controls of the US. These controls impose a divergence from the historical US foreign policy of furthering …


Anatomy Of A Financial Center's Global Competitiveness In The Context Of Michael Porter's Model Of National Competitive Advantage A Theoretical Analysis, Josef Joachim L. Magpantay 2011 University of Central Florida

Anatomy Of A Financial Center's Global Competitiveness In The Context Of Michael Porter's Model Of National Competitive Advantage A Theoretical Analysis, Josef Joachim L. Magpantay

HIM 1990-2015

Throughout history, a number of financial centers have risen and fallen. While the significance of some centers have deteriorated, a small number of centers have emerged as today's leading financial centers by meeting a specific set of necessary conditions needed to successfully address the growing financial needs of the regions they are located. Furthermore, an even smaller number of financial centers have been able to sustain and expand their initial dominance in the financial industry by continuously satisfying a more focused set of conditions and factors. This thesis focuses on adapting Michael Porter's Diamond Model in determining, clustering, and expanding …


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