The banking risks have been known as a total of credit and market risks for a long time. The banking sector has come across the operational risk by the occurance of financial crises in recent years. Operational risk may simply be defined as all risks other than credit and market risks, banks...

The main objective of this paper is to explore the community involvement of FIU's Biscayne Bay Campus (BBC) part of a two Campus University in terms of the elements that comprise it, the nature of its presence in the area, and its participation in the overall economic growth and development of...

This paper was presented at the 15th International Conference of the International Trade and Finance Association in Istanbul, Turkey, May 20, 2005.

Presented at 15th International Conference, Istanbul, Turkey, May 2005.

This paper examines the impact of CAFTA on textile and apparel sourcing. Presented at the 15th International Conference,Istanbul, Turkey, May 2005.

This study argues that with or without membership in the European Union, Turkey can make economic strides and transition into a developed economy, if it continues to liberalize its economy and trade, and implement in earnest the Copenhagen Criteria for convergence. Presented at the 15th...

This paper focuses on the global seafood market, particularly the efforts of developing countries to serve the U.S. market. Presented at the 15th International Conference,Istanbul, Turkey, May 2005.

This paper examines developments affecting the controversial and important issue of gray market importation of patented and branded pharmaceutical products, particularly developments in Europe, Canada and the United States. Issues considered include the doctrine of exhaustion of intellectual...

In this study we employ Chang and Song (2005) new panel testing procedure that allow for individual panel units to be dependent through correlations among innovations, or cross-sectional cointegrations to test for real exchange rate mean reversion in African panels. The procedure uses covariates...

This paper presents a historical and political analysis of the evolution of European Union new member countries financial institutions and markets. It examines the influence of French, German and Anglo-American legacies on the reemergence and development of capitalism in the former socialist...