Start-ups often lack certain knowledge and skills and are in the need of external assistance. If this external help is combined with capital we can talk about relationship financing or smart capital. In a heterogeneous financial system such as the one in Germany, which type of financier supplies...

Making a decision is a complex process which must be based on a method that is able to establish the optimum criteria in choosing an alternative, in evaluating the main effects of implementing the decision which was taken, and in estimating the risks involved. The optimizing methods and...

The Village and Small Enterprise (VSE) sector not only has tremendous potential of development in the North Eastern Region (NER) of India, but also suits most to this region’s natural endowment, human resources and sociological conditions. This sector also provides a great scope for women...

Small Scale Industries (SSIs) have a significant role to play in the socioeconomic upliftment of developing countries like India. The SSIs occupy a unique position in the Indian economy for its contribution towards value-addition, employment generation, expansion of entrepreneurial base, and...

This paper analyzes in the context of a dynamic model, how firms decide on capital investment if the accompanying adjustment costs are a function of the governmental activity. The government provides the public input and decides on the degree of rivalry. The productive public input enhances...

Industrial sickness is one of the most complex problems of the Indian economy. Inspite of the different measures taken by the Government the problem persists. The rise has remained unabated, even in the years after the passage of the Sick Industrial Companies Act (SICA) and the creation of the...

There are different views about the role of advertising in an economy. The ultimate objective of advertising is to increase sales. This paper studies the effectiveness of advertising on sales using simple regression models and dummy variable regression models with a cross-section data set of 100...

The increasing trend of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in China has made it attractive and lucrative. China’s main attraction is its huge market, workforce, resources and liberalization of trade by the state government. The study, therefore, aims to identify the key determinants of FDI in...

Liberalization and globalization of the Indian economy in 1991 was not the outcome of expansion due to productive prowess seeking new markets or sources of inputs, but a culmination of the decadence within and the pressure without. It was fueled by a built-up of external debt that had left India...

This study investigates the relationship between export, inflation, investment and economic growth for the three ASEAN countries, namely Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand. In general, the results reveal that export has a positive impact on growth. As for, Malaysia and Thailand, inflation has a...