This paper considers the impact of full Islamic shari'ya compliance on developing stock exchanges in their effective provision of development capital. Evidence from a unique study focusing on the Sudan telecommunications company and its listings on the Khartoum as well as Arabian Gulf stock...

We advance a two-stage theoretical model which contends that the export performance of emerging economy firms (EEFs) will depend both upon their firm-specific capabilities and their home institutional environments. Specifically, we argue that EEFs will be more likely to export when facing more...

This study provides a unique case study into the impact of stock exchange financing within the fully shari'ya compliant Islamic economy of Sudan. The evidence suggests that while Islamic financial instruments have considerable potential in facilitating development finance through their emphasis...

Equity markets are increasingly seen as important sources of investment funds in many emerging economies, both in Africa and elsewhere. Furthermore, many countries perceive the development of such markets as a means to facilitate both foreign equity portfolio investment and foreign direct...

The term intangible assets embraces a wide array of assets, resources and capabilities that contribute to the productive potential of firms, but which do not have physical substance. Most empirical studies simply use an aggregate measure of intangibles derived from data collated from firms'...

In most participating countries in this project the problem of how to perform a QA/QC characterization of large-volume waste packages is recognised as one of the new arising radioactive waste problems. The objectives of this project are the development of non-destructive QA/QC procedures and...

The COVID-19 pandemic has heightened concerns about the viability of GVCs. Globalization was already under threat, but the pandemic has exacerbated the effects of underlying trends in the world economy. This Perspective considers whether MNEs should forsake cost-efficiency and reconfigure their...

Equity markets are increasingly being seen as having a important role within the financial architecture focused towards the financing of Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) firms that dominate regional economies. The high costs involved with lending small amounts to smaller firms in the presence...