The conceptualized non-contact Photovoltaic-Thermal (PV-T) collector consists of a PV panel separated by a conventional sheet and tube solar thermal collector. Simulation of both non-contact type and contact type collectors is carried out and correlations are proposed for both thermal and...

Drawing attention to the recent empirical study on the 2007–2008 global financial crisis, and cross-border mergers and acquisitions in 26 countries (Reddy et al. in Glob J Emerg Mark Econ 6:257–281, 2014), this paper aims to further examine the impact of the financial crisis on the later...