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Drivers and Obstacles to Banking SMEs: The Role of Competition and the Institutional Framework
de la Torre, Augusto; Soledad Martinez Peria, Maria; … - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2008
This paper studies the factors banks perceive as drivers and obstacles to financing small and medium enterprises (SMEs), focusing on the role of competition and the institutional framework. Using a survey of banks in Argentina and Chile, the paper shows that, despite alleged differences in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005129199
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China's March to Prosperity: Reforms to Avoid the Middle-income Trap
Koen, Vincent; Herd, Richard; Hill, Sam - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013
liberalisation; strengthening competition in markets for goods and services; education, research and innovation. Progress is also …’éducation, la recherche et l’innovation. Des progrès sont également requis dans d’autres domaines, notamment pour promouvoir des …
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Competition and innovation: does the distance to the technology frontier matter?
Alder, Simon - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, … - 2010
This paper provides new evidence on the relationship between innovation, competition and distance to the technology … product innovations. Secondly, there is evidence that innovation and competition are more positively correlated at low levels … positively correlated with product innovation when a firm is more advanced than its main competitor. In other cases, this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008568450
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Competitiveness and environmental protection: a dirty dilemma
Oliver, Geoffrey; Basak, Rishi - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2004
Environmental authorities are regularly challenged to defend their regulations and policies in terms of how they impose additional costs on business and affect economic competitiveness. This paper discusses the links between environmental protection (and government policies and regulations more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011109032
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Cooperation or Competition? Channel Choice for a Remanufacturing Fashion Supply Chain with Government Subsidy
Wang, Kangzhou; Zhao, Yingxue; Cheng, Yonghong; Choi, … - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 10, pp. 7292-7310
In this paper, we address the problem of choosing an appropriate channel for the marketing channel structure of remanufactured fashion products. To be specific, we consider a remanufacturer who has two options for selling the products: (1) provide the remanufactured products to a manufacturer,...
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Examination of Green Building Drivers in the South African Construction Industry: Economics<i> versus</i> Ecology
Windapo, Abimbola Olukemi - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 9, pp. 6088-6106
There is a large body of literature on green buildings, but few studies have focused on the motivation behind the construction of green buildings globally, and in South Africa in particular. This paper investigates the key drivers of green building in the Western Cape Construction Industry of...
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An empirical investigation of the effects of concentration on profitability among US banks
Fiona, Tregenna - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
This paper analyses the effects of concentration on profitability in the US banking sector from 1994-2005, using bank-level panel data. A new index of concentration is proposed, which reflects the depth and intensity of concentration. The econometric specification facilitates the simultaneous...
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Corporate governance, market competition and investment decisions in Mexican manufacturing firms
Ruiz-Porras, Antonio; Lopez-Mateo, Celina - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
We study how competition and corporate governance may explain investment decisions of Mexican manufacturing firms. We develop the study with indexes of market concentration and agency costs and OLS regressions. The analysis uses longitudinal census data. Our results suggest that investment is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008804693
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Bank Competition and Account Penetration: Evidence from Mexico
Marín, Ana Georgina; Schwabe, Rainer - Banco de México - 2013
This paper documents a positive relation between bank competition and the penetration of bank accounts at the municipal level in Mexico. To account for potential biases in our regressions due to the endogeneity of market structure, we employ a two-stage estimation approach based on an...
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Instituţiile de credit specializate şi creşterea competitivităţii economiei româneşti în contextul integrării europene
Ovidiu, Stoica - In: Revista OEconomica (2006) 01
In the recent years, in Romania the significant process of specialization for some credit institutions, appeared on the background of the improvement in the economic environment, determined the emergence of a more complex financial landscape that now comprises consumer finance societies,...
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