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Influences on financial decision making among the rural poor in Bangladesh

Jackson, Laurel R. - University of Western Sydney; College of Business; … - 2010

This thesis gives a voice to the chronically poor people of rural Bangladesh, enabling them to tell their own stories about the nature of their financial decision making which is taking place within the marketing systems that are operating in all poor villages in the region. Financial decision...

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Understanding small- and medium-sized firms' financial skill needs

Lee, Geoffrey; McGuiggan, Robyn L. - University of Western Sydney; University of Western Sydney; … - 2008

Small- and medium-sized businesses make a significant contribution to the economies of Western countries. Government, industry, and educators commonly train business managers to improve their skills and knowledge in order to improve the performance of these firms. Owner-manager financial skill...

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Spotlight on financial planning education in Australian universities

Cowen, Janet E.; Blair, W. T.; Taylor, Sharon; … - University of Western Sydney; Macquarie University; … - 2004

Financial planning in its broadest terms is now in the spotlight as it draws interest from a wide range of groups including consumers, regulators, government, the financial services industry, accountants and most importantly educators. This paper presents a descriptive analysis which provides a...

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Modelling the efficiency of health care foodservice operations : a stochastic frontier approach

Assaf, Abdallah G. - University of Western Sydney; College of Business; … - 2007

The important role of efficiency in the health care foodservice sector has been widely addressed in the literature. Different methods for assessing performance have been proposed. In general, most measures were calculated as simple ratios such as food and labour cost per meal or limited...

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Firm performance and default risk for publicly listed companies in emerging markets : a case study of Jordan

Zeitun, Rami M. A. - University of Western Sydney; College of Law and Business; … - 2006

This thesis examines the determinants of corporate performance and likelihood of default of Jordanian publicly listed companies. Despite the large body of work that has investigated the determinants of corporate performance and default, no comprehensive study has emerged in an emerging market....

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On the information content of idiosyncratic equity return variation

Rahman, Md. Arifur - University of Western Sydney; College of Business; … - 2007

content of volatility of the idiosyncratic component of asset returns at the firm and industry-level, both in the context of … developed and emerging stock markets. Specific issues we have investigated include potential role of idiosyncratic volatility of … equity returns for the explanation of future stock market volatility, aggregate economic activity, cross-border information …

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A stochastic approach to modelling and forecasting dependent time-series

Ellis, Craig; Wilson, Patrick J.; Financial Management … - University of Western Sydney; University of Technology, …; … - 2004

An important assumption underlying traditional theories of financial time-series behaviour is that consecutive changes in the price of an asset (ie. asset returns) are independent of each other. For analysts seeking to predict the future value of an asset, this implies that the best step-ahead...

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Comparison of the new "econophysics" approach to dealing with problems of financial to traditional econometric methods

Koh, Jason S. H. - University of Western Sydney; College of Business; … - 2008

) and Tsallis Entropy as statistical models of volatility in US S&P500, Dow Jones and NASDAQ stock index using daily data …. The data demonstrate several distinct behavioural characteristics, particularly the increased volatility during 1998 to … econometric analysis of stock market volatility. One of the most exciting characteristics of Econophysics is that, as a developing …

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Financial soundness and development : a multi-country analysis using panel data

Akhter, Md. Selim - University of Western Sydney; College of Business; … - 2008

A large body of the literature argues that the soundness of financial system is largely determined by the economic and institutional environment in which the financial system works. Drawing on this theoretical underpinning, research in this thesis models financial soundness indicators (FSIs)...

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An exploratory study of the effect of market orientation on perceived ownership, location and internalization advantages and level of foreign direct investments by small and medium...

Frimpong, Anokye - University of Western Sydney; College of Law and Business; … - 2005

Organizational learning and innovation capabilities are widely regarded as important sources of competitive advantage as they enhance a firm?s capacity to create, maintain, expand and renew its bases of strategic resources, and, as a result, increase its chances of success in the marketplace....

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