Asia and the Pacific is the world's fastest growing regional economy, a position it has held for over a decade. A major challenge for sustained regional growth and development and ensuring greater engagement between national economies is increased investment in economic and social...

It is accepted worldwide that a healthy banking system play a crucial role in the economic development of a country. Also, the role and importance of the banking system in developed and developing countries (including Kosovo) is unquestionable. This is evident especially in financing business...

It is discussed the weakening of special funds, as a mechanism for financing public policies. It operates on two fronts to support this fragilization. In the first one, innovations in the management of public resources are presented, making the funds expendable both to the linking of revenues...

A strong small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) sector can contribute much to a country's economy by fostering innovation, creating jobs, and reducing poverty. This paper examines the status of SME finance in Georgia and the involvement of Georgian SMEs in global value chains. The role of SMEs...

The purpose of the study was to investigate which factors determine saving and financing in Islamic banks in Indonesia by using Gregory-Hansen cointegration, vector error correction mode (VECM), Granger causality, and the impulse response function. The results disclose the existence of a...

This paper presents an exploratory analysis of the institutional arrangement of the Fund of Investment of Guarantee of the Time of Service (FI-FGTS, in Portuguese) with the main objective of assessing the institutional configuration and the operational performance of FI-FGTS. This instrument was...

The aim of this study is to provide a wide-ranging view of the benefits and obstacles of cooperation between University Research Centres. To do so, the four dimensions associated with knowledge transfer, choice of partners, culture and financing were considered. A qualitative approach was...

The present study - descriptive - aimed to investigate federal funds through the management block of the National Health Fund (FNS). The analysis was conducted for all Brazilian municipalities, at the most disaggregated level: Action/Strategy/Service, but also at the Component level. The...

Gesundheitsfördernde Stadtentwicklung ist zu großen Teilen eine freiwillige Aufgabe der Kommunen. Die Spielräume für solche Aufgaben sind in den Städten und Gemeinden gering. Große Bedeutung kommt deshalb Förderprogrammen und hier insbesondere der Städtebauförderung zu. Sie bietet mit...

The cost of finance has a relatively high impact on the returns and viability of clean energy projects compared with fossil fuel-based energy projects, because the operating costs for renewable energy projects are very low. Credit risk assessment and ratings, which have usually been an...

We analyse security design parameters of 1,115 high yield (HY) and investment grade (IG) event risk covenants (ERC) protected issues between 1986 and 2012 from the agency conflict perspective. We find positive and significant stock price reaction to the issuance of HY but not the IG issues....

Purpose This paper aims to explore the opinions and recommendations of various experts on the integrated cash waqf micro enterprise investment (ICWME-I) model, particularly in terms of its suitability, applicability and prospects in the market. Design/methodology/approach The research involves...

Crowdfunding is a method of financing new ventures, commercial, cultural or social, often in return for future products or actions, engaged in by many investors. Currently, it is an important element in the structure of available sources of financing for investment projects. Despite the interest...

Despite their significant contribution to GDP and employment, SMEs face constraints in accessing finance in Pakistan. To motivate banks to lend to SMEs, the State Bank of Pakistan introduced a "Credit Guarantee Scheme for Small and Rural Enterprises" in 2010. However, the response to the scheme...

Dass Steuern ökonomische Entscheidungen beeinflussen, ist unbestritten. Für die Politik ist es daher elementar, etwas über die Auswirkungen des Steuerrechts auf das Verhalten der Steuerpflichtigen zu wissen. Die Analyse einer vergangenen Steuerreform als natürliches Experiment kann vor...

This text for discussion addresses the implications of the new tax regimes - Union and states - in the financing of public education. It adopts the disaffection of taxation as the northern implications, and concludes that the changes generated a less cooperative, more restrictive in terms of...

The cost of finance has a relatively high impact on the returns and viability of clean energy projects compared with fossil fuel-based energy projects, because the operating costs for renewable energy projects are very low. Credit risk assessment and ratings, which have usually been an...

The present study - descriptive - aimed to investigate federal funds through the management block of the National Health Fund (FNS). The analysis was conducted for all Brazilian municipalities, at the most disaggregated level: Action/Strategy/Service, but also at the Component level. The...

Gesundheitsfördernde Stadtentwicklung ist zu großen Teilen eine freiwillige Aufgabe der Kommunen. Die Spielräume für solche Aufgaben sind in den Städten und Gemeinden gering. Große Bedeutung kommt deshalb Förderprogrammen und hier insbesondere der Städtebauförderung zu. Sie bietet mit...

Entrepreneurs are at the core of economic development in that they start new businesses or make existing firms grow. To fulfill this important role, entrepreneurs need access to finance. Owing to information asymmetry and the relatively high risk associated with business start-ups, many...

Infolge der Finanzkrise hatten britische Unternehmen deutlich häufiger Probleme Kredite zu erhalten als deutsche. Die Studie zeigt, dass ein Grund hierfür im deutschen Regionalbankensystem und seinen spezifischen Eigenschaften liegen könnte. Durch die Nähe zum Unternehmer besteht die...

Asia and the Pacific is the world's fastest growing regional economy, a position it has held for over a decade. A major challenge for sustained regional growth and development and ensuring greater engagement between national economies is increased investment in economic and social...

Research background. The analysis of the funding gap for SMEs and loan and guarantee funds' capability to fill this gap has been undertaken to assess the instruments used in Poland which are focused on the development of entrepreneurship. Methodology/methods. The funding gap for small and...

We examine the challenge entrepreneurial companies face in going beyond the start-up phase and growing into large successful companies. We examine the long-term financing of these so-called scale-up companies, focusing on the United States, Europe and Canada. We first provide a conceptual...

Infolge der Finanzkrise hatten britische Unternehmen deutlich häufiger Probleme Kredite zu erhalten als deutsche. Die Studie zeigt, dass ein Grund hierfür im deutschen Regionalbankensystem und seinen spezifischen Eigenschaften liegen könnte. Durch die Nähe zum Unternehmer besteht die...

Der Bericht gibt aus makroökonomischer und mikroökonomischer Sicht Aufschluss über die Entwicklung der Investitionstätigkeit und die Finanzierung von Investitionsvorhaben in den Ländern Mittel-, Ost- und Südosteuropas in den letzten zwanzig Jahren. Wir behandeln insbesondere die Fragen,...