trade of goods and services. Several studies (McKinnon, 1973; Levine, 1997) have reported that the efficacy of a financial system to reduce information and transaction costs plays an important role in determining the rate of savings, investment decisions, technological innovations and hence the rate of economic growth. Financial development of a country largely depends on effective mobilization of its internal resource. Banks and Financial institutions play pivotal role in the development of the
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of Bologna Via U. Terracini 28, 40131 BOLOGNA BO ITALY p.barbieri@unibo.it 4 Department of Electric, Managerial and Mechanical Engineering, Via Delle Scienze, 206, 33100 UDINE UD ITALY nassimbeni@uniud.it 5 Department of Management, University of Bologna Via U. Terracini 28, 40131 BOLOGNA BO ITALY andrea.zanoni@unibo.it ABSTRACT Interest in back-reshoring strategies – intended as companies’ decisions to reverse previous off-shoring by bringing manufacturing back home – has gained momentum recently
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Cost stickiness; Asymmetric cost behavior 2 1.0 Introduction The significant role of cost accounting is to analyze the cost of inputs and the value of outputs provided by those inputs. Cost accounting system helps managers to make better decision that leads to cost efficiency and improved profitability. Conventional model of cost accounting assumes that costs are proportional to the cost drivers. Activity based costing posit a simple linear relationship between costs and activity levels
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Determinants of FDI THE POWER OF FDI IN REGARDS TO GLOBALIZATION: Globalization is an inevitable and irreversible process, and dealing with the imperatives of globalization capitalizing on its positive aspects and mitigating the negative ones is perhaps the most important challenge for today. Globalization has enhanced the opportunities for success, but it has also posed new risks to developing countries. Globalization has many faces; however, globalization is first and foremost comprehended
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Chapter 01 Limits, Alternatives, and Choices Multiple Choice Questions 1. Economics is the study of: A. increasing the level of productive resources so there is maximum output in society. B. increasing the level of productive resources so there is a minimum level of income. C. how people, institutions, and society make choices under conditions of scarcity. D. the efficient use of scarce resources paid for at the minimum level of cost to consumers and businesses. 2. The
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interest in an enterprise (the direct investment enterprise) resident in another economy (N. Samarappuli& G.C.R. Tharanga, (2009). While bringing foreign capital into the country, FDI supports economic growth by transferring knowledge, technology, managerial skills and best practices and creating employment opportunities (Dharma de Silva, 2011). When considering the Sri Lankan context, with the termination of three-decades lasing civil war, Sri Lanka is moving itself towards a faster economic growth
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Research Proposal on “To study the impact of oil price shocks on the macroeconomic performance of China” Table of Contents Dissertation Title 3 Introduction 3 Rationale of Study: Error! Bookmark not defined. Outline of the Research Project: Error! Bookmark not defined. Research Questions Error! Bookmark not defined. Research Aim and Objectives Error! Bookmark not defined. Significance of the study………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..11 Research Methodology…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
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Journal of Financial Economics 61 (2001) 000-000 The theory and practice of corporate finance: Evidence from the field John R. Grahama, Campbell R. Harveya,b,* aFuqua School of Business, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA bNational Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, MA 02912, USA (Received 2 August 1999; final version received 10 December 1999) Abstract We survey 392 CFOs about the cost of capital
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method used to evaluate the Strengths, Weaknesses/Limitations, Opportunities, and Threats involved in a project or in abusiness venture. It involves specifying the objective of the business venture or project and identifying the internal and external factors that are favorable and unfavorable to achieve that objective. The technique is credited to Albert Humphrey, who led a convention at the Stanford Research Institute (now SRI International) in the 1960s and 1970s using data from Fortune 500companies
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period. Further, the trends of FDI inflow into the country are projected for a period of five years from 2010-11 to 2014-15 using Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA) forecasting technique. The paper tries to examine the various set of factors which influence the flow of FDI Identifying the causes for low inflow and suggestive
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