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Showing 1 to 20 of 30 for “"Business finance"”.
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Essays in Consumer and Small Business Finance
… consists of three essays in consumer and small business finance. The last US housing boom and the development of mortgage securitization are commonly believed to fuel the credit expansion before the financial crisis. The first two chapters contribute to these discussions by investigating the …
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Essays on the demand and supply of small business finance
… focusing on the demand and supply of small business finance in Kenya. The studies are the result of primary research conducted over three years with both demand-side players, more specifically micro and small-scale entrepreneurs operating in a low-income area in Nairobi. And the main …
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From ideals to institutions : institutional entrepreneurship in Mexican small business finance
… change. One case is the activation of the small business credit market in Mexico. The second is the expansion of micro credit in the country. Through these cases, the dissertation proposes that, contrary to conventional thinking, institutional change is not rare because institutional …
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Beyond the fundamentals : why the undergraduate mechanical engineering curriculum needs reform
… that pursue careers in engineering rather than finance and consulting. Original data was collected from Careerbridge and used along with existing information available through the registrar and careers office to provide a quantitative breakdown of the trends in Mechanical Engineering department …
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Impact of Venture Capital to the Development of Zanzibar SMEs.
… Enterprises (SMEs). In Zanzibar Isles, small businesses have been and are the stepping stone of industrialization in Isles. The purpose of this study was to find out the impact of venture capital on growth of SMEs in Zanzibar. The lack of finance has been cited as a major contributor to SMEs …
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Air trade : promises -- and pitfalls -- in the coming carbon market
… regulations. Driven by the international finance community and clamor from the general public for action on global warming, U.S. legislators are under increasing pressure to adopt similar measures. And as action by the U.S. seems more likely, industries that would likely be targeted by …
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Explaining the low rate of migrant self-employment in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland
… the same challenges which characterise the business landscape on the island of Ireland. However, the lack of resources at their disposal tended to compound their experiences of these challenges. To explain this I have adopted a Bourdieuan analytical framework, focusing on the role of the …
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Interactive Visualization Lenses:
… among them biology, software-engineering, and business finance. These data visualizations benefit from the display space provided by novel interactive large display environments. However, these environments also cause new challenges and result in new requirements regarding the need for …
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The neuropsychological endophenotype of specific language impairments and autism spectrum disorders: Category or continuum?
… groups had higher rates of parents employed in business/finance and engineering/science than the severe groups.</p> <p>Overall, these findings provide valuable information on factors present in SLI and ASD neuropsychological endophenotypes and increase understanding on the nature of overlap …
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Construing economic behaviour
… work or are trained in the fields of economics, business, finance etc. 'Non-expert' subjects do not have this background). A number of experimental methods were developed and carried out in order to explore these issues. A pilot study found that the traditional Kellian Repertory Grid technique …
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An analysis of the benefits for New Zealand banks of adopting a relationship banking model for small business clients
… the use of relationship banking with small business clients. The investigation involves business managers in several banks and accordingly it portrays their perspective. The study addresses four key questions: (i) what does relationship-banking mean to the five major bank brands in New …
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The effect of liquidity and solvency on profitability: the case of public-listed consumer product companies in Malaysia
… unless remedied, will lead to insolvency as the business liabilities exceed its assets. For larger organizations, maintaining a good level of liquidity can ensure the stability of the business. Thus, this study sought to examine the effect of liquidity and debt on the profitability among large …
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The moderating effect of firm size on corporate governance practices with firm’s capital structure
Risk of corporate failure exists in every industry in Malaysia and it is worsening in tandem with economic crisis in 1997. A total number of companies that are delisted from the last 25 years suggest that the delisting of companies is very high. The main reason for delisting of such companies was …
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Mekanisme pengurusan hutang dalam pembahagian harta pusaka orang-orang Islam di Malaysia
Pengurusan hutang merupakan tanggungjawab setiap individu untuk melangsaikannya. Namun masyarakat Islam di Malaysia kini memandang ringan mengenai tanggungjawab pengurusan hutang dalam menguruskan harta pusaka sehingga mengakibatkan timbulnya isu harta beku yang semakin meningkat peratusannya …
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Developing a frugal information system to support very small enterprise business transactions
Submitted in fulfillment of the requirements of the Master of Information and Communications Technology Degree, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2017.
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Small and medium scale manufacturing enterprises in Kenya:a perspective on alternative sources of financing
… to adapt new technologies and or a lack of finance. Financing of the sectors' activities is always cited as one of the problems facing the sector. The literature review on SME's access to bank finance indicates that most SME operators have limited access to bank finance. SME access to the …
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The influence of customer-supplier relationships through the facilitation of credit on the development of micro enterprises in the Sobonakhona Makhanya tribal area of KwaZulu-Natal
… for the Master's Degree in Technology: Business Administration, Department of Entrepreneurial Studies and Management, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2009.
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The finance gap faced by Maltese SMEs : an assessment
… of the challenges faced by SMEs to access finance. This dissertation attempts to identify the existence of a finance gap in SME finance, its extent and the factors contributing to it. The key objectives of this research study, therefore, are: - to identify the gap between demand for funds …
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