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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Returns on investment"”.
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Essays in financial economics
This dissertation consists of three chapters. Chapter 1 proposes a dynamic general equilibrium model to study jointly (i) the pace of technological progress and (ii) asset pricing properties of investment in innovation. Risk is a key characteristic that links the two together. Both empirically and …
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Tvarių investicinių fondų veiklos vertinimas /
… to create a methodology for performance evaluation of mutual funds and, in turn, evaluate whether sustainable mutual funds which invest in equities issued by large European companies generate not lower returns on investment compared to corresponding traditional funds. The work consists of four …
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EXPLORING THE BUSINESS MINDSET OF SERVICE SME OWNERS TOWARDS DIGITAL CONTENT MARKETING ADOPTION IN SOUTHWEST NIGERIA
The adoption of digital content marketing (DCM) has become vital for the growth and competitiveness of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) globally. Amid intense competition, SMEs are increasingly leveraging digital content marketing to implement sustainable strategies(Ijomah et al., 2024). …
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Irrigation Practice Adoption: Causes and Consequences in the Arkansas Delta
<p>Concerns about groundwater depletion from conventional irrigation agriculture in the Arkansas Delta region have led to the promotion of more efficient irrigation practices. With Arkansas being the largest producer of rice, the 10th largest producer of soybeans and the 16th largest producer of …
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The Effect of Financial Sector Development on FDI led Growth in China
<p>Abstract:<strong> </strong>Over the past several decades developing countries have attracted and relied on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) to supply their economies with the investment needed to maintain high economic growth and development. In their pursuit of FDI, many developing countries …
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Changes in the Profitability-Growth Relation and the Implications for the Accrual Anomaly
Valuation research establishes growth in net operating assets (ΔNOA) as a primary predictor of future profitability. The negative relation between ΔNOA and future profitability, after controlling for current profitability, is researched extensively in the context of earnings quality, capital …
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Digitization of Financial Services and Firm Performance
This dissertation focuses on the digitization of financial services in financial institutions (FIs) and investigates whether and how digitization efforts can help firms improve their performance. We conduct two studies each answering key questions from a different angle. Study 1 starts with the …
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Expanding Access to Novel Antibacterial Therapeutics in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Leveraging Donor-Funded Pooled Procurement
Antibiotics are one of the most significant advances of modern medicine, however, bacteria continue to evolve faster than new antibacterials are being developed. In 2019, 1.27 million deaths were directly attributable to bacterial antimicrobial resistance (AMR) globally—more than either HIV or …
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Socioeconomic Impacts of Infrastructure Investment in Eswatini: The Case of LUSIP
… indicated that over half of the Eswatini population required livelihood support due to the severe El Niño drought. Since agriculture is the backbone of Eswatini’s economy, investments in climate change mitigation are needed in order to help protect the agriculture sector and associated livelihoods …
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New opportunities for equity : a critical examination of community development venture capital
… to link private sector models of capital generation with socially motivated outcomes, namely job creation for low-income workers, while establishing an alternative model to investing in business. This thesis investigates the burgeoning urban CDVC industry through case studies of three …
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Decision process for energy efficient building retrofits : the owner's perspective
Energy consumption and conservation is an important consideration for commercial building owners. The commercial building sector consumes a great deal of energy. Energy reduction for commercial buildings can result in operations cost savings and reduction in environmentally harmful emissions. The …
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Stepped Care for Smoking Cessation: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis and Simulation of Future Outcomes
… to over 400,000 annual deaths, and $193 billion in healthcare costs and lost productivity. Despite the apparent dangers and tremendous costs of tobacco use and dependence, smokers find difficulty quitting. Recently, stepped care has been proposed as a viable intensive approach for achieving …
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U.S. farm capital investment 1996--2013: Differences by farm size and operator primary occupation
<p>This study analyzes U.S. farm level investment in machinery, equipment and structures between 1996-2013. A synthetic panel is constructed using annual cross-sectional farm level observations from the Agricultural Resource Management Survey (ARMS). Cohorts are formed by grouping farms into …
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Is metabolism goal-directed? Investigating the validity of modeling biological systems with cybernetic control via omic data
… in that they describe the time-dependent regulation of cellular reactions in terms of dynamic "metabolic goals." This approach contrasts starkly with purely mechanistic descriptions of metabolic regulation which seek to explain metabolic processes in high resolution — a clearly daunting …
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Strengthening health systems through eHealth: two mixed-methods case studies at 10 facilities in Malawi
Background International agencies such as the World Health Organisation have highlighted the potential of digital information and communications technologies to strengthen health systems, which are underpinned by the ‘building blocks’ of information, human resources, finances, commodities, …