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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"World Bank Enterprise Survey"”.
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Capital structure and debt maturity choices of firms in developing countries
… of firms in developing countries. We use World Bank Enterprise Survey data covering 10,839 firms in 24 countries located in five regions. The survey provides information about balance sheet and income statements items allowing us to examine whether capital structure theory is portable to …
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Essays on industry linkages and foreign direct investment : evidence from Nigeria
… in Nigeria. Unique data obtained from a survey ofNigerian firms conducted by the World Bank Enterprise Survey Department was employedfor the estimations based on manufacturing and service firms. This study also constructed aninput-output table to measure both horizontal and vertical …
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Essays in Islamic Banking, Institutional Quality, and Financial Development Outcomes
This thesis explores the implications of Islamic banking and institutional quality for financial inclusion, access to finance constraints of small and medium-sized enterprises (SME), and capital misallocation. Building on ideas from Islamic finance theory, institutional economics and political …
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The interplay between environmental social governance (ESG) performance, access to finance and growth in unlisted firms: Evidence from Eastern Europe and Central Asia Region
… quantitative data. The thesis uses data from the World Bank Enterprise Survey and employs Principal Component Analysis to develop the ESG index for the measurement of ESG performance. In article 1 and 3, 2SLS is applied to address endogeneity by using instrumental variables. Validity of …
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Foreign Direct Investment in Sub-Sahara Africa.
… and the system-GMM on data sourced from World Development Indicators (WDI). The findings of the study reveal that GDP growth rate, internet subscription, foreign exchange, human capital development, trade openness and government effectiveness are the drivers of FDI in the region. While …
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Financial structure, economic growth and firm productivity in Sub Saharan Africa
… the role that financial structure, the blend of bank-based and market-based intermediation, plays in economic growth. However, there has been no general agreement on this role. Some studies find that financial intermediaries and markets are both important for growth while some other studies claim …
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Family vs. non-family firms: a comparison of innovation, internationalization, and resilience
Long-term survival is the most basic goal of an enterprise. Among the key factors affecting the survival of businesses, firstly, innovation, through investment in research and development to improve or refine products or processes, helps businesses to develop unique core competencies, and becomes a …