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Is the well‐known phrase ‘small is beautiful’ true of small transnational education institutions?

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract The purpose of this research is to consider the potential attractiveness of operating a small international branch campus (IBC). Drawing upon resource‐based and legitimacy theories, we examine the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats associated with the business model that is based on having a small institution size.
Stephen Wilkins, Joe Hazzam
wiley   +1 more source

Fiscal Decentralization and Government Size in Latin America [PDF]

This paper explores the link between fiscal decentralization and government size in Latin America. While most related work attempts to test Brennan and Buchanan's "Liviathan" hypothesis, here the emphasis is placed on a different channel: the potential ...
Ernesto Stein
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Britain's fiscal squeeze: the choices ahead [PDF]

, 2009
The economic and financial crisis that has unfolded over the last two years has caused a dramatic deterioration in the UK's public finances, with public sector borrowing set to peak this year at a level not seen since the Second World War and public ...
Chote, R., Crawford, R., Emmerson, C., Tetlow, G.   +3 more
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Contrasting roles of school and public libraries in lower primary pupils' reading

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Libraries represent an important institutional component of children's reading socialisation, yet their role is often treated as uniform despite substantial differences between school and public libraries. This study examines how visits to school and public libraries relate to pupils' reading attitudes, practices and self‐assessed reading ...
Kateřina Balcarová, Jiří Balcar
wiley   +1 more source

Why companies go public and private: The case of Türkiye

Borsa Istanbul Review
This study examines the factors that influence companies’ decisions to go public or private in Türkiye. We find that firm size, profitability, age, and market valuations have a positive impact on the decision to go public, but growth, leverage, financial
S. Burcu Avci
doaj   +1 more source

What are the biggest obstacles to growth of SMEs in developing countries? – An empirical evidence from an enterprise survey

Borsa Istanbul Review, 2016
SMEs are drivers of economic growth and job creation in developing countries. It is paramount to determine the factors that hinder their growth. This paper uses the Enterprise Survey from the World Bank which covers data from 119 developing countries to ...
Yao Wang
doaj   +1 more source

Why borrowers pay premiums to larger lenders : empirical evidence from sovereign syndicated loans [PDF]

, 2002
All other terms being equal (e.g. seniority), syndicated loan contracts provide larger lending compensations (in percentage points) to institutions funding larger amounts. This paper explores empirically the motivation for such a price design on a sample
Hallak, Issam
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Investor Perception of ESG in Earnings Calls

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how the communicator's role and the framing of ESG statements affect investor capital allocation in the context of earnings calls. Based on a virtual asset market experiment, the analysis identifies that the assurance and reinforcement of ESG messages have a positive effect of up to 8% on capital allocation, with especially
Felix Bachner
wiley   +1 more source

Revisiting lesson-drawing: methods to assess policy’s institutional transferability

Policy Design and Practice
This article revisits the insights of lesson-drawing. Today, policy design experts are well aware of the risk of the best practice approach, or policy transfer conducted in a one-size-fits-all manner.
Makio Yamada
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Risk Taking by Entrepreneurs [PDF]

Entrepreneurs bear substantial risk, but empirical evidence shows no sign of a positive premium. This paper develops a theory of endogenous entrepreneurial risk taking that explains why self-financed entrepreneurs may find it optimal to invest into risky
Galina Vereshchagina, Hugo A. Hopenhayn
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