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When bigger isn’t better : bailouts and bank behaviour [PDF]
, 2011 Lending retail deposits to SMEs and household borrowers may be the traditional role of commercial banks: but banking in Britain has been transformed by increasing consolidation and by the lure of high returns available from wholesale Investment ...
Li, Han Hao, Miller, Marcus, Zhang, Lei
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Women in business: Gender and commercial space in nineteenth‐century Glasgow
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract Focusing on women entrepreneurs in a large British city, we examine how women's commercially listed businesses populated that city. Using commercial property rental records, our study allows us to understand sectoral variation and the distribution of businesses across the city and to assess both the absolute and relative contribution of women ...
Graeme Acheson +2 more
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European Management Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Multi‐sided platform (MSP) models have become more relevant for incumbent companies, requiring them to develop MSP engagement strategies. This study sheds light on the complex process incumbents undergo in developing platform strategies. Adopting an inductive research design, we conducted interviews with 37 decision‐makers across 35 incumbent ...
Lukas Zechel, Vivek K. Velamuri
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Foundation governance for the purposeful ownership of enterprise
European Management Review, EarlyView.Abstract Foundation‐owned companies are regarded as real‐world examples of commitment to a company purpose, and several world‐class companies have this ownership structure. They have been found to perform surprisingly well, given the accountability and incentive problems anticipated by conventional economic theories when nonprofit organizations own ...
Terry McNulty, Steen Thomsen
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How Regulatory Costs Impede Financial Technology Gains
European Financial Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT While financial technology innovation lowers intermediation costs, regulatory frictions may prevent these gains from reaching long‐term investors and borrowers. Using variation in retail investor participation driven by state securities registration lapses in peer‐to‐peer lending, we demonstrate that regulatory frictions are associated with ...
Shyam Venkatesan +2 more
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Affiliated Mutual Funds: Beyond the Reach of the Invisible Hand?
Financial Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In many countries, banks are the primary distribution channel for mutual funds and predominantly sell products issued by their own asset management divisions (“affiliated funds”). We examine how this lack of competition affects managerial activeness, fund performance, and investor outcomes.
Dominik Scheld +3 more
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Character and creditworthiness: Unveiling the role of job titles in peer‐to‐peer lending
Journal of Financial Research, EarlyView.Abstract Using data from the Prosper lending platform, we examine the influence of job‐based trust on credit market dynamics. We find that the generalized trust implied by borrowers' job titles, as a reflection of individuals' ethical and integrity standards in professionals, positively affects listing and loan performance.
Zagdbazar Davaadorj +2 more
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The Effect of Advisors' Incentives on Clients' Investments
The Journal of Finance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We use granular data from an investment firm and a credible identification strategy to estimate the effect of financial advisors' incentives on client investments. Exploiting a natural experiment triggered by the 2018 implementation of Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II), we find that clients' investments respond strongly ...
DIEGO BATTISTON +3 more
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The British model in Britain: failing slowly [PDF]
, 2004 In 1990, Britain became the first developed country to reorganise its electricity industry to run on competitive lines. The British reforms are widely regarded as the benchmark for other reforms and the model used provides the basis for reforms of ...
Thomas, Stephen
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Caterpillar's Spatial Metamorphosis: Heavy Equipment Manufacturing in the 21st Century
Sociology Lens, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Caterpillar Inc., the world's largest heavy equipment manufacturer, grew rapidly in the 20th century before a crisis of overproduction in the early 1980s threatened its survival. In response, it launched the $2.8 billion “Plant with a Future” (PWAF) program, a sweeping material and ideological overhaul that remade the firm for the post‐Fordist
Utkarsh Kumar, Michael L. Dougherty
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