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Moving people to deliver services : how can the WTO help? [PDF]

The previous General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) negotiations produced little liberalization of the movement of individual service providers (mode 4), and the potentially large global gains from suchmovement remain unrealized.
Chaudhuri, Sumanta, Mattoo, Aaditya, Self, Richard   +2 more
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Global vs. regional approaches to the internationalisation process of Nigerian banks: some preliminary evidences [PDF]

, 2010
Research investigating internationalisation process of service firms from developing countries is limited. This paper draws on extant work on internationalisation of the firm, services’ internationalisation and proposes conceptual framework that ...
Acholonu, Kelechi K., Boojihawon, Dev, Hanuman-Oogarah, Vanisha   +2 more
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Debt trap dynamics: The moderating role of convenience, financial literacy, and religiosity in credit card usage

Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market and Complexity
In the modern age, the card payment business has flourished in Pakistan. Many multinational and national commercial banks have not only introduced debit cards but also many types of credit cards with distinct payment plans, and they are broadly used as ...
Saeed Siyal, Riaz Ahmad, Shamrez Ali
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Potential of omics workflows for harnessing molecular-grade DNA polymerase and DNA-binding protein isoforms from African thermophilic microbiomes

Scientific African
Since its inception in 1983 by Kary Banks Mullis, polymerase chain reaction (PCR), has been relevant in molecular biology laboratories for detection, identifying and modifying genetic material, diagnostic research to cloning, sequencing, and mutagenesis.
Reuben S. Maghembe, Abdalah Makaranga, Samweli Bahati, Deogratius Mark, Christina Kidulile, Emmanuel Haule, Tusajigwe Mwakalinga, Damian Dogbert Kalekayo, Joseph Ndunguru   +8 more
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The U.S.-Singapore Free Trade Agreement: Effects After Five Years [PDF]

, 2010
[Excerpt] The U.S.-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (FTA) (P.L. 108-78) went into effect on January 1, 2004. This report provides an overview of the major trade and economic effects of the FTA over the three years ending in 2006.
Nanto, Dick K
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A theory of multinational banking

PSL Quarterly Review, 2014
The paper represents a first attempt to develop a general theory of multinational banking capable of explaining the phenomenon with the help of a few price-theoretic principles. Such theorising is useful in the discussion of policy issues raised by the recent rapid growth of multinational banking and by proposed US legislation designed to curb it.
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Global capital flows and financing constraints [PDF]

Firms often cite financing constraints as one of their primary obstacles to investment. Global capital flows, by bringing in scarce capital, may ease the financing constraints of host country firms.
Harrison, Ann E., Love, Inessa, McMillan, Margaret S.   +2 more
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Development of Internal Demand and Bank Lending [PDF]

The study discusses the unique features of the growth of the Hungarian economy, the weakness and lack of internal demand, and the lending activities of banks in that context.
Erzsébet Gém
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Entry of Foreign Banks and their Impact on Host Countries [PDF]

Foreign bank entry is frequently associated with spillover effects for local banks and increasing competition in the local banking market. We study the impact of these effects on host countries.
Lehner, Maria, Schnitzer, Monika
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Blanket guarantee and restructuring decisions for multinational banks in a bargaining model [PDF]

This paper examines blanket guarantee and restructuring decisions in respect of a multinational bank (MNB) using Nash bargaining, when the threat of a panic motivates countries to take decisions quickly.
Mälkönen, Ville, Niinimäki, Juha-Pekka   +1 more
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