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University strategy in transnational higher education: The strategic approaches of newly established and ‘small’ international branch campuses

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Newly established international branch campuses (IBCs) commence operations without a student body, and even after several years, many institutions fail to grow beyond 500 students. Despite having unique strategic needs, small IBCs are largely overlooked in the higher education literature.
Stephen Wilkins, Joe Hazzam
wiley   +1 more source

‘…It was my choice to see how I can acquire this Western world education… and I'm happy…’: Structuration and the dialectic nature of being a Nigerian university student in the UK

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper examines the experiences of Nigerian cross‐border students in UK higher education, focusing on how colonial legacies continue to shape the interplay between structure and agency. Three key themes emerged in the analysis of the data: First, the persistence of a ‘West is Best’ mentality reflects the internalisation of colonial ...
Jennifer Marshall, Jack Bryne Stothard
wiley   +1 more source

How the proposd Basel Guidelines on rating-agency assessments would affect developing countries [PDF]

Using historical data on sovereign and individual borrowers, the authors assess the potential impact on non-high-income countries of linking capital asset requirements for banks to private sector ratings, as the Basel committee has proposed.
Li-Gang Liu, Ferri, Giovanni, Majnoni, Giovanni   +2 more
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Global Threats as COVID-19: Improvement for the Determination of Sovereign Credit Ratings

, 2020
Ahmadov S.
europepmc   +1 more source

ECB unconventional monetary policy and SME access to finance. [PDF]

Small Bus Econ (Dordr), 2023
Finnegan M, Kapoor S.
europepmc   +1 more source

Single‐subject designs in character education: Methods for rigorous, contextual, and practitioner‐led research

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Character education research is often constrained by blunt methodological tools. Surveys capture breadth without depth; case studies offer richness but lack replicability; and randomised controlled trials (RCTs), though indispensable at the policy level, are costly, disruptive and ill‐suited to everyday practice with individual pupils.
Shane McLoughlin
wiley   +1 more source

The impact of sovereign credit risk on bank funding conditions

The financial crisis and the ensuing recession have caused a sharp deterioration in public finances across advanced economies, raising investor concerns about sovereign risk.
Marques, José-Manuel, Davies, Michael, Di Cesare, Antonio, Correa, Ricardo, Nadal de Simone, Francisco, Signoretti, Federico, Panetta, Fabio, Vildo, Siret, Wieland, Martin, Zaghini, Andrea, Vespro, Cristina   +10 more
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Nature Loss and Sovereign Credit Ratings [PDF]

, 2022
Agarwala, Matthew, Burke, Matt, Klusak, Patrycja, Kraemer, Moritz, Volz, Ulrich   +4 more
openaire   +1 more source

Revisiting the Carbon Footprint of Single‐Use Technologies in Biomanufacturing: A Bottom‐Up Analysis Reveals a Paradigm Shift

Biotechnology and Bioengineering, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The biopharmaceutical industry increasingly relies on single‐use technologies (SUT) for operational flexibility. For a long time, SUT was considered more sustainable than stainless‐steel (SST) systems due to water and energy savings. This study re‐evaluates this paradigm via a detailed bottom‐up analysis of the SUT carbon footprint at the 2000 
Jan Reiners, Katharina Bruno‐Thakur, Daina Romeo, Weronika Kuśmierczyk, Ferdinand Stückler   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source