Strategic Investment Decisions in Regulated Markets

Strategic Investment Decisions in Regulated Markets
Author: Christian Wernick
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2007-12-12
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3835054279

Concentrating on Germany and the UK, Christian Wernick provides the reader with insights on the effects of different regulatory strategies, which take place under a common European regulatory framework. Combining theoretical analyses and empirical material a sophisticated and balanced picture on the coherences between regulation and investment behaviour in Germany’s and the UK’s broadband markets is presented.

Economics of Sovereign Wealth Funds

Economics of Sovereign Wealth Funds
Author: Mr.Udaibir S. Das
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Total Pages: 330
Release: 2010-12-09
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1589069277

The book covers a wide range of topics of relevance to policymakers in countries that have sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) and those that receive SWF investments. Renowned experts in the field have contributed chapters. The book is organized around four themes: (1) the role and macrofinancial linkages of SWFs, (2) institutional factors, (3) investment approaches and financial markets, and (4) the postcrisis outlook. The book also discusses the challenges facing sovereign wealth funds in the coming years, from an inside perspective on countries, including Canada, Chile, China, Norway, Russia, and New Zealand. Economics of Sovereign Wealth Funds will contribute to a further understanding of the nature, strategies and behavior of SWFs and the environment in which they operate, as their importance is likely to grow in the coming years.

Managerial Judgement and Strategic Investment Decisions

Managerial Judgement and Strategic Investment Decisions
Author: Elaine Harris
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
Total Pages: 127
Release: 2009-08-13
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1856178978

This book presents the findings from a cross-sectional survey funded by CIMA. The project aimed to survey senior management accountants working across a range of organisations and industries with a unique focus on the behavioural side of decision making, the use of managerial judgement. Previous capital budgeting surveys have tended to focus on the quantitative evaluation tools and techniques used for project appraisal. This study was broader in that it asked about every stage of the strategic investment decision (SID) process, from initiation to post implementation review, and how different managers were involved at different stages of the process. The focus is on how decision judgements are reached. - Explains Strategic Investment Decisions (SIDs) clearly to management accountants who are expected to be involved in decision making processes - Covers all stages of the SID process, the types of SID and how multiple managers participate in the process - Will help organisations benchmark their own SID practice

Strategies for Rural Broadband

Strategies for Rural Broadband
Author: Bernd Holznagel
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2010-08-09
Genre: Law
ISBN: 3834986925

This book delivers insights for immediate action on two levels: The management perspective addresses the economic feasibility, while the legal perspective provides municipal decision-makers with FAQ-type guidelines for the swift implementation and legal applicability of rural broadband rollout solutions.

Rethinking the EU Regulatory Strategy for the Internal Energy Market

Rethinking the EU Regulatory Strategy for the Internal Energy Market
Author: Christian Egenhofer
Publisher: CEPS
Total Pages: 73
Release: 2004
Genre:
ISBN: 9290795344

A key message of this report is that full and effective implementation of proposed legislation will be necessary to ensure a true internal market for energy in the EU, but this alone will not be sufficient. In parallel, more attention must be paid to other, less-prominent fields. The report singles out i) the introduction of incentive-based network regulation and ii) the careful design of principal elements of the wholesale market, i.e. trade of electricity and gas for resale ("wholesale market design and rules"). Moreover, the internal market needs to be buttressed with the consistent application of competition rules across member states to avoid the creation of national champions. The report also argues that a functioning electricity and gas market depends on market-compatible solutions to security of supply and environmental issues and a rethinking of "executive agencies", whose use to date is inhibited by the Meroni doctrine.

Understanding and Regulating the Market at a Time of Globalization

Understanding and Regulating the Market at a Time of Globalization
Author: H. Dumez
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 239
Release: 1999-12-08
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0230288758

How does a market globalize? How do antitrust and trade policies speed up or slow down the process? How do firms take part in it? The book offers a comprehensive appraisal of the phenomenon from a thorough study of the cement industry. Considered as a model of spatial competition in economic textbooks and inherently local, the industry globalized in the 1980s. Hence, the originality of the book to deal with an extreme case that highlights the fundamental characteristics of globalization.

OECD Sovereign Borrowing Outlook 2021

OECD Sovereign Borrowing Outlook 2021
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 94
Release: 2021-05-20
Genre:
ISBN: 9264852395

This edition of the OECD Sovereign Borrowing Outlook reviews developments in response to the COVID-19 pandemic for government borrowing needs, funding conditions and funding strategies in the OECD area.

Lending Behavior toward Family Firms

Lending Behavior toward Family Firms
Author: Thomas Pijanowski
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2014-07-25
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3658066830

Sufficient capital is the basic requirement necessary to operate the business, to fund innovation, to drive growth and to successfully hand over the business to next generations. Thomas Pijanowski investigates the impact of family firms on bank loan officers’ judgment and decision making in the context of lending. Using an experimental conjoint approach and building upon behavioral economics he examines the question of whether and why loan officers deal heterogeneously with different types of family firms in the context of their credit availability decisions. The outcome of this research project holds some important implications for practitioners.