Small companies from newly emerging markets are usually limited in their growth strategy by lack of market in their own countries. This is mainly due to low purchasing power of the population in their countries. Therefore the companies seek possibilities to grow
The fact that there were several similarities between the financial crises in Mexico 1995 and Asia 1997 makes it interesting to examine whether a model that explained the Mexican crisis also can be applied on the Asian crisis. Thus, this thesis aim
The relationship between asset prices and consumer price inflation has been in the limelight again in the last decade.The reason has been the observed linkages in the early 1990’s between housing as well as stock market prices and consumer prices in Japan
The organizational forms of companies have undergone a transformation from a hierarchical structure towards a network based form. The network form has proven to be the best structure for the current competitive environment. With technological advancements in almost every area it has
The final aim of this thesis is to evaluate opportunities and risk factors of investing in China, in terms of pros and cons, and also to elaborate an optimal portfolio strategy. The pros regarding investments in China are (1) the economic liberalisation
Title: Bank Fundamentals, Bank Failures and Market Discipline: An Empirical Analysis for Emerging Markets During the Nineties After the East Asian crisis, there has been a renewed interest in both academic and policy circles about the role that bank weaknesses play in
This thesis studies two related issues that have gained relevance as a consequence of several of the major currency crises of the 1990s. The first is the impact that devaluations have on investment when domestic firms have currency mismatches, i.e., debt denominated