Globalization of economic activities and advances in technology are continuously shaping the relationship between governments, regulatory bodies and private sectors. In facing such changes, governments and regulatory bodies have to reconsider their economic policies. In my disse…
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This dissertation presents three essays. The first analyzes the determinants of the fiscal costs and output loss for a broad sample of countries experiencing a banking crisis. It explores three hypotheses: crisis countries with a greater supply of financial professionals, all el…
This research study explored the difference between subordinates' perceptions of their leaders' leadership style within the banking industry in Lebanon and the United States. This was done through exploring their differences toward the consideration and initiation structure dime…
This quantitative study used correlational and casual-comparative methods to examine how leadership behaviors or strategy contribute to organizational performance in Nigeria's banking industry. Using the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire transformational leadership behaviors,…
A great deal of research has been conducted to determine factors that influence the adoption of a specific technology. Numerous models have been developed and proposed to enhance the understanding of this issue. While we may use any of these models, the decomposed theory of plan…
This qualitative grounded theory study applied a systematic approach to exploring effects of employee performance management on employee learning and development within the Nigerian banking industry. Non-probability purposeful quota sampling yielded 29 one-on-one interviews with…
This thesis studies bank privatization in Mexico and Turkey, which are two important peripheral countries. The central problem of this thesis is how and why the forms of banking institutions have changed in different phases of capitalist development and what the social impacts a…
Bank mergers and acquisitions can affect small and medium business lending. This study used a qualitative, case-study approach to examine the impact of bank mergers and acquisitions on small and medium business lending in Sebhā, Libya. Researchers have studied the reasons and th…
La Central de Riesgos es un registro de riesgos financieros, crediticios, comerciales y de seguros a cargo de la Superintendencia de Banca Seguros y AFP, donde se registra el endeudamiento financiero de las personas naturales y jurídicas, así como su conducta de pago representad…
I conceptualized this study from a transmodern perspective, defining transmodernity as an emergent conceptual and historical space in which the discourses of modernity and those of postmodernity combine to create both problematics and possibilities. For subaltern/non-Western cul…
Until the beginning of the 1980's, the Indonesian financial system was tightly controlled by the government. The government established ceilings on the interest rates on deposits of state-owned banks and strict geographic restrictions on branching by the private banks. As a resu…
The Grameen Bank has improved the lives of several million poor people in rural Bangladesh by providing them with credit. Using an innovative group lending program, the bank has been able to recover 97% of its loans. This dissertation is an attempt to understand the intricacies …
Banking failures and systemic banking problems are reasonably frequent and very costly events around the world. The measuring of the risk exposure of a bank is one the main hurdles for bank managers as well as for bank regulators. Thus, a large amount of work is ongoing to devel…
Agency theory predicts that the separation of ownership from control may lead to incentive problems. When equity ownership is widely distributed, shareholders have less economic incentive to monitor management and to closely oversee the affairs of the firm. In contrast, when the…
Depository institutions play an important role in today's economic activities. Debt contracts are the most commonly used tools of those institutions. This dissertation affirms that debt contracts are risky for economic stability, especially when the overall indebtedness that cou…
A healthy and vibrant economy depends on a safe payment system and the efficiency of the financial institutions in channeling funds from savers to those who need capital to invest. Many scholars have criticized the founding of Western financial institutions in Muslim countries b…
Ethical decisions related to development and use of information systems (I.S.) are subject to several factors. Research shows that legal codes, corporate policies, and professional codes of conduct are among the main factors that influence individuals' courses of action. However…
Saudi society has undergone a technological, economical, and social revolution driven by the development and use of computers in the work environment. Saudi Arabia was the largest market place for computers in the Middle East during the eighties, however, importing such a large …
There are two schools of thought on the role of finance in the process of economic development: the financial structuralist and the financial repressionist hypotheses. The financial structuralists favor the spread of financial institutions and greater diversification in financia…