Sub-Saharan Africa's electrification rate of 45% in 2018 remains extremely low compared with other developing regions. This study investigates if foreign capital could significantly contribute to enhancing the electricity access Africa, a subject so far neglected literature. Specifically, it seeks know whether increasing FDI, remittances and aid matter for Africa. We utilize dynamic panel Syste...

This article presents the first systematic investigation of effects climate-related vulnerability on firms’ cost capital and access to finance sheds light a hitherto under-appreciated climate change for vulnerable developing economies. We show theoretically how could affect finance. Apart from possible impact debt equity, which drive capital, firms in countries with high exposure risk might be ...

Abstract This paper explores women’s entrepreneurship policy and practice in three different countries: Canada, Ireland the U.S. We focus specifically on policies relating to access financial capital, ask: How are ‘access capital’ practices operationalized at national regional level? draw institutional theory identify gaps practice, highlight similarities differences between countries. contribu...

Wireless access infrastructure, such as Wi-Fi access points and cellular base stations, plays a vital role in providing pervasive Internet services to vehicles. However, the deployment costs of different access infrastructure are highly variable. In this paper, we make an effort to investigate the capacity-cost tradeoffs for vehicular access networks in which access infrastructure is deployed t...

To what extent do venture capital (VC) investors use information from patents to assess the quality of new ventures? Using a sample of 370 U.S. semiconductor start-ups, we examine when patents improve the terms by which new firms access venture capital.

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introduction: the perceived lean services are definite type of the therapy services that patients’ needs are responded based on information about how to receive services in hospitals and medical centers. the present study aimed to determine the relationship between availability of patients’ therapy information management infrastructures and perceived lean services to find suitable model. method...

Banks finance their loans and other assets with a mix of deposits, debt, and equity capital. Maintaining adequate capital is important for banks because it absorbs losses and protects them from failure. Capital also protects the financial system and overall economy from the costs that can arise from bank failures. For example, one of the reasons policymakers were concerned about financial stabi...

This study explores how some kinds of ICT uses, as well as social capital and other means of access to knowledge resources, are related to company performance in a knowledge-intensive business cluster. Data were collected through a survey of companies in the Medicon Valley biotech region located in Denmark and Southern Sweden. Responding companies included established producers of biotechnology...

At present China is in the period of a market economy and modern social transition. Why has the number of women entrepreneurs increased? What leads women to leave their jobs and start their own businesses? Social capital is fundamental resources for women to be self-employed, with key resources of mobilization in female entrepreneur being directly determined by her amount of social capital whic...