Venture capital (VC) improves the nation’s innovative capacity by making investments in early stage businesses that offer high potential but high risk. This paper is concerned with the venture investment fund programmes in Thailand. In particular, the study describes and analyses the VC management of the Small and Medium Enterprise Development Bank of Thailand (SME Bank), the bank set up to hel...

This paper considers a two-period model in which a firm needs outside financing in period 2. If a firm establishes a reputation with a bank already in the first period, it may reduce the cost and increase the availability of bank debt in the second period. To establish such a reputation, the firm must induce the bank to monitor in period 1. Bank monitoring effort is non-contractible, so the fir...

this research aimed at   applying servqual model to examine the relationship between mobile banking services and customer satisfaction. while the previous researchers had already examined the effect of qualities services on banking customer satisfaction, no previous study was done on mobile banking. thus, the current paper attempted to fill the gap in the literature by applying servqual model t...

This paper analyzes the adjustments in the structure of assets and liabilities of the Austrian banking sector taking place after a monetary tightening. Following increases in short-term interest rates, the share of loans to non-banks in interest-earning assets rises, which is at odds with predictions from the bank lending channel of monetary policy transmission. An extension of credit to nonfin...

bendway weirs are an important tool in multi-purpose erosion control and are implemented to control erosion, restore streams, and improve habitat. these structures create a hydraulic effect that reduces erosion on the outer bank of a bend by reducing flow velocities near the outer bank and reduce the concentration of currents on the outer bank creating better current alignment through the bend....

We measured the effect of wet meadow vegetation on the bank strength and failure mechanics of a meandering montane meadow stream, the South Fork of the Kern River at Monache Meadow, in California’s Sierra Nevada. Streambanks colonized by ‘wet’ graminoid meadow vegetation were on average five times stronger than those colonized by ‘dry’ xeric meadow and scrub vegetation. Our measurements show th...

We examine the optimal mixture and priority structure of bank and market debt using a trade-off model in which banks have the unique ability to renegotiate outside formal bankruptcy. Flexible bank debt offers a superior trade-off between tax shields and bankruptcy costs. Ease of renegotiation limits bank debt capacity, however. Optimal debt structure hinges upon which party has bargaining power...

iv Foreword The AIDS epidemic is one of the greatest development challenges of the 20th century. Since 1986 the World Bank has supported member country efforts to fight the epidemic in many ways, including lending, economic and sector analysis, grant support, technical assistance, and policy advice. This paper is the first comprehensive desk study of all World Bank HIV/AIDS-related activities f...

The Haw River, a high order river in the southeastern United States, is characterized by severe bank erosion and geomorphic change from historical conditions of clear waters and connected floodplains. In 2014 it was named one of the 10 most threatened rivers in the United States by American Rivers. Like many developed areas, the region has a history of disturbance including extensive upland soi...

Tulisan ini menjelaskan secara deskriptif dan analaitis terkait konversi Bank BUMD menjadi Syariah. yang dimaksud adalah Aceh Syariah NTB Kedua terbukti memberikan kontribusi cukup besar terhadap peningkatan market share bank syariah di Indonesia. Penulis berpendapat bahwa pola lebih efektif meningkatkan karena otomatis seluruh nasabah konvensional sebelumnya syariah, kemudian persepsi masyarak...