This study analyzes a class of supply chain financing system that includes the small and mediumsized manufacturer, the retailer and the raw material supplier which is the core enterprise. Both the manufacturer and the retailer face cash-constraint and cannot produce/order their optimal quantity. Our study is mainly to discuss two financing methods: direct financing and supply chain finance fina...

This overview discusses articles published in this issue of the Health Care Financing Review, entitled "Managed Care: Advances in Financing." Articles cover the cutting-edge developments in payment methods for managed care organizations and their providers; new approaches to financing managed health care services for Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries and special sub-populations; and the finan...

Abstract: In recent years; financing difficulties have been obsessed small and medium enterprises (SMEs); especially emerging SMEs. Inter-members’ joint financing within a supply chain is one of solutions for SMEs. How about members’ joint financing of inter-supply chains? In order to answer the question, we firstly employ the Stackelberg game to propose three kinds of financing decision models...

Using a small open economy framework, we model the composition of capital inflows as the equilibrium outcome of emerging market firms’ financing decisions. We show that debt limits, equity issuing costs, and foreign direct investment search costs generate a financing premium and that the ”cheapest” source of financing depends on the phase of the business cycle and past financing decisions. The ...

1 ©Meir Kohn 2014 9. FINANCING COMMERCE, PRODUCTION, AND GOVERNMENT All economic activity requires investment. We have seen that this is true in commerce and production, and we will see that it is no less true in predation and government. The necessary investment must be financed either by those undertaking the activity or by others. We will begin by examining the need for financing of the diff...

background one common challenge to social systems is achieving equity in financial contributions and preventing financial loss. because of the large and unpredictable nature of some costs, achieving this goal in the health system presents important and unique problems. the present study investigated the household financial contributions (hfcs) to the health system.   methods the study investiga...

The key role of transport infrastructure in the emerging European network has provoked many questions as to the financing of new infrastructure. In the course of the twentieth century govemments in all countries have assumed responsibility for financing transport infrastructure. In the past decade, however, serious doubts have been expressed on the efficiency of a strong public financial involv...

The present study aims to provide a model for financing buyer-supplier in Mehrvarzan healthcare Company. The statistical population of the study includes 300 employees of the company. According to Morgan table, 168 people are selected as the statistical sample. Available non-random sampling method has been used. For collecting the required information, the standard buyer-supplier financing ques...

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Health care systems all over the world are experiencing some change as they look for a new balance between supply and demand. This article provides context for the U.S. health care financing debate by examining the health care systems of five other countries: Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, China and India. The authors show that, with few exceptions, countries around the world have seen ...