conclusions since international accreditation standards have clearly stated all processes and organizations are required to implement them, obtaining the relevant licenses can ensure health tourist that they have selected the right country and the right hospital to access their desired medical services. results implementation of international accreditation standards has a significant effect on ...

This paper examines the foreign financial institutions‟ spillover effects in China‟s banking sector through three channels, foreign strategic investment, employee turnover, and competition using qualitative analyses and quantitative analyses. Through comparing Chinese banks performance between preand postforeign strategic investment, and the OLS regression analyses, we found that the foreign st...

The present paper exhibits the growth of information technology in various bank groups. In our country in 2009, 79 percent branches are under core banking. The maximum technology is taking place in new generation private sector banks as well as foreign banks. 43.5 percent are off site ATMs in our country. Public sector banks have more on site ATMs whereas new private sector banks and foreign ba...

In contexts where banks have strong control over firms, banking crisis may be associated with merger activity. This is because banks’ risk is reduced when their clients merge, and financial trouble creates strong incentive for banks to facilitate mergers of clients to improve banks’ risk standing. During Japan’s banking crisis in the 1990s, corporate merger activity was correlated with banks’ f...

The Indian banking sector has undergone rapid transformation since 1991—the year India started a series of economic reforms. As part of the reforms, along with public sector banks, private sector banks started operations in the country. Due to the rapid reforms of the banking sector and the increased competition, Indian banks are now featured prominently on the global stage. Estimates indicate ...

This paper employ hand-collected data concerning foreign strategic investment and corporate governance in the Chinese banking sector, we examine whether foreign strategic investment improve the corporate governance of Chinese banks and whether corporate governance improve performance of Chinese banks. We found that foreign strategic investment increases the binding force for top three sharehold...

In this paper, kinematic characteristics of writing are compared in 5 patient with writer’s cramp who performed a set of standardized writing task. The kinematic characteristics thumb and forefinger force before and during cramp. The effect of writing on different inclined supporting surfaces is also investigated. Our results indicate that inclined surfaces aspects of writing discomfort in writ...

Iran's banking industry has faced a wide range of changes during recent years and its banks' performance has been affected by these changes. On the one hand, the entry of private banks to the industry has made various changes in the industry's concentration and the market share of banks, on the other hand, banking technologies and strengthened competitive environment have led banks to increase ...

Four bonobos, seven gorillas, and six orangutans were presented with two small rectangular boards on a platform. One of the boards had a piece of food under it so that it acquired an inclined orientation whereas the other remained Xat on the platform. Subjects preferentially selected the inclined board. In another experiment, subjects were initially presented with two inclined boards and a tran...