Islamic corporate financing: does it promote profit and loss sharing?
Journal Article
Minhat, M., & Dzolkarnaini, N. (2016)
Islamic corporate financing: does it promote profit and loss sharing?. Business Ethics: A European Review, 25(4), 482-497. https://doi.org/10.1111/beer.12120
Islamic financing instruments can be categorised into profit and loss/risk sharing and non-participatory instruments. Although profit and loss sharing instruments such as mush...
An empirical analysis of Chinese outward foreign direct investment in Africa
Journal Article
Ross, A. G. (2015)
An empirical analysis of Chinese outward foreign direct investment in Africa. Journal of Chinese Economic and Foreign Trade Studies, 8(1), 4-19. https://doi.org/10.1108/JCEFTS-12-2014-0025
foreign direct investment (OFDI) into a number of African countries for the period 2003-2012.
Design/methodology/approach – A series of panel data models are used to estimate ...
Executive compensation in government-linked companies: evidence from Malaysia
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Minhat, M., & Abdullah, M. (2014)
Executive compensation in government-linked companies: evidence from Malaysia. Applied Economics, 46(16), 1861-1872. https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2014.887192
The aim of this study was to explore the characteristics of executive pay, equity ownership incentives and pay–performance relationship in government-controlled firms. Data we...
Strategic analysis of the Edinburgh FCTT: a framework for research
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Jarman, D., & Theodoraki, E. (2011)
Strategic analysis of the Edinburgh FCTT: a framework for research. Economia della cultura, XXI, 441-454. https://doi.org/10.1446/36617
Changing reasons for public private partnerships
Journal Article
McQuaid, R. W., & Scherrer, W. (2010)
Changing reasons for public private partnerships. Public Money and Management, 30, 27-34. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540960903492331
This article considers the micro- and macro-economic benefits and costs of PPPs and some implications of implementing new international accounting standards. If public sector ...
Does the UK Local Finance Improvement Trust (LIFT) initiative improve risk management in public-private procurement?
Journal Article
Fitzsimmons, D., Brown, S., & Beck, M. (2008)
Does the UK Local Finance Improvement Trust (LIFT) initiative improve risk management in public-private procurement?. Journal of risk and governance, 1, 137-156
The UK government introduced the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) and, latterly, the Local Improvement Finance Trust (LIFT) in an attempt to improve public service provision. ...
Public private partnership-a sustainable solution for the information society? experiences in the UK, Germany and Austria
Journal Article
McQuaid, R. W., & Scherrer, W. (2008)
Public private partnership-a sustainable solution for the information society? experiences in the UK, Germany and Austria. Uprava, 6, 7-34
The political context of governments differs between the UK, Germany and Austria, but each government currently has a positive view of Public private Partnership (PPP). There ...
UpLIFTIng PFI : does LIFT improve public-private procurement?
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Fitzsimmons, D., Beck, M., Toms, S., Brown, S., Mannion, R., & Lunt, N. (2008)
UpLIFTIng PFI : does LIFT improve public-private procurement?. Systemist / United Kingdom Systems Society, 30, 117-135
The Private Finance Initiative (PFI) and Local Improvement Finance Trust (LIFT) were both introduced by the UK government as part of a drive to improve public service provisio...
Letter from Edinburgh - governance, economic performance and economic disparities in Scotland
Journal Article
Brown, R., McQuaid, R. W., & Newlands, D. (2007)
Letter from Edinburgh - governance, economic performance and economic disparities in Scotland. Regions, 24-27
John Smith, when Leader of the Labour Party, said that devolution was “the settled will of the Scottish people”. However, far from quelling debates about governance – and par...
The economics of motorways of the sea.
Journal Article
Baird, A. (2007)
The economics of motorways of the sea. Maritime Policy and Management. 34, 287-310. doi:10.1080/03088830701538976. ISSN 0308-8839
The last several decades have witnessed very substantial public sector investment in roadway and railway infrastructure throughout the EU. The seaway has tended not to be supp...