This Ph.D. dissertation investigates some International Business (IB) issues, which emerge from a specific context of research. The study takes inspiration from one of the most currently debated phenomena in IB literature, i.e. the internationalization of Emerging Market (EM) firms. The recent global emergence of these firms is substantial and.
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Emerging markets are countries that have some characteristics of a developed market but are not yet a fully developed market. A key difference between emerging markets and emerging economies is that emerging markets are not fully described by, or constrained to, geography or economic strength whereas emerging economies are constrained by political and geographic boundaries.
This dissertation consists of three essays addressing different issues related to emerging capital markets: (1) contagion in emerging debt markets, (2) closed-end fund managerial performance and other factors affecting fund premiums, and (3) the relationship between credit default swap (CDS) spreads and sovereign credit rating changes. In the first essay I test for the existence of contagion.
Dissertation. You'll complete a piece of independent research carried out over three months of the summer, guided by a supervisor. The dissertation, of up to 10,000 words, is worth 80 credits and offers you the chance to examine a topic in depth and to develop your academic research skills.
Competing Globally: Institutional Voids in Emerging Markets Abstract This dissertation addresses institutional development in emerging economies, as well as its implications on firm strategy. Specifically, as emerging markets are characterized by “institutional voids”, that is, the absence of information or contracting.
This dissertation focuses on analyzing how integration has changed over time in developed and, especially, emerging markets. In particular, the chapters tackle different aspects of how integration has changed over time and the relevance of particular global factors in pricing. In Chapter 1, I study the link between globalization and asset returns. Here, I provide a comprehensive analysis of.