Large institutional investors, such as public sector pension funds, invest in affordable housing, mixed-income and mixed-use real estate, and emerging growth companies under the rubric of urban revitalization or economic development. Investment intermediaries link institutional investors to urban

companies were drawn from the same population. The findings suggest that during the period of study, scale inefficiency dominates pure technical inefficiency in the Malaysian NCBFI sector. We found that the merchant banks have exhibited higher technical efficiency relative to its finance companies peers

This paper documents that intermediaries play an important role in facilitating international trade. We modify a heterogeneous …rm model to allow for an intermediary sector. The model predicts that …rms will endogenously select their mode of exporteither directly or indirectly through

, the balance sheet management of financial intermediaries reveal that it is equity that behaves like the pre-determined variable, and the asset size of the bank or financial intermediary is determined by the degree of leverage that is permitted by market conditions. The relative “stickiness ” of equity reveals

The paper investigates the role of innovation intermediaries in sector-specific regional innovation systems. Innovation is viewed as a non-linear, iterative process and open process involving multiple actors from different parts of the innovation system. The paper studies in particular innovation

theoretical frameworks as well as evidence from online markets. We demonstrate the use of our taxonomy by applying it to the online financial advice sector. The application reveals how structural conditions make intermediaries choose specific integration options.

includes the patient and introduces quality as another competitive factor next to price. Next to CareAuction, other intermediaries are still active in the health care sector, supporting the allocation of care between insurance companies and care providers. Findings indicate that the influence of Care

of the intermediaries are the determinants of customer loyalty. In India, the private sector banks are highly depending on the agencies outside their organization for the enhancement of their business. This is so because; they have found the investment to be cheaper to appoint the franchisees rather than to open

critical to the success of a not-for-profit organization’s quality program. They can serve a catalytic function that includes ele-ments of encouragement, support, cajoling and mandate. In the private sector, this function is minimized in the immediacy of the purchaser-supplier relation

Many smart, thoughtful people made this publication possible. Most important, four practitioners took significant time to talk about their projects, and later to meet to discuss the initial draft. They deserve high praise for the projects they lead and for their wisdom and contribution to this effort. The paper is truly a collective effort with these practitioners: Paul Anselmo, New Century Careers; Angela