'Too big to fail' or systemically important financial institutions

Although "Too Big to Fail" (TBTF) has been a perennial policy issue, it was brought to the forefront by the near-collapse of several large financial firms in 2008. Financial firms are said to be TBTF when policy-makers judge that their failure would cause unacceptable disruptions ...

The creation and development of entrepreneurial universities in Spain

an institutional approach

Universities are a relevant instrument in the facilitation of the contemporary knowledge-based economy because they support the generation and the exploitation of knowledge through education, research and entrepreneurial activities. As a consequence, they generate added value, with their knowledge transformed into social and economic development ...

Shadow banking and its role in the financial crisis

Shadow banking refers to bank-like financial activities that are conducted outside the traditional commercial banking system, many of which are unregulated or lightly regulated. Many of the activities performed within the shadow banking system take funds from savers and investors and ultimately provide them to ...

Issues in economic thought

Eds. Miguel- Ángel Galindo Martín, Cristina Nardi Spiller. As it is well known, the present is rooted in the past. For this reason by studying the past, we can better understand not only some basic principles of the ideas proposed by modern economics, but also ...

Psychology of decision making in legal, health care and science settings

In a fast-moving world, the necessity of making decisions, and preferably good ones, has become even more difficult. One reason is the variety and number of choices perhaps available which often are not presented or understood. Alternatives are often unclear and complex paths to them ...

Next economic growth

new factors and new perspectives

Considering the new possibilities offered by endogenous growth models and the improvement of data information, new variables have been introduced in the analysis of economic growth. But in spite of this important effort to develop a wider and more complete perspective of economic growth process ...

Juvenile crime

current issues and background

Policy choices in a globalized world

Public administration from a win-win perspective

Leadership's adversary

winning the war between leadership and management