Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2008. / Title from first page of PDF file. Includes bibliographical references (p. 168-178).

Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 1985. / Also available in electronic format on the Internet.

Thesis (M.Soc.Sc.)--University of Hong Kong, 1986. / Also available in print.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Sussex, 1990. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 289-322).

Thesis (MComm)--University of Stellenbosch, 2005. / Bibliography. Also available via the Internet.

The financial sector has been identified as playing a crucial role in the advancement of sustainable development, as it provides capital that drives industrial activities and economic growth. In recognition of this role and the need to manage environmental and social risks, ten private, international lending institutions developed and adopted a set of voluntary guidelines in 2003, which became known as the Equator Principles. This study aims to assess the factors that influence the adoption of the Equator Principles by South African Financial Institutions. To achieve this, a qualitative research in the form of semi-structured interviews with industry specialists and representatives of four large banks - was undertaken. South African Financial Institutions cited the following as the main driving factors in deciding to adopt the Equator Principles: improvement in risk management and in chances of partaking in syndication loans with other Equator Principles Finance Institutions; and acquiring funding from Development Finance Institutions. Concerns over potential loss of business, as well as increased scrutiny by civil society were raised as constraining factors to the adoption of the Equator Principles. Further research needs to be undertaken in order to determine the actual costs and benefits of adopting the Equator Principles, since South African Finance Institutions have only recently adopted them. / Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2010. / Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) / unrestricted

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Thesis (M.B.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 1995. / Includes bibliographical references.

The thesis consists of two parts. Part I investigates the interactive nature of the relationship between financial intermediation and economic growth. The main theoretical results are: a) financial intermediaries emerging as a consequence of agents' maximising behaviour at some critical level of economic development could have a negative impact on economic growth; b) the growth impact of financial institutions, i.e. financial intermediaries and stock markets, changes positively along the process of economic development; c) excessive financial intermediation might occur as a consequence of economic development; d) the co-evolution of credit markets, where financial intermediaries operate, and stock markets does not imply complementariness between the two elements of the financial sector; e) the emergence of a stock market might have an immediate detrimental effect on growth; f) the growth impact of the overall financial sector depends crucially upon the complementarity/substitutability relationship between stock markets and credit markets as sources of external finance. Part II, consists of two models which can be thought of as extensions of the material presented in Part 1. In the first, the impact of financial deepening in the context of a growth model where growth is driven by human capital accumulation is analysed. The result of this model is that, since financial transactions and training are substitutes as devices for intertemporal substitution of consumption, the availability of a technology for financial transactions might induce a negative growth effect. The second model deals with interregional trade in financial services. The outcome of this model is that, because of asymmetries in the incentives to trade in deposits and loans, free trade might have detrimental consequences for the regions whose financial sector is less efficient since local investment can be crowded out. The thesis establishes those propositions by theoretical reasoning and appropriate formal proofs.

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