This thesis documents, using an unbalanced panel of Top 1000 World banks with observations for 2005 - 2009, three main aspects related to cost and profit efficiency in banking. First, it established that there is no correlation between a bank's rank in the Top and its rank given by the efficiency scores. However, the size of the banks plays a positive role on the cost efficiency of the institution, big banks having higher cost efficiencies than small banks. Conversely, the profit efficiency is equal across different sizes. Second, it verified that for 2005 - 2009 there is no evidence that banks from the developed countries are more efficient than banks from emerging economies. This finding is further supported by the third aspect, which shows that banks originating in the developed economies, with large exposures to more sophisticated banking products, have been hit the hardest by the financial crisis. However the banks managed to shrink their cost inefficiency while losing efficiency on the revenue side. The post crisis, 2009, proved to be a year in which banks across countries and regions converged in terms of efficiency and plateaued at about 10% and 25% for cost and profit inefficiency respectively.

Regenerative medicine (RM) has the potential to develop new treatments for chronic disease and injury that are desperately needed in developing countries. Several emerging economies are actively participating in RM, producing new knowledge and initiating clinical trials. This thesis presents case studies of RM in China and Brazil and a comparative analysis of RM across Brazil, China and India. I aim to better understand the state of RM, how it has developed and what is needed for RM innovation to succeed within these countries. Case studies were conducted using face-to-face in-depth semi-structured interviews with RM experts from different areas including research institutes, hospitals, firms, educational institutes, government, policy agencies, and bioethics groups. Interviews were analysed using thematic analysis and triangulated with the analysis of research articles, government reports, laws and other primary and grey literature. China is now the 5th most prolific publisher on stem cells in the world. Chinese RM benefits from permissive regulations and the expertise of Chinese returnees that have trained abroad, but the field’s reputation is challenged by a weak regulatory system and the clinical availability of untested stem cell therapies. Brazil has created a small but strong RM program, but needs to address challenges to the field including inconsistent funding, slow importation of materials, and weak linkages between stake-holders. Comparative analysis of the three countries identifies several common elements that support RM, including linkages between stake-holders, government support, infrastructure, human resources, and good governance. RM capacity is clustered in large urban centres, which could exacerbate socio-economic and health disparities unless measures are taken to ensure equitable distribution of benefits. RM does not adhere to classical views of southern innovation, suggesting that new models are needed to describe innovation in emerging technologies, where countries are keeping up instead of catching up.

Regenerative medicine (RM) has the potential to develop new treatments for chronic disease and injury that are desperately needed in developing countries. Several emerging economies are actively participating in RM, producing new knowledge and initiating clinical trials. This thesis presents case studies of RM in China and Brazil and a comparative analysis of RM across Brazil, China and India. I aim to better understand the state of RM, how it has developed and what is needed for RM innovation to succeed within these countries. Case studies were conducted using face-to-face in-depth semi-structured interviews with RM experts from different areas including research institutes, hospitals, firms, educational institutes, government, policy agencies, and bioethics groups. Interviews were analysed using thematic analysis and triangulated with the analysis of research articles, government reports, laws and other primary and grey literature. China is now the 5th most prolific publisher on stem cells in the world. Chinese RM benefits from permissive regulations and the expertise of Chinese returnees that have trained abroad, but the field’s reputation is challenged by a weak regulatory system and the clinical availability of untested stem cell therapies. Brazil has created a small but strong RM program, but needs to address challenges to the field including inconsistent funding, slow importation of materials, and weak linkages between stake-holders. Comparative analysis of the three countries identifies several common elements that support RM, including linkages between stake-holders, government support, infrastructure, human resources, and good governance. RM capacity is clustered in large urban centres, which could exacerbate socio-economic and health disparities unless measures are taken to ensure equitable distribution of benefits. RM does not adhere to classical views of southern innovation, suggesting that new models are needed to describe innovation in emerging technologies, where countries are keeping up instead of catching up.

O objetivo central da tese é analisar se e como as economias emergentes ganharam poder no cenário político internacional, através do aumento de seus recursos de poder econômico. Como o foco do trabalho foi direcionado para a evolução do poder econômico das economias emergentes e suas implicações para o sistema de nações, a atenção maior foi dada às movimentações da economia política internacional, que não estão restritas aos organismos financeiros internacionais. Buscou-se mostrar que o jogo de poder se dá, preponderantemente, entre os Estados-nacionais. Neste trabalho foi analisado o funcionamento do sistema internacional contemporâneo, abordando-o através das principais correntes teóricas das relações internacionais. O tema em foco foi a distribuição de poder econômico no cenário político internacional. A hipótese considerada foi que alguns países emergentes têm aumentado seu poder global e desta forma impactado a organização do sistema e as relações econômicas internacionais. No capítulo 2 defende-se que o poder econômico, atualmente, pode ser considerado a principal fonte de poder tendo em vista os temas da agenda das relações internacionais. Defende-se que mesmo os EUA não sendo mais a nação hegemônica que garante a estabilidade do sistema, este ainda é o sistema criado pelos americanos e não há evidência de que haja alguma nação capaz de assumir a liderança e implantar outro sistema. Por último defendo que vivemos em um sistema internacional híbrido, que ora é anárquico, ora é cooperativo ou coordenado, dependendo da agenda internacional. O capítulo 3 trata das instituições de Bretton Woods e analisa sua evolução e o papel da moeda padrão. Reforça a análise do capítulo anterior quanto à inexistência de um movimento de ruptura ou mesmo de substituição da moeda americana como referência das transações internacionais inclusive na hipótese da adoção de uma unidade de conta baseada numa cesta de moedas. O atual sistema monetário internacional, no qual países exportadores de petróleo e a China sustentam o dólar americano como moeda de referência e o nível de consumo dos americanos, é a prova das dificuldades de institucionalização de uma nova ordem. No capítulo 4 distinguem-se os conceitos econômicos para estipular a melhora do bem-estar da população e como as mesmas estatísticas são utilizadas para medir o poder nas relações econômicas internacionais. Baseado no exposto considera-se que as economias emergentes estão aumentando sua fonte de poder econômico e começa a influir nas decisões que durante décadas foram limitadas ao G-7 e as evidências disso são a constituição do G-20, a participação no Grupo de Estabilidade Financeira do BIS e o aumento do peso nos votos do FMI. / The main objective of this thesis is to examine whether and how emerging economies have gained power in the international political scene, by increasing their economic power resources. As the focus of the study was directed towards the development of the economic power of emerging economies and its implications for the system of nations, greater attention was given to the movements of international political economy, which are not restricted to international financial organizations. We tried to show that the power game occurs, mainly, among National States. This work analyzed the functioning of the contemporary international system by addressing it through the principal theories of international relations. The theme in focus was the distribution of economic power in the international political scenario. The assumption made was that some emerging countries are increasing their global power and thus impacted the organization of the system and international economic relations. Chapter 2 argues that the economic power may currently be considered the main source of power in view of the topics on international relations agenda. It is argued that the U.S. is not even the most homogenous nation which ensures the stability of the system, this is still the system created by the Americans and there is no evidence that there is any nation able to take the leadership and implement a different system. Finally It’s argued that we live in an international hybrid system, which is sometimes anarchic, sometimes it is cooperative or coordinated depending on the international agenda. Chapter 3 deals with the Bretton Woods institutions and examines their evolution and role of the currency standard. Reinforces the analysis of the previous chapter as to the absence of a movement to break or even replacement of the U.S. currency as a benchmark for international transactions including the assumption of adopting a unit of account based on a basket of currencies. The current international monetary system in which oil exporters and China support the U.S. dollar as reference currency and the level of consumption of Americans is proof of the difficulties of institutionalizing a new order. Chapter 4 distinguished economic concepts to provide the improvement well-being of the population and how those statistics are used to measure power in international economic relations. Based on the foregoing it is considered that emerging economies are increasing their sources of economic power and begin to influence decisions which for decades limited to the G-7 and the evidence for this is the formation of G-20, participation in the Group Stability Financial BIS and increasing their weight in votes in the IMF.

Submitted by Luda Lee (luda.lee.sc@gmail.com) on 2017-05-03T20:29:55Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertation_EBAPE_mestrado_Luda Lee_Final.pdf: 1581307 bytes, checksum: 547ae26c1c51f28e87c3cc2c14cc27f0 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by ÁUREA CORRÊA DA FONSECA CORRÊA DA FONSECA (aurea.fonseca@fgv.br) on 2017-05-05T12:21:08Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertation_EBAPE_mestrado_Luda Lee_Final.pdf: 1581307 bytes, checksum: 547ae26c1c51f28e87c3cc2c14cc27f0 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-05-16T14:52:51Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertation_EBAPE_mestrado_Luda Lee_Final.pdf: 1581307 bytes, checksum: 547ae26c1c51f28e87c3cc2c14cc27f0 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-02-22 / This study examines the sequential relationship between a firm’s innovation activity, export intensity and performance in emerging economies. Hypotheses were generated based on this framework, and they also modeled the roles played by government subsidy as moderator. Our hypotheses were tested on a sample that includes Chinese, Indian and Russian manufacturing firms. Results in a sequential model show that (1) innovation activity positively and indirectly affects firm performance through exporting, (2) government subsidy strengthens the positive relationship between export intensity and firm performance in emerging economies. However, although previous studies have theoretically identified that the government has a significant role on the relation between firm innovation and export performance, no empirical evidence could be found through this study. Our findings uphold previous theories that the effort of firms to develop their innovation leads to a firm’s increase of export and profit, and the moderating role of the government substantially affect export intensity in emerging economies.

O objetivo central da tese é analisar se e como as economias emergentes ganharam poder no cenário político internacional, através do aumento de seus recursos de poder econômico. Como o foco do trabalho foi direcionado para a evolução do poder econômico das economias emergentes e suas implicações para o sistema de nações, a atenção maior foi dada às movimentações da economia política internacional, que não estão restritas aos organismos financeiros internacionais. Buscou-se mostrar que o jogo de poder se dá, preponderantemente, entre os Estados-nacionais. Neste trabalho foi analisado o funcionamento do sistema internacional contemporâneo, abordando-o através das principais correntes teóricas das relações internacionais. O tema em foco foi a distribuição de poder econômico no cenário político internacional. A hipótese considerada foi que alguns países emergentes têm aumentado seu poder global e desta forma impactado a organização do sistema e as relações econômicas internacionais. No capítulo 2 defende-se que o poder econômico, atualmente, pode ser considerado a principal fonte de poder tendo em vista os temas da agenda das relações internacionais. Defende-se que mesmo os EUA não sendo mais a nação hegemônica que garante a estabilidade do sistema, este ainda é o sistema criado pelos americanos e não há evidência de que haja alguma nação capaz de assumir a liderança e implantar outro sistema. Por último defendo que vivemos em um sistema internacional híbrido, que ora é anárquico, ora é cooperativo ou coordenado, dependendo da agenda internacional. O capítulo 3 trata das instituições de Bretton Woods e analisa sua evolução e o papel da moeda padrão. Reforça a análise do capítulo anterior quanto à inexistência de um movimento de ruptura ou mesmo de substituição da moeda americana como referência das transações internacionais inclusive na hipótese da adoção de uma unidade de conta baseada numa cesta de moedas. O atual sistema monetário internacional, no qual países exportadores de petróleo e a China sustentam o dólar americano como moeda de referência e o nível de consumo dos americanos, é a prova das dificuldades de institucionalização de uma nova ordem. No capítulo 4 distinguem-se os conceitos econômicos para estipular a melhora do bem-estar da população e como as mesmas estatísticas são utilizadas para medir o poder nas relações econômicas internacionais. Baseado no exposto considera-se que as economias emergentes estão aumentando sua fonte de poder econômico e começa a influir nas decisões que durante décadas foram limitadas ao G-7 e as evidências disso são a constituição do G-20, a participação no Grupo de Estabilidade Financeira do BIS e o aumento do peso nos votos do FMI. / The main objective of this thesis is to examine whether and how emerging economies have gained power in the international political scene, by increasing their economic power resources. As the focus of the study was directed towards the development of the economic power of emerging economies and its implications for the system of nations, greater attention was given to the movements of international political economy, which are not restricted to international financial organizations. We tried to show that the power game occurs, mainly, among National States. This work analyzed the functioning of the contemporary international system by addressing it through the principal theories of international relations. The theme in focus was the distribution of economic power in the international political scenario. The assumption made was that some emerging countries are increasing their global power and thus impacted the organization of the system and international economic relations. Chapter 2 argues that the economic power may currently be considered the main source of power in view of the topics on international relations agenda. It is argued that the U.S. is not even the most homogenous nation which ensures the stability of the system, this is still the system created by the Americans and there is no evidence that there is any nation able to take the leadership and implement a different system. Finally It’s argued that we live in an international hybrid system, which is sometimes anarchic, sometimes it is cooperative or coordinated depending on the international agenda. Chapter 3 deals with the Bretton Woods institutions and examines their evolution and role of the currency standard. Reinforces the analysis of the previous chapter as to the absence of a movement to break or even replacement of the U.S. currency as a benchmark for international transactions including the assumption of adopting a unit of account based on a basket of currencies. The current international monetary system in which oil exporters and China support the U.S. dollar as reference currency and the level of consumption of Americans is proof of the difficulties of institutionalizing a new order. Chapter 4 distinguished economic concepts to provide the improvement well-being of the population and how those statistics are used to measure power in international economic relations. Based on the foregoing it is considered that emerging economies are increasing their sources of economic power and begin to influence decisions which for decades limited to the G-7 and the evidence for this is the formation of G-20, participation in the Group Stability Financial BIS and increasing their weight in votes in the IMF.

O objetivo central da tese é analisar se e como as economias emergentes ganharam poder no cenário político internacional, através do aumento de seus recursos de poder econômico. Como o foco do trabalho foi direcionado para a evolução do poder econômico das economias emergentes e suas implicações para o sistema de nações, a atenção maior foi dada às movimentações da economia política internacional, que não estão restritas aos organismos financeiros internacionais. Buscou-se mostrar que o jogo de poder se dá, preponderantemente, entre os Estados-nacionais. Neste trabalho foi analisado o funcionamento do sistema internacional contemporâneo, abordando-o através das principais correntes teóricas das relações internacionais. O tema em foco foi a distribuição de poder econômico no cenário político internacional. A hipótese considerada foi que alguns países emergentes têm aumentado seu poder global e desta forma impactado a organização do sistema e as relações econômicas internacionais. No capítulo 2 defende-se que o poder econômico, atualmente, pode ser considerado a principal fonte de poder tendo em vista os temas da agenda das relações internacionais. Defende-se que mesmo os EUA não sendo mais a nação hegemônica que garante a estabilidade do sistema, este ainda é o sistema criado pelos americanos e não há evidência de que haja alguma nação capaz de assumir a liderança e implantar outro sistema. Por último defendo que vivemos em um sistema internacional híbrido, que ora é anárquico, ora é cooperativo ou coordenado, dependendo da agenda internacional. O capítulo 3 trata das instituições de Bretton Woods e analisa sua evolução e o papel da moeda padrão. Reforça a análise do capítulo anterior quanto à inexistência de um movimento de ruptura ou mesmo de substituição da moeda americana como referência das transações internacionais inclusive na hipótese da adoção de uma unidade de conta baseada numa cesta de moedas. O atual sistema monetário internacional, no qual países exportadores de petróleo e a China sustentam o dólar americano como moeda de referência e o nível de consumo dos americanos, é a prova das dificuldades de institucionalização de uma nova ordem. No capítulo 4 distinguem-se os conceitos econômicos para estipular a melhora do bem-estar da população e como as mesmas estatísticas são utilizadas para medir o poder nas relações econômicas internacionais. Baseado no exposto considera-se que as economias emergentes estão aumentando sua fonte de poder econômico e começa a influir nas decisões que durante décadas foram limitadas ao G-7 e as evidências disso são a constituição do G-20, a participação no Grupo de Estabilidade Financeira do BIS e o aumento do peso nos votos do FMI. / The main objective of this thesis is to examine whether and how emerging economies have gained power in the international political scene, by increasing their economic power resources. As the focus of the study was directed towards the development of the economic power of emerging economies and its implications for the system of nations, greater attention was given to the movements of international political economy, which are not restricted to international financial organizations. We tried to show that the power game occurs, mainly, among National States. This work analyzed the functioning of the contemporary international system by addressing it through the principal theories of international relations. The theme in focus was the distribution of economic power in the international political scenario. The assumption made was that some emerging countries are increasing their global power and thus impacted the organization of the system and international economic relations. Chapter 2 argues that the economic power may currently be considered the main source of power in view of the topics on international relations agenda. It is argued that the U.S. is not even the most homogenous nation which ensures the stability of the system, this is still the system created by the Americans and there is no evidence that there is any nation able to take the leadership and implement a different system. Finally It’s argued that we live in an international hybrid system, which is sometimes anarchic, sometimes it is cooperative or coordinated depending on the international agenda. Chapter 3 deals with the Bretton Woods institutions and examines their evolution and role of the currency standard. Reinforces the analysis of the previous chapter as to the absence of a movement to break or even replacement of the U.S. currency as a benchmark for international transactions including the assumption of adopting a unit of account based on a basket of currencies. The current international monetary system in which oil exporters and China support the U.S. dollar as reference currency and the level of consumption of Americans is proof of the difficulties of institutionalizing a new order. Chapter 4 distinguished economic concepts to provide the improvement well-being of the population and how those statistics are used to measure power in international economic relations. Based on the foregoing it is considered that emerging economies are increasing their sources of economic power and begin to influence decisions which for decades limited to the G-7 and the evidence for this is the formation of G-20, participation in the Group Stability Financial BIS and increasing their weight in votes in the IMF.

Abstract  Background: Emerging economies, with all their positives and negatives, needs different actors to come together and play their part in order to achieve the economic growth. The concept of growth is inseparably linked to public and private sector, where a MC is formed with a distinctive fusion of private and political actors. However, the governance strategies for MCs in EE are quite different to governance mechanisms in developed economies, including the digital governance. Having said that, every digital implementation process, in the end, will be effected, not only by the political actors but also by the individual managers, CEO and boards, that are part of the governance mechanism. Purpose:      The purpose of this paper is to explore how governance mechanisms are shaped by different factors in a MC of EE, which eventually either impede of enable the process of implementation of digital strategies. Method: To get in-depth understanding of the research phenomenon, an exploratory design, qualitative study was carried out. Semi-structured interviews were conducted to gather empirical data, which included 3 directors and 3 board members from two different MCs of Pakistan. The respondents were chosen through non-probability sampling method. An abductive research approach facilitated in determining a deeper understanding between gathered empirical insights and  available literature on governance mechanisms of MC. Conclusion:  As a result, some internal and external factors were identified that shaped the governance mechanism of a MC. The internal factor included, political affiliations, accountability and digital awareness of individuals. While external factors included political interference, corruption, and digital readiness of public to adapt to digital strategies. More the disablers in the process, poorer the digital strategy implementation process which resulted in poorer and fewer digital services provided to the public of that MC.

Employing Vector Error Correction Model (VECM), this dissertation aims to explore the principal influential factors of economic growth from external and internal perspectives. After extensive analysis and previous research, trade openness is the external factor considered, while financial markets and institutions are the internal ones. Based on the dataset of four typical fast-growing emerging economies-- China, India, South Africa and Russian Federation, this study found that there is a significant long-term equilibrium among GDP growth, trade openness, financial markets and institutions in China, and bidirectional causality can be observed between trade openness and GDP growth. Regarding the remaining economies, there are two sets of long-term relationships among these variables, where internal factors concerning financial development are more crucial in these countries, which also significantly affect the trade volumes in the long run. Results from this research indicate that the dominant growth-enhancing factors are closely related with a country's policy, history, and the most importantly, the focus of its development strategy.

Yes / We adopt a resource dependence approach to explain the effect of state participation on the dissolution of international joint ventures (IJVs). While resource dependence theory has been used to explain the formation of IJVs, we propose an extension of the theory to explain their dissolution. We do so by highlighting the match between foreign firms’ resource needs (resource hierarchy) and the resource provision roles of state-controlled versus private local partners (resource profiles). We further argue that the effect of state participation on the dissolution of IJVs is moderated by foreign firms’ host country experience and IJV age. We test our hypotheses by using data on 623 IJVs in China. Our results show that state participation reduces the risk of IJV dissolution and that the strength of this effect differs depending on the type of state-controlled actor that is involved in an IJV. We also find that host country experience and IJV age moderate the effect of state participation on IJV dissolution. These findings enhance our understanding of IJV dissolution and contribute to the development of resource dependence theory.