Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is widely viewed as an important catalyst for the economic transformation of the transition economies. The most widespread belief among researchers and policy makers is that FDI boosts growth through different channels. They increase the capital …

With the onset of 1990s, the Indian government realized that the foreign direct investment can spur the economic growth and hence initiated a slew of economic reforms. Moreover, in 2003, the second generation reforms were started to integrate the country's …

A stock market is a public market for the trading of a company's stocks and derivatives at an agreed price; these are securities listed on a stock exchange as well as those only traded privately. Tata Motors, the first company …

Market efficiency is examined in three forms: weak form, semi-strong form and strong form and each one deals with a different source of information. 1. Weak form efficient market - the prices of securities fully reflect all historical information and …

Over the past few decades, changes in regulation, technological advancement, competitive trends and disintermediation have all led to large scale banking sector consolidation all over the world. Since 1991, the process of Liberalization, Privatization and Globalization initiated by the Government …

On September 15, 2008 the whole world was shocked after hearing the announcement of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. to file for bankruptcy, one of the largest bankruptcies ever known to US economy. The recession was on its peak and one …

The financial system of a country is expected to work in a way that facilitates the channelisation of resources from the surplus sectors to the deficit sectors which have a pressing need for them. This is needed with a view …