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• Insurance Underwriter or Financial Development Fund: What Role for Reserve Pooling in Latin America?

  BNET - 2006-07-01

  This paper explores two routes through which the pooling of reserves through FLAR could enhance stability and welfare in Latin America. First, the reserve pool could be used for emergency lending in response to sudden stops. Insofar as the incidence of sudden stops differs across countries, pooling would allow the...

  Tags: Financial, Latin America, Reserve, University Of California, Insurance, Financial Planning, Financial Accounting, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Finance

• Applying Robust Methods to Operational Risk Modeling

  BNET - 2005-12-31

  In 2001, the Basel Committee of the Bank of International Settlements BIS released new regulatory guidelines on operational risk that have been finalized in 2004, BIS (2004). Since then, the financial industry has been directing substantial effort into developing qualitative and quantitative framework for the operational risk management. Several books...

  Tags: Basel II, Business Operations, Finance, Financial Accounting, Financial Services, Government, Management, Modeling, Regulations, Research & Development, Sarbanes-Oxley, Strategy, University Of California

• Contractual Versus Generic Outsourcing: The Role of Proximity

  BNET - 2005-12-01

  This paper explores the relationship between proximity of buyers and sellers and the organizational form of outsourcing. Outsourcing can be "Contractual" in which suppliers undertake specific investments or involve "Generic" market transactions. Proximity expands the variety of products sourced through contracts abroad rather than at home, but the range of...

  Tags: Proximity, University Of California, Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting

• Heterogeneous Risk and Initial Wealth in Promotion Contests

  BNET - 2005-11-14

  This paper examines promotion contests in which the agents are heterogeneous in risk-aversion. It shows that agents that are less risk-averse have a higher probability of success. A corollary to this result shows that when absolute risk aversion is decreasing in wealth, wealthier agents have a higher probability of promotion....

  Tags: Agent, University Of California, Real Estate, Business Operations

• Foreign Investment And The Mediation Of Trade Flows

  BNET - 2005-10-06

  How does foreign direct investment affect the trade between nations? Most theories of the multinational firm assume that imports and foreign affiliate production are substitutes. In this framework multinational firms possess firm-specific assets or advantages, and a primary question they face is how they may best exploit their unique assets....

  Tags: Asset, University Of California, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), Asset Management, Investment, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Finance, Operational Planning, Business Operations

• Product Development Using An Integrated Framework

  BNET - 2005-07-12

  Using both an integrated approach to product development and aligning the supply chain strategy and drivers are crucial to the success of a firm. Both help the firm to produce products that meet the needs of the customer, while making sure that the development process flows smoothly and costs are...

  Tags: Firm, University Of California, Product Development, Product Marketing, Strategy, Research & Development, Business Operations, Marketing, Management

• The Emerging Economies in the Digital Era: Market Places, Market Players, and Market Makers

  BNET - 2005-03-17

  This paper directs analytical focus to the roles that emerging economies can and do play in global digital innovation. In doing this, it challenges the conventional wisdom that developing countries are merely market places for digital products innovated in the industrialized world, sketches out some key patterns in the roles...

  Tags: Economy, University Of California, Leadership, Research & Development, Strategy, Free Trade, Management, Business Operations, Finance

• Public-Private Technology R&D Partnerships: Lessons From US Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles

  BNET - 2005-02-12

  Government-industry R&D partnerships can play an important role in advancing the public interest. A widely cited example is the Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles PNGV. It was launched in 1993 by the Clinton Administration and three US automakers, with the goal of advancing the development of energy efficient...

  Tags: Automobile Company, Partnership, R&D, University Of California, Business Structures, Manufacturing, Research & Development, Finance, Business Operations

• Biotechnology's Uncertainty Principle

  BNET - 2004-10-15

  Patents have proven to be important to the growth & financing of American Biotech industry, but it remains unclear whether the current patent standards are suited to the needs of the industry. Patent law has a general set of legal rules to govern the validity and the infringement of patents...

  Tags: Biotechnology, Technology, Standards, University Of California, Patent Law, Quality, Business Operations

• Performance Degradation of GaN Field-Effect Transistors Due to Thermal Boundary Resistance at GaN/Substrate Interface

  BNET - 2004-08-08

  This paper reveals about the GaN-based transistors that attract significant attention from the device community due to their promise for microwave, high power, and other applications. Heat removal is a major issue for all envisioned applications of GaN field-effect transistors. Despite the importance of thermal management for GaN technology, only...

  Tags: Performance, University Of California, Research & Development, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Business Operations, Hardware, Networking