...Roland K. Yeo; Göran Svensson; Yaffa Machnes Purpose This paper presents the statistical distribution of credit ratings and their migration in Israel, and shows that for 16 years the distribution of ranks has been skewed to the left. The purpose of this paper is to analyze why firms with average...

... wounding her year-old son; the son, she was told, would die. But instead he was saved by devoted medical personnel: her"miracle", she calls the child, compelled now to wear arm and leg braces. This family, and all of the others have no intention of leaving here. "It is the Land of Israel," and all...

... one,and has prevented Israel from winning the war, merely some of the battles,however impressive. Contrary to what some people think, all previous American Administrations have been profoundly hostile toward Israel, doing whatever they could to ensure that Israel would disappear. At the same time...

...‐ups Equity finance Venture capital USA Israel Ireland The message of the Asian crisis of the late 1990s was loud and clear. In a knowledge‐based global economy, governments make bad entrepreneurs (Seiichiro, and Lynskey, 2000). The message of the collapse of the Soviet‐style socialism...