The paper offers a multilevel understanding of the effect brokerage on regional innovation. We develop typology networks based extent to which inventors region connect otherwise disconnected group local (internal brokerage) or network with other regions (external boundary-spanning). Using data innovation performance and co-inventing within between US metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) 2000 2...

We use granular data covering regulated (brokerage-financed) and unregulated (shadow-financed) margin trading during the 2015 market turmoil in China to provide first systematic analysis of investors' characteristics, leverage management policies, liquidation choices. show that constraints induced substantial forced preemptive sales, cash differed substantially across investor account types. ex...

We study the regulation of brokerage in wholesale markets premodern Central Western Europe. Examining 1,804 sets rules from 82 cities, we find was primarily a centralized matchmaking mechanism. Brokerage more common towns with larger populations, better access to sea ports and trade routes, greater political autonomy. Brokers' fee structures varied systematically: price-based fees were for high...

Media content personalisation is a major challenge involving viewers as well as media content producer and distributor businesses. The goal is to provide viewers with media items aligned with their interests. Producers and distributors engage in item negotiations to establish the corresponding service level agreements (SLA). In order to address automated partner lookup and item SLA negotiation,...

The Web puts a huge number of learning resources within reach of anyone with Internet access. In many cases, these valuable resources are difficult for most users to find in an efficient and effective manner. This is why e-learning resources repositories or e-learning brokerage systems have emerged. In a very generic terms an online "brokerage system" is an on-line entity that acts as an electr...

Bruce Hannan and Lewis Ross of R/lanufacturers Nanover Trust Company for generously sharing their time and knowledge of risk management in the investlnent banking industry. Methods for sound risk management are of increasing interest among Wall Street investment banking and brokerage firms in the aftermath of the October 1987 crash of the stock market. We present an overview of the basic defini...