Report to the President for year ended June 30, 2022, Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT by Vander Heiden, Matthew

“…This report contains the following sections: Goals, Objectives, and Priorities; Finances and Funding; Research Centers and Initiatives; Partnerships and Programs; Trainee Support; Personel Information; Faculty Honors and Awards; Publications and Startup Companies; Community Building; Outreach Activities; Administrative Initatives; Summary…”
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Option-based quantification and generic optimization of debt refinancing in public-private partnership infrastructure projects by Zheng, Sha

“…The concept of Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) and its application in procurement and development of infrastructure projects have been promoted worldwide due to the introduction of additional financing sources and value for money by this means. …”
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Report to the President for year ended June 30, 2023, Dean, MIT School of Engineering by Chandrakasan, Anantha P

“…This report contains the following sections: Accomplishments; School Events; Diversity Equity and Inclusion Initiatives ; Administrative initiatives; Finances and funding; Personnel; Faculty Chairs; Promotions; Retirements: Transition to Professor Post Tenure and Emeritus; New Faculty Hires/Appointments; Dean’s Office Staff Appointments, Promotions, Departures, and Retirements; Educational Activities; Postdoctoral Programs; Research Activities; Entrepreneurship, Leadership and Innovation Activities; Strategic Initiatives…”
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The will of fortune by Koh, Samantha Xiao Xian, Ng, Jean Yee, Chiu, Rachel Rui Qi

“…To make matters worse, the COVID-19 pandemic has imposed even greater uncertainty and upheaval on the already perplexing lives that people navigate, destabilising people’s finances, families and futures. This feature writing package explores the allure of the spirits and the stars and the value in the comfort they offer.…”
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Rethinking how development assistance for health can catalyse progress on primary health care by Kasper, T, Yamey, G, Dwyer, S, McDade, KK, Lidén, J, Lüdemann, C, Diab, MM, Ogbuoji, O, Poodla, P, Schrade, C, Thoumi, A, Zimmerman, A, Assefa, Y, Allen, LN, Basinga, P, Garcia, PJ, Jackson, D, Mwanyika, H, Nugent, R, Ofosu, A, Rawaf, S, Reddy, KS, Settle, D, Tritter, B, Benn, C

“…Global campaigns to control HIV, tuberculosis, malaria, and vaccine-preventable illnesses showed that large-scale impact can be achieved by using additional international financing to support selected, evidence-based, high-impact investment areas and to catalyse domestic resource mobilisation. …”

Report on business attachment with CS First Boston. by Chiang, Waipeng.

“…CS First Boston provides comprehensive financial advisory and capital raising services and develops innovative financing for a broad range of clients. Its decentralized structure and proven global network has given it a strong competitive edge. …”
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Healthcare affordability in Singapore. by Goh, Pei Shan., Loo, Xue Mei., Tan, Yali.

“…This paper attempts to investigate the affordability of healthcare in Singapore by estimating the cost of treatment for heart attack in Singapore and comparing it with a representative household’s available sources of financing the treatment- discretionary savings and 3Ms. …”
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中国国有企业资本结构管理探讨 = A study on the capital structure of China's state-owned enterprises by 吴宝川 Wu, Baochuan

“…This distorted capital structure has led to a vicious circle: the state-owned enterprises have a heavy burden in paying interest rate for debt, have limited ability to accumulate equity capital, have to rely upon more and more on debt financing, have the capital structure distortion even more biased towards debt-financing. …”
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Investment in China : reform and policy by Bai, Wenyang

“…The focus is on the determination of investment with a view to identifying its specific financing sources, mechanism, and links with monetary and fiscal policies. …”
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Religion: a confounding cultural element in the international harmonization of accounting? by Hamid, Shaari, Craig, Russell, Clarke, Frank

“…Its principles commit Muslims to a definitive code of ethical commercial and personal behaviour affecting both the structuring and financing of business affairs between the faithful, and between Muslims and non‐Muslims. …”

Why is China in Africa? by Neo, Jackson Jie Sheng

“…This is achieved by offering financing to Africa in the form of export buyer's credits, which are used to purchase goods and services from Chinese companies. …”
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The optimal debt structure : economic experimental analysis on the impact of liquidation policy and credit history by Zhang, Yaping, Chen, Feng, Li, Li

“…With the rapid economic growth and raising demand for debt financing, debt structure has become an important concern in the financial market nowadays. …”
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Sustainable antimicrobial resistance surveillance: time for a global funding mechanism by Painter, C, Limmathurotsakul, D, Roberts, T, van Doorn, HR, Mayxay, M, Lubell, Y, Day, NPJ, Turner, P, Ashley, EA

“…This high cost is not sustainable without a long-term global financing mechanism.…”

The Curve of Inflation Expectations and Firms’ Investments by Perinelli, Giuditta

“…After ruling out alternative channels of (1) an increase in expected demand, (2) a decrease in supply of input goods, and (3) an improvement in financing conditions, we claim that a decrease in the perceived cost of capital is the main driver.…”
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Singapore Shipping Trust. by Goh, Wei Qin., Lee, Suat Cheng., Tan, Li Ping.

“…With the current Subprime crisis and downturn in the shipping industry, we analyse some of the real risks and impact facing each shipping trust, for instance, counterparty risks and financing issues. We also explore the shipping trusts’ financial performance through comparison with the Singapore market, as well as with Singapore REITs, Singapore shipping stocks and their foreign peers. …”
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Impact of China's OBOR strategy - The impact of China’s belt and road initiative – impacts on dry bulk industry by Sng, Jerry Guan Kiat

“…Hailed as “The Project of the Century”, it involved large amount of finances for building of infrastructure in many countries. …”
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Regionalisation of food & beverage industry to Southeast Asia by Lim Siew Ping, Lim Inng Mae, Yap Soon Lan

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Catastrophic risk analysis and management for Public-Private Partnership (PPP) infrastructure systems by Qian, Qiyu

“…Such strategy is developed based on an in-depth understanding of the project’s risk exposure derived from catastrophe model, layered risk financing portfolio setup decided by concession agreement, cost and benefit analysis between different risk financing instruments and mitigation efforts, and last but not least, a good understanding of dynamic financial demand.…”
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Rethinking relief, reconstruction and development : evaluating the effectiveness and sustainability of post-disaster livelihood aid by Daly, Patrick, Mahdi, Saiful, McCaughey, Jamie, Mundzir, Ibnu, Halim, Agus, Nizamuddin, Ardiansyah, Srimulyani, Eka

“…Our results show that livelihood assistance helped people stabilize their household finances and partially restore their pre-disaster livelihoods. …”
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Islamic donations-based crowdfunding platforms in Malaysia: an evaluation of regulatory and shariah issues by Mat Radzi, Rafisah, Muhamed, Nurul Aini, Kamaruddin, Muhammad Iqmal Hisham, Wan Mohamad Nazarie, Wan Nur Faznie, Kamarubahrin, Aimi Fadzirul

“…Crowdfunding has recently gained worldwide attention as an alternative financing mechanism to the traditional fundraising methods for business ventures or social projects. …”
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