Contagion

Excess correlation of equity or bond returns. For example, under usual conditions we might observe a certain level of correlation of market returns. A period of contagion would be ...

contagion

Banking; Mortgage

Positive contagion is the tendency during a bubble period for new players to be attracted by the profits being earned by existing players. Negative contagion is the tendency ...

contagion

Language; Dictionaries

The transmission of a disease from one person to another, by direct or indirect contact.

immaterial economy

Economy; Economics

An economy in which traditional investment in areas such as natural resources, equipment and infrastructures lags behind immaterial items such as training and research and ...

digital economy

Economy; Economics

The digital economy represents the persuasive use of IT (hardware, software, applications and telecommunications) in all aspects of the economy, including internal operations of ...

knowledge management

Economy; Economics

Management of the intellectual product that is generated by associating relationships among items of data and information in a given field. Source: Termium plus. Sub verbis ...

internet economy

Economy; Economics

A business environment created by networks of enterprises conducting e-commerce. (The "I" in "internet is normally spelled with a capital "I") Source: Samarajiva, Rohan. “How the ...

circular economy

Economy; Economics

The discipline which focuses on the design, development, operation, renewal and decommissioning of industrial facilities as ecological systems, with an emphasis on the ...

economic intelligence

Economy; Economics

The techniques for extracting essential information from a large volume of data and presenting it in an easy-to-understand form, hiding all complexity, making it suitable for ...