bismarck s unfinished business in western europe

... Contents Scaling Up in Five Low- and Lower-Middle-Income Asian Countries Lessons and Conclusions Notes References 12 Bismarck s Unfinished Business in Western Europe Hans Maarse, Alexander S Preker, ... protection against the impoverishing cost of illness; and (3) reduction in social exclusion from organized health financing instruments These instruments include subsidies, insurance, savings, and user ... Considerations Financing Mechanisms Notes References Binding Constraints on Public Funding: Prospects for Creating “Fiscal Space” Peter S Heller What Are the Sources of “Fiscal Space”? Issues...

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... included these items, which in some cases are brief versions of discussions in the preceding chapters and in other cases concern specific words and details that are not discussed or are discussed only ... possessive mine can even itself be made possessive—Let 's take your car; mine 's tires are bald—though this is not true of other independent possessives, such as yours and theirs Except for independent ... independent possessives, possessive nouns and pronouns are actually modifiers, and they are discussed later in this book (Rule 1-19), though Rule 1-7 concerns the use of the possessive case for the subject...

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... chairs were high-backed of solid oak with cushions There were also jointed stools, folding screens, chests, cabinets, tables with carpets (table covers) tapestry hangings, curtains, cushions, silver ... purses can be suited; nets, thin silk and gauzes; scrims and batistes; cotton and silk crepes, muslin or dotted Swiss, cheesecloth, soleil cloth, madras, and a host of other fascinating fabrics ... medallions were used Furniture was covered with brocade or tapestry, with shepherds and shepherdesses or pastoral scenes for the design The gayest kinds of designs were used in the silks and brocades;...

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... Standardisoimislitto SIS Standardiseringen i Sverige SNV Schweizerische Normen-Vereinigung Soc & L S Social & Legal Studies SSS Social Studies of Science Stanford L Rev Stanford Law Review Stanford ... One of the main themes of the book is that standards can best be seen as links between these spheres and institutions 2.1 Markets, Hierarchies, and Standardisation Standardisation has been claimed ... authorities The vast majority, however, are written by committees consisting of representatives of various interests and constituencies under the aegis of specialised standards bodies, associations or...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 05:23

... disincentive arises if farmers must make investments in assets that have little or on value in an alternative use These are known as asset specific investments They can include physical assets ... Some GAPs focus on improving farm management and production decisions to increase or stabilise yields in developing countries This also assists in stabilising and/or increasing the revenue stream ... processing, storage, transportation) in developing countries Table summarises the incentives and disincentives to adopt GAPs discussed in this paper The strength of each incentive or disincentive...

Ngày tải lên: 07/07/2014, 02:20

... it needs to be completed • • Organisational skills are sequences of routines in every single area of everyday living or working Organisational skills are sequences of routines in every single ... person why you chose them you chose them You have to trust in You have to trust in subordinates subordinates staff to see if they have staff to see if they have any questions or any questions ... capital is guaranteed, saving time and recruitment costs 1 Recruitment and training   Staff training is an integral part of the overall development strategy of the business Staff are not trained...

Ngày tải lên: 08/07/2014, 10:33

... regarding the prognosis of ventilated patients For some, ICU care is plainly futile – but legal and psychosocial issues not allow doctors to disconnect It is justified not to place such patients in ... beds to population is low, as is the case in Israel Deliberate rationing of scarce health resources on the basis of age is highly controversial Like any other form of rationing, it depends on ... while boosting awareness of existing ethical guidelines and of every doctor s commitment to protect the vulnerable Abbreviations ICU, intensive care unit Competing interests The author declares that...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 20:22

... always put the interests of employees first.And the role of managers is to find the balance between business needs and requirements of the higher levels of management and staff needs So managers ... organisation This unity brings success to the company  The manager must have specific actions to show employees that they are interested Such employees will be devoted to common tasks Establish ... knowing how to use brainstorming in a group setting · knowing how to make better decisions · knowing how to solve problems · knowing how to be more innovative in problem-solving II)The importance...

Ngày tải lên: 26/12/2014, 08:36

... test the hypotheses The fifth section presents and discusses the empirical results Sensitivity tests are presented in the sixth section Finally, the seventh section provides some conclusions LITERATURE ... Chinese firms receiving unfavorable audit opinions are inclined to switch to smaller auditors for the purpose of “opinion shopping.” This is not surprising as other studies in the United States ... auditing is an important issue worthy of serious study In particular, as the agency relationship, the business administrative system, and corporate governance practices in emerging markets such as...

Ngày tải lên: 06/01/2015, 19:43

... be inclined to switch to smaller auditing firms for the purpose of “opinion shopping” among the Chinese listed firms Nonetheless, this finding is consistent with some studies in the US (Craswell, ... the CBoD and the CEO was common in American businesses However, in most European, British, and Canadian businesses, these two positions are usually split, in an effort to ensure better governance ... auditing (including auditor choice and switching) is an important issue worthy of serious study In particular, the business administrative system and corporate governance practices in China differ...

Ngày tải lên: 06/01/2015, 19:43

... firms in which he invests (Shleifer and Vishny 1996) due to his small ownership interest This results in the managers having even more residual control rights as the financiers remove themselves ... large shareholders are institutional shareholders, which means that presumably more sophisticated investors with incentives to show strong stock returns own an increasing 18 share of firms Such ... transactions used in asset sales and purchases, but also for supposed hedging transactions by Enron Hedging is normally the act of protecting 24 against the downside of an investment by contracting...

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... too, such as those of Charles Dickens and Jane Austen But they not give the satisfaction that Shakespeare gives I find Shakespeare 's stories so interesting that I have read the same stories several ... a skillful combination of words and situations, he reveals the worst as well as the best in man His choice of words is masterly and many of his phrases are literary gems As man 's nature is his ... characters in his stories Shakespeare conveys his views on life and the world Most of his characters, such as Hamlet, are vehicles for moral instruction Man 's nature is the theme of all his writings...

Ngày tải lên: 15/07/2015, 23:18

... remainder of the thesis is organized as follows Section reviews previous research on the topic and introduces our hypotheses Section describes the sample of takeovers and provides summary statistics ... provisions in the firms plus distinctive state-level laws Two provisions (cumulative voting and secret ballot) increase the shareholder rights and thus, a point is added to the governance index in absence ... Ceteris paribus, the firm Tobin s Q in a common law country is significantly higher than the Tobin s Q of firms in civil law countries Consistent with this view, using a sample of 7,330 industries...

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... issued its report in 2001 entitled “Improving Business Reporting: Insights into Enhancing Voluntary Disclosure.” This report aims to help firms to improve their business reporting by providing them ... reports A self constructed disclosure index is established to measure the level of R&D disclosure in annual reports The disclosure index employed in this study consists of 26 R&D information items, ... information needs of professional investors, creditors and their advisors to identify the most useful types of information in evaluating firms and assessing their future prospects It develops...

Ngày tải lên: 08/11/2015, 00:07

... possessive mine can even itself be made possessive—Let 's take your car; mine 's tires are bald—though this is not true of other independent possessives, such as yours and theirs Except for independent ... independent possessives, possessive nouns and pronouns are actually modifiers, and they are discussed later in this book (Rule 1-19), though Rule 1-7 concerns the use of the possessive case for the subject ... handbooks, and thus it is quite long, unlike a typical glossary or index I have included these items, which in some cases are brief versions of discussions in the preceding chapters and in other cases...

Ngày tải lên: 23/08/2016, 20:42

... reinforce this Research organisations (ROs) which employ or train researchers should also ensure that sound systems are in place to promote best practice.This should apply to all research within ... integrity, including appropriate research design and frameworks, to ensure that findings are robust and defensible Researchers should also adhere to the highest level of research ethics, in line with ... duties while this stage of an investigation is being conducted • If a person is suspended then the funding body which sponsors any research with which they are involved or provides postgraduate suppor...

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