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... monitors, such as inside versus outside directors (Baysinger & Hoskisson, 1990; Hillman, Nicholson, & Shropshire, 2008) Such studies, though, not deeply examine how differential access and processing ... propensity score matching and estimation based on robust standard errors found similar results for R&D; more mixed results for short-term expenses suggest greater sensitivity of short-term responses ... Data sources and sample of U. S and foreign cross-listed firms The data include annual panels of U. S public firms and a control group of foreign cross-listed firms in seven high-technology sectors...

Ngày tải lên: 09/09/2015, 11:28

... the MCS Access to Social Support We differentiate among household composition, instrumental support, and social integration Measures of household composition include both family structure and extended ... adults within the household to assist with caring for the child and making decisions is expected to provide a support buffer against stressful circumstances that might otherwise lead to mothers' ... “sub-degree” qualifications and certificates, and level includes university diplomas, teaching and nursing degrees and post-university education To measure family income, we include the household poverty...

Ngày tải lên: 12/02/2014, 12:20

... Section compares the U. S credit-liquidity crisis and the subsequent Irish banking crisis highlighting the substantial, somewhat surprising, differences between them Section discusses the nationwide ... two countries, and discusses how this contributed to each crisis Section summarizes and concludes the paper Differences between the US and Irish Crises We begin by reviewing some key events in ... the securitization process is that it substitutes risks that are largely diversifiable for risks that are highly systematic Downward pressure in asset values and credit quality led to a decrease...

Ngày tải lên: 15/02/2014, 14:20

... to handle any surge in demand Consequently, patients discharged from the hospital to make room for mass casualties or surges caused by infectious disease outbreaks may find that there is simply ... directives that in the opinion of both unions and individual workers could lead to absurd and possibly dangerous results In some instances, the directives were just confusing Some workers who had ... opportunities to improve so that such missteps can be minimized in the future Unfortunately, history has other lessons to teach us as well Based on past experience, it is not unreasonable to conclude...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 05:20

... hexaflouride SO2 Sulfur dioxide SO3 Sulfur trioxide SOx Sulfur oxides STPS Ministry of Labor and Social Security, The (Mexico) TRI U. S Toxic Release Inventory UK United Kingdom xii UK-ETS United ... air pollutant emissions, the degree of exposure to various risks from these pollutants, and the consequences of such exposure Monitoring of pollution sources is critical for disseminating up-to-date ... to supply air or noise pollution abatement services and equipment, as well as those factors which may motivate consumers to purchase such services and equipment, as observed in the countries selected...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 00:20

... Nishinippon Northpacific Ogakikyoritsu Oita Saitama Sakura Saningodo Sanwa Senshu Seventyseven Shiga Shikoku Shimizu Shinwa Shizuoka Sumitomo Sumitomotrustin Suruga Taiheiyo Taiyokobe Tochigi 30 ... exposure on various combinations of accounting measures Column and Column report the results from univariate regressions of estimated exposure on asset size and on Net, while Column reports the ... 1993 and requires all firms to provide disclosures on the market value of financial assets and liabilities, and on off-balance sheet disclosures In principal, these disclosures might be used to...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 13:20

... TABLE AND FIGURES TABLES Table 1: Answers for question1 of Vietnamese students and American students Table 2: Answers for question of Vietnamese students and American students Table 3: Answers for ... Figure 1: Iceberg model of Culture Figure 2: Answers for question of Vietnamese students and American students Figure 3: Answers for question of Vietnamese students and American students Figure ... Vietnamese students American students B C D 24 10 13 26 Table Answers for question1 of Vietnamese students and American students 22 Figure Answers for question1 of Vietnamese students and American students...

Ngày tải lên: 02/03/2015, 14:26

... 2.3.1 Survey questionnaire 18 2.3.2 Audio tapes 18 CHAPTER III: FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION 20 3.1 Data analysis of the survey questionnaire 20 3.1.1 Question 20 3.1.2 Question 22 3.1.3 Question ... refusing a request MA thesis, Hanoi 23 Psathas, G 1995 Conversation Analysis: The Study of Talk-in-Interaction Sage Publications 24 Sapir, Edward 1921 Language: An Introduction to the Study of Speech ... ABSTRACT TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF TABLE AND FIGURES PART I: INTRODUCTION 1 Rationale of the study Research questions Aims and Objectives of the study Scope of the study Methodology of the study...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2015, 19:50

... basic functionality of its command and control (C2) system, even under the stress of a concerted PRC attack Because of these assumptions, our analysis is less a current net assessment of actual ... China- Taiwan strategic equation.5 However, we believe that our analysis has pointed toward several very strong conclusions that should be accounted for in future U. S. -Taiwan security discussions STRUCTURE ... Navy SAM Surface-to-air missile SARH Semiactive radar homing SEAD Suppression of enemy air defenses SIGINT Signals intelligence SOF Special Operations Forces SRBM Short-range ballistic missile SS...

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Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 15:20

... Sustained Widespread violence between Shia and Sunni groups, resulting Sunni-Shia in deep fault lines between Shia and Sunni communities Conflict throughout the Muslim world As a result, the U. S ... these futures Our analysis of the future is not comprehensive but draws on a number of sources to address the issues that most directly affect the course of the long war Through this analysis, we ... Transition, and Reconstruction Operations U. S Army Training and Doctrine Command Glossary UAE UAV UQ USAID USCENTCOM USDS UW WMD/E United Arab Emirates Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Unified Quest United...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 20:20

... that his Einsatzkommando was supposed to perform the usual Security Police and SD duties in Egypt; he avoided saying that such duties elsewhere had included the mass execution of Jews But this context ... policies and attitudes toward war crimes and war criminals, so that we hunted for evidence in their handling of individual cases Despite variations, these specific cases show a pattern: the issue ... Holocaust and other forms of Nazi persecution Allied prosecutors used newly found records in numerous war crimes trials Governments released many related documents regarding war criminals during...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 17:20

... Trustees of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance and Disability Insurance Trust Funds, May 1, 2007, p 10 RAND MG729-2.3 Gross Domestic Product GDP forecasts for the U. S economy universally ... clearly wants support from Russia, China, or both Meanwhile, the evolving SinoRussian relationship could develop in a way that opposes U. S interests Russia is also becoming increasingly assertive ... implications for the U. S Navy CHAPTER TWO Strategic Trends in the United States Summary In discussions about defense affordability, the defense budget of the United States is frequently measured as a...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 02:20

... with fossil fuels and biomass energy sources In some mills, specific biomass sources are identified and purchased to supplement the use of fossil fuels In all pulp mills and integrated pulp/paper ... supply chains revealed virtually no use of recycled fiber Thus, the study focuses on fiber inputs of wood and pulp Study Scope and System Boundary This study is structured as a partial comparative ... the two supply chains Throughout the study, comparisons are drawn using the same data sources to characterize energy use as well as emission factors for both supply chains This ensures that the...

Ngày tải lên: 24/03/2014, 05:20

... credible spectre of an industrial Yellow Peril But Asia has come to consciousness, and her consciousness of herself will soon be such a massive and persistent thing that it will force itself upon ... Project Gutenberg-tm License You must require such a user to return or destroy all copies of the works possessed in a physical medium and discontinue all use of and all access to other copies of ... government is doubtless technically justified But for various reasons its own positive status is open to equally grave doubts The terms "bogus" and "defunct," so freely cast at each other, both seem...

Ngày tải lên: 31/03/2014, 11:20

... categories Results and discussion The following section presents selected results from the study and provides discussion and analysis with regard to overall GHG emissions for the various building ... and on-site emissions Each is discussed further below The climate influences a building s emissions due to the required HVAC equipment size, load, and runtime ASHRAE 90.1 Standard [21] has subdivided ... Deru s [23] “The Source Energy and Emission Factors for Energy Use in Buildings” were used in this study to account for the source emissions The rate of GHG emissions is different within these...

Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 15:28

... Therefore, FDA issuance of CGMPs for juice would be an approach that could assist manufacturers in the production of safe juices FDA encourages the juice industry to use CGMPs to help ensure the safety ... both residues over tolerance and residues with no tolerance Although there are no documented outbreaks of illness caused by unlawful pesticide residues, chronic exposure to pesticide residues that ... previous sections of this document is much greater than the conÞrmed number of illnesses PESTICIDES Pesticides are usually applied to plants to combat insects, plant diseases, and weed growth to assist...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2013, 21:20

... bridges built The NBI lists the “Year Built” for each structure Where applicable, the “Year Reconstructed” is also given If the superstructure of a bridge is replaced, but the substructure is reused, ... timber based on the superstructure material for the main span Values shown in the “Total” columns include bridges constructed using other materials such as masonry, aluminum, cast iron and wrought ... main span superstructure In structures incorporating approach spans, the main span superstructure material may differ from the approach span superstructure material In this case, the contribution...

Ngày tải lên: 20/12/2013, 20:15

... bits of intelligence output being scored as successes or failures not because they matter for U. S interests, but instead because they happen to be easy to score As chapter shows, some of the most ... vituperative responses elicited by any discourse that questions the wisdom of unflinching U. S support for Israel, points out daylight between U. S and Israeli interests, or explains why such responses ... U. S oil and oil services industries Closely related WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION AND THE IRAQ WAR 21 is the fallacious accusation heard in the Middle East that the United States was out to plunder...

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