... of social management” (Ewen 1988: 194) The dialectic ofthe Enlightenment lies precisely in this twining together ofthe liberation ofthe free individual from the oppressive hierarchies ofthe ... collide will be successfully negotiated through the smile as the sign of sovereign selfpossession and the stamp of professionalism as an asset in human capital formation The object ofthe institute ... into the ideal olive shape (CASS 2002) The conceptualization ofthe category ofthe middle class to address the structural problem of Chinese society has built on an extensive sociological and journalistic...
... price ofthe convertible falls below the conversion value (i.e the value ofthe shares the bondholder receives as result ofthe conversion) This way the bondholder renounces the market value ofthe ... minimizing the value ofthe convertibles and vice versa This assumption implies that the issue of convertibles does not influence the market value ofthe firm The assumption is a consequence ofthe Miller ... the value if called, the firm will decide to not call the bond Therefore, at node C, the value ofthe convertible is 94.18 Rolling back the tree, it is possible to determine the value ofthe convertible...
... is a Fellow ofthe American Association for the Advancement of Science and was the President ofthe International Associationof Agricultural Economists Robert Vos is the Director ofthe Development ... is Director ofthe Yale Center for the Study of Globalization, Professor of International Economics and Politics, Professor of International and Area Studies, and Professor Adjunct of Forestry ... is Professor ofthe Practice of International Business at The George Washington University School of Business He served as the Vice Chair ofthe Commission on Growth and Development and as the...
... indicators of whether the CEO is also the Chairman, whether the firm has audit or compensation committees, whether the company has American depositary receipts (ADRs) trading outside of Hong Kong, whether ... include annual reports, articles of association, memorandums of association, notices to call shareholders’ meetings, annual general meeting minutes, company websites, analyst reports, and other sources ... Each of these approaches will be discussed in the following sections describing the robustness tests Furthermore, we examine the relation between each ofthe five sub-indices ofthe CGI and market...
... financial performance As with the earlier Dalton etal (1998) meta -analysis, this analysis included both accounting and market-based measures of financial performance Another instructive stream of ... relying on agency theory (Dalton etal 2003; Dalton et al. , 1998) While agency theorists clearly would prescribe boards composed of outside, independent directors and the separation of CEO and board ... in the literature Similarly, in the second meta -analysis Dalton etal (2003) found no support for the agency theory-prescribed relationship between equity ownership and firm performance Neither...
... example, the interpretation ofthe result for the main effect of rotation would be: across all levels of tenure, how all rotators compare to all non-rotators But the central argument is not about all ... contrast to other studies using accruals as a measure of earnings quality, Nagy finds earnings quality improves after the switch, although for only the smaller half ofthe firms in the sample Nagy ... advantage in this market is that the State Auditor General evaluates the quality ofthe audited financial statements ofthe reporting entities This is a joint measure ofthe adherence to government...
... indicators of whether the CEO is also the Chairman, whether the firm has audit or compensation committees, whether the company has American depositary receipts (ADRs) trading outside of Hong Kong, whether ... include annual reports, articles of association, memorandums of association, notices to call shareholders’ meetings, annual general meeting minutes, company websites, analyst reports, and other sources ... Each of these approaches will be discussed in the following sections describing the robustness tests Furthermore, we examine the relation between each ofthe five sub-indices ofthe CGI and market...
... inferences about the healthiness ofthe product, which, together with other information (for example, about the taste ofthe product) may affect the evaluation and eventually the purchase decision ... recent study by Sacks etal (2009) is the first published study analysing whether the introduction of labels did change the distribution of sales in the supermarket into a more healthy direction, and ... from the three retailers’ actual selection of ready meals, and therefore the three sets of products differed not only in the nutrition information provided on the pack, but also slightly in their...
... One ofthe main goals ofthe International Commission on Stratigraphy and its predecessors under the International Geological Congresses (IGC) has been to unite the individual regional scales ... perturbations in the orbits ofthe giant outer planets Alternatively, the dense population of highland craters records the gradual trailing off ofthe accretional period itself Telescopic surveys ofthe numbers, ... history of our planet They will be progressively enhanced through the efforts ofthe subcommissions ofthe ICS and other stratigraphic and regional experts A Geologic Time Scale 201 At the time of...
... corresponding to the stick-slip points are not all equal as in the previous case However, they can be calculated from the exact geometry ofthe experimental setup (Gyalog et al. , 1995; Morita et al. , 1996) ... ofthe order of magnitude ofthe theoretical yield pressure of defect-free materials (Agraït et al. , 1996) Therefore, although the SFFM can be operated in the wearless regime, care has to be ... discussed in more detail, the essential physics ofthe SFFM and the quartz microbalance is similar, although the pressures and timescales are vastly different In both cases, energy is dissipated...
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... be real 2.3 Scalar multiplet 15 2.3 Scalar multiplet The simplest representation of supersymmetry is the scalar multiplet described by the real superfield Φ(x , θ), and containing the scalars ... odyssey Symmetry principles, both global and local, are a fundamental feature of modern particle physics At the classical and phenomenological level, global symmetries account for many ofthe ... used to enlarge the usual gauge transformations to an entire multiplet of transformations forming a representation of supersymmetry; together with the auxiliary fields, they allow the algebra to be...
... COMMISSION ETAL ON WRITS OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT [May 20, 2013] JUSTICE SCALIA delivered the opinion ofthe Court We consider whether an agency’s ... 866 In our view, the challenge to the agency’s interpretation “center[ed] on the wisdom ofthe agency’s policy, rather than whether it is a reasonable choice within a gap left open by Congress.” ... “jurisdictional.” If the agency’s answer is based on a permissible construction ofthe statute,” that is the end ofthe matter Chevron, 467 U S., at 842 The judgment ofthe Court of Appeals is affirmed...
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... Characteristics of porous membrane Mathematical model 4.1 Mathematical model of DCMD 4.2 Performance of DCMD 4.3 Mathematical model of VMD 4.4 Performance of VMD 4.5 Mathematical model of AGMD 4.6 ... model has the tendency to substitute the original UNIFAC model because of its better predictions ofthe real behavior of non-electrolyte systems The present status of all research concerning the modified ... in terms of parameters characteristic ofthe nonelectrolyte and the ions ofthe salts We start with the expression for ky, since it is the easiest to deduce (1) Expression for ky The total number...
... in classical fields ofthe geometry of complex manifolds (Complex Geometry) and their real submanifolds (CR Geometry) One ofthe central questions relating both Complex and CR Geometry is the behavior ... maps Finally, the dynamics of holomorphic maps in several complex variables is the topic ofthe lectures of J E Fornaess linking Complex Geometry and its methods with the theory of Dynamical Systems ... βR) The uniqueness of τ follows as in the proof of Theorem 2.5 The next step consists in introducing a several variables version ofthe classical non-tangential limit Kor´nyi [Kor] has been the...
... Saclay, F Magri ofthe University of Milan, M Musette of Dienst Theoretical Naturalness, Verite Universities Brussels, J Satsuma ofthe Graduate School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Tokyo ... or a PDE, the structure of singularities ofthe general solution characterizes the level of integrability ofthe equation This is the basis ofthe theory ofthe (explicit) integration of nonlinear ... full details can be found in Musette lecture [91] The algorithm ofthe singular manifold method We now have all the ingredients to give a general exposition ofthe method in the form of an algorithm...
... acceptance if the final manuscript corresponds to the original concept discussed, if the quality ofthe contribution meets the requirements ofthe series, and if the final size ofthe manuscript ... VII) For the Găttingen professor of theoretical physics the lectures on atomic o mechanics in the winter term 1923/24 provided the structural basis ofthe later reformulation ofthe classical dynamics ... In the definition of a geometry of such a pattern the rest masses of existing particles play an essential role Since the laws of nature allow many different patterns there is also the aspect of...