locational dynamics influencing the information environment of distance learners in botswana

... for most of the companies in the IPO subsample these data are missing The second source is the firm prospectus filed with the SEC at the time of the equity offering Finally, when this information ... relevant for the second-stage regression In this model I use the “Log of age” as an instrument The age of the firm (number of years between the foundation of the firm and the year of the offering) seems ... protection accorded in the home country of the firm cross-listing in the U.S Therefore, in line with the bonding hypothesis, crosslisted firms facing more skepticism from U.S investors – for instance,...

Ngày tải lên: 02/11/2014, 00:47

Ngày tải lên: 13/02/2014, 12:20

... there is now a large industry pool in which intra-industry information transfers could take place providing additional information resulting in an improvement in the information environment (Foster ... the improvement in the information environment is driven both by information and comparability effects These results are robust to variations in the measurement of information environment quality, ... For these two years, the economy was in a recession In contrast, for all the other years in the sample the economy was expanding Therefore, eliminating forecasts for 2001 and 2002 makes the periods...

Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 01:20

... during the crisis.11 Table summarizes the main results of the regressions, the complete set of results is provided in the appendix The results show that the information content of the RBNZ’s interest ... employ a convex combination of the futures rates expiring j and j − quarters ahead in order to determine the expected component of the upcoming projection In line with the timing of the MPS announcement, ... crisis, the information content of interest rate projections relative to the no-change prediction of a random walk has increased further According to Table 1, the information content of the RBNZ’s interest...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 23:20

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Ngày tải lên: 03/06/2014, 01:54

... features of CLL cells, hence eventually influencing the clinical aggressiveness of the disease, are divided into "intrinsic factors", mainly genomic alterations of CLL cells, and "extrinsic factors", ... development in the bone marrow The consequent protein sequences mainly differ in the complementary-determining-region-3 of the heavy (HCDR3) and light (K/LCDR3) chains Diversity is further enhanced by the ... Studies of the molecular structure of the BCR in CLL are suggesting evidences of a promoting role of the antigen encounter A first evidence has been provided by analysis of IGHV genes starting in the...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 15:20

... found to exist in high-income countries [12-14,16], but also gives a clear indication of the inadequacy of adopting a strategy of training and employing mid-level cadres in the absence of strategies ... medical cadres with their jobs and with their profession Interestingly, nurses were more likely to indicate that they were thinking of leaving, but the groups did not differ in terms of actual plans ... within their work environment that affect their performance The role of organizational attributes or the work environment is becoming increasingly important in ensuring that adequate staffing...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 17:20

... interpretation of EGP differs from the conventional waterfilling procedure of (14) in that firstly the container bottom is the inverse of that of the conventional waterfilling, and secondly the container bottom ... information theoretical point of view Instead, it can achieve the same rate as OFDMA if proper coding is employed Note that the above statement implies using the same sub-carriers to convey information ... bottom of a container and a fixed amount of water (power), Ptotal , is poured into the container The water will then distribute inside the container to maintain a water level, denoted as constant in...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 23:20

... turn of the new century The continuation of the historical worsening in the performance income gap provides the point of departure Developments on both the revenue and expense side of the balance ... for the median orchestra in the last years of the 20th century This snapshot describes but does not explain the main developments influencing the economic health of U.S symphony orchestras in the ... analyses of the experience of 63 symphony orchestras will provide information on the extent to which the changing financial fortunes of the symphony orchestras reflect the influence of (1) changes in...

Ngày tải lên: 28/06/2014, 23:20

... upon these studies, we can refine our expectations regarding the influence of the information environment to include the following hypotheses All else held constant, increasing the amount of newspaper ... formal schooling, leading to “knowledge gaps.” According to this body of work, the information environment has a powerful indirect influence, with increases in media publicity strengthening the association ... magazines, the internet, friends, or other sources We reestimated the models in Table on the smaller dataset and reproduced the same pattern of findings We then included the media use variables in...

Ngày tải lên: 29/06/2014, 02:20

... into line windrows in the Krušné hory Mts., which caused marked degradation of the soil environment The present revitalization of the soil environment is based on the principle of spreading these ... alternative containing growth stimulators The point application of fertilizer tablets to the plant stem was used: they were incorporated into a depth of 3–5 cm to prevent the losses of fertilizing constituents ... due to the influence of biotic and climatic factors Calcic dolomite was applied in the form of sprinkling to each plant individually The amounts of products were applied according to the empirical...

Ngày tải lên: 07/08/2014, 03:22

... inputs, including the characteristics of the specific teachers were also included Together the school and the teacher inputs explained 25% of the variance in gain scores achieved by pupils Findings ... CHAPTER EXAMINING PUPIL ATTAINMENT AND PUPIL PROGRESS WITHIN THE THEORETICAL CONTEXT OF EDUCATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS Identifying the predictors of pupil attainment and pupil progress, examining the effects ... refers to the national assessment of pupils, the training of teachers and the funding of schools Time and opportunity issues such as the scheduling of school time, the supervision of time scheduled...

Ngày tải lên: 11/10/2014, 03:58

... features of the empirical tests of this thesis in comparison to those in the literature of the information content theory Firstly, the aim of the thesis is to find out the nature of the information ... quality They found that the value of the firm increases with the shares of the firm held by insiders The main idea of information signaling theory is that, due to information asymmetry, financial instruments ... different in interpreting the nature of the information whether it is about the anticipated earnings of the firm or the reduction in the agency costs between the shareholders and managements In view of...

Ngày tải lên: 15/09/2015, 21:59

... Complementarity of Prior Accounting Information: The Case of Stock Dividend Announcements, The Accounting Review 1: 28-47 Bar-Yosef, S and L Huffman (1986), The Information Content of Dividends: A Signaling ... Dividend Constraints, Journal of Financial Economics 10(2): 211-33 Kalay, A., and U Lowenstein (1986), The Informational Content of the Timing of Dividend Announcements, Journal of Financial Economics ... return over the 60 days prior to the offering announcement day; SDVR is computed as the standard deviation of residual returns over the 60 days preceding the offering announcement Hypothesis Factors...

Ngày tải lên: 16/09/2015, 08:29

... differences in the information environment, the structure of the market that determines the pricing of IPOs differs from the market that determines the price of securities traded in the secondary ... released in the initial earnings announcement The release of confirming information may be related to abnormal returns around the filing date In addition, other information released at the 30 time of ... measures of the degree of information asymmetry that have been used in the prior literature: the percentage of institutional ownership of the firm and the number of analysts following the firm...

Ngày tải lên: 30/09/2015, 16:44

... expressed in the closedform, while the modeling flexiblity to capture the interaction between the instantenous real interest rate 𝑤𝑡 and instantenous inflation rate 𝑖𝑡 is retained The original dynamics ... inflationary environment, the nominal dollar value of the OFRB is adjusted higher than the nominal dollar value of par $𝐹, while in an event of cumulative deflation over the entire life of the TIPS, the ... future environment since it only captures the historical inflation environment from the inception of the TIPS to the valuation time 𝑡 In addition, the money-ness of the option can sometimes dominant...

Ngày tải lên: 01/10/2015, 17:28

... distribution of heavy metals in the seawater column in the coastal environment of Singapore; (ii) to determine the chemical speciation of heavy metals in the marine sediments in order to understand their ... acknowledge the support of the National University of Singapore through the award of the Research Scholarship I sincerely wish to thank the Tropical Marine Science Institute for facilities in the sampling ... BEHAVIOR OF HEAVY METALS IN THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT OF SINGAPORE DANG THE CUONG (B.Eng (Hons.), Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, Vietnam) A THESIS SUBMITTED FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ENGINEERING...

Ngày tải lên: 10/11/2015, 12:34

... “Fators influencing the making decision of parents in choosing international schools system in Ho Chi Minh City” which also helped me in doing a lot of Research and I came to know about so many things ... one of these systems or a combination of them in their curriculum Talking about types of international schools, teachers who are interested in teaching overseas for the first time will find it ... public state schools system To find out the factors influencing the making decision of parents in choosing international schools system in Ho Chi Minh City 12 To suggest the best solutions some parents...

Ngày tải lên: 06/04/2016, 18:01

... of the past thirty years are in ICT – digitization of information, computers, the Internet, and other forms of telecommunications These are among the distance- shrinking technologies, increasing ... industrial revolution in Britain in the late eighteenth century to the second industrial revolution in Britain, the US, and Germany in the late nineteenth century The Wrst of these was dominated by cotton ... regulations The protected markets kept the car companies and their suppliers proWtable; they also maintained stable industrial jobs in assembly, in the manufacture of parts, and in many of the industries...

Ngày tải lên: 25/11/2016, 09:11

... accounting accounting system) system) Managerial Managerial Accounting Accounting Information Information for for decision decision making, making, planning, planning, and and controlling controlling ... information information and and reports, reports, managerial managerial and and financial financial –– Analysis Analysis of of accounting accounting information information –– Planning Planning and ... planning •• Assisting Assisting managers managers in in directing directing and and controlling controlling activities activities •• Motivating Motivating managers managers and and other other...

Ngày tải lên: 05/12/2016, 17:29