... underpricing for new IPOs Overall, my findings suggest that litigation risk and reputation cost are not strong enough to restrain venture capitalists from pursuing the benefits of opportunistic behavior ... opportunistically when they consider exiting the firms; and litigation risks and reputation concern are not strong enough to deter opportunistic behavior Fourth, this paper has implications for insider trading ... year 2002 Along with this amazing growth, the market for initial public offerings also showed a strong impact of venture capital In 1980, venture-capital-backed firms accounted for nearly 10 percent...
... have a strong sense of Identity (Identity) Who are learners of English as a second language? • children are connected with and contribute to their world (Community) • children have a strong sense ... cultural, linguistic and economic experience which the early childhood professional can draw upon Strong partnerships with parents are essential, if children learning English as a second language ... motivation for learning, increases cognition, strengthens family relationships and provides a strong basis for learning the second language (Cummins 1984, Clarke and Milne 1996) Over 70 per cent...
... interview us rather than the other way round The headmaster told us that the school was “very strong on Latin” and those boys who showed an aptitude for it would be permitted to go on to study ... men that China will have in coming decades Assuming China’s per capita income continues to grow strongly (and that is a big assumption), then GDP per capita could quadruple by 2022 and grow eightfold ... years China has attempted to buy AWACS technology from Israel, France, Britain, or Russia The US strongly opposed this, forcing China to develop its own technology In January 2007, China successfully...
... intermediate to advanced level Motivation in these classes is generally high, most of the students have a strong sense of deriving or clear purposes for studying English 21 since it is their main and specialized ... to their passive learning style This is not hard to understand because Vietnamese students are strongly affected by Confucianism that focuses on academic study of grammar and in-depth knowledge...
... everything; however, several issues are worth highlighting Statements (n = 20) Strongly agree Agree (%) ( %) Neither Dis-agree Strongly agree nor (%) disagree disagree (%) (%) 1.Teaching should focus ... native speaker is best” has been endorsed by 84% (23%+61%) of the learners Strongly Agree (%) Statements Neither Disagree Strongly agree nor agree (%) (%) disagree disagree (%) (%) Knowledge transmission ... (1984) presents the idea that there are two versions of CLT He states: “There is, in a sense, a 'strong' version of the communicative approach and a 'weak' version The weak version, which has become...
... successful learners may not be strong in all the components of aptitude and can still succeed at learning a second language For example, some individuals may have strong memories but only average ... originally made up the motivational basis of a behavior have been got rid of It only means that a strong negative factor restrains the present motivation with some other positive motives still remain ... another student may only read the vocabulary and learn that way e Leaners’ belief Most learners have strong belief about how languages are learnt, how their instruction should be divided “These beliefs...