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Showing 1 to 20 of 6358 for “"Foreign"”.
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Foreign Object
<p><em>Foreign Object</em> comprises the first part of a novel series that seeks to complicate the concepts of the Anthropocene epoch in fiction through its investigations of form and narrative, as well as the invasive properties of a recursive society determined to ignore or normalise climate …
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CHINESE NATIONAL POLICY REGARDING FOREIGN EXPERTS: PERCEPTIONS OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS DEANS
… described the perceptions of the Deans of the Foreign Affairs Office in public institutions of higher education in China regarding their agreement with, and implementation of, the current national policy concerning the employment of foreign experts. This study utilized a descriptive survey …
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CHINESE NATIONAL POLICY REGARDING FOREIGN EXPERTS: PERCEPTIONS OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS DEANS
… described the perceptions of the Deans of the Foreign Affairs Office in public institutions of higher education in China regarding their agreement with, and implementation of, the current national policy concerning the employment of foreign experts. This study utilized a descriptive survey …
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Essays in Foreign Investment
… presents a framework for analyzing indirect foreign investment flows when enforcement of private contracts is inadequate. We analyze conditions under which investment decisions are affected by a repayment incentive constraint, and study when ""under investment"" occurs. The optimal investment …
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Examining the relationship between foreign investment flows and foreign exchange reserves in Namibia
This study investigated the relationship between foreign investment flows and foreign exchange reserves in Namibia for the period 2005Q2 to 2016Q2. The approach used for this analysis was the simple regression method utilising unit root test techniques. Augmented Dickey Fuller (ADF) results showed …
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Who Benefits? The Effects of Foreign Aid and Foreign Direct Investment on Human Rights
… or cultures. This study examines the effects of foreign aid and foreign direct investment on three types of human rights: personal integrity, civil and political, and subsistence. I perform ordinary least squares regression analyses with panel-corrected standard errors on a pooled cross-sectional …
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Whataboutism with foreign affairs: How Chinese media leverage foreign news for distraction and legitimation
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2027-05-01
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Foreign direct investment in Chicago real estate : are foreign investors different from domestic investors?
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1987.
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Speech recognition of foreign accent
… techniques on single syllable words to detect foreign accents in spoken American English. The study involves thirty-one native American English speakers, and six native Brazilian speakers. Five different distance measures are used for classification. Results show that correct classification is …
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Foreign direct investment and corruption
… models to investigate the relationship between foreign direct investment and corruption and identify the determinants of corruption itself. As tolerance towards corruption tends to vary from country to country, countries are disaggregated into developed economies and developing economies. …
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British Foreign Policy Under Canning
This paper is an examination of British foreign policy under the guidance of George Canning. As foreign minister from 1822-1827, Canning pursued a conservative and traditionally British policy. Canning was loved by liberals across Europe for achieving several liberal goals. Yet Canning himself was …
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British Foreign Policy Under Canning
This paper is an examination of British foreign policy under the guidance of George Canning. As foreign minister from 1822-1827, Canning pursued a conservative and traditionally British policy. Canning was loved by liberals across Europe for achieving several liberal goals. Yet Canning himself was …
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The Foreign Language Field Day
Abstract Not Available
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Understanding Resistance to Foreign Occupation
There have been some 163 foreign occupations since 1900. In many cases, military occupations have led to bloody and protracted resistance, while in most cases occupiers faced little resistance at all. This dissertation seeks to answer the puzzle: under what conditions do foreign occupations produce …
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Trading foreign exchange carry portfolios
Foreign exchange carry trades involve buying high yielding currencies while selling low yielding currencies. Contrary to the implications of the uncovered interest parity condition, carry trades have generated consistent profits in the past decades. As foreign exchange has gained increased …
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Three Essays on Foreign CEOs
This thesis examines the impact of foreign CEOs on the corporate policies of publicly traded US companies. Using a sample of S&P 1500 firms from 2000 to 2017, this thesis exploits the variation in foreign CEOs’ international experience and national culture to analyse their impact on firm risk, …
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