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Showing 1 to 20 of 93 for “"HC Economic History and Conditions"”.
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Inward foreign direct investment and productivity: evidence from Vietnamese microdata
… this thesis investigates the direct, indirect and crowding-in/crowding-out effects of inward foreign direct investment (FDI) on firm productivity in Vietnam; and whether the effects are heterogeneous across firm and industry characteristics and geographic regions. Using a Cobb-Douglas …
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Strength of weak ties in microfinance
… who own businesses will improve their businesses and help to reduce their poverty. This research also investigates Burt’s theories on structural holes (1992), brokerage and closure(2005) and network spillover (2010) can assist with the building of weak bridging ties. Microfinance is the delivery …
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Determinants of foreign direct investment in Vietnam 1988-2009
… 1988-2009. It examines the nature, motivation and impact of FDI upon the Vietnam economy and its contribution to the subsequent leap forward in economic growth. The focus is on developing Dunning’s eclectic theory through case study analysis of Honda-Vietnam Motorbike Company and ANZ-Vietnam …
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The evolution of industrial policy in the United Kingdom, 1964-1978
… thesis focuses on policy measures between 196A and 1978 to improve performance and growth in U.K.'s private industry. Underlying structural weaknesses and institutional constraints characteristic to U.K.'s company sector are identified and analysed in Part One. This exercise provides the basis …
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The production of environmental news: a study of source-media relations
… analyses the production of environmental news and focuses upon the neglected area of source-media relations. Through a combination of in-depth, semi-structured interviews and content analysis, the study explores relations between media practitioners and key news sources, such as environmental …
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Strategic alliances in emerging markets: an investigation of the effects of culture and emerging market characteristics on the performance of acquisitions in Eastern Europe
… effects of culture - national, organisational, and regional - on the performance of strategic alliances (mergers, acquisitions, or joint ventures) in Eastern Europe. From a research perspective Eastern Europe is very much `virgin territory', in which the effect of Western European management …
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The marketing of Islamic banking services with particular reference to Faisal Islamic Bank, Sudan
… of the marketing orientation of Islamic banks and their implementation of the marketing concept. To achieve this, a comparative study based on a survey of Islamic and Western (traditional interest based) banks was made. The survey questioned these banks concerning their attitudes toward the …
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Development and international business : an application to India
… the state vs. markets, to focusing mainly on economic indicators. Increasingly, as knowledge becomes the main focus of development, it is acknowledged that the state can play a positive role in promoting its growth. To try and analyse these developments, it is imperative that we appreciate the …
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Development of structured employment systems in Japanese department stores in Hong Kong
The study is undertaken with an intent to understand the development of structured employment systems within Japanese retail companies overseas. A majority of existing studies on Japanese international management focus on national origins as a major source of the core-periphery distinction within …
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Barriers to change and integration in foreign M and As within East Germany : a qualitative study
Many domestic take-overs and mergers are not successful, over half fail. Crossborder M&As are even more fraught with problems due to differing national cultures exasperating different organisational cultures. International M&As in rapidly transforming East Germany offer attractive possibilities for …
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Corporate governance and corporate performance: Implications for transition economies
… systems: the Anglo-Saxon, the Communitarian, and the Asian/emerging business systems. The review of the literature covers the link between corporate governance and the agency problem on the basis that the latter is concerned with the conflicting interests between corporate managers and its …
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The effects of 2007-2008 crisis on the CDS and the interbank markets: Empirical investigations
… institutions, bail-outs of banks worldwide and downturns in asset prices. The aim of this thesis is to investigate the repercussions of this crisis on CDS and interbank market and provide empirical evidence on the changes in the pricing of CDS contracts and interbank deposits. Chapter 2 …
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Redefining the Economy: how the 'economy' was invented 1620
… has long been criticised as a poor indicator of economic growth. In this thesis I argue that any proposed alternative for GDP cannot effect change, because GDP is not an indicator. Instead GDP is our definition of the economy, which I argue by presenting the history of how we have measured the …
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Convergence, productivity and industrial growth in China during the reform era
… convergence, total factor productivity (TFP) and industrial growth. The study of convergence was undertaken using a panel of China’s 28 provinces over the period 1979-2004. The share of physical capital in China’s output was found to be 0.23 and the provinces were found to converge at a rate …
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An examination of the post- second world war relative decline of UK manufacturing 1945-1975, viewed through the lens of the Birmingham Small Arms Company Ltd
This is a study of the decline and collapse, in 1973, of the Birmingham Small Arms Company Ltd, primarily a motorcycle manufacturing company and pre-WW2 world market-leader. The study also integrates and extends several earlier investigations into the collapse that concentrated on events in the …
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Decadent Sociability and Material Culture at the Fin de Siècle: 'A Genius for Friendship'
… relationship that emerged between sociability and material culture at the fin de siècle. Its focus on the mechanisms of sociability and on materiality situates decadent interactions within the physical world. Rather than treating the decadents as isolated individualists who rejected …
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Military expenditure and economic development, the case of Greece: 1952-1987
… period, Greece has allocated between five and six per cent of her annual Gross Domestic Product to defence. On many occasions she had the highest defence burden in NATO and Europe. There is evidence that the level, form and content of this defence expenditure have been determined by a …
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The role of monetary policy in a developing country: the case of Greece, 1950-1970
… between the various monetary variables and their interaction with the real sector is considered in detail in order to provide the necessary analytical basis for evaluating the monetary policy pursued over the twenty year period. It is argued that the problems faced by a country such as …
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An examination of factors influencing the formation of the consideration set and consumer purchase intention in the context of non-deceptive counterfeiting
… purchase behaviour remain unclear. On the other hand, the study of determinants of the consideration set has recently become attractive to researchers due to its importance in relation to the study of consumer choice processes. Nevertheless, few researchers have examined the influence of consumer …
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