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Showing 1 to 20 of 113 for “"One Country"”.
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The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region: Making "One Country, Two Systems" Work
… examines how the unprecedented principle, "one country, two systems," can best work in Hong Kong. Because of the political, economic, legal, historical and cultural differences between Hong Kong and China, China pledges to let Hong Kong maintain its capitalist system and way of life. The …
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Covert resistance : an Embodiment of the "One Country. Two Systems" Principle in Hong Kong
… in changing society? Is architecture the passive one or the aggressive one? Can architecture resists an authoritarian regime? This thesis inquires into the role of architecture and its potential influence in a politically unstable environment. In the context of Hong Kong, fierce conflicts arose …
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Hong Kong's Transformative Journey Under 'One Country, Two Systems': Processes, Trends and Reflections at the Midpoint
… constitutional experiment under the 'One Country, Two Systems' principle. In the twenty-six years since Hong Kong's return to China, the region has achieved remarkable success within this unique political framework. From the 1960s through today, Hong Kong has transformed into one of …
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Transnational Migration: A Study of Ghanaian Immigrant Entrepreneurs’ Socio-economic Activities in the Canadian Prairies
… that enables immigrants to live in more than one country simultaneously. The simultaneous living of immigrants in more than one country takes place in two ways - physical and emotional (where immigrants forge and sustain various transnational social and economic relations between their …
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The United States Army Dependents Schools in Germany
Never before in the history of the world has one country spent so much time and money in an attempt to educate all of its citizens. The United. States government realizes that the service personnel work better and are happier if their families can be with them. The men that make the laws also know …
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Assessing investment rationale : the case of Anglo American Corporation in Latin America
… in Latin America and how it went about choosing one country over another. It is an historical, ideographic study that explores the role of personalities, institutional, political and corporate culture and wider national and regional political criteria in Anglo’s investment decision process.
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Universal mobile telephone standard (UMTS) licensing : recent European experience and the South African case by Nicolas Theopold.
… industry was long regarded to be one of "natural monopoly". Technological development has, however, changed the situation in the industry fundamentally: with the introduction of digital wireless telephony (also called "GSM " or "second generation (2G)), competition could …
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An analysis and criticism of the English series of the South African "individual intelligence scale" (Provisional Tests-1925)
… African schools, since no set of tests from any one country can be adequately adopted in any other country in view of the vast differences existing in racial and climatic conditions.
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Perceptions among accountants, auditors and users of IAS in preparing annual accounts: the case of Kuwait
… been transmitted in accounting practices from one country to another, generating a specific international accounting system that exhibits both similarities and differences with local accounting practices. The adoption of IAS to the Kuwaiti environment started in 1990. This puts Kuwait among the …
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The interpretation of the Hong Kong basic law by the National People’s Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC): Will it weaken the judicial independence of the courts of the Hong Kong special administrative region?
… a high degree of autonomy under the model of ‘One Country Two Systems’. This meant that the HKSAR would enjoy executive, legislative and independent judicial power. Since 1997, Hong Kong’s legal system has comprised a mix of its ‘mini-constitution, the Basic Law, and the English common law …
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‘TOWARDS THE IMPROVEMENT OF CHINESE LABOUR LAW: A Comparative Analysis of Chinese and South African Collective Labour Law’
… important question for many countries. China is one country facing this issue. Therefore, the purpose of this dissertation is to explore this question. It will examine the weaknesses existing in current Chinese labour law system through . a comparative analysis with South Africa s labour law …
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Towards the Improvement of Chinese Labour Law - A Comparative Analysis of Chinese and South African Collective Labour Law
… important question for many countries. China is one country facing this issue. Therefore, the purpose of this dissertation is to explore this question. It will examine the weaknesses existing in current Chinese labour law system through a comparative analysis with South Africa's labour law …
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The business case for corporate social responsibility (CSR) is good business: A comparative analysis of CSR practices in the South African and Australian banking sectors
… although they have different designations, with one country as a developing country and the other as a developed country respectively. Both countries were once colonies. Australia was ruled by British and South Africa was ruled by Dutch and British. Both countries' financial sectors are well …
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Economic development, aid and debt crisis in sub-Saharan Africa
… are reliable results, with the exception of one country, Tanzania. (3) There is no evidence from the cross-sectional study of sub-Saharan Africa to support the negative effect. (4) The performance of the lagged form indicated that the lagged function is the correct function for the negative …
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International trade theory: treatment of distribution services
… of distributing economic goods and services from one country to another. This abstraction is generally concretized in the familiar assumptions of factor immobility and negligible transportation costs.</p> <p>Whatever may be the mythodological or analytical merits of such assumptions, it is common …
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Culture Shock and its Effect on English Language Learners
When English language learners (ELLs) move from one country to another, their social, emotional, and psychological well-being is affected in school. Culture shock impedes ELLs’ academic abilities. This problem emerges from the growing number of ELLs in our country today. This number will continue …
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Toby Dick Ellis: Richard Elsenpeter's career in tent repertoire theatre, television, and marionette puppetry
… Elsenpeter spearheaded Possum Holler Opry, a country-music television program that aired for ten years on various local television stations, where he played the host, Toby Dick Ellis. His show was given the Gibson Award, signifying that it was the number-one country-music show in the Midwest. …
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A social networks framework to study the influence of language on international trade in services.
… as a factor that connects countries and allows one country to influence other countries in the network. This thesis constructs a network of countries whose interconnections are the similarities of the languages of the countries. I first estimate the linear effects of eigenvector centrality on …
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Performance and sustainability indicators for Clinical Engineering Services
… not clear and welldefined, as what applies to one country or institution does not necessarily apply to another. Also, a clinical engineering service can range from one isolated but dedicated individual to a fully equipped department with professional and technical/artisan staff, supported by …
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Trade and the environment: A game-theoretic analysis of the linkages.
… relations when pollution generated in one country can cross the border and flow into another country. It also provides a theoretical framework to analyze the political influence of environmental lobbies on environmental policies, environmental damages, and the strategic behavior of …
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