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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"State entities"”.
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Unassisted Humans Infer Personal Traits from Facebook Group Memberships: An Empirical Study with Implications for Employers and State Entities
… is growing more popular. The United States State Department now requires all non-immigrant and immigrant visa applications to supply OSN profile identifiers operated by applicants on various platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter (referred to as the “social media …
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Confidentiality and third party participation in international investor-state arbitration
… and trade disputes. The participation of States, State entities, sub-divisions and agencies in international disputes shifts the emphasis from privacy and confidentiality to transparency and accountability. This study analyses the role of confidentiality in investor-State arbitration, …
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Tencent as a nexus: the political economy of China’s internet industry
… units of capital—domestic and transnational—and state entities. In doing so, the study contributes to three areas of knowledge: the political-economy theory of the Internet, the specific dynamics of China’s Internet industry and its interaction with transnational digital capitalism, and the …
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Transformation of Rebel Movements into Political Parties in Transitions from Civil Conflict: A Study of Rebels' Decision-Making amid Violence in El Salvador and Zimbabwe
<p>Efforts to understand modern intrastate conflict require examination of the varied interactions between states and non–state entities battling for control of government. A growing number of civil wars and separatist conflicts, particularly following the end of the Cold War, have been resolved …
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The state as a shareholder in cases of reflective loss deriving from commercial activities in international investment arbitration
… to provide an overview of the legal position of state shareholders in International Investment Arbitration in case of shareholders' claims for reflective loss deriving from commercial investments. The reflective loss principle refers to direct claims brought by shareholders who have suffered a …
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Definition, Regulation, and Licensure of Paralegals in the United States
… licensure, control, and regulation in the United States. Drawing upon social theories of the emergence of professions and the concept of degree of professionalization, the author discusses how the organization of occupations into the modern professions has directly influenced governmental …
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Transitional housing as an inclusionary planning intervention: The pickwick transitional housing project
… explores if and how transitional housing, as a state intervention, enhance the inclusion of disenfranchised residents in well-located neighbourhoods. The City has often been criticised for relocating evictees to its Temporary Relocation Areas (TRAs) on the urban edge, away from the city centres …
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"Soft power efforts, hard power gains" : India's economic diplomacy towards Africa using Nigeria and Kenya as examples
… are measured through the contribution of both state activities by the Ministry of External Affairs, and non-state entities such as business organisations and the diaspora. These benefits are measured in the study through trade flows and foreign direct investment data. The discussion makes the …
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Modelling targeted procurement strategies and relationship quality criteria influencing the development of small contractors in South Africa
… from this study is the need for policymakers, state entities, and public-sector client departments to recognise their role in shaping construction supply chains. They should encourage the design and implementation of strategies and policies that enable adequate relationship management to be …
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A Historical Institutionalist Analysis of the Evolution of South Africa's Municipal Electricity Sector within the Broader Electricity Supply Industry
… have had a disproportional impact on state entities, requires closer scrutiny. For this, a detailed conceptual framework is employed to disentangle the complex relationship that has developed between the three tiers of government and their respective interacting powers. Ultimately, in …
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Cartographies of Black Diaspora and Foster Care Diaspora: Arguments Toward Abolition in the Aftermath of<em> Partus Sequitur Ventrem</em>
… they are trauma inducing and grief producing state apparatuses that cyclically act to destabilize Black and “Other” subaltern populations from one generation to the next. Global foster care and adoption systems have become as common sensical as enslavement and chattel slavery all were as these …
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Mammal Distributions and Habitat Models for South Dakota
… to form a comprehensive view of the United States' biodiversity using geographical information systems (GIS), current biological information, and predictive habitat modeling. In this program, predicted habitat for each species is compared to protection offered from public lands, identifying …
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Balance en la innovación de TIC de productos y servicios de entidades públicas entre Colombia y España
En este documento se presenta el proyecto de grado titulado “Balance en la innovación de TIC de productos y servicios de entidades públicas entre Colombia y España”, en el cual se realiza la evaluación del índice de innovación global para los dos países, desde el punto de vista de sus insumos y en …