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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"Windows of Opportunity"”.
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Essays On Ipo Cycles And Windows Of Opportunity
<p>The dissertation consists of two chapters regarding private firms financing in the capital market. The first chapter explores the long-term failure rate of private firms that issued initial public offerings (IPOs) in the public capital market. We study busted, or failed, IPOs to examine the …
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State Legislation and Mass Shooting Prevention: A Twenty-Seven Year Study on Extreme Risk Protection Orders and Extreme Risk Protection Order Legislative Bans in the United States
… to pass major legislative change in the wake of major mass shootings, while on the state level, states have had better chances of proposing and passing preventative legislation. Based on this observation, I wanted to study if and when these laws are proposed, passed, or died to understand why …
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From Shocks to Waves: Hegemonic Transitions and Democratization in the Twentieth Century
… argues that sudden shifts in the distribution of power among major states can help explain the wave-like spread of democracy over the past century. These hegemonic shocks lead to bursts of regime change by creating unique incentives and opportunities for domestic reforms, and do so through …
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The Bible and Christian experience in the revival movements of Charles G. Finney and Asahel Nettleton
… examines the reason for the different views of Charles G. Finney and Asahel Nettleton on the New Measures. Chapter 1 addresses the historical background of the research on their different views on the New Measures. Attention is given to the relative importance of the Bible and the role of …
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Implementing technical transitions through schedule-based policy : insights from the Military's Airborne Tactical Network
… Airborne Tactical Network (ATN) is at the onset of a technical transition of their communication hardware and software. While the technical challenges appear to be addressed and agreed upon, the particular challenge lies in navigating the social and organizational challenges of decentralized …
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Implementing an integrated multijurisdictional emergency management system: a case study at the Savannah River Plant
The combination of modern, technological hazards and overlapping government jurisdictions requires coordinated, multijurisdictional emergency management. The Three Mile Island incident clearly demonstrated the impact of technical hazards and the importance of intergovernmental cooperation. A method …
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Tracing the social processes of change : the political economy of Mexico's transformations
… Approach to analyze the broad social processes of change and to deliver a critical account of the contingent contemporary transformations in Mexico. By engaging in an exercise of process-tracing, this thesis aims to examine critically key features of social change, challenging economic …
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Reconciliation and the role of the journalist : Indigenous peoples, truth, stories, and public policy
… policy agenda-setting is discussed in a number of books and papers, and takes up considerable space in the agenda-setting literature. This study examines the role mainstream media played in both shaping and sharing narratives about Indigenous peoples. It looks at the frequency with which the …
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Rethinking the spaces and institutions of flood governance
In 2007 the city of Hull in Yorkshire, England, experienced extremely high levels of rainfall. The city is very low lying, built predominantly on drained land which relies on a pumped drainage system; as a result, the city flooded. There were a number of other incidents of flooding across England …
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Policy coherence between biodiversity conservation, climate change and poverty alleviation in Mexico
In the last decades, the impacts of climate change have affected people, societies, economic sectors and ecosystems in all the continents and oceans. Climate change will make povertyalleviation harder by slowing down economic growth, eroding food security, and increasing and creating poverty traps. …
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Trickster at play: an inquiry into transgression in a colonised world
This is an inquiry about transgression of colonial discourse. My intimate encounter with the ongoing ecological destruction of the world fills me with grief and shapes my perspective. This grief is made invisible in our lives and business through hegemonic discourses that marginalises ecological …
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Explaining Radical Change in Ghanaian Health Care Policy
The existing literature about the causes of welfare state change, including health care reform, emphasizes stability, yet there is evidence of remarkable changes taking place in welfare systems in much of the developing world. This study analyzes health care reform in Ghana, a country which has …
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The aftermarket performance of Chinese a share IPOs
… and the long run returns ( for up to 3 years) of 328 new issues listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange and Shenzhen Stock Exchange from 1 January 1997 to 31 May 1999. The average market-adjusted initial return of our study sample is 135.44 percent, suggesting that the successful application of …
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Life on the Edge: A Study of Young People's Experiences with Weapon Carrying in England
… and in relation to the multiple contexts of their lives. The findings are based on semi-structured interviews conducted with 51 young people in seven alternative education provisions across England. Drawing on their personal and secondary accounts, I examine the way young people begin, …
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Green Urbanism in Contemporary Cities: A Socio-technical Transition Analysis
Green Urbanism evokes a wide range of ideas, images, and perceptions about how cities should be planned, developed, and/or governed to create a balance between human activities and the natural environment. In recent decades, Green Urbanism has attracted considerable research interest; however, …
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THE POLITICS OF LONG-TERM CARE IN SOUTHERN EUROPE: A CROSS-CASE COMPARISON OF SPAIN, ITALY AND PORTUGAL
Long-term care (LTC) has emerged as one of the most politically consequential domains of contemporary European welfare states, positioned at the intersection of social and health policy and shaped by intersecting demographic, epidemiological, and labour market transformations. Yet despite the rapid …
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The Application of a Genetic Algorithm to a Scheduling Problem
Over the past three decades a significant amount of time and effort has been expended in an attempt to optimize complex scheduling problems as a way to reduce costs. These scheduling problems are often difficult to solve because of their combinatorial nature. Many Civil Engineering problems deal …
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An analysis of the utilisation of research information, in policy making and guidelines for the use of magnesium sulphate in the treatment of eclampsia and pre-eclampsia in South Africa
… The literature suggests that although the idea of using evidence to inform policy making has come into favour, actualising this idea in practice is complex. Within the framework of these debates this dissertation focuses on the uptake of findings from research into policy making for the use of …
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A pragmatist context-based assessment of the economic implications of eating patterns in a small sub-Saharan developing economy: Focus on Togo
… costs. Meanwhile, food supply system proficiency requires socially coherent organizational efficiency. Sub-Saharan Africa is widely presented in agro-food economics literature as a cultural block whereas it enfolds context-specific nations with specific biophysical and historical ties. …
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Essays in Energy Economics: A global empirical examination of decarbonization policies and of trade in energy technology materials
… production and use, which constitute two-thirds of the emissions responsible for climate change. Achieving such reductions requires concerted government policy in all countries, with attention to interrelated challenges like inclusive and sustainable growth. Introductory Chapter 1 of this …
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