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Showing 1 to 20 of 112 for “"carve"”.
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Essays in Corporate Governance: Issues and Evidence from Equity Carve-Outs
… documented long-term underperformance in equity carve-outs can be partly explained by weak corporate governance. The first essay presented in Chapter 2 explores the effect of shareholder-rights protection on the performance of a sample of firms that initiated a carve-out during the period …
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Corporate restructuring : an analysis of spin-offs, sell-offs and equity carve-outs
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, February 1999.
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Carve That Opossum and Plucky, Ducky Underwear: A Narrative Inquiry of Laughter in a Preschool Classroom
This thesis is a narrative inquiry of laughter in a University Lab School preschool classroom that describes the many situations in which children laugh as well as laughter's importance for the children, for me, and for all of us as a whole within the context of our classroom. To date, there is a …
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An Investigation of Overreaction via Implied Volatility and a Comparison between Tracking Stocks and Carve-Outs as a Restructuring Choice
… the firms' restructuring choice between minority carve-outs and tracking stocks using samples during 1990-2001. The extra compensation from the restructured units, the liquidity conditions, and the preservation of synergy are the significant factors determining a firm's restructuring decision. …
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TAX DISPUTES IN INVESTOR-STATE ARBITRATION
… jurisprudence. Apart from the nature of tax, tax carve outs are another important factor that distinguish tax- related investment disputes from other investment disputes. I show that tax carve outs are included in IIAs in order to prevent overlap with tax treaties. Tax carve outs determine the …
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Motherhood Moments: Creating New Aesthetic Space
Motherhood is mayhem. Since becoming a mother, I carve out space and time for short creation bursts. I observe my children’s lack of inhibitions and carefree use of materials and incorporate their habits into my work. Art routines are a way to create in my messy maternal life. This thesis examines: …
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Board structure and market reaction to corporate divestiture decisions
… decisions characterized by spin-offs and equity carve-outs. It further moves to analyze the determinants of such reaction by focusing on firm specific variables, as well as those characterized by the board structure of the divested firm. To our knowledge, this latter aspect of divestiture …
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Divestiture governance modes and innovation outcomes
… governance modes, corporate spin-offs and equity carve-outs, that provide a suitable context for the comparison of different levels of post-divestiture unit autonomy. The core theoretical insight from comparing these two divestiture governance modes is that the parent company’s decision rights and …
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Corrupted MP4 carving using MP4-karver
… Smart Carving and Frame Based Carving attempt to carve the videos files, but some of the carved videos files are usually corrupted or damaged and not playable. However, there is still room for improvement in repair corrupted MP4 videos to make it playable. In this research, MP4-Karver tool is …
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(RE)visualization : a pedagogical journey through black and white photography
… losing my sight and photography as a vehicle to carve out an artistic and a personal identity. This thesis discusses and converges the above. This is done through incorporating two distinct voices, a documentary voice (academic) which is interwoven with a personal poetic voice (phenomenological)
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Between the Cracks: From Squatting to Tactical Media Art in the Netherlands, 1979–1993
… active in the squatters’ movement sought to carve out new spaces in the fabric of the city, guided by anarchist politics and a desire for autonomy. These cracks, or temporary autonomous zones, in the established order created a model of resistance that artists carried over into other fields …
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Class Formation in High-Tech Information and Communications as an Aspect of China's Reintegration Into Transnational Capitalism
… strategic industry in their state-led effort to carve out a stronger position in the global economy. This dissertation situates China's ICT development in terms of the interplay between these broad transnational trends and domestic policies and institutional arrangements. This dissertation …
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The development of a program for the establishment of more profitable farm flocks in Grassy Creek Community
… in his trained right arm) will skillfully carve his path toward achievement in the realm of service to the American farmer.
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Pandemonium: An essay on predation and modernity
… attempts to divert communication flow, and so to carve out a space of freedom, must be aimed at the level of communication infrastructure, and at the processes by which this infrastructure determines the shape of our social worlds.
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Prepared for a world that no longer exists : white Afrikaner males revise identity for a transformed world
… often bewildering challenges as they struggle to carve out an appropriate space for themselves in the new political ethos of non-racialism and equality for all. This study examines how a particular group of white Afrikaner men between the ages of 28-42 in the town of Stellenbosch in the Western …
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The Touching Rooms
… art, books and conversations, spark memory and carve portals for connection and healing. There is no real closure, we simply grow new chambers in the heart to carry grief with us in meaningful ways.</p>
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Matters of Measurement: Investigating the Universal Welfare State
… choices. The findings of this study not only carve new paths in the field of comparative welfare state literature but also set the stage for future research agendas. This work is a critical step towards more fully comprehending the intricacies of the welfare state debate, alongside the …
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Volatile Memory Message Carving: A "per process basis" Approach
… runtime memory of the MotoBlur application, then carve and reconstruct both deleted and undeleted messages (emails and chat messages). An experimental study covering two Android phones is also presented.</p>
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Latino Migrant Labor Strife and Solidarity in Post-Katrina New Orleans, 2005-2007
… and federal government policies and sought to carve out an alternative rebuilding model that respected immigrant labor rights.
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The politics of gamers: identity and masculinity in the age of digital media
… strategic alliances with game producers to carve out spaces of their own on the masculinized virtual frontier. As gaming becomes embedded within in mainstream culture, the gendered system of self-representation enacted by gamers will shape popular ideas about what kinds of bodies are thought …
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