the world’s second-largest economy gained traction. The Commerce Ministry said on Tuesday that China drew $97 billion in foreign direct investment between January and October‚ with October’s inflow up 1.2 percent on year earlier at $8.4 billion. FDI from the top 10 Asian economies‚ including Hong Kong‚ Japan and Singapore‚ rose 7.2 per cent to $83.6 billion for the ten months. "We can see that foreign investment from Asian countries‚ the European Union and the US all kept relatively fast growth
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Biological Explanations of Criminal Behavior Nature and nurture contribute to the way a person behaves. This can be applied to the behaviors of criminals. According to Fishbein (1990‚ pg.37)‚ “behavior [is] primarily attributed to inherited predispositions and genetic influences.” Nurture is the environmental influence that shape human behavior (Fishbein‚ 1990‚ pg.37). Human genetics and environmental factors contribute to the uniqueness to a person’s behavior. However‚ there are underlying
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Running head: Cemex’s Foreign Direct Investment Cemex Foreign Direct Investment Jeff Panian Davenport University Abstract Cemex is one of the fastest growing cement manufacturers in the world. Starting out more than a decade ago Cemex‚ “has transformed itself from a primarily Mexican operation into the third-largest cement company in the world” (Hill‚ 2008). The success of Cemex has been attributed to its skills in customer service‚ marketing‚ information technology
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Ireland’s Tiger Economy was not driven by the FDI Summary: The unprecedented revival of the economy in Ireland between 1990 and 2000 has raised a hot debate around the world centers on whether the boom of the economy is mainly driven by the FDI and whether the growth can be sustained by this government policy. Although most of people contributed the success to the FDI I strongly believe that the Celtic Tiger is not due to the FDI and in fact the policy will not help sustain the growth of Ireland’s
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Article Critique Instructions: 1. Using this template‚ complete your article critique and submit this document to Blackboard. 2. Summary must include all five criteria: a. Introduction and rationale for the research b. Major strengths/weaknesses in the article. c. Summary of research outcome. d. Two methods of applying this research to practice. e. Conclusion 3. To begin your summary on the next page of this template insert a page break. 4. Use APA formatting.
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Brief review and explanation of Effort Justification Effort Justification is a theory of social psychology stemming from Festinger ’s (1957) theory of Cognitive Dissonance. Effort justification theory states that people have tendency to attribute a greater value to an outcome they had to put effort into obtaining. Cognitive Dissonance theory attempts to explain people ’s change of attitudes or beliefs when they face a dissonance between contradicting cognitions. Effort Justification theory is only
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THE EFFECTS OF FDI INFLOWS ON HOST COUNTRY ECONOMIC GROWTH Abstract: Numerous researchers have investigated the impact of FDI on economic growth. Unfortunately‚ the empirical literature has produced conflicting conclusions. Specifically‚ this paper assesses whether the FDI impact on economic activities in the host countries. This study by using a panel data for 94 countries over the 1991–2010 period‚ shows that there is not a strong complementary connection between FDI and economic
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Discuss Psychological Explanations of Schizophrenia [8+16] AO1: The cognitive approach acknowledges the role of biological factors. Frith 92 found a disconnection between frontal areas of the brain concerned with action and the posterior areas of the brain that control perception‚ explaining auditory hallucinations. This causes a split from reality where sz are unable to distinguish between actions brought by external forces and those generated internally this then causes the positive symptoms of
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From there‚ we will identify the principles of non-verbal communication. These principles explain the effects of what non-verbal communication really is. Next‚ a description of the different types of non-verbal communication will be presented along with an explanation of their meaning. Furthermore‚ we will identify how different cultures use non-verbal communication around the world. The conclusion will involve a summary of
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prosecution and often prison‚ yet tax fraudsters who are usually wealthy and powerful individuals rather than ordinary taxpayers‚ rarely get taken to court. Croall defines white-collar crime as crime committed in the course of legitimate employment‚ which involves the abuse of an occupational role. Croall suggests that this kind of crime is mainly committed by the ruling class who are rich and have an elite socio-economic status. Reiman argues that the more likely a crime is to be committed by upper-class
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