The Cold War: A Very Short Introduction ‘McMahon has produced a commanding short narrative of a vital period in recent world history. Clear‚ concise‚ and compelling‚ The Cold War is a superb primer on the subject.’ Fredrik Logevall‚ University of California‚ Santa Barbara Very Short Introductions are for anyone wanting a stimulating and accessible way in to a new subject. They are written by experts‚ and have been published in more than 25 languages worldwide. The series began in 1995
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Discussion Paper No. 10-093 Maintaining (Locus of) Control? Assessing the Impact of Locus of Control on Education Decisions and Wages Rémi Piatek and Pia Pinger Electronic copy available at: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1739746 Non-technical summary This paper investigates the impact of an individual’s level of locus of control‚ a concept commonly used in social psychology (Rotter‚ 1966)‚ on educational choices and wages. We establish that more internal individuals‚ i.e.‚ who believe that
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The Human Rights of Children Born of War: Case Analyses of Past and Present Conflicts Ingvill C. Mochmann & Sabine Lee Abstract: »Menschenrechte der Kinder des Krieges: Fallstudien vergangener und gegenwärtiger Konflikte«. This paper addresses the human rights of ‘children born of war’ as measured against the standards formulated in the Convention of the Right of the Child. Taking five 20th century cases studies which cover different conflict and post-conflict situations in diverse geographical
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Employee Attrition and Retention: Exploring the Dimensions in the urban centric BPO Industry Synopsis of the thesis to be submitted in fulfillment of the requirement for the Degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY in MANAGEMENT By Santoshi Sen Gupta Enrollment No: 064009502 Under the guidance of Dr. Aayushi Gupta JAYPEE INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY‚ NOIDA A-10‚ SECTOR 62‚ NOIDA‚ INDIA TABLE OF CONTENTS S. No. 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.2.1 2.2.2 2.2.3 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 3.0 4.
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4 MANAGEMENT DECISION 32‚2 Has today’s dominant marketing mix paradigm become a strait-jacket? A relationship building and management approach may be the answer. From Marketing Mix to Relationship Marketing: Towards a Paradigm Shift in Marketing Christian Grönroos Management Decision‚ Vol. 32 No. 2‚ 1994‚ pp. 4-20 © MCB University Press Limited‚ 0025-1747 The marketing mix management paradigm has dominated marketing thought‚ research and practice since it was introduced
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CREDIT RISK MANAGEMENT AND PROFITABILITY OF COMMERCIAL BANKS IN KENYA BY ANGELA M. KITHINJI SCHOOL OF BUSINESS‚ UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI‚ NAIROBI – KENYA. akithinji@yahoo.com or akithinji@uonbi.ac.ke OCTOBER‚ 2010 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.0 INTRODUCTION....................................................................................................................1 1.1 Background ....................................................................................................................
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INVESTMENT AVENUES 1.1 INTRODUCTION TO INVESTMENT The money one earns is partly spent and the rest is saved for meeting future expenses‚ instead of keeping savings idle one may like to use savings in order to get returns on it in the future‚ this is called as investment. In an economic sense‚ an investment is the purchase of goods that are not consumed today but are used in the future to create wealth. In finance‚ an investment is a monetary asset purchased with the idea that the asset will provide
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The Authority on World Travel & Tourism Travel & Tourism 2011 Travel & Tourism 2011 Foreword Chapter 1: why Travel & Tourism? Chapter 2: A decade of Challenge and Change Chapter 3: 2011; A Mixed Picture Chapter 4: The Next Ten Years Chapter 5: Making it Happen © Copyright World Travel & Tourism Council 2011 USE OF MATERIAL IS AUTHORISED‚ PROVIDED SOURCE IS ACKNOWLEDGED Foreword Travel & Tourism is a truly global economic activity – one which takes place in destinations across the
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Vol. 3‚ No. 1 Journal of Politics and Law Employees’ Rights under the Malaysian Social Security Organisation Rooshida Merican Binti Abdul Rahim Merican Faculty of Law Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 43600 UKM Bangi‚ Selangor Darul Ehsan‚ Malaysia Tel: 60-3-8921-6375 Fax: 60-3-89253217 E-mail: rooshida@ukm.my Abstract This article discusses on the remedies available to the injured employees under the Employees’ Social Security Act 1969 (ESSA 1969) (Note 1). Remedies are the means
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Social Politics 2012 Volume 19 Number 3 S I L K E STA A B Maternalism‚ MaleBreadwinner Bias‚ and Market Reform: Historical Legacies and Current Reforms in Chilean Social Policy Downloaded from http://sp.oxfordjournals.org/ at University of Madras on December 21‚ 2012 Abstract Through an analysis of recent reforms in three policy areas in Chile—pensions‚ childcare services‚ and maternity/parental leave—the paper seeks to explore how equity-oriented reforms deal with the triple legacy
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