TOWARD AN ECLECTIC THEORY OF INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTION: SOME EMPIRICAL TESTS JOHN H. DUNNING ’ University of Reading I Abstract. This paper first sets out the main features of the eclectic theory of international production and then seeks to evaluate its significance of ownership- and location-specific variables in explaining the industrial pattern and geographical distribution of the sales of U S . affiliates in fourteen manufacturing industries in seven countries in 1970. e lr !. V
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In-Work Bene…ts and the Nordic Model Ann-So…e Kolmyand Mirco Toninz December 14‚ 2012 Abstract Welfare bene…ts in the Nordic countries are often tied to employment. We argue that this is one of the factors behind the success of the Nordic model‚ where a comprehensive welfare state is associated with high employment. In a general equilibrium setting‚ the underlining mechanism works through wage moderation and job creation. The bene…ts make it more important to hold a job‚ thus lower wages will
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Ashford University Art and Human Development For as long as I can remember‚ art has been a part of my life. Growing up‚ I noticed that art is a part of everyone’s life. Humans use art in so many different ways. Art is used to communicate‚ to conflict‚ to reflect‚ to learn‚ and to describe. There are many different forms of art that humans have created. Painting‚ drawing‚ and sculpting are the basic forms of art‚ but other categories include poetry‚ literature‚ film making
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SCHIP (State Children’s Health Insurance Program) Abstract The Balance Budget Act of 1997 created the Children’s Health Care Program (SCHIP). This program is also known as the State Children’s Health Insurance Program. Over 10 years‚ the program allocated around $20 billion for assisting low-income children who were ineligible for Medicaid and could not afford private insurance. The program was enacted by Title XXI of the Social Security Act. SCHIP was developed in order to make coverage
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Health Care and Patient Protection Affordable Care Act Abstract Health care administration concentrates on quality care‚ leadership skills and management services to assist the patients with proper treatment associated with one ’s illness. An important health related law that passed in 2010 by the Obama care legislation is the Patient Protection Affordability Care Act. The PPACA law has implemented guidelines to improve the health care quality to the next level. President Obama constructed
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Noncommissioned Officers History Army I. Introduction. A. Good morning‚ I’m MSG Michael Dobbs‚ Thank you for being here COL … and CSM… B. This is a unclassified NCO History presentation. C. I will be covering the NCO’s of 1865 to 1925. We will be looking at how they trained what weapons they used‚ the discipline they adhered into their soldiers and the hero’s that were made. D. References used: The Story of the Noncommissioned Officer Corps‚ Center of Military History‚ United
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aMFE Reference Nobody22 May 11‚ 2010 Variables S = Stock price F = Forward price K = Strike price C = Call option P = Put option r = Continuous risk-free interest rate δ = Continuous dividend rate t = Time σ = Volatility (Normal distribution) ∆ = Shares of stock to replicate option B = Amount to borrow to replicate option p∗ = % Chance stock will increase (using r) p = % Chance stock will increase (using α) q = % Chance stock will decrease u = Ratio increase in the price d = Ratio decrease
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Finance) – Year III ------------------------------------------------- Ratio Analysis Report ------------------------------------------------- Student: Kevin Galea 205891 (M) ------------------------------------------------- Lecturer: Dr. Emanuel Camilleri Introduction The purpose of the following report is to aid Build-It Ltd in planning the direction that the company may want to go over the next few years. The report entails a financial analysis which will give the directors an understanding
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In the mid 1800’s the US was in a state of rapid expansion westward. There was territory that had not been developed in the western United States‚ and as the population grew in the United States‚ people wanted to move to where they could own land. The expansion of the railroads‚ including railroads that spanned the entire United States‚ helped accelerate this movement. However‚ there were also multiple Native American tribes that had territory out west. As the population expanded westward‚ the Native
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Animals as ambassadors: An essay in Afro-Asian history By: Richard Pankhurst If you by any chance have ever been to Djibouti seen and the huge numbers of Ethiopian cattle and other animals herded on to ships for export‚ do not be surprised. Over the centuries and further back in time this land of bountiful and richly diverse flora and fauna by way of trade and diplomacy‚ has amazed far off lands with fabulous creatures from exotic Abysiniya. A few species did mange to enter Ethiopia – including
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