Journal of Monetary Economics‚ 32: 130. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0304-3932(93)90028-E Ituwe‚ C.E. (2004). Strategic Management: Theory and Practice‚ Lagos: Excel Bookhouse‚ (Chapter 2) Levine‚ R‚ & Zervos‚ S. (1996). Stock Market Development and Long-Run Economic Growth. The World Bank Policy Research Paper 582: 1 -27. Levine‚ R. (1991). Stock Markets‚ Growth‚ and Tax Policy. Journal of Finance‚ 46(4): 1445-1465. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2328866 Mark‚ J.R. (2011). Capital Markets and Financial
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The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner‚ by Alan Sillitoe deals with an athlete facing conformity. Smith‚ Sillitoe’s character is a young "rebel‚" who is in a borstal for stealing money from a neighborhood bakery. Smith is a long-distance runner‚ who runs every morning while in the borstal. The borstal governor keeps on top of Smith to keep running and win the "Borstal Blue Ribbon Prize Cup for Long Distance Cross-Country Running (All England)." Throughout
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Sanoussi Bilal‚ “Trade blocs”‚ in R. Jones ed.‚ Routledge Encyclopedia of International Political Economy‚ Routledge‚ forthcoming (2001). Trade blocs 1.Definition and examples A trade bloc can be defined as a ‘preferential trade agreement’ (PTA) between a subset of countries‚ designed to significantly reduce or remove trade barriers within member countries. When a trade bloc comprises neighbouring or geographically close countries‚ it is referred to as a ‘regional trade (or integration) agreement’
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Many elephants are dying because of the ivory trade. The ivory trade is a trade for elephant tusk. The ivory trade takes place in Africa. Most of the ivory is hunted for illegally and is mostly by poachers. Poachers are people who hunt illegally‚ and don’t have a license from the government. However‚ most poachers aren’t using the ivory the Chinese are. Three fourths of all ivory hunted is bought by the Chinese. Ivory is used to make many objects like rings‚ jewelry‚ chopsticks and other objects
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Importance of Distance Education in India Asif Ahmed After independence‚ India had made tremendous progress in the field of education‚ though mostly quantitative in nature. Earlier‚ education was available only to the elites in society‚ and a large majority of poor and marginalized people remained illiterate. Political considerations have an important role in the expansion of higher education‚ especially at the
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Student Motivation for Learning at a Distance: Does Interaction Matter? Kathleen D. Kelsey‚ Ph.D. Assistant Professor Oklahoma State University 466 Agricultural Hall Stillwater‚ OK 74078 kelseyk@okstate.edu Alan D ’souza‚ Ph.D. Director of Research and Development for TRiO Programs Wichita State University 105 Grace Wilkie Hall Wichita‚ KS 67260-0008 dsouzaalan@yahoo.com Acknowledgement: This research was paid for by the Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment Station through HATCH funds. Abstract The
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EFFECTS OF DISTANCE ON TEAM DYNAMICS AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION Conflict: is conflict good‚ bad‚ or ugly? Conflict itself is none of these. Conflict can make a team successful or conflict can make a team fail. The good‚ bad‚ or ugly is the direct result of how people working in a team handle the conflict. Managing the conflict can be as challenging for a team as the work the team is trying to complete. A Team by definition is "A team is a formal work group consisting of people who work together
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Study Skills for Distance Learning Theme A Activity 1 Personal SWOT Analysis Strengths | Weaknesses | EnthusiasticConfidentFocusedResourcefulFlexibilityResolute Knowledge gained during 27 years employment in a multi discipline engineering environment. | Motivation to study after full working day.Time management at home.Studying in Isolation. | Opportunities | Threats | Work a nine day forthright (week one five days‚ week two four days).Home from work at approximately 1715.Holiday periods
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"What Every Student Should Know About Online Learning." Illinois Online Network. Web. 02 Apr. 2010. The author--John E. Reid‚ Jr.--clearly writes in favor of Distance Education‚ or as he calls it‚ Computer Mediated Distance Education. He argues that for adult learners‚ the conveniency of being able to take classes‚ and then work the material‚ watch lectures‚ at their own preferable time. Reid claims that the traditional system of education is well on the verge of being swept away by online learning
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agricultural trade and investment have increasingly become of particular interest for both researchers and policy makers as it provides a door way for serious macroeconomic stability issues. Uncertainty in the commodity export trade has also been linked with exchange rate and price fluctuations. Exchange rate volatility is unsystematic movement of domestic currency in terms of foreign ones. Exchange rate volatility brings about risks and uncertainty in international trade and thus discourages trade (IMF
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