Foreign Direct Investment in Services and Manufacturing Productivity: Evidence for Chile Ana M. Fernandes a The World Bank Caroline Paunov b OECD March 2011 Journal of Development Economics forthcoming Abstract This paper examines the impact of substantial foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows in producer service sectors on the total factor productivity (TFP) of Chilean manufacturing firms. Positive effects are obtained in firm fixed effects instrumental variables regressions and show
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As a child protective services worker‚ when interacting with a hostile‚ resistant or non -voluntary client‚ I would use several techniques to build rapport and engage the client in working with the agency. Being a social worker for the last ten years‚ and having four years of direct experience in child protect services‚ I have come across many reluctant clients. I learned very quickly that rapport is the foundation to any service provider in the social work field. Upon a first visit with a client
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DIRECT AND INDIRECT In this section‚ We are going to see How the conversion of Direct to Indirect Speech and Indirect to Direct Speech is done? We may report the words of a speaker in two ways. 1. Direct Speech We may quote the actual words of the speaker as it is. This method is called Direct Speech. 2. Indirect Speech We may report what he said without quoting his exact words. This method is called Indirect Speech or Reported Speech. Example: • Direct: Clinton said‚ “I am very busy now
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(units) Selling Price per Unit Direct Materials Direct Labor Debbie 50‚000 $13.50 $4.30 $3.20 Trish 42‚000 $5.50 $1.10 $2.00 Sarah 35‚000 $21.00 $6.44 $5.60 Mike 40‚000 $10.00 $2.00 $4.00 Sewing kit 325‚000 $8.00 $3.20 $1.60 The following additional information is available: a. The company’s plant has a capacity of 130‚000 direct labor-hours per year on a single-shift basis. The company’s present employees and equipment can produce all five products. b. The direct labor rate of $8 per hour
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The Duties and Responsibilities of a Service Crew in any Food Chain are as follows: Responsible for providing courteous and efficient food and beverage services to the guests. To present menu‚ take order‚ suggest and recommend appropriately. To attend and respond to guests’ needs promptly and professionally. To present bills to diners‚ collect payment and give to the cashier‚ return change or credit card to diners. To perform general housekeeping and cleaning duties‚ including sweeping
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THE DIRECT METHOD Nowadays there are many options to learn a language; some schools have the best methods for reaching that goal but only some of them truly apply them. The possibility to learn a language involves some factors that are pointed directly to teachers. For this reason‚ different methods have been appearing through time. As it is mentioned in previous essays‚ the methods have changed for different reasons; one of them is because of the need to improve the complete skills of the student
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-This video displayed how direct instruction is used in learning tasks like reading‚ pronunciation‚ and spelling. When the teacher asked the students to perform a task they could only participate when the teacher tapped on the desk. Students are only allowed to express what they know only when they are instructed to. When the students performed the task correctly‚ they were rewarded a point on the board. When they performed out of direct instruction‚ they earned a negative point. The teachers felt
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normal course of business. Accounting rules allow companies to report their cash flow statement using the direct or indirect method‚ and both methods report net cash flow from operating activities. Direct/Indirect Cash Flow The main difference between the direct method and the indirect method involves the cash flows from operating activities‚ the first section of the statement of cash flows. Direct Method‚ the cash flows from operating activities will include the amounts (cash from customers‚ and cash
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Receipts/Invoices/Order Forms These documents give Citibank the following information of customer buying behaviour: date of last purchase‚ dates of all purchases over a period of time‚ the amount of money spent. They can also determine what products/services were purchased by the customer. Surveys For example‚ they can call customers and administer full questionnaires of 10 questions to gather complete information about them. This would be a very costly way to collect data - especially for a large
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researcher‚ when it serves a formulated research purpose‚ is systematically planned and recorded and is subjected to checks and controls on validity and reliability. Under the observation method‚ the information is sought by way of investigator’s own direct observation without asking from the respondent (Mason 84). . Why choose observation?1.1 Observation can allow researchers to understand much more about what goes on in complex real -world situations than they can ever discover simply by asking
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