Introduction: Lithuania (along with the other Baltics) is the success story of EU structural fund absorption. Bulgaria (along with Romania) is the worst performer. Lithuania has contracted projects for 87% (€6.4 billion) of available funds as of November 2012 and paid out 54% (€4 billion) to beneficiaries. Bulgaria absorbed only €2 billion of an available €9.5 billion between 2007 and 2011. Key factors affecting absorption capacity of structural funds: 1. Use of pre-accession funds 2. Political
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is known as modernization. The conformity of modernization is encouraged by industrial capitalist societies and the societies who choose to follow their own traditional roots are looked down upon as they are viewed to be more primitive. Modernization consists of four sub processes: technological development‚ agricultural development‚ industrialization‚ and urbanization (360). The outcome of modernization can be positive‚ but it can also produce negative results. In the past modernization has destroyed
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Discussion of modernisation and dependency theorypdf_ico This essay shall discuss two theories of development – modernisation and dependency theory (MT and DT). In this limited space‚ I shall narrow my analysis down to two of the staunchest representatives of each camp: Walt W. Rostow and André G. Frank. Also‚ because it is impossible to discuss their broad publications‚ I shall subject only the very core of their theories to scrutiny here. After (1) a quest for the shared assumptions of both
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RICARDO SEMLER AND SEMCO S.A. * Mr. Ricardo Semler‚ One of the youngest ever MBA graduate from Harvard took control of his parental business at the age of 24. * He renamed the company SEMCO‚ implemented the aggressive product diversification strategy and consequently within 6 years SEMCO transformed to $100 million Company from $35 million. * Right from the first day he was focussed to diversification as his belief was that diversification in other product line can save the future
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Practice Problems on Production Function and Labor Market 1- What is a production function? What are some factors that can cause a nation’s production function to shift over time? What do you have to know besides an economy’s production function to know how much output the economy can produce? A production function shows how much output can be produced with a given amount of capital and labor. The production function can shift due to supply shocks‚ which affect overall productivity. Examples
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with someone or a group of people. It explores the idea of being human means to have good or bad relationships in the context of Romance and Relationships. This piece is designed to explore and explain and after reading it‚ the audience should understand that humans are made and born to have relationships‚ be those good or bad. This idea connects with “Romeo and Juliet” because throughout the play‚ many good and bad relationships have been explored by Shakespeare. As humans‚ we are able to have relationships;
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When Bad Things Happen to Good People When someone does something good‚ great‚ amazing; however it is said‚ a reward is expected. That’s just the way the human brain has been trained in many cultures. People think just that with every good deed that is done. Movies have taught us that the “bad guy” never wins and that a hero will always triumph in the end. Not so much in the real world. Religious views‚ daily decisions‚ and just pure coincidence‚ if you will‚ all influence the outcome of a good
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Fibromyalgia Good Days vs. Bad Days Michele Gay National American University January 11‚ 2012 Abstract Fibromyalgia is a chronic pain disease that has “good” no pain days and “bad” excruciatingly painful days. The differences in the days are extreme. A good day is also a mentally bad day‚ knowing that the pain can come back at anytime‚ while an extremely painful day could be mentally a good day because the pain has to go away sometime. Fibromyalgia has many symptoms and there is not
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Why good people do bad things? “Doing bad is easy but doing well is not”. Yes‚ that saying is the most concrete explanation why good people do bad things. Good people do bad things with good intentions. We‚ humans‚ are all sinful by nature. No one of us can behave perfectly and sinless. But we have the capacity to avoid temptations and to distinguish what’s right from wrong. Good intentions cause most of the world’s great evils. There are many things that happened in the past that can construe
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relationship and installed new ideologies in the place of traditional ones. M.N. Srinivas‚ however‚ criticises the concept of Modernisation‚ according to him‚ it is a value- loaded term. He says that ”Modernisation is normally used in the sense that it is good. He‚ therefore‚ prefer to use the term “Westernisation” which characterises the changes brought about in Indian society and culture as a result of over 150 years of British rule”. Yogendra Singh‚ on the other hand‚ defends the concept of modernisation
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