Study on the Contribution of Multilingualism to Creativity Executive Summary Public Services Contract n° EACEA/2007/3995/2 16 July 2009 Europublic sca/cva Avenue Emile De Mot 8‚ box 4 1000 Brussels www.europublic.com The views expressed in this work are those of the contributors and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Commission. This study has been commissioned by the European Commission‚ Directorate General Education and Culture. ©European Commission Table of Contents:
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The Effect Of Bank Consolidation On The Performance Of Banks In Nigeria Edit Article ------------------------------------------------- Top of Form Bottom of FormCHAPTER ONE 1.0 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The recapitalization and consolidation exercise in the banking industry by the former Central Bank of Nigeria Governor‚ Professor Charles Soludo has necessitated the need for different organization to engage in corporate Consolidation (mergers and acquisition). The concept of recapitalization
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called time-based competition‚ has become a characteristic feature of modern manufacturing and new product development in automotive‚ aerospace‚ and other industries. This paper discusses the concept of time-based competition in manufacturing and design based on a review of on-going research related to stream-of-variation (SOVA or SoV) methodology. The SOVA methodology focuses on the development of modeling‚ analysis‚ and control of dimensional variation in complex multistage assembly processes (MAP)
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Ofon Field‚ Oil and Gas Field‚ Nigeria Ofon Field is an oil and natural gas field located in the Oil Mining Lease (OML) 102‚ about 65km offshore in the south-eastern coast of Nigeria. The reserves lie at a water depth of 40m (131ft). The OML 102 is owned by state-owned Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC - 60%) and is operated by Total Exploration-Production Nigeria (TEPNG - 40%)‚ formerly Elf Petroleum Nigeria. The proved and probable reserves at Ofon are about 350 million barrels
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ADMINISTRATION AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY‚ ZARIA Abstract In recent times‚ instability in the financial system and the banking sector in particular has arisen from institutional failures as in the past. In Nigeria‚ the lesson of the earlier bank failures appeared to have been forgotten as generalized distress swept the banking sub-sector and systemic distress gripped the finance house sub-sector. This study assesses the distress phenomenon and empirically analyses
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available and fast‚ friendly service. This first store is being used to test the layout and operating procedures for a large chain of superstores that Sue expects to build. The first store has been open for six months‚ and Sue is still having a problem staffing the checkout counters during peak times‚ which occur from 2 PM to 10 PM. She has received many customer complaints about the long lines in front of the checkout counters. She has 20 checkouts that she can use‚ but has not been able to develop
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CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1. BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The reforms in the financial system in Nigeria which heightened with the 1986 deregulation‚ affected the level of financial deepening of the country and the level relevance of the financial system to economic development. Nnanna and Dogo (1998) However‚ the rapid globalization of the financial markets since then and the increased level of integration of the Nigerian financial system to the global system have generated
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Chapter 3 Problems 1. Dental Delights has two divisions. Division A has a profit of $200‚000 on sales of $4‚000‚000. Division B is only able to make $30‚000 on sales of $480‚000. Based on the profit margins (returns on sales)‚ which division is superior? 3-1. Solution: Dental Delights Division A Division B [pic] Division B is superior 3. Bass Chemical‚ Inc.‚ is considering expanding into a new product line. Assets to support this expansion
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removed without reducing agricultural output. Beyond agriculture‚ disguised unemployment is also existing in large industries‚ offices and organizations‚ particularly in the public sector. Unemployment among the educated youths is one of the major problems in Bangladesh. The unemployment rate for the population having secondary school certificate level education and above is significantly higher than those with a lower level of education. The unemployment rate for educated women is higher compared
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INTRODUCTION Nigeria’s economic development blueprint is all about vision 20:20. The vision 20:20 economic transformation blueprint is a long term plan for stimulating Nigeria’s economic growth and launching the country onto a path of sustained and rapid socio-economic development. The blueprint articulates Nigeria’s economic growth and development strategies for the eleven-year period between 2009 and 2020‚ and will be implemented using a series of medium term national development plans. NV20:2020 is a
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