Cross Country Comparison of Efficiency in Investment Banking . Nemanja Radić University of Rome ’’Tor Vergata’’‚ Doctorate of Research in Banking and Finance‚ Via Columbia 2‚ Rome‚ Italy‚ e-mail:radic_n@yahoo.com Franco Fiordelisi University of Rome ’’Federico Caffè’’‚ Department of Management and Law‚ Rome‚ Italy‚ e-mail:fiordeli@uniroma3.it Abstract This paper aims to identify the framework for comparing investment banks efficiencies across nations. In order to overcome traditional
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Plato ‘The Republic’ By N.Sutton A Bit about Plato Himself... Plato (Greek: Πλάτων‚ Plátōn‚ "wide‚ broad-browed") (428/427 BC – 348/347 BC)‚ was a Classical Greek philosopher‚ who together with his teacher‚ Socrates‚ and his student‚ Aristotle‚ helped to lay the philosophical foundations of Western culture. Plato was also a mathematician‚ writer of philosophical dialogues‚ and founder of the Academy in Athens‚ the first institution of higher learning in the western world. Plato was originally
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The City of Love “A realist‚ in Venice‚ would become a romantic by mere faithfulness to what he saw before him.” says Arthur Symons of the Italian city named after Venus‚ the ancient Roman Goddess of Love. Venice emerged like life itself‚ made up of 118 island tied together by some 400 bridges built on water (Buckley). The beautiful Italian language and stunning location of the city make it one of the most visited and praised cities in Europe. Couples are bound to fall in love all over again in
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The Difference between the Theme and the Moral of a Story The difference between the theme and the moral of a story is that the theme is the general topic or idea of the literature and the moral is the lesson you take away from reading the story. The moral can be similar or the same as a theme‚ but a theme can’t be a moral. As the theme or general idea of a story or article may be obvious‚ the moral may be harder to figure out and require extra thinking and inferring. A moral may also be more of
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to have been a city which was oriented towards craft-industrial production‚ such as Florence‚ rather that towards trade or services‚ such as Naples or Rome. It was only when Venice turned from trade to industry at the end of the fifteenth century‚ that Venetian art caught up with that of Florence.” Artisans in Venice like the Bellini Brothers and others such as Titian‚ Tintoretto and Veronese have arguably surpassed artists in other regions of Italy in their specialties. Peter Humfrey
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Mercy killing or euthanasia "Euthanasia means as an action which aims at taking the life of another at the latter’s expressed request. It concerns an action of which death is the purpose and the result. "This definition applies only to voluntary euthanasia and excludes the non-voluntary or involuntary euthanasia‚ the killing of a patient without the patient’s knowledge or consent. Some call this "life-terminating treatment." Euthanasia can be either active or passive. Passive euthanasia allows
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“Things are not always as they seem; the first appearance deceives many; the intelligence of a few perceives what has been carefully hidden” (Phaedrus). In Shakespeare’s Hamlet the theme appearance vs. reality is seen used several times throughout the play. Every character in Hamlet uses some form of deception and manipulation. There were four characters that stood out: Hamlet‚ Polonius‚ Gertrude‚ and Claudius. All of these characters portray similar characteristics; all seemed to appear honest and
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Mercy is defined as “kind or forgiving treatment of someone who could be treated harshly” (Mariam Webster’s Learner’s Dictionary‚ 2015). One can observe the importance of this concept in William Shakespeare’s famous play King Lear where mercy is intertwined throughout the plot. In the play‚ when mercy is being extended‚ people are thinking beyond their own needs‚ allowing everyone in a society to live together in harmony. Individuals are also able to change and stop their own actions more effectively
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Throughout our lifetimes we are often put to the ultimate test and contemplate on what the right‚ and wrong answer is in a certain situation. Guilt Vs Sympathy is a huge misconception‚ you may be doing the right thing because you believe it’s the right thing to do‚ but in reality the story could be bent and twisted. Seeing a homeless individual on the street asking for money is something I have encountered many times. The world we live in is becoming so corrupted‚ and precious lives (wheat) are
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Although some consider material wealth to represent one’s worth‚ no financial measure can express the value of personal integrity when an individual encounters moral challenges. In Toni Morrison’s A Mercy‚ the author explores this concept through the behavior and character of Jacob Vaark‚ a white farmer trying to make a living in the New World. Initially committed to avoiding slave trade‚ he involves himself by accepting Florens‚ a fourteen year-old‚ from the affluent D’Ortega to repay a debt. This
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