Topic: “To what extent does executive pay influence company performance?” 1 Introduction Recently‚ there has been a good deal of argument discussing about the impact of executive pay influence over company performance. It is often taken for granted that a company is able to have a better performance when the C-Suite is paid more. Nevertheless‚ the issue can be unexpectedly complicated in some cases and go way beyond a “more or less” question. Several empirical evidences reveal that an unwise form
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International Journal of Development and Sustainability Online ISSN: 2168-8662 – www.isdsnet.com/ijds Volume 1 Number 3 (2012): Pages 743-753 ISDS Article ID: IJDS12092701 Special Issue: Development and Sustainability in Africa – Part 1 Does trade promote growth in developing countries? Empirical evidence from Nigeria Oluwasola Omoju 1*‚ Olumide Adesanya 2 1 2 National Institute for Legislative Studies‚ Abuja‚ Nigeria Department of Business Administration University of Lagos Akoka-Yaba‚ Lagos‚ Nigeria Abstract
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To what extent did industrial development under Witte make Russia a more stable and prosperous country? Even thought there were problems with Witte’s approach to development is not to deny that Russia needed major reform. Its defeat by Western powers in the Crimean War (1853-1856)‚ lack of industrial development‚ poor infrastructure‚ left it much weaker than its competitors in Europe. As finance minister‚ Witte pushed for greater exports‚ ambitious industrialisation and to get large foreign loans
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When you were younger did you like being breastfed? Did you ever think it was needed? I remember when I was a baby my mom used to always say she hated to breastfeed me because surprisingly i didn’t like it that’s why what is going on in society today doesn’t surprise me one bit. Many mothers feel fulfillment and joy from the physical and emotional communion they experience with their child while nursing. These feelings are augmented by the release of hormones. Breastfeeding is starting to decline
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Journal of Education for International Development 4:2 December 2009 The Role of ICT in Enhancing Education in Developing Countries: Findings from an Evaluation of The Intel Teach Essentials Course in India‚ Turkey‚ and Chile Daniel Light Education Development Center This paper presents findings from case studies of the introduction of the Intel® Teach Essentials Course—a professional development program focused on integrating information and communication technologies (ICT) into project-based
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Development and Globalisation Development A process of social and economic advancement in terms of the quality of human life. Development can involve can involve economic‚ demographic‚ social political and cultural changes. Development is a term that can be used in many different contexts whether it is social‚ economical‚ political etc. However generally development refers to an improvement in certain areas: • Economic o An increase in the country’s economy with
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The Civil war remained a vital point in American history as this period aimed to redress the inequalities of slavery. In the north’s attempt to eliminate slavery‚ the emancipation proclamation was signed in which successfully disjointed the confederate infrastructure by freeing the slaves of the south. The freeing of slaves in these rebellious territories in turn allowed the union army to grow in numbers and thus win the war. Abraham Lincoln remained a crucial member in advocating the voting rights
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III. Globalization 1. What is globalization? Globalization has become the dominant issue in the development of the present world. Globalization processes affect all spheres of life‚ namely marketing economy‚ political and social systems. Thus‚ globalization refers not only to the commodity production‚ global markets‚ supraterritorial spaces for finance and banking‚ or tourism but also to the consolidation of the global communication system. These factors are strictly connected with the growing
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the theme of globalisation and its many forms. From the emancipatory scenario to the doomsday picture – nothing has been left out of imagination. Initially writers wrote of fast flowing capital‚ newer forms of assemblages‚ refined versions of neoFordism‚ etc. Sociologists were not behind in these imaginations. Themes of global identity‚ placelessness‚ rootlessness‚ migration and formation of new diasporas‚ marked these writings. Then came the phase of writings on “subaltern globalisation” with focus
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To what extent are growth differences between countries determined by good policy and how much is good luck? Good Luck or Good Policy?: An Expectational Theory of Macro Volatility Switches GAETANO GABALLO What are the determinants of switches in the volatility of macro-variables? In principle‚ a persistent reduction in the amplitude of business .uctuations can be thought to be either the result of good policy‚ namely a change of policy by some major actor within the economy‚ or of good luck
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