Shibin Sheng‚ Kevin Zheng Zhou‚ & Julie Juan Li The Effects of Business and Political Ties on Firm Performance: Evidence from China Despite increasing attention to the role of social ties in emerging economies‚ few studies have explicitly distinguished the differential roles of business versus political ties. Drawing on relational governance and institutional theories‚ this study offers a contingent view of business and political ties in China. The findings from a survey of 241 Chinese firms
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Asian History Study Guide Japan 1. As an Island – Consequences relating to trade and isolation 2. Arrival and expulsion of the Portuguese 1543 - Shipwrecked Portugese traders blown off course during a storm landed near Tangeshima island off the Southern coast of Japan. The local daimyo (warlord) bought two guns from European sailors and commissioned his swordsmith to make copies then asked the Portugese for shooting lessons. 3. Rise of Ieyasu Powerful after HIdeyoshi died‚ did not
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Education is one of the most important factors in national development. Each year‚ millions of children attend schools with passion and curiosity‚ and start being educated by teachers‚ schoolmates‚ and everything around them. Most of people are going to spend more than twelve years in school‚ and then they walk into the society to achieve their goals or contribute to their country. Hence‚ the educational system is the guarantee of both humanistic quality and national advancement. As the matter of
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The Godfather trilogy of Francis Ford Coppola is an icon of American culture and international cinema. Released over a span of eighteen years‚ the set includes The Godfather (1972)‚ The Godfather: Part II (1974)‚ and The Godfather: Part III (1990) (Marcia 423). As classic novels about Mafia in the world‚ they are made into an internationally renowned film that won multiple Oscars. Besides these‚ the films also have been praised by many celebrities. Literary critic Paul Giles‚ for instance‚ writes
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southeastern wind‚ sped towards Cao Cao’s fleet and set it ablaze. Within a short time smoke and flames stretched across the sky‚ and a large number of men and horses either burned to death or drowned (Chen c. 280:54.1262-63). Following the initial shock‚ Zhou Yu and the allies led a lightly armed force to capitalize on the assault. The northern army was thrown into confusion and was utterly smashed. Seeing the situation was hopeless‚ Cao Cao then issued a general order of retreat and destroyed a number
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Chinese culture From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia (Redirected from Culture of China) Jump to: navigation‚ search For culture in mainland China after 1949‚ see Culture of the People ’s Republic of China. A Chinese opera (Beijing opera) performance in Beijing Four Treasures of the Study (Chinese calligraphy set) Chinese culture is one of the world ’s oldest cultures.[1][2] The area in which the culture is dominant covers a large geographical region in eastern Asia with customs and
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leading SRE to assume many guises (Loeber et al‚ 2010; Fentahun et al‚ 2012). The dichotomy for policy makers and politicians concerned is that relevant and appropriate content has to be offset against the fear of public outcry (Sonfield‚ 2012; Zhou‚ 2012). Sex and the surrounding paraphernalia is still seen by some‚ especially parents or those involved in the education of children‚ as taboo (Formby‚ 2011). It is a subject that evokes an unusually deep emotional response in a wide demographic
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Interview Questions 1. Why do you want to start this business? 2. Is there any difficulties you didn’t expect to occur happened at the end? 3. How do you approach your first batch of client? And is it very difficult? 4. What is the most difficulty situation you have encountered? 5. What do you think are the factors of success for your business? 6. What do you think is the biggest benefit of this business? 7. How you going to operate this business in the future? Will there be any changes
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Chinese Philosophies Writing Assignment From 1027-221 BCE‚ the Zhou era‚ Chinese philosophers “offered insights into how humans should behave in regard to their families‚ the state‚ and nature.” Different philosophers tried to achieve a similar goal of having a well-ordered Chinese society‚ but they all had vastly different methods of achieving this goal. There were three different schools of Chinese thought that all tried to achieve the goal of having a peaceful society that lived in harmony.
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Chapter 2 1. How can the term CIVILIZATION be culturally biased? 2. How did Egyptʼs geography and climate influence religion and the outlook of the people? How did climatic events taking place from the fifth to the third millennium BCE affect the growth of Egypt? 3. Compare and contrast the development of commerce in Mesopotamia and Egypt. Why did their styles differ? 4. Account for the differing status of women in Mesopotamian and Egyptian society. The definition of civilization is a “certain kind
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