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Tài liệu Afghanistan - State and Society, Great Power Politics, and the Way Ahead docx

Tài liệu Afghanistan - State and Society, Great Power Politics, and the Way Ahead docx

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... ask the Canadians, the Dutch, the Brits, or the Danes, this is about war fighting Others see it rather as a development mission the Swedes and the Germans believe they are doing development Others, ... Because there is no one more concerned about what the exit strategy is going to look like than the Taliban on the one hand and the Afghan government on the other They would actually rather like ... attendees and both the introduction and collection itself have been reviewed and approved by RAND Science and Technology Afghanistan: State and Society, Great Power Politics, and the Way Ahead...
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hindenburg power myth and the rise of the nazis nov 2009

hindenburg power myth and the rise of the nazis nov 2009

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... discredited in Germany The National Socialists’ powerful appropriation of older political myths during their rise to power and the aesthetics of their rule meant that myths were seen first and foremost ... of other historical narratives His myth was closely entwined with the notion of German ‘innocence’ for the outbreak of war in 1914, the saviour theme, the ‘stab-in -the- back’ legend, and the ‘spirit ... enemies In the words of Theodor Wolff, the chief editor of the Berliner Tageblatt, ‘a difference exists between the French, who defend their country, and the great Russian mass, which follows the Tsar’s...
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CAPITAL CONSTRAINTS AND THE PERFORMANCE OF ENTREPRENEURIAL FIRMS IN VIETNAM

CAPITAL CONSTRAINTS AND THE PERFORMANCE OF ENTREPRENEURIAL FIRMS IN VIETNAM

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... sources to exploit the opportunities, they produce positive growth and development for their firms The insignificant effect of network frequency, on the other hand, indicates that the quality of ... On the other hand, the nature of family ownership will give them some unique characteristics both enhancing and impeding their performance, such as family contractual relationships, the influence ... as the number of people that the business owners know and interact with personally (Greve and Salaff 2003) The variable is operationalized by the answer of the question “how many times a year the...
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Virtually live blogs and the performance of identity

Virtually live blogs and the performance of identity

Thạc sĩ - Cao học

... in blogs expands the blogger’s capacity for play and performance – apart from the performance text, the viewer can now see the costume, the set, the props as well as the body of the blogger-performer ... upon which the blog is coded and built; secondly, language and the narrative framework, the expressive outlet for the performance; and thirdly, the implied presence of the blogger through the textual ... to the importance of the self’s interaction with and reflection from others: 29 Blogs allow the same presentation of the ‘I’ as homepages, but they also expect the other to interact to [sic ] the...
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Authority without Power Law and the Japanese Paradox Studies on Law and Social Control

Authority without Power Law and the Japanese Paradox Studies on Law and Social Control

Luật

... understand both, the puzzle is to identify and fit together pieces of the process and the links between past and present This then is the aim of the chapters that follow 1 Emperors and Edicts: The ... legal norms These and only these constitute the institutions and processes of the legal system, which in all contemporary industrial societies reflect the power and authority of the state The horrors ... upon the social or legal validity of a claim but rather the ability of the party or the others to impose a more favorable compromise, what counts is either the relative power of the parties themselves...
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Program bugeting and the performance movement

Program bugeting and the performance movement

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... those imposed by the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) and by the Performance Assessment Rating Tool (PART) used by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) during the George W Bush ... component of the former),4 and the formal powers of the secretary of defense were subsequently strengthened through a series of legislative and presidential initiatives in the late 1940s and 1950s ... recommendations, it would be reviewed and amended by the secretary and only then sent to the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the individual services for their comments The secretary would use this feedback...
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Đề tài

Đề tài " Curve shortening and the topology of closed geodesics on surfaces " potx

Thạc sĩ - Cao học

... suitably modifying the set Bα ⊂ Ω and its exit set for the curve shortening flow, according to the choice of I ⊂ {1, , m} and then finally setting hI equal to the homotopy type of the modified Bα ... closed curve on S , and Bp,q (ζ) = Bp,q (ζ) then p = q = Curve shortening 3.1 The gradient flow of the length functional Let g be a C 2,µ metric on the surface M Then for any C initial immersed curve ... will therefore now describe the construction of the tubular neighborhoods of the γθ and the local continuations of the fillings in more detail Choose a suitable smooth metric g on the surface M Then...
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Báo cáo khoa học:

Báo cáo khoa học: "Associations between the time of conception and the shape of the lactation curve in early lactation in Norwegian dairy cattle" pptx

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... between feeding and the shape of the lactation curve Adjusting the feeding strategy in the first part of lactation may thus optimize the shape of the lactation curve and thereby shorten the time to ... between the time of conception and the shape of the lactation curve does indeed exist Plotting daily milk records obtained from the automatic milking system, the shape of the lactation curve might ... all Norwegian dairy cows [1] The lactation curve in dairy cattle describes the pattern of milk yield throughout the lactation period The shape of this curve and the factors influencing it have...
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Financial Sector Inefficiencies and the Debt Laffer Curve

Financial Sector Inefficiencies and the Debt Laffer Curve

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... denote the representative bank’s bargaining power on the new debt There may be a difference between the ability to enforce the initial (“old”) debt and the “new” Note that, in contrast to the original ... both the old and the new debt 2.2 The Contractual Lending Rate The representative bank has information about the choice of labor input by producer h, and determines the interest rate such that the ... instance, thediscussion of the causes and propagation of the Asian crisis in Alba et al (1999) and Radelet and Sachs (1998) See Freixas and Rochet (1997) for a useful description of the costly...
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The relationship between an organization’s structure and culture and the effects on business performance

The relationship between an organization’s structure and culture and the effects on business performance

Kinh tế - Thương mại

... group-decision On the other hand, Ballmer has reduced a level of management to manage more easily and efficiently Microsoft structure is less flat therefore, the span of control is narrower and the gap ... basically like a big wheel, with Gates at the hub.”8 The authority of Gates covered around company and the last decision in hand One of the evidence for his strong power is he had his own “think week” ... just about technology It’s also about improving the way the company handles relationships with customers and others in the technology industry” Further, specific manifestations of culture are people...
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A STUDY OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CEO COMPENSATION AND FIRM PERFORMANCE IN THE US AIRLINE INDUSTRY 2002 2006

A STUDY OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CEO COMPENSATION AND FIRM PERFORMANCE IN THE US AIRLINE INDUSTRY 2002 2006

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... directors As the leader of the firm, the CEO has an astounding impact on the performance of the firm and many believe this to be the result of the tremendous growth in executive compensation over the ... managers and the governance of corporations in the United States and legislators and regulators have been quick to respond to the latest corporate scandals Despite the debate among the academic and ... in the null and alternative forms Statistical analysis allows the researcher to either accept or reject the null hypotheses The null and alternative hypotheses for this study are: H01 (null) There...
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The PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL QUESTION and ANSWER BOOK: A SURVIVAL GUIDE FOR MANAGERS

The PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL QUESTION and ANSWER BOOK: A SURVIVAL GUIDE FOR MANAGERS

Kỹ năng quản lý

... session they discuss what the person will achieve over the next twelve months (the key responsibilities of the person’s job and the goals and projects the person will work on) and how the person ... frequently—they meet to review the individual’s performance thus far against the plans and goals that they discussed in the performance- planning meeting Phase 3: Performance Assessment As the time for the ... consistent, demanding standards for everyone and they keep raising those standards They work relentlessly to identify their highest potential managers and professionals and develop them quickly They move...
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Tài liệu Custom, Power and the Power of Rules International Relations and Customary International Law doc

Tài liệu Custom, Power and the Power of Rules International Relations and Customary International Law doc

Cao đẳng - Đại học

... institutionalism The ‘English School’ Law and international relations 24 31 Power and international law Power and the debate about whether resolutions and declarations constitute State practice Power and the ... Law and power Some working assumptions Power and the study of international law Opinio juris, the customary process and the qualifying effects of international law 13 15 18 21 Regime theory and ... primitive and no weaker system of law enforcement than this; for it delivers the enforcement of the law to the vicissitudes of the distribution of power between the violator of the law and the victim...
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THE REPRODUCTION OF LABOR-POWER IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY, MARXIST THEORY AND THE UNFINISHED FEMINIST REVOLUTION ppt

THE REPRODUCTION OF LABOR-POWER IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY, MARXIST THEORY AND THE UNFINISHED FEMINIST REVOLUTION ppt

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... categories, and a new understanding of the history and fundamentals of capitalist development and the class struggle Starting in the early 1970s, a feminist theory took shape that radicalized the theoretical ... and alienation, and live with the anguish of not being able give to the people they love the care they give to others across the world, we know that something quite dramatic is happening in the ... reproducing their families regardless of the value the market places on their lives, valorizing their existence, reproducing them for their own sake, even when the capitalists declare their uselessness...
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Governing Electronically E-Government and the Reconfiguration of Public Administration, Policy and Power potx

Governing Electronically E-Government and the Reconfiguration of Public Administration, Policy and Power potx

Cao đẳng - Đại học

... hold the gun; the gun is another object because it has entered into a relationship with you The gun is no longer the gun-in -the- armory or the gun-inthe-drawer or the gun-in -the- pocket, but the ... intentions through the actions of the material object, a locked door Consider the occasion when the owner comes home to unlock and enter their home, and finds s/he has lost their key The locked door ... the use of tools and reflect on the way in which instruments can transform the way in which we understand and see the world In a very literal way, the invention of the telescope and microscope transformed...
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Professions and the public interest Medical power, altruism and alternative medicine pot

Professions and the public interest Medical power, altruism and alternative medicine pot

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... at this stage, in the face of the decline of the landed gentry and the diversification of demand for services amongst the ascendant commercial and industrial classes, that the professions were ... private practice if they adopted the new research-oriented approach, and that they possessed the power to resist the threat through their control of the medical rewards system But they not go far ... that the generalized and systematic knowledge in their possession is used for the benefit of the wider public The parallel between the legitimizing altruistic ideologies of professions and the...
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WORKING PAPER SERIES NO. 398 / OCTOBER 2004: MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS AND BANK PERFORMANCE IN EUROPE THE ROLE OF STRATEGIC SIMILARITIES potx

WORKING PAPER SERIES NO. 398 / OCTOBER 2004: MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS AND BANK PERFORMANCE IN EUROPE THE ROLE OF STRATEGIC SIMILARITIES potx

Ngân hàng - Tín dụng

... main kinds of empirical methods On the one hand there are a number of studies comparing pre- and post-merger performance On the other hand, another strand of the empirical literature uses a event-study ... RSIZE and ∆ROE is anticipated: the larger the target compared to the bidders (in other words, the higher the RSIZE ratio) the better is expected to be a firm’s performance The level of the bidder’s ... of their earnings and loan strategies In other words, for domestic operations, the more different the bidder’s type of business compared to the target, the worse the post-merger performance The...
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Making Food Healthy and Safe for Children: How to Meet the Caring for Our Children: National Health and Safety Performance Standards; Guidelines for Early Care and Education Programs docx

Making Food Healthy and Safe for Children: How to Meet the Caring for Our Children: National Health and Safety Performance Standards; Guidelines for Early Care and Education Programs docx

Sức khỏe trẻ em

... thermometer in both the refrigerator and the freezer  Check each day to make sure the refrigerator thermometer is at 40F and the freezer thermometer is at 0F Hand Washing  Wash hands thoroughly ... should meet the performance and health standards of the National Sanitation Foundation and the U.S Department of Agriculture Food Program Trained inspectors should check the equipment and provide ... metal-stem thermometer) to test both hot and cold foods Be sure that the temperature range on the thermometer is from 0F and 220F Clean and sanitize the stem before each use Meat thermometer...
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THE DREAMING CITY GLASGOW 2020 AND THE POWER OF MASS IMAGINATION potx

THE DREAMING CITY GLASGOW 2020 AND THE POWER OF MASS IMAGINATION potx

Quản lý nhà nước

... class landscape, idealized it and estranged it from its roots Likewise, they have empowered the young, the middle class and the outsider at the expense of the vulnerable, the working class and the ... green and alive, it tore the skin of my hands, but I was determined I watched the tree as it teetered and then fell into the water I rubbed the dirt, sap and blood off my hands and went down to the ... from the work of Clyde Unity Theatre in the 1930s to such plays as The Steamie, the oft-repeated The Gorbals Story, John Byrne’s The Slab Boys Trilogy and, in 1990, the ambitious The Ship THE...
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