... axes (including e.g medicine); however, this construction of three axes is most relevant for this discussion Asian societies tend to stress spiritual values and downplay material possessions, ... systems On the 12 economic axis, East Asian societies traditionally stressed spiritual values over material possessions, whereas Western economics puts more emphasis on material matters -production ... most efficient production and pricing of goods and services are main issues in business, and households’ “utility” is usually gauged with easily quantifiable measures such as spending on goods...
... clusters’ strengths and weaknesses compared to the national economy Such insights can assist in maintaining or increasing cluster strengths by strategic resource targeting Industry cluster analysis ... ideas In the end, sound strategies adapt as circumstances change and new opportunities arise Successful regions design a process for making public economic development investments that answer ... urban areas Apply a cluster matrix analysis to evaluate potential growth opportunities Rethink business expansion strategies using cluster analysis Reveal groups of industries that have similar...
... physical development skills and then answering with the 19 suggestions of possible design solution for the design of these equipments These suggestions can be applied to a specific design situation ... "media saturation." II Another factor is that parents force children to attend various classes after school, Many kids go to after-school classes to attend lessons in nonacademic subjects such as ... here is focused on the social and physical skills of children as two main items of children s developmental needs THE IMPORTANCE OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT Establishing relationships with others is one...
... individuating set is the result of the speaker 's beliefs, not a mirror of what is actually the case A speaker may possess two distinct individuating sets that, unbeknownst to him, determine the same object ... is utterly insane! ~ To compensate for these weaknesses, BERTRAND uses a strategy based on Grosz 's notion of ffocus stack" [8,10] In conceptual terms (and without going into details), it works ... Jon Barwise and John Perry Situations and Attitudes The Massachsetts Institute of Technology Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1983 [4] Philip R Cohen Referring as requesting In Proceedings of the...
... be most associated with smartphones for the foreseeable future For developers, this has benefits and drawbacks On the plus side, Android-style smartphones are sexy Offering Internet services over ... trademarks referenced in this book are trademarks of their respective firms The publisher and author (s) assume no responsibility for errors or omissions or for damages resulting from the use of ... SDK releases you want to test against • "Documentation for Android SDK" for the latest Android SDK release • "Samples for SDK" for the latest Android SDK release, and perhaps for older releases...
... resources into resource sets that indicate under what circumstances those resources can be used (e.g., use these for normal-sized screens, but use those for larger screens) Sometimes, supporting ... Using SQLiteCursorLoader 1029 ◦ Inside SQLiteCursorLoader 1030 ◦ What Else Is Missing? 1034 ◦ Issues, Issues, Issues 1034 ◦ Loaders Beyond Cursors 1034 ... Of course, thanks are also out to the overall Android ecosystem, particularly those developers contributing their skills to publish libraries, write blog posts, answer support questions, and...
... combination of lectures, discussions, individual and group exercises, and self-assessments of leadership competencies The topics included: ▪ Concepts of leadership and the MSH Leading and Managing ... first workshop to support the participants and assess progress The MSH philosophy of developing leaders at all levels meant that everyone from medical technicians and nurses to drivers and housekeeping ... Directorate in Nampula and MSH The Challenges Program used simple management and leadership tools to assist the health units and their communities to address health service challenges in family planning,...
... system This chapter also addresses the issue of Russia s peculiarities in terms of its business environment in comparison to countries at a similar level of socioeconomic development, such as ... various channels depending on membership in business associations Benefits for members of associations from the establishment of steady contacts with authorities Logistic regression analysis of ... Federal State Statistical Service of Russia Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Russian Trading System Stock Exchange Standard & Poor s Savings Bank of Russia state-owned enterprise small and...
... (EBRD), Transition Report (various issues) (London: EBRD) Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat), Rossiiskii Statisticheskii Ezhegodnik (various issues) (Moscow: Rosstat) International Monetary ... enterprises Chapter 11 scrutinizes the relationship between the business associations and their member firms Empirical literature on the membership of Russian firms in business associations provides ... this chapter is organized as follows: The first section is a discussion of the Soviet model of the socialist enterprise and its characteristics The second section is an examination of Russian...
... Qualitative studies would repeatedly suggest that business incentives of large holders changed from asset stripping to development of the business Owners became interested in developing their businesses, ... Finland Institute for Economies in Transition (BOFIT) Federal State Statistical Service (Rosstat) Rossiya v Tsifrakh (Moscow: Rosstat) (various issues) Frye, T (2006) Original sin, good works, and ... numerator presents significance of differences by three groups of JSCs, and the denominator presents significance by four groups c Median or median test in parentheses JSCs increased gross sales in 2004...
... companies have similar statutory characteristics to those of closed JSCs in Russia Furthermore, several states in the US have a Company Law that allows closed corporations to impose restrictions on ... first mechanism is the asset effect of restrictions on share transfers; that is, any restrictions imposed on a closed company s share transfers will undermine the liquidity and value of such shares ... it is to be operated as an open JSC The second mechanism is the governance effect of share transfer restrictions Tight restrictions imposed on a closed JSC as to the transfer of its shares significantly...
... Federal State Statistical Service (Rosstat) (2005) Rossiiskii Statisticheskii Ezhegodnik 2004 (Moscow: Rosstat) Federal State Statistical Service (Rosstat) (2007) Rossiiskii Statisticheskii Ezhegodnik ... directors covers only independent directors Swiss listed firms6 Swiss listed firms11, b Dutch listed firms6 Dutch listed firms12 Belgian listed firms6 Swedish listed firms13 Finnish small and ... firm s organization and which business activities are essential for the empirical analysis of Russian corporations To address this issue, the potential determinants of board structure are classified...
... Business distinguish the impact of shareholding by outside investors from that by business groups on the outsideness of chairman appointment We estimate this simultaneous-equations model by the 2SLS ... creditors are subject to all possible kinds of monitoring pressure from their business partners and financing institutions For these reasons, we predict that bank loans and other debts have a statistically ... business customs as well as secure useful contacts for expanding overseas operations In the case of Russia, where there are strict government regulations on major export commodities, enterprises...
... represents the following: CS: Case study; DS: Descriptive statistical analysis (t-test of differences in means, ANOVA, etc.); RA: Regression analysis (OLS: Ordinary least squares; 2SLS: Two-stage ... (OLS, 2SLS)* RA (LOG) DS RA (PRO) DS DS, RA (LOG) RA (PRO) RA (PRO, TOB) DS DS DS, RA (PRO) RA (OLS) DS, CS DS RA (PRO) DS DS DS RA (OLS) III I DS, PS DS, RA (PRO) Notes: a Each code represents ... management is less probable in underperformed enterprises than in profitable ones Indeed, according to their regression results, the possibility of succession by insiders to company presidents in loss-making...
... businesses (subsample 1) or a division of them (subsample 2) with a view to assessing the possible effect of the same factors on companies of different types Similar specifications for these subsamples ... Comparison of frequencies by 2 test, means by Kruskal Wallis test M&D _S stands for JScs where large shareholders are managers and the CEO is a shareholder, M _S, for JSCs where large shareholders ... test M&D _S stands for JScs where large shareholders are managers and the CEO is a shareholder, M _S, for JSCs where large shareholders are managers but the CEO is not a shareholder, D _S, for JSCs...
... hypotheses of corporate governance in Russian business groups In contemporary studies, considerable attention is given to Russian BGs as a form of concentration of capital and assets and, at the same ... problem in the study of transition in Russia is explaining the model of corporate governance in Russian BGs Thus, it is necessary to understand which specific tools are used to prevent losses from the ... problem in Russian BGs It is worthwhile to discuss five hypotheses regarding the instruments of corporate governance in BGs: Hypothesis H1: There is no agency problem in Russian BGs, since they...
... (Rosstat) Finansy Rossii (Moscow: Rosstat) (various issues) Federal State Statistical Service (Rosstat) (2003) Investitsii v Rossii 2003 (Moscow: Rosstat) Federal State Statistical Service (Rosstat) ... findings from the empirical studies of BAs in Russia Researchers started to explore the institute of business associations (BAs) in the mid-199 0s One of the first empirical surveys involving BAs was ... Limiting his study to the relationships between business enterprises and the state, Frye (2002) focused on the problems of sources, methods, and scales of lobbying activities.6 His study contains several...
... and Development of Russian Business firm s decisions must be determined In the next section, we present a testable hypothesis that will clarify these issues Consolidation of interests of Russian ... agencies Assistance in contacts with Russian partner enterprises Assistance in contacts with foreign partner enterprises Lending on favorable terms Budget subsidies Help in search of Russian investors ... answers to this question (Table 11.7) Our analysis shows that the general assessment of associations in the compared subsamples remains practically unchanged Their activities were considered useless...