... composition to explain whether individuals exhibit similar or different communication behaviors (i.e., turn-taking and speaking time duration) in small- group decision-making meetings The findings of the ... statistical test results on the variables being examined In order to prevent these intervening factors from confusing or influencing the statistical tests and to obtain more accurate results, the researcher ... from individualistic cultures in small- group decision-making meetings Hypothesis 2: Individuals from collectivistic cultures are likely to speak less than those from individualistic cultures in small- group...
... knowledge in business and the basic principles of a knowledge system This is in contrast to initiatives in larger firms which may be part of a tradition to make substantial investments in information ... ‘blinkered’ perceptions that a rigid knowledge system might invoke, include comprehensive and effective learning processes The role of people external to a business in enhancing a small business’s ... (eds) Macmillan: Basingstoke; 32–67 Chattell A 1998 Creating Value in the Digital Era: Achieving Success through Insight, Imagination and Innovation Macmillan Business: Basingstoke Cole-Golomski...
... considerably cuts down on maintenance costs by eliminating the need to re-patch or re-programme extensions IP handsets are commonly deployed in conjunction with integrated systems that incorporate PBX services, ... offering their own IP and VOIP services but with charges based on a combination the bits transmitted and distance Who & Why There is very little market intelligence available; the following information ... existing router and typically handle four analogue extensions Why & Where The greatest cost savings, on the implementations so far described, are largely made on calls between a single business’s...
... long-term bond financing bond banks can reap the benefit of credit- Asian bond markets rating arbitrage and the economies of Gyutaeg Oh and Jaeha Park, “Fostering Asian Bond Markets Using Securitization ... existing barriers to efficient cross-border trading and settlement in order Without domestic financial reforms East Asia including national differences to increase supply of investment grade in ... well-established financing, which has been pointed by exchanges and over-the-counter markets many as the main culprit of the Asian and clearing and settlement systems financial crisis In addition, Asian bond...
... in the provision of advice on both systems development and strategic thinking/planning In terms of assistance in developing accounting systems, 44.0% of businesses scored the accountant low In ... found the training useful (71.2% scored the training highly), although half of them found the materials inappropriate to the needs of their businesses Assistance in developing accounting systems ... whilst only the profit making sector was considered The study was based on in- depth case studies with 12 small businesses using structured interviews Following this initial study a postal questionnaire...
... theory (increased earnings coming from additional investment in training and education) not hold in the secondary sector (King, 1990), a series of awareness and training programmes continue to ... helping people found new small businesses and of providing the newly self-employed, and weak existing small businesses, with basic business skills 3 The state of small enterprises in Britain ... effective the batch of policies Introduction aimed at increasing self-employment and small business development in Britain, since the early 1980s, have been in creating an ‘enterprise culture’ The...
... implementing a Business Continuity Plan (Brahim, 1997) In the business world, computer disaster recovery planning evolved toward business continuity planning In recognition of this trend, in 1995 ... Monitoring shifting coalitions By carefully examining each of these steps in detail, we obtain a much better understanding Allan Manning Strategic Management of Crises inSmall and Medium Businesses ... consultants appointed by insured to prepare insurance claim within terms of insurance policy) Business Continuity Planners &Consultants Insurance Industry Researchers 3 Allan Manning Management...
... analyzing relationship lending, ARINV financing or "asset-based lending" generally involves a form of intense monitoring not associated with other types of loans This type of monitoring, which includes ... (RETAIL) industries The bulk of the remaining respondents (OTHERIND) were in the manufacturing sector Again, these variables are included because they may help proxy for risk in our equations determining ... banking relationships, supporting the value of relationship lending Petersen and Rajan's failure to find evidence of relationship lending in bank loan pricing, which runs counter to our findings...
... have a beginning and an ending, and project management has corresponding initiating and closing processes The middle, or work of the project, is managed by planning, executing, and monitoring and ... also serve as the key engine behind equalizing income disparity among workers SMEs are increasingly internationalizing their business activities (Beck et al., 2005) According to Ale Ebrahim, there ... long-term initiatives and instead only participate in small- scale, once-off initiatives (Burke and Gaughran, 2006) concepts from the literature In the feedback process, the opinions of the industrialists...
... acids important in animal feeds Duckweeds are rich in leucine, threonine, valine, isoleucine and phenylalanine and are low in methionine and tyrosine.1 Some information on the amino acid content ... corresponding increase in its lignin content Digestibility clearly decreases after the linear growth phase with increasing lignin content (Van Hove et al., 1987) It is therefore important to maintain ... rich in certain amino acids that are often rather low in plant proteins The nutritional value of Lemnaceae can be compared favourably with that of alfalfa in terms of lysine and arginine, two amino...
... weaker than in a case with nonindexed bonds The cushioning in the RER can help contain the Fisherian debt deflation process Although the indexed bonds help relax the borrowing constraint in case of ... indexation, indexed bonds may amplify the effects CPI-indexed bonds may not provide a hedge against income risks, because in ation is procyclical Argentina granted GDP-linked payments to international investors ... with collateral constraints in which Sudden Stops are exogenous to explore the benefits of such credit lines in smoothing Sudden Stops, interpreting them as akin to indexed bonds This paper contributes...
... Environment for Bond Trading and Related Institutions Bond Markets in Serbia Regulation and Bond Trading in Practice 4.1 Bond Trading: BSE and OTC An important step in developing a sound financial market ... trading began, continuous trading was introduced Continuous trading offered the possibility of selling and purchasing bonds at any desirable moment during the workweek, while auctioned trading ... difficulties during the bond distribution process and to create a setting for smooth debt collection Bonds and the Development of the Financial Market in Serbia Bond Markets in Serbia Bearing in mind the...
... secondary kinetic isotope effects [19,27–29] The existence of a gem secondary kinetic isotope effect has the effect of attenuating the rate of C-H bond- breaking, so in principle the intrinsic kinetic ... effects are interpreted to mean that the step(s) involving the chemistry of C-H bondcleavage are ratelimiting in the reaction even in liver microsomes, as opposed to steps involving generation ... and discussion Intramolecular kinetic isotope effects The intramolecular kinetic isotope effects measure the comparative rates for cleavage of a C-H bond and a C-D bond at a single carbon [3]...
... authorities in removing obstacles to the provision of liquidity as well as setting up microstructures In Asia, efforts to foster liquidity in corporate bonds have included having them listed on existing ... reporting in the Asian context where personal networks in business are so important Local credit rating agencies exist in Asia, and often ratings are mandatory for bond issues Many such rating ... persists, it is likely that institutional investors have internal guidelines that limit them to investing only in highly rated securities Nonetheless, such guidelines may merely reflect the fact...
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... Pepstatin PMSF Pefabloc Aprotinin 3,4-dichloroisocoumarin TLCK EDTA EGTA Phosphoramidon TAPI – Cysteine cysteine/serine Cysteine Aspartic Serine Serine Serine Serine Serine Metallo Metallo Metallo ... inhibitors inhibited cleavage, with TAPI inhibiting cleavage by up to 90% TAPI and other closely related hydroxamate-based inhibitors have proved useful in inhibiting the cleavage of proteins such ... in fact be the NPXY motif itself, as cytosolic adaptor proteins containing phospho-tyrosine binding domains are known to interact with the NPXY motif ARH and Disabled are two cytosolic proteins...
... exciting area of research forwards into the future Indeed, obtaining accurate measurements of the concentrations, distributions and flux of all the main players involved in protein folding in the ... pathways of protein folding, and thus functions to help maintain balanced ER redox conditions, are sure to emerge in the coming years Protein targeting and disulfide bond formation in mitochondria ... genes in the human genome, and understanding their specific functions and interrelationships is of considerable importance, given their value to industry and medicine Protein folding in vitro and in...
... highlight the critical role of SMEs, not only in maintaining healthy and dynamic economies within industrialized nations, but also in introducing inventions and innovations (Cameron & Massey, 1999; Iacovou, ... distorted (Garcia & Quek, 1997) In relying on the IS literature insmall business as a reference theory, few insights into IS uptake and use by small business can be observed In addition, often such ... technological innovation adoption literature on SMEs provides useful insights into factors influencing innovation adoption, but points to the need to introduce additional determinants of innovation...
... countries included in J P Morgan’s Emerging Markets Bond Index (EMBI) ϩ index amounted Most sovereign bonds that have been issued internationally since the early 1990s carry fixed interest rates, in ... Finally, investors in the nineteenth century were well informed regarding not only economic, but also political and institutional observed in the aftermath of Argentina’s 2001 default The single ... Cataloguing in Publication Data Data available Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Data available Typeset by Newgen Imaging Systems (P) Ltd., Chennai, India Printed in Great Britain...
... themselves, including using condoms, and encouraging them to test for HIV, as well as helping those already infected In this study, we investigated the geographical clustering of HIV infection using ... data were included in the study The main eligibility criteria were consistent across the trials and included: being sexually active; being HIV negative at screening at inclusion; willingness to ... devastating impact in this region, geostatistical approaches have received increasing attention as a way of determining possible “hotspots” of HIV infection and prioritizing areas for intervention...