By analyzing bidder characteristics‚ industry and aggregate market variables‚ we are able to determine what motives are important in the decision to acquire. Our results show that intangible capital‚ leverage and firm size significantly positively affect the decision to grow through M&As whereas the proportion of debt that consists of bank loans and ownership concentration have a negative impact. Furthermore‚ M&As are significantly more likely in industries that were recently deregulated‚ that are
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A brief introduction for Chinese culture Cultural background China‚ as one of the four homes of the world’s earliest civilization‚ has a recorded history of nearly 4‚000 years. Through centuries of migration‚ merging and development‚ it has formed a distinctive system of language‚ writing‚ philosophy‚ art and political organization‚ which came to be recognized as Chinese culture. It originated from Xia‚ Shang and Zhou dynasty‚ which was known as slave culture period. Xia
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Brief Introduction to Database Concepts Andrea Rodr´ ıguez Summer School - Castell´n 2004 o Department of Computer Science University of Concepci´n‚ Chile o http://www.inf.udec.cl/∼andrea andrea@udec.cl 1 Introduction Information and data are different. Information is understood by a person. Data are values stored on a passive medium like a computer disk. The purpose of a database management system (DBMS) is to bridge the gap between information and data - the data stored in memory or on disk
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Introduction Heineken International is a Dutchbrewing company‚ founded in 1864 by Gerard Adriaan Heineken in Amsterdam. As of 2007‚ Heineken owns over 119 breweries in more than 65 countriesand employs approximately 54‚004 people. It brews and sells more than 170 international premium‚ regional‚ local and specialty beers‚ including Cruzcampo‚ Tiger Beer‚ Żywiec‚ Starobrno‚ Zagorka‚ Birra Moretti‚ Ochota‚ Murphy’s‚ Star and of course Heineken Pilsener. Heineken claims that the original Heineken recipe
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CONTENT………………………………….1 1. INTRODUCTION……………………………….2 2. DEMAND AND SUPPLY………………………3 1. Factors affecting demand………………………...3 2. Factors affecting supply…………………………..7 3. The new market equilibrium……………………..9 3. INTERVENTION IN THE MARKET………..11 4. CONCLUSION…………………………………12 REFERENCE……………………………………….......13 1. Introduction -Brief the banking industry. Australia has a well capitalized banking sector. According to the World
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Decision Theory A Brief Introduction 1994-08-19 Minor revisions 2005-08-23 Sven Ove Hansson Department of Philosophy and the History of Technology Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) Stockholm 1 Contents Preface ..........................................................................................................4 1. What is decision theory? ..........................................................................5 1.1 Theoretical questions about decisions ......................
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Marta Adaśko Plan of presentation: 1. Introduction to the philosophy of love. 2. Ancient conceptions - Plato. 3. Thought of Middle Ages – St. Augustine. 4. Modern ideas – chosen examples. 5. Contemporary consideration => summing up . Philosophy of love How to speak about love if there is no clear certain definition of this feeling or even precise description? Nevertheless libraries all over the world are full of books written about it. And people
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Introduction American literature‚ to my eyes‚ like American history‚ although short‚ however‚ still full of glories and shining masterpieces and writers. Those American writers‚ while conquering this wild America‚ also had conquered the great field of American literature. From its first imitative activities to innovative attempts nowadays‚ American literature gradually gains its unique style‚ theme and form‚ and I¡¯m always excited to see their works are more and more America in its true sense.
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Introduction The field of abnormal psychology study people’s emotional‚ cognitive‚ and behavioral problems. Abnormal behavior may be defined as behavior that is disturbing‚ distressing‚ maladaptive‚ and often the result of distorted thoughts. Sleep disorder is one type of abnormal behavior that happened around us and people around us in “dot-com” era. Sleep disorders are problems with sleeping‚ including trouble falling or staying asleep‚ falling asleep at the wrong times‚ too much sleep‚ or abnormal
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AN APPRAISAL ON WORKING CAPITAL IN BANKING INDUSTRY BY BRIDGET OMOTAYO EMMANUEL ABSTRACT This work is an appraisal on working capital in banking industry. A hundred and twenty questionnaires were distributed among people and managers from selected banks in Nigeria. Interviews and surveys were also conducted. Primary and secondary data were used in the analysis. Tables and percentages were used as the instrument of analysis. It was observed therefore that
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