Foreign Direct Investment in Services and Manufacturing Productivity: Evidence for Chile Ana M. Fernandes a The World Bank Caroline Paunov b OECD March 2011 Journal of Development Economics forthcoming Abstract This paper examines the impact of substantial foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows in producer service sectors on the total factor productivity (TFP) of Chilean manufacturing firms. Positive effects are obtained in firm fixed effects instrumental variables regressions and show
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FACTORS AFFECTING ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS AT UGANDA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY BY KYOSHABA MARTHA BBA (UCU) 2005/HD04/4262U DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO GRADUATE SCHOOL IN PARTIAL FUFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS IN EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT OF MAKERERE UNIVERSITY DECEMBER 2009 DECLARATION I‚ Martha Kyoshaba‚ hereby declare that‚ this dissertation is my original work and has never been presented to any university or institution
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BUS 802 MODULE 1 NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCES COURSE CODE: BUS 802 COURSE TITLE: ECONOMIC THEORY 1 BUS 802 ECONOMIC THEORY COURSE GUIDE BUS 802 ECONOMIC THEORY Course Team Dr. J.O. Onyemaechi (Course Writer/Developer) NOUN Dr. A. O. Fagbemi (Course Editor) Dr. C. I. Okeke (Programme Leader) - NOUN Dr. O. Adenuga (Course Coordinator) - NOUN NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA 2 BUS 802 MODULE 1 National Open University of Nigeria Headquarters
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IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS‚ VOL. 51‚ NO. 3‚ JUNE 2004 641 A Review of Three-Phase Improved Power Quality AC–DC Converters Bhim Singh‚ Senior Member‚ IEEE‚ Brij N. Singh‚ Member‚ IEEE‚ Ambrish Chandra‚ Senior Member‚ IEEE‚ Kamal Al-Haddad‚ Senior Member‚ IEEE‚ Ashish Pandey‚ Member‚ IEEE‚ and Dwarka P. Kothari‚ Senior Member‚ IEEE Abstract—Three-phase ac–dc converters have been developed to a matured level with improved power quality in terms of power-factor correction
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Digital Computer Electronics Third Edition Albert Paul Malvino‚ Ph.D. Jerald A. Brown ~ 1 I I- I I I I I _j 1 I I I GLENCOE McGraw-Hill New York‚ New York Columbus‚ Ohio Woodland Hills‚ California Peoria‚ Illinois This textbook was prepared with the assistance of Publishing Advisory Service. LSI circuit photo: Manfred Kage/Peter Arnold Inc. To my wife‚ Joanna‚ who encourages me to write. And to my daughters‚ Joanna‚ Antonia‚ Lucinda‚ Patricia‚ and Miriam‚ who keep me young. -A.P
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THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF SPECIAL EVENTS: A CASE STUDY OF THE MOTHER CITY QUEER PROJECT (MCQP) 2009 by CHRISTIAAN HATTINGH Dissertation submitted in fulfilment of the requirements of the degree Magister Technologiae: Tourism and Hospitality Management in the Department of Tourism and Events of the Faculty of Management Sciences at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology Supervisor: Professor JP Spencer Co-supervisor: Ms E Venske Cape Town Date submitted: May 2011 CPUT Copyright Information The
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Table of Contents 1. Introduction and overview 1.1 Coverage 1.1 Health consequences of tobacco consumption 2. The impact of price on the demand for tobacco products 2.1 Conventional studies of cigarette demand 2.1.1 Analysis of aggregate data 2.1.2 Analysis of individual level data 2.2 Addiction models and cigarette demand 2.2.1 Imperfectly rational addiction models 2.2.2 Myopic addiction models 2.2.3 Rational addiction models 2.2.4 Critiques of the rational addiction model
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Stakeholder management in a multicultural environment. A case-study of a global retailer entering the Russian Market. Authors: Dinara Izmaylova Federica Zuccon Supervisor: Nils Wålhin Student Umeå School of Business Autumn semester 2010 Master thesis‚ one-year‚ 15 hp DEDICATION "When we consider a new project‚ we really study it... not just the surface idea‚ but everything about it" Thomas‚ F and Johnston‚ O‚ 1981: The Illusion of Life. Italy: Walt Disney Production To my father
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Economics as a Social Science By Piet Keizer Utrecht School of Economics Utrecht University July 2008 1 Content 1. The Character of Modern Science 2. Genesis and Development of Economics as a Social Science 3. Multidisciplinary Economics‚ an Introduction 4. Some Basic Sociology for Economists 5. Appendix Answers to test questions 2 Preface This reader is an attempt to define economics as a social science. In the first place‚ economics is a science. In the second place‚ economics
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ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES & PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF RAILWAYS Based on European railway reform experiences and applied to Israel Railways J. W. Wolff September 2011 Organizational Structures & Performance Evaluation of Railways Based on European railway reform experiences and applied to Israel Railways Master Thesis September 2011 Jeroen W. Wolff Thesis Committee: Prof. Dr.-Ing. I.A. Hansen (TU Delft‚ Faculty CiTG) dr. W.W. Veeneman (TU Delft‚ Faculty TPM) ir. P.B.L. Wiggenraad
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