LOST IN TRANSLATION? THE EFFECT OF CULTURAL VALUES ON MERGERS AROUND THE WORLD KENNETH R. AHERNa ‚ DANIELE DAMINELLIb ‚ AND CESARE FRACASSIc Abstract We find strong evidence that three key dimensions of national culture (trust‚ hierarchy‚ and individualism) affect merger volume and synergy gains. The volume of cross-border mergers is lower when countries are more culturally distant. In addition‚ greater cultural distance in trust and individualism leads to lower combined announcement returns. These
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English 102 Of Innocence Lost Innocence is a quality that is often taken for granted and abused. In the following three stories‚ Margaret Atwood’s “Stone Mattress”‚ Tim O’Brien’s “The Things They Carried” and John Updike’s“A&P”‚ the three main protagonists deal with a common theme- that of innocence lost and the consequences of your decisions. Innocence is one of the few things that can be lost by making one simple decision. Unfortunately‚ it is also one of the seldom found things that one
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Lost Children The child walks down the path. The child looks left and right at each fork. At each fork a sign points in the direction the child is assigned to walk down. Left right‚ left right follow the path. Do as you are told. Do not question. March along like a good child. Do not upset the system This path is meant for you. Do not divert from it or you will be doomed to a life on the outskirts of society. The child continues down the path. Slowly the child is educated. The child is told what
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however in Shaun Tan’s short film the concept of outsider is celebrated. In ‘The lost Thing’ audience can see an outsider in the sterilized community and through Tan’s use of juxtaposition and narrative voice‚ we discover and follow the lost things voyage to be in the right place‚ belonging. Recall Firstly the use of colour is a vibrant technique used by Shaun Tan to explore the role of the outsider in The Lost Thing. The lost thing has been found in the wrong ‘world’ and is noticeably out of place.
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The Lost Mistress We have read the poem The Lost Mistress by Robert Browning who was an English poet and one of the best known Victorian poets. He has ability to create an image‚ a scene‚ which is not simply vivid and moving‚ but also somehow‚ psychologically accurate. A situation that can happen to everybody‚ and it almost happens to everyone sooner or later. The poem is about a break-up‚ right after it happened‚ when the boy cannot even believe that the girl has just broken up with him. He
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The Great Impact of War Modern warfare has changed a great deal since we fought for our freedom from Great Britain in the late 18th century‚ and has possibly even changed more since World War 1. Countless Battles have been fought throughout our gracious history here in American‚ and many stories have been told from older to younger generations. This is where “Ogichidag”‚ meaning warrior‚ tells its story. Soldiers from notable wars throughout history have vivid and very detailed accounts of what
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English Composition I 15 January 2013 Privacy is Lost Do we have privacy anymore? Some people say we have no privacy and to simply get over it. Others believe that we have really became comfortable sharing our private information with others. After considering both sides of the issue‚ I strongly believe that privacy is lost. For instance‚ a web-savvy programmer can easily infiltrate your email account‚ replicate the coding‚ and pretend
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- How To Download Audio Sermons [One day a poor boy‚ who was selling goods from door to door to pay his way through school‚ found he had only one thin dime left‚ and he was hungry. He decided he would ask for a meal at the next house. However‚ he lost his nerve when a lovely young woman opened the door. Instead of a meal‚ he asked for a drink of water. She thought he looked hungry and so she brought him a large glass of milk. He drank it slowly‚ and then asked‚ "How much do I owe you?" She replied
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Lost at the Fair Every august the family would load up and head to the big fair in Leitchfield. Always excited to get there and head to the rides while dad went to the tractor pull. It was always a great experience until the year 1993. Mom was taking me and my brothers to the rides. We had been to several was having an absolute blast. Then my world froze and I was scared for my life. We were coming out of the fun house my brothers were ahead of me and suddenly I couldn’t find them. I looked
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Hilton‚ James. Lost Horizon. New York: William Morrow and Company‚1939. I read Lost Horizon for my book report. The main characters in this story are Conway‚ Mallinson‚ Barnard‚ and Miss Brinklow. Conway was a man of thirty-seven years old who didn’t have a wife or any other family. Mallinson was a young man of about twenty or so who was not married yet either. Barnard was a middle-aged man that was without a wife or family also. Miss Brinklow was a woman of around the age of fifty. This
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