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Based on data from Japan, the book examines the combined effect of product, geographic, and network diversity on multinational enterprise performance. A new measure for geographic scope is developed, one that considers the related elements of international asset dispersion and country environment diversity. The book also introduces a new concept of network diversity, and examines how it is strategically linked to performance. Perhaps most impo...

This book provides invaluable insights to one of the most difficult areas of European integration. Public procurement represents an instrument of policy choice for governments and its regulation interacts with a variety of policies, including the promotion of competition, employment, social policy, and environmental protection. The author vividly elaborates on the in-built flexibility of the newly enacted rules and provides a codified analysis...

Based on data from Japan, the book examines the combined effect of product, geographic, and network diversity on multinational enterprise performance. A new measure for geographic scope is developed, one that considers the related elements of international asset dispersion and country environment diversity. The book also introduces a new concept of network diversity, and examines how it is strategically linked to performance. Perhaps most impo...

The phenomenon of state-led development has been persistent throughout modern history and remains significant today. Latecomers in the world's development, from Russia in the 19th century to contemporary China, persistently resorted to the state as a developmental instrument in economic catch-up. Why did relatively 'backward' economies tend to take the state-led approach rather than following the free market model? Why did those latecomers tha...

Before she's murdered a young woman swallows her bracelet, knowing it will provide a clue to the identity of her killer. A military outpost on an alien world becomes enmeshed in a bizarre and terrifying ecosystem. Two pioneer families escape from a Sioux war party, only to find the horrors have just begun. When a boy's sense of smell is enhanced subsequent to a head injury, he finds the experience to be both a blessing and a curse. A young man...

TheEleventh LMS-EPSRCComputational MathematicsandScienti?cC- puting Summer School was held at the University of Durham, UK, from the 4th of July to the 9th of July 2004. This was the third of these schools to be held in Durham, having previously been hosted by the University of L- caster and the University of Leicester. The purpose of the summer school was to present high quality instructional courses on topics at the forefront of computationa...

From Across the Tracks is a true story of a young boy who got caught up in the whirlwind of life. It''s full of romance and intrigue and adventure and suspense. Nino takes you on a tour-de-force around the world not knowing what to expect around the next bend in the road. It is filled with pathos and hilarity and an uncanny instinct for survival. A compelling story from beginning to end and a must read for anyone who loves adventure and excite...

From Across the Tracks is a true story of a young boy who got caught up in the whirlwind of life. It''s full of romance and intrigue and adventure and suspense. Nino takes you on a tour-de-force around the world not knowing what to expect around the next bend in the road. It is filled with pathos and hilarity and an uncanny instinct for survival. A compelling story from beginning to end and a must read for anyone who loves adventure and excite...

How could I become a better teacher?Where is the bathroom?What should I do on my first day?Who can help me find teaching supplies?When is lunch? From the trivial to the thought provoking, this unique and fresh book shares the educational experiences, the observations, and the heartfelt journey of an experienced educator. Her ideas and opinions are original, useful, and understandable and offer new perspectives into the educational world for pr...

All of this is occurring, Rose's mother Della"s faithfulness to her family is put to the test by a mysterious visitor from her past. In the midst of the madness, Rose feels torn by her loyalties to the ones that she loves. Yet, it is her strength and integrity that helps her make the right choices. "The Rose from Sharon" is an intense, fiercely written story that will keep the reader on the edge waiting to find out what the next chapter will r...

This book makes the ideal gift for family, friends and World War II buffs. It also is a wonderful tool for our children to learn about a significant time in our history from these heroic stories and people. These are first-person accounts by average young Americans. These people of the 1940's typically left their farms, factories and universities to serve our country in the World War II Pacific. In the process, they became anything but average...

Do you have trouble praying? Do you get easily disconcerted? Aggravated? Depressed? Stressed? Anxious? Do you have low self-esteem? Lack a sense of self-worth and self-acceptance? Do you feel socially inadequate? Are you having problems loving and being loved? Do you feel disillusioned in your marriage? Lonely in your single life? Are you bored with the routine of your daily living and relating?With stories, both inspirational and humorous, re...

Diamonds and pearls, clickety shoes, chiffons and satins, elegant hair-do's. All kinds of favourites, from shopping to dreaming about dazzling princes are wrapped in this heavenly poetic bouquet to delight and inspire girls of all ages from 2 to 102. Poems and short stories to make you smile and love a little more, touching the very core of girls' lives. Short and sweet personal favourites will no doubt be recited without reading, before long,...

Now there are several stories of survival that show children who have escaped danger easily, yet there are also sad stories that cause pain and grief in our hearts. These are stories of heartbreaking cases when the unthinkable happened to young children and even to adults. Cases of children murdered, slaughtered, raped and ripped from their childhood while they are innocents. For such cases only God knows why. We can grieve and pray for peace ...

In ancient times when people lived in caves and thatched huts, men looked to other men to fashion weapons they could use to hunt and to defend themselves and their families against hostile enemies. These stone club and flint arrow makers were the first defense contractors." -T. H. Henning, From Memoirs of a Defense Contractor, Chapter Fourteen, Epilogue Corporate divestitures, acquisitions, mergers and the feast and famine nature of defense co...

Shanghai 1936. Word reaches the newsroom of the North China Daily-News that King Edward VIII is planning to marry an American divorcee, Mrs. Wallis Simpson, a one-time resident of Shanghai's International Settlement. Wallis Simpson has a thin but interesting file in the records of the Shanghai Municipal Police Department containing details of her activities in China-opium smoking, heroin peddling, learning the tricks of the trade at a high-cla...

Sukle's book is well researched, and her dialogue rings true to the accent and the feeling of those fraught times. It is a praiseworthy effort, and one expects to see more of Sukle as a writer/historian. -Barbara Bamberger Scott, Women Writers Review During the coal strike of 1927, the coalfields of western Pennsylvania become a hotbed of tension and terror. A mine mechanic and World War I hero, Ragman walks away from his job at the Russellton...

Without question, some of the situations I'd gotten myself in don't paint a pretty picture of the Laura Bradley-Hutchins that I used to be. But today, I'm a different person. Besides, whatever I did in my past doesn't make me any worse than anybody else. Show me a perfect person in this messed-up world? Some might say that I deserted my kids, but I say I only did what I thought was best for them at the time. Label my decision how you see fit, ...

Willingly Published: More Papers to 2005 is the fourth published volume of Victor Chen's papers, after The Age of Illusion: Some Writings and a Memoir, Unintended Results: New Chapters in an Ongoing Story, and Lines in the Dirt: Some Works of 1978-2004. This volume includes an index of titles of pieces from all four volumes. The volume also includes essays and articles, poems, stories, letters, and court documents, which, like the papers in th...

A major part of the annual worship experiences in the CatholicChurch revolves around the commemoration of the saints. This bookgives a brief history of these outstanding personalities who have beenenrolled in the church's "hall of fame." They cover the period from the first to the twentieth century. Some are household names as St. Peter, the first pope, St. Patrick of Ireland, St. Francis of Assisi, St. Therese, the Little Flower, of France an...