Title page International trade, technology transfer and firm competitiveness: A comparative study of Zimbabwe exporting and non-exporting firms. By Michael Kamoyo Chinhoyi University of Technology Lecturer: Department of Marketing mkamoyo@cut.ac.zw ; rumbi12@yahoo.co.uk Tel: 263 67 29442 Abstract better positioned to adopt and assimilate international trade related technology because they possess better technological capabilities in the form of The paper examines the preparedness of exporting
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Quantitative Critique: GCS and Later Cerebral Atrophy in Pediatric TBI Sofia Soqui Grand Canyon Univserity Introduction The Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) is the most common scoring system used to describe the level of consciousness in a person a traumatic brain injury (TBI). This scale does have its limitations when it comes to its use in pediatrics, but it continues to be a great method of estimating severity of TBI. There now is a pediatric version of the GCS that has been altered to accommodate
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INTRODUCTION The 19th century saw a "strong awakening of interest in humane treatment of the mentally retarded" (Anastasi, 1982 p.5). However, examining some of the writings of the 20th century (Huey, 1912; Fernald 1912 in Anastasi, 1982; Foster, 1990), the attitudes of those purportedly concerned with the mentally retarded seemed anything but humanitarian. Parekh and Jackson (1997) make an important point, that a common perception exists that mentally retarded children are social outcasts, due
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Rooting of stem cuttings of five pomegranate types selected from Delibekirli village, Kırıkhan (Antakya, Hatay-Turkey) taken in different periods under mist-propagation were investigated. The cuttings were prepared as 20-25 cm in length from wood shoots, and 1,000 ppm indolebutyric acid (IBA) was used as a rooting hormone. In the study, rooting ratio (%), root number, and root length of the cutting were measured. Among the cuttings rooted, the highest rooting percentage was observed in 31-N-01, while
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Abstract This study attempts to shed some light on the truth as to the differences between bottled and tap water w whether people prefer bottled water due to its assumed health benefits. Whether there are health benefits truly associated with consuming bottled water instead of tap water is yet to be truly determined because expert opinions continue to suggest that “bottled water may be no safer or healthier than tap water” (Baumgartner, 2011, p.1). This study examines the various sentiments
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the creation of appropriate sampling populations and instruments. Other topics include descriptive statistics, probability concepts, confidence intervals, sampling designs, data collection, and data analysis – including parametric and nonparametric tests of hypothesis and regression analysis. Cooper, D.R., & Schindler, P.S. (2006). Business research methods (9th ed.). Boston, MA: McGraw-Hill/Irwin. Lind, D. A., Marchal, W. G., & Wathen, S. A. (2008). Statistical techniques in business and economics
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DECLARATION I hereby declare that I have submitted an original piece of work. The secondary research work has been properly cited and acknowledged. Zoya Ishaq June 25, 2011 ____________ _____________ _________________ Name of student Date Signature DEDICATION I dedicate this report to my grandfather Malik Anwar-ul-Haq who passed
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Intelligence Scale – IV and The Developmental Screening Test for IQ and Vineland Social Maturity Scale for SQ assessment were used. Psychiatric and medical co-morbidities were diagnosed, using clinical examination, laboratory investigation, the ICD-10 Diagnostic criteria and CHA-PAS SCALE. Statistical Analysis : The statistical analysis was done by using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) 13.0 version. Frequency, percentages and chi square analysis were used to analyze the data. Result
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CarZuma: Car Insurance Claim Case Study Problem Statement A car insurance company, CarZuma, has collected some of the past data about their clients or customers that what are their attributes as well as their insured vehicles attributes while insuring the same. They have heard a lot about the data analytics and are very sure that their competitors are also using some of these techniques to beat the competition. They have to be very focused to their target segment. Please
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employing both descriptive and inferential statistics for analysis. A sample size of 150 respondents and 90 firms were selected for both primary data and secondary data respectively. Descriptive statistics was used to analyse the primary data, while Chi-Square was used to draw inference of perceived relationship between capital structure and firm value. The results of the study suggested that a positively significant relationship exists between a firm’s choice of capital structure and its market value
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