Foundations and Trends R in Finance Vol. 3, No. 1 (2008) 1–93 c 2009 C. Parsons and S. Titman DOI: 10.1561/0500000018 Empirical Capital Structure: A Review Christopher Parsons1 and Sheridan Titman2 1 2 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA, Chris Parsons@kenan-flagler.unc.edu University of Texas at Austin, USA, Sheridan.Titman@mccombs.utexas.edu Abstract This survey provides a synthesis of the empirical capital structure literature. Our synthesis is divided into three parts
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The media Anne O’Keeffe Historical overview of media discourse ‘The media’ is a very broad term, encompassing print and broadcast genres, that is anything from newspaper to chat show and, latterly, much more besides, as new media emerge in line with technological leaps. The study of ‘the media’ comes under the remit of media studies from perspectives such as their production and consumption, as well as their aesthetic form. The academic area of media studies cuts across a number of disciplines
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Innovation and internationalization through exports Author(s): Bruno Cassiman and Elena Golovko Source: Journal of International Business Studies, Vol. 42, No. 1 (January 2011), pp. 56-75 Published by: Palgrave Macmillan Journals Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25790105 Accessed: 03-11-2015 10:14 UTC Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at http://www.jstor.org/page/ info/about/policies/terms.jsp JSTOR is a not-for-profit
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tandfonline.com/loi/rama20 An Aspirational Framework for Strategic Human Resource Management Susan E. Jackson , Randall S. Schuler & Kaifeng Jiang a b a a School of Management and Labor Relations, Rutgers University b Mendoza College of Business, University of Notre Dame Accepted author version posted online: 04 Dec 2013.Published online: 04 Dec 2013. To cite this article: Susan E. Jackson, Randall S. Schuler & Kaifeng Jiang (2014) An Aspirational Framework for Strategic Human Resource
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Journal of Knowledge Management Knowledge management in organizations: examining the interaction between technologies, techniques, and people Ganesh D. Bhatt Article information: To cite this document: Ganesh D. Bhatt, (2001),"Knowledge management in organizations: examining the interaction between technologies, techniques, and people", Journal of Knowledge Management, Vol. 5 Iss 1 pp. 68 - 75 Permanent link to this document: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/13673270110384419 Downloaded on:
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Question 1. :-Define economics? Answer:-It is the study of allocation of resources available to organization or business. It is fundamentally concerned with the art of economizing i.e. making rational choice to yield maximum return of output in minimum resources & efforts by selecting best alternative course of action among various. Question 2. : - Contraction and extension of demand? Answer:-A variation in demand implies “extension” or “contraction” of demand. When with
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financially. They tend to divide their budget from their pension to help their relatives. Presently, globalization and modernization have tremendous impact on the family system. The exodus of working age adults to jobs abroad has established a pattern of the older persons assuming surrogate parental ones. To them is entrusted the responsibility of providing parental care over their grandchildren whose parents have left for more lucrative jobs overseas. This poses undue strain on the psychological
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47688_CH04_077_110.qxd 3/9/05 4:51 PM Page 77 CHAPTER 4 Workplace Communication Kristina L. Guo, PhD and Yesenia Sanchez, MPH Learning Outcomes After completing this chapter, the student should be able to: 1. Describe the communication process. 2. Understand the importance of feedback in the communication process. 3. Understand various verbal and nonverbal methods of communication. 4. Understand the common barriers to communication. 5. Utilize various methods to overcome communication
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Communication Theory Nine: Two Robert T. Craig Communication Theory as a Field May 1999 Pages 119-161 This essay reconstructs communication theory as a dialogical-dialectical field according to two principles: the constitutive model of communication as a metamodel and theory as metadiscursive practice. The essay argues that all communication theories are mutually relevant when addressed to a practical lifeworld in which “communication” is already a richly meaningful term
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Available at: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/globalpeople/resourcebank/researchpapers Achieving Mutual Understanding for Effective Intercultural Management Helen Spencer-Oatey Centre for Applied Linguistics, University of Warwick WORKING PAPER Abstract Purpose – To introduce an approach to managing intercultural communication that is effective for achieving mutual understanding among people in culturally complex situations. Design/methodology/approach – The paper takes a ‘meaning negotiation’
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