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Family Businesses in the Corporate Governance of MNCs
Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 2015 The issue of family businesses is currently a very topical theme in the academic world. The importance of family businesses increases with internationalization and is associated with business success in global market conditions.
Pavla Odehnalová, Petr Pirožek
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Foundations of Computational Mathematics, 2013 We develop a natural generalization to the notion of the central path -- a notion that lies at the heart of interior-point methods for convex optimization. The generalization is accomplished via the "derivative cones" of a "hyperbolicity cone," the derivatives being direct and mathematically-appealing relaxations of the underlying (hyperbolic) conic ...
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Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objectives We aimed to determine the frequency of subclinical optic nerve (ON) lesions using MRI, optical coherence tomography (OCT), and visual evoked potentials (VEP) in radiologically isolated syndrome (RIS), and to assess their diagnostic and prognostic significance.
Christine Lebrun‐Frenay +13 more
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Evaluating the Performance of Urban Local Government in Unitary Political Systems Case Study: Islamic Councils of Iran’s Cities [PDF]
جغرافیا و آمایش شهری منطقهای, 2015 The local government is one of the structural elements of governing the state in the modern age. The performance of it depends on different factors that the political system is the most important effective factors on local government in each country ...
Dr. Hadi Veicy
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Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective Neurochemical levels measured by brain MR spectroscopy (MRS) have been proposed as endpoints for clinical trials in early‐stage spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA) trials. We tested their trial‐readiness by quantifying neurochemicals in three affected brain regions in early‐stage cohorts of SCA2 and SCA3, examining their reproducibility in ...
James M. Joers +19 more
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Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective To identify inflammatory analytes in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and plasma associated with cognitive decline in cognitively normal (CN) older adults at risk for Alzheimer's disease (AD). Methods In a longitudinal study of 118 CN older adults (65–80 years, 54% APOE ε4, 26% preclinical AD), 1331 CSF and 1501 plasma analytes were ...
Jagan A. Pillai +13 more
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Centralized vs. De-Centralized Multinationals and Taxes [PDF]
, 2005 The paper examines how country tax differences affect a multinational enterprise's choice to centralize or de-centralize its decision structure. Within a simple model that emphasizes the multiple conflicting roles of transfer prices in MNEs - here, as a strategic pre-commitment device and a tax manipulation instrument -, we show that de-centralized ...
Soren Bo Nielsen +2 more
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Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.Biomedical research involving US veterans continues to advance health care beyond the Veterans Health Administration. This is particularly true in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), where veteran‐centric research has uncovered novel insights into pathogenesis, risk factors, and disease manifestations, informing clinical care and research across both veteran ...
Austin M. Wheeler +20 more
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THE DECENTRALIZATION PROCESS IN ROMANIA HAS BEEN AFFECTED BY THE FINANCIAL CRISIS OR NOT; ARGUMENTS IN FAVOR OR AGAINST DECENTRALIZATION IN THE MANAGEMENT OF THE FINANCIAL CRISIS [PDF]
Annals of the University of Petrosani: Economics, 2012 Typically, the decentralization process is extremely complicated and involves many challenges, if we were to take into account local conflicts, the interests of the central government and the complexity of simultaneous decentralization in administrative,
OLIVIA MANOLE, CONSUELA NECȘULESCU
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The centrality of Central Asia
Brazilian Journal of International Relations, 2014 This article aims to highlight the major historical and geopolitical characteristics of Central Asia. The central argument is that this is a region of major importance in the current economic arena as a result of its strategic position as a link between East and West, a space of competition and reinforcement of the great powers.
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