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Meeting the Basic Needs of International Students

New Directions for Student Services, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Following the COVID‐19 pandemic, many International Student Services offices are exploring and expanding the ways in which they support the basic needs of students, from food, housing, transportation, childcare, health care to mental health and wellbeing to financial assistance.
Judith Pennywell, Krista McCallum Beatty, Barbara Kappler Mikk   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Using Virtual Exchange for Teaching BELF Pragmatics: Developing an Online Negotiation Activity

TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Teaching Business English (BE) is experiencing a paradigm shift to reflect the communicative needs of the global workplace. With the majority of interactions in English now taking place among multilingual speakers, there are increasing calls to integrate perspectives of English as a business lingua franca (BELF) into English language and ...
Miya Komori‐Glatz, Kaisa S. Pietikäinen   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Longitudinal Relationship Between Language Learning Enjoyment and Out‐of‐Class Exposure: A Random‐Intercept Cross‐Lagged Panel Analysis of Junior Secondary School English Learners

TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Foreign language (FL) enjoyment and out‐of‐class FL learning have garnered much attention from both researchers and frontline educators in recent years. The current study set out to contribute to these two burgeoning areas by examining specifically the longitudinal relationships between two types of FL enjoyment (classroom private and out‐of ...
Art Tsang, Kam Tai Tony Kwan
wiley   +1 more source

Technology‐Enabled Cross‐Border Entrepreneurship: The Role of Digital Platforms in SME Expansion Through the Lens of Institutional Theory

Thunderbird International Business Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) face significant institutional barriers when expanding across borders, including regulatory constraints, financial accessibility issues, and market entry challenges. Institutional theory provides a useful framework for understanding how external regulative, normative, and cognitive institutional forces
Sharmin Nahar, Muntasir Alam
wiley   +1 more source

Do Financialization and Innovation Enhance Environmental Sustainability in Sub‐Saharan Africa?

Thunderbird International Business Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study addresses the perception of Sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA) as a region with limited financial capabilities and technological advancement to enhance environmental sustainability. Conducted across 24 SSA countries from 2000 to 2021, the research employs instrumental IV and panel quantile regressions.
Emmanuel Kwaku Manu, Maria L. Gorbunova, Simplice A. Asongu   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

“Migratory Bird” Local Managers: English Proficiency, Social Identification, and Early Turnover

Thunderbird International Business Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Local managers with high proficiency in English are valuable resources for foreign subsidiaries of multinational enterprises, as they help mitigate language barriers between expatriate and local managers. However, such linguistically competent local managers often leave foreign subsidiaries within the first few years of employment.
Naoki Ando, Manami Suzuki, Hidehiko Nishikawa   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

How National Security Drives the Coevolution of International Relations and International Business Policy: Evidence From the Belt and Road Initiative

Thunderbird International Business Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Focusing on the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), this study investigates how national security drives the coevolution of China's political risk management support for multinationals and competing countries' reactions. A competing country is a nation‐state that is neither the home nor host country of a multinational but perceives the ...
Shuang Li, Xueli Huang, Fuming Jiang
wiley   +1 more source

From scores to causality and confidence: operational acceptance of AI weather forecasts

Weather, EarlyView.
This paper argues that the operational value of machine learning weather prediction (MLWP) cannot be assessed through verification skill alone. Instead, acceptance depends on support for the core functions of operational meteorology: understanding, translating and communicating. Current MLWP systems show strong performance but lack the interpretability,
Steve Ramsdale
wiley   +1 more source

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Foreign Currency Loans – A Credible Borrowing Alternative?

Journal of Property Finance, 1991
Notes that foreign currency loans have become increasingly popular due to the UK′s entrance to the Exchange Rate Mechanism and an increase in clients′ awareness of financial markets. Suggests that risks are still attached to foreign currency loans and questions whether they can now be considered a viable alternative.
exaly   +2 more sources

Deleveraging and Foreign Currency Loan Conversion Programs in Europe

Comparative Economic Studies, 2020
This paper first reviews the developments in the size and composition of the European banking sectors’ balance sheets since the Global Financial Crisis, and then assesses the impact of foreign currency loan conversion programs on systemic risk. Aggregate data from 2009Q1 to 2019Q3 indicate three major developments.
Pinar Yesin
exaly   +2 more sources