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Children &Society, EarlyView.Abstract This article investigates three key moments from a sequence of learning facilitated within a Singapore preschool. Delivered as part of a wider study aimed at identifying the value of dramatic pedagogies for developing young children's global competence, the learning sequence was facilitated by the researcher—an experienced early childhood ...
Elaine Ng
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Differences in characteristics between naturalized threatened plants and other threatened plants
Conservation Biology, EarlyView.Abstract Many non‐native plant species introduced by humans have become naturalized. At the same time many species are threatened in their native range. However, the number of plant species threatened in their native range that are naturalized elsewhere remains unknown.
Weihan Zhao +10 more
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Associations between the K232A polymorphism in the diacylglycerol-O-transferase 1 (DGAT1) gene and performance in Irish Holstein-Friesian dairy cattle [PDF]
, 2010 peer-reviewedSelection based on genetic polymorphisms requires accurate quantification of the effect or association of the polymorphisms with all traits of economic importance. The objective of this study was to estimate, using progeny performance data
Berry, Donagh +5 more
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CEO Pay Differences Between US and Non‐US Firms: A New Longitudinal Investigation
Corporate Governance: An International Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Research Question/Issue Public and academic debates typically portray US CEOs as exceptionally well paid. Yet, evidence on the existence and magnitude of a US CEO pay premium is mixed and dated. This study uses an expanded, longitudinal dataset to identify whether such a pay premium exists and explores potential differences across countries ...
Ruiyuan (Ryan) Chen +3 more
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GLOBALIZATION AND THE POTENTIAL FOR FROZEN POTATO PROCESSING IN MEXICO [PDF]
An analysis of the potential for the establishment and survival of frozen potato processing in Mexico is provided. Tools used include demand analysis (including demographic data and elasticities) and Porter's competitive forces model.
Phillips, Jon C.
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Development of a Restructured Sweet Potato French Fries Type Product [PDF]
, 2009 The 17 accessions from UPM collection and 4 commercial cultivars exhibited wide variation in physical and chemical characteristics. Results found that white flesh colour sweet potato showed the lowest hardness and followed by orange, yellow and purple
Utomo, Joko Susilo
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European Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT G.W.F. Hegel is usually held to be anti‐utopian in his political philosophy. I aim to challenge that standard reading, outlining and defending a more positive account of his relation to utopianism. The rational state described in Hegel's Grundlinien der Philosophie des Rechts (1820) is shown to fit an uncontroversial account of utopia without ...
David Leopold
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The Impact of Risk Exposure and Environmental Conditions on European Banking Efficiency
European Financial Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates the determinants of bank cost efficiency in Europe by applying a dynamic Bayesian stochastic frontier approach. We distinguish between two conceptually and empirically separate components of efficiency: (1) an intrinsic component, driven by internal bank features such as size and risk exposure, and (2) an extrThis study
Pilar Gargallo +2 more
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Willingness to pay for genetically modified food and non-food products [PDF]
This paper presents estimates of consumers' willingness to pay for a GM food and non-food product based on data collected in a choice experiment. The choice experiment was part of a survey of 1510 randomly selected consumers in Germany that was mailed in
Bruhn, Maike +2 more
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Share Repurchases and Investment Policies
Financial Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Our study examines the claim that share repurchases lead to reductions in real investments. Repurchase opponents argue that managers forego valuable investments to conduct opportunistic repurchases, while proponents argue that repurchases return excess cash to shareholders.
Paul Brockman +2 more
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