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EU-COUNTRY AND NON-EU-COUNTRY AT THE TIME OF CRISIS: FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
Baltic Journal of Economic Studies, 2020 The global financial crisis affected the flows of foreign direct investment (FDI). This study focuses on two countries in the midst of the financial crisis: Iceland with IMF backup, and Ireland with ECB backup. The research focus is on the situation from
Helga Kristjánsdóttir +1 more
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Surface-groundwater exchange between a wetland, sandur, and lava field in southeastern Iceland
Hydrology Research, 2023 In May 2019, over 50 springs were identified at a sandur-lava field–wetland complex in Southeast Iceland and a subset was selected for further investigation including monitoring water levels, discharge, and water chemistry. Between May and September 2019,
Aiesha Aggarwal, Kathy L. Young
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Archives of Surgery, 2006 Icelandic surgeons provide a wide range of modern surgical services with excellent results. How can a nation of fewer than 300,000 persons accomplish this? The main reasons are a thriving economy, a high standard of living and education, and the training of surgeons.
Gunnar H, Gunnlaugsson +2 more
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Nordic Journal of Migration Research, 2022 This article explores migrants’ language learning experiences in two small language communities in the West Nordic Region. We provide a comparative perspective based on an online survey and ethnographic interviews conducted in Iceland and qualitative ...
Lara Hoffmann, Anna-Elisabeth Holm
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Icelandic chapter in the Polish book: a narrative perspective on Polish migration to Iceland
Wrocławski Rocznik Historii Mówionej, 2016 The paper presents a narrative perspective on Polish migration to Iceland based on one example of a woman, called Irena. Her biography served for an anthropological analysis used in biographical approach in social sciences with the assumption that the ...
Helga Ólafs , Anna Wojtyńska
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Running Wild: Environmental Attitudes of Long-Distance Runners in the Icelandic Highlands
Mountain Research and Development, 2021 An increasing number of sports events are taking place in wilderness and mountain areas. The Laugavegur Ultra Marathon (LUM) is one such event. It follows the 55-km (34.2-mile) route of the Laugavegur trail in the southern Icelandic highlands.
Rannveig Ólafsdóttir +2 more
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, 2008 Icelandic is one of the most puristically oriented among living languages.This chapter analyses an important but hitherto neglected method ofIcelandic word-formation. It introduces the term ‘phono-semanticmatching’ (henceforth PSM) to describe the technique whereby aforeignism is reproduced in the target language, using preexistent nativeelements that ...
Sapir, Yair, Zuckermann, Ghil'ad
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Case-based studies: a critical pedagogy of place in international education in Iceland
Education in the North, 2013 This paper examines the pedagogy of a first-year university course, Educational settings, in the International Studies in Education Programme at the University of Iceland.
Allyson Macdonald, Auður Pálsdóttir
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