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Global Strategy Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Research Summary Under what conditions do headquarters replace the general manager (GM) of an underperforming subsidiary? We argue that translating performance feedback into managerial intervention requires an inferential step the behavioral theory of the firm has only partially theorized.
Liang (Arthur) Li +2 more
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Book Review: Theoretical and applied perspective on teaching foreign languages in multilingual settings: Pedagogical implications [PDF]
Journal of Pedagogical ResearchInclusivity is an idea much cherished in the modern theory of multilingualism and encouraged in its pedagogical practices. Language teaching is no longer an isolated endeavor in a static monolinguistic classroom environment, rather it involves adopting a
Shahzad-ul-Hassan Farooqi
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Bank Income Smoothing, Societal Patriarchy and Policy Uncertainty
International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Using a sample of 745 banks from 26 OECD countries over the period 1997–2023, we investigate the moderating effects of societal patriarchy on bank income smoothing (IS), amidst policy uncertainty (PU). Results indicate that in periods of high PU, banks operating in highly patriarchal societies tend to curtail the use of loan loss provisions ...
Tanveer Ahsan +4 more
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China in Africa. Implications for Norwegian Foreign and Development Policies
, 2006 China’s development will affect the history of the twenty-first century, and perhaps nowhere more importantly than in Africa. The emergence of China introduces new opportunities for Africa, new challenges and new imponderables as well. Observers are watching China’s Africa policy with a mixture of fascination and fright.
Tjønneland, Elling N. +3 more
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Impact of Sovereign Debt Maturity on Fiscal Sustainability
International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study is the first to investigate the impact of the term structure of public debt on fiscal sustainability. We adopt the widely used backward‐looking measure of fiscal sustainability—fiscal responsiveness as proposed by Bohn. Using data from De Graeve and Mazzolini and focusing on a sample of 19 most developed countries, we demonstrate ...
António Afonso +3 more
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Exchange Rates and Sovereign Risk: A Nonlinear Approach Based on Local Gaussian Correlations
International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We empirically assess the interlinkages between sovereign risk, measured in terms of CDS spreads, and exchange rates for a sample of emerging markets. Our period of analysis includes episodes of severe stress, such as the Global Financial Crisis, the COVID‐19 pandemic, and the Ukrainian War.
Reinhold Heinlein +2 more
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Narratives of ‘home landscapes’ guide stewardship practices among Swedish forest owners
People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Production forests play an important role in addressing many of our current sustainability challenges. Therefore, how these forests are managed and what motivates the people who are managing them are important for sustainability. 47 per cent of forests in Europe are privately owned.
Katja Malmborg +3 more
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The Kosovo War in the Media - Analysis of a Global Discursive Order [PDF]
Conflict & Communication Online, 2002 This article, which has a discourse analytical perspective, discusses findings from studies of the Kosovo War in the media covering the whole process from production to reception.
Birgitta Höijer +2 more
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Climate Vulnerability and Renewable Energy Consumption: The Moderating Role of Financial Development
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates the nexus between climate vulnerability (CVUL) and renewable energy consumption (RECO) and tests the moderating effect of financial development (FD) on this relationship. The analysis is, particularly, relevant for the 162 panel countries observed between 1995 and 2022, which face diverse climate risks and exhibit ...
Sorin Gabriel Anton
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Efforts to Restore the White Sea Fishing Fleet in the Initial Period of the NEP
Арктика и СеверThe recovery period of the early 1920s in Soviet Russia coincided with the search for new forms of production management and was complicated not only by economic devastation, but also by the difficult international situation, political and economic ...
Tatyana I. Troshina
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