Investment Retention Mechanisms: Rationale and Implementation Experience
This contribution highlights the importance of institutional dispute prevention not just to prevent the proliferation of formal legal disputes between states and foreign investors, but also to preserve the relationship between investors and states and ...
Priyanka Kher
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Determining the influence of belonging to a wine protected designation of origin on profitability
Abstract To guide consumers, wineries need credible attributes about the quality of their wines and its origin. In Spain, protected designations of origin (PDO) guarantee that the wine has been produced in a certain wine region in accordance with specific and officially regulated quality criteria thus providing elements of guarantee to the consumer ...
Jordi Moreno Gené+2 more
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The Global Financial Crisis Discloses Dysfunctional Distribution of Income in Developed Economies. Where Do Central and Eastern Europe Stand? [PDF]
Born in 2008 in one of the most dynamic economies of the world as a massive financial crush and spilled over developed countries threatening growth and social stability, the global financial crisis unveiled structural problems in mitigating global risks ...
Simona MARINESCU, Cezar Radu COJOCARIU
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Molecular and pathological identification of ovine pulmonary adenomatosis at Mosul city abattoirs [PDF]
Ovine Pulmonary adenomatosis OPA is a frequent condition that affects small ruminants, characterized by inflammation of the lung parenchyma, and causes polyp-like hyperplasia of the epithelium lining the alveoli and interstitial tissue like bronchi.
Osama Z. Jiad, Ahmed M. Al-Saidya
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Illuminating a Blind Spot in Digitalization -- Software Development in Sweden's Private and Public Sector [PDF]
As Netscape co-founder Marc Andreessen famously remarked in 2011, software is eating the world - becoming a pervasive invisible critical infrastructure. Data on the distribution of software use and development in society is scarce, but we compile results from two novel surveys to provide a fuller picture of the role software plays in the public and ...
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Abstract The transition from subsistence to market‐oriented agriculture holds the potential to boost rural economic progress and improve the well‐being of the rural poor in developing countries. Despite this potential, there is limited understanding of the key drivers for smallholder commercialization. In this study, we utilize comprehensive three‐wave
Abebayehu Girma Geffersa+1 more
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Influence of Connector Width on the Stress Distribution of Posterior Bridges under Loading
Objective: In all ceramic fixed partial dentures the connector area is a common fracture location. The survival time of three-unit fixed partial dentures may be improved by altering the connector design in regions of maximum tension.
S. Mir Mohammad Rezaei+4 more
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Impact of e-Government Services on Private Sector: An Empirical Assessment Model [PDF]
Despite the large investments in the field of e-Government (e-Gov) around the world, little is known about the impact such investment. This is due to the lack of guidance evaluation, absence of appropriate tools to measure the impact of e-Gov on the private sector, as well as the lack of effective management to resolve or eliminate the barriers to e ...
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Cost of Implementation of Basel III reforms in Bangladesh -- A Panel data analysis [PDF]
Inspired by the recent debate on the macroeconomic implications of the new bank regulatory standards known as Basel III, we tried to find out in this study that the impact of Basel III liquidity and capital requirements in Bangladesh proposed by Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS, 2010a).
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