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Spartan Daily, April 19, 1985 [PDF]

, 1985
Volume 84, Issue 52https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/spartandaily/7305/thumbnail ...
San Jose State University, School of Journalism and Mass Communications
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The impact of board governance on director compensation in West African IPO firms [PDF]

, 2013
This paper undertakes a unique study of the determinants of corporate governance in the West African developing region and their impact on director compensation.
Hearn, Bruce
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Soft Power in Trade: Quantifying the Impact of Confucius Institutes on China's Exports

International Studies of Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates the role of Confucius Institutes (CIs) as a form of China's cultural diplomacy and their impact on international trade, particularly exports. Using a gravity model, we analyze data from 1990 to 2019 across countries, finding that the presence of CIs significantly boosts China's exports.
Renjing Chen, Wei Jin, Tangrui Yang
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The border city of Goma: zone of contestation or laboratory of change? [PDF]

, 2011
In order to assess the remarkable paradox of Goma’s dynamic development and transformation from a peripheral town into an important regional economic hub in a generalized context of state collapse and armed conflict, this article tackles the city as a ...
Büscher, Karen, Vlassenroot, Koen
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From Empire to Aid: Analysing Persistence of Colonial Legacies in Foreign Aid to Africa

Journal of International Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT For decades now, Western development agencies and donors have been castigated for their colonial biases in providing aid to Africa. It is well established that donors provide considerably more foreign aid to their former colonies relative to other countries.
Swetha Ramachandran
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‘Hände hoch’: The South African experience of the moment of capture in North Africa

Contree
A large number of South African troops were captured by the Axis forces in the Western Desert after the crushing defeat at Sidi Rezegh in November 1941 and the surrender of Tobruk in June 1942.
Evert Kleynhans
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Report on the Expenditure of Lottery Funds Fiscal Year 1998 [PDF]

, 1998
pending
Gary T. Henry, Kris Byron
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Failure in Motion: A Framework for Capability Erosion and Institutional Dysfunction

Strategic Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Drawing on the literature on capability erosion and institutional dysfunction (ID), this study develops a conceptual framework that sheds new light on how the interaction between capability erosion and ID creates conditions for business failure across borders. By articulating two dimensions of heterogeneous capability and resource erosion (i.e.
Joseph Amankwah‐Amoah, Ahmed Adel Tantawy   +1 more
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Climate Change, Migration, and Conflict: Addressing Complex Crisis Scenarios in the 21st Century [PDF]

, 2012
Outlines how climate change, migration, and conflict intersect in Africa, Asia, and the Americas and implications for national, human, and environmental security.
Laura Conley, Michael Werz
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Navigating the Rapids: How Non‐Governmental Organization Managers Develop Strategic Adaptation to Repressive Political Environments

Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article explores the management adaptation strategies non‐governmental organizations (NGOs) managers employ in order to operate in repressive political environments. It answers the question: how do NGO managers initiate, manage and sustain internal change when the political/regulatory environment changes?
Charles Kaye‐Essien, Shahjahan Bhuiyan, Ghadeer Ali   +2 more
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