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HOW ABOUT MEASURING INTRAPRENEURSHIP? Heinonen, Jarna D.Sc. (Econ.&Bus.Adm.), Director Small Business Institute Turku School of Economics and Business Administration P.O.Box 110, FIN-20521 Turku, Finland Tel. +358 2 4814 577 Fax +358 2 4814 393 jarna.heinonen@tukkk.fi www.tukkk.fi/pki Korvela, Kaisu M. Soc. Sc., Researcher Small Business Institute Turku School of Economics and Business Administration P.O.Box 110, FIN-20521 Turku, Finland Tel. +358 2 4814 511 Fax +358 2 4814 393 kaisu
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Journal of International Economics 72 (2007) 113 – 127 www.elsevier.com/locate/econbase Foreign outsourcing, exporting, and FDI: A productivity comparison at the firm level Eiichi Tomiura ⁎ Department of Economics, Yokohama National University, 79-4 Tokiwa-dai, Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama City, 240-8501, Japan Received 18 August 2004; received in revised form 1 May 2006; accepted 25 November 2006 Abstract This paper documents how productivity varies with globalization modes, based on a firm-level
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requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Computer Science. The thesis is equivalent to 20 weeks of full time studies. Contact Information: Author(s): Imran Ashraf Address: c/o Gulfam Abbas, Älgbacken 4 LGH 081, 37234 Ronneby, Sweden E-mail: im_qamar@yahoo.com Phone: +46 700746734 Amir Shahzed Khokhar Address: c/o Gulfam Abbas, Älgbacken 4 LGH 081, 37234 Ronneby, Sweden E-mail: amir_ask@yahoo.com Phone: +46 760811926 University advisor(s): Professor Lars Lundbarg School of Computing Blekinge
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Advanced Modelling in Finance using Excel and VBA Mary Jackson and Mike Staunton JOHN WILEY & SONS, LTD Chichester ž New York ž Weinheim ž Brisbane ž Singapore ž Toronto Copyright 2001 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Baffins Lane, Chichester, West Sussex PO19 1UD, England National 01243 779777 International (C44) 1243 779777 e-mail (for orders and customer service enquiries): cs-books@wiley.co.uk Visit our Home Page on http://www.wiley.co.uk or http://www.wiley.com
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