and how it is affecting higher education. The author first reviews the nature of globalisation, and then examines its international impact on higher education development. He contends that globalisation is predominantly economic, and points out that global exchanges in the economic, cultural and educational domains continue to be unequal. At the same time, education is increasingly treated as a business. By exposing the negative side of globalisation and its effects on universities, the author aims
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Procter & Gamble Financial Statement Analysis Most people think of financial statements as a tool only used by accountants and financial experts, but over the years they have grown to become a powerful tool in analyzing the financial health of organizations for anyone who is interested. According to Ruhl & Smith (2013), the motivation behind the joint FASB/IASB conceptual framework was to make accounting information useful and the two most important components of usefulness are faithful
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Accept ------------------------------------------------- Top of Form Search Advanced and citation search Within current journal Entire site Bottom of Form Home > List of Issues > Table of Contents > An international perspective on human resource management and performance in the health care sector: toward a research agenda Browse journal View all volumes and issues Current issue Latest articles Most read articles Most cited articles Authors and submissions Subscribe Journal information
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Research Paper The experience of ethnic minority workers in the hotel and catering industry: Routes to support and advice on workplace problems Ref: 03/06 2006 Prepared by: Tessa Wright and Anna Pollert (Working Lives Research Institute, London Metropolitan University) Funded by Acas and the European Social Fund For any further information on this study, or other aspects of the Acas Research and Evaluation programme, please telephone 020 7210 3673 or email research@acas.org
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Andrew Harrison was a Principal Lecturer and Subject Group Leader in economics at Teesside University until August 2010 and has been a visiting lecturer at the Technical University of Košice since April 1993. He has also been a visiting lecturer in Germany, Ukraine and Singapore. Since leaving the full-time staff of Teesside University, he has continued to work as an occasional lecturer and as an external examiner at two other UK universities. He holds qualifications from London, Salford and Leeds
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United Kingdom Tables of Content 1. The United Kingdom’s Background 2. Culture of the United Kingdom 3. Language, social class, sports, stereotypes, doing business in the UK 4. 5 Main tourist destinations 5. Recent News 6. Economy of the United Kingdom (vs. the United States) 7. Politics and Business in the United Kingdom 8. Membership to World Trade Organization 9. Free Trade Agreements with the United
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record of all economic transactions during a given period between residents (including the government) of one country and residents (including the governments) of other countries. The transactions are presented in the form of double-entry bookkeeping. Barron's Banking Dictionary: Accounting of a country's economic transactions with foreign countries in a stated period of time, normally one year. The balance of payments for any country is divided into two broad categories: the Current Account representing
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measures of corporate performance were employed in the current study. ISO registration appeared to be the most significant determinant of corporate performance in the sampled companies. In addition, the results reveal that ROA, EVA, ROS and Inventory are the most significant variables affecting ISO. The findings also revealed that ISO companies out perform non-ISO registered companies. Keywords: Corporate Performance; ISO 9000; Return on Assets; Economic Value Added; Return on Sales; Inventory. 2
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RESEARCH PAPER 06/36 19 JUNE 2006 A Political and Economic Introduction to China “If the 20th century ended in 1989, the 21st began in 1978” Martin Jacques, The Guardian, 25 May 2006 China’s political and economic rise and what it means for the world is now a central preoccupation of analysts and policy-makers. Public awareness of China is likely to increase as the 2008 Olympics in Beijing draw near. This Research Paper is intended to act as a resource that Members of Parliament and their
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The Rhetoric of HRM is Soft But the Reality is Hard HRM Viewed as a Rhetorical Device Mulvaney, P (2012) Page 1 Paul Mulvaney N00128352. Course DL243f Contents Introduction....................................................................................................3 Where does the HRM rhetoric–reality gap exist........................................4 Why has management used HRM as a rhetorical device...........................5 How has HRM rhetoric penetrated work
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