48 Foreign-Market Entry Strategies in the European Union Kyle Stiegert, Archie Amir Ardalan, and Thomas Marsh This study utilized intra-firm, socio-cultural, geographical-proximity, and political-stability variables to explain bimodal foreign direct investment (FDI) patterns by agri-food and beverage multinational companies into and within the European Union. A logit framework incorporated a unique-count database of firm-level investment patterns from 1987–1998. The results showed the 1992 structural
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Robert Rohrschneider EURS 669 15 March 2012 European Party Members Real Agenda With 27 member states, 23 official languages and 735 Members of European Parliament (MEPs), it is difficult to comprehend cohesion within the European Union, but that is exactly what Gail McElroy and Kenneth Benoit discuss in their article “Policy Positioning in the European Parliament” (2012). The scope of political groups in addition to political parties within the European Parliament is constantly changing. With each
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MILITARY INTEGRATION AND EUROPEAN UNIONS ROLE ON THE INTERNATIONAL LEVEL Introduction The European Union as a sole entity is comprised of 27 countries and its total population ranks third highest in the world, following behind China and India. Not only is the European Union considered to be one of the largest populated regions of the world, it is also considered to be one of the most important and influential leaders on the global stage. The Union impacts tremendously on the following: trade
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This is the pre-published version – For final version see: Andriotis, K. (2004). European Union Influence Over Tourism Employment. Tourism - An International Interdisciplinary Journal, 52(3): 277-284. ABSTRACT This paper examines the role of the European Union (EU) in influencing employment in the tourism industry of its member states. Tourism in EU accounts for about 5% of GDP and approximately 7.4 million persons are directly employed in tourism. The figure of persons directly employed
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Financial Crisis in the European Union: The Cases of Greece and Ireland Sara F. Taylor Thesis submitted to the faculty of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Political Science Scott G. Nelson, Chair Karen M. Hult Deborah J. Milly September 7, 2011 Blacksburg, Virginia Keywords: EUROPEAN UNION, EUROZONE, GREECE FINANCIAL CRISIS, IRELAND BANKING CRISIS, EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK Copyright
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TURKEY’S POSITION AT EUROPEAN UNION AND TURKISH IMPRESSION IN GERMANY Introduction Countries tried to show their power and sovereignty with hard power. But now we are living in a century that soft power can be more powerful than hard power. Cultural diplomacy is one of the strongest soft power items of last century. With right strategy of cultural diplomacy, a new image of a country can be created at other countries. This can affect so many statistics of a country in a positive way, such
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like to express my gratitude to our course instructor MR. MOHAMMAD ANISUR RAHMAN for giving me such opportunity. I must cite that he gave me the apt direction and showed me the accurate way to complete the assignment. CO2 EMISSION OF EUROPEAN UNION COUNTRIES: A SHORT REVIEW Beginning… “EU promises 20% reduction in carbon emissions by 2020” –it was published as headline in 21st February, 2007 in a number of leading newspapers of the world. From that commitment it is clear that
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How democratic is the European Union? The concept of democracy refers to the involvement of the people in political decision-making and also includes the ability of the citizens to hold their representatives to account, which are usually achieved through elections. Whether the European Union is democratic has been seen as a controversial question by a lot of people in the world. To some extent, the European Union can be described as democratic. Whereas, some people supposed that there is still
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The European Union and its power over opinion: what can Belarus tell us about the European identity? Contents Abstract Page 4 Introduction ` Page 5 Chapter 1: Constructing a European identity Page 8 Chapter 2: The European Union as a normative actor Page 21 Chapter 3: The Belarusian problem Page 30 Conclusion Page 49 Bibliography Page 52 Abstract Europe has embarked upon an unprecedented process of state integration witnessing
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EUROPEAN UNION E-COMMERCE: CONSUMERS RIGHTS AND PROTECTION ON THE INTERNET PICHAYAPONG PICHAYAPONGS U 3055471 CONTENTS I INTRODUCTION 3 II THE EUROPEAN DIRECTIVE OF 20 MAY 1997 CONCERNING DISTANCE CONTRACTS 3 A The distance contract 4 B Written confirmation 5 C Cooling-off period 5 D Tax payable on goods 5 E Credit card fraud 6 F Special protection 6 G Directive 97/7/EC of The European Parliament and of The Council of 20 May 1997 on the protection of consumers in
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