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Gatekeeping in the evolving business of independent film distribution
Smits, Roderik - 2019 - 1st edition
This book is about the business of distribution, around which the international film business revolves. Considering …, how their practices have evolved, and the power and control they exert over the business of independent film distribution …
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‘Margin Call’: Using Film to Explore Behavioural Aspects of the Financial Crisis
Werner, Andrea - In: Journal of Business Ethics 122 (2014) 4, pp. 643-654
The aim of this article is to show how the critically acclaimed and award winning film Margin Call may be used in … business ethics teaching. Set in a fictional investment bank at the dawn of the financial crisis, the film zooms in on the …-backed securities market. The film offers rich material for analysis of behaviours that contributed to the crisis. The article will set …
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Absorbing a windfall of foreign exchange : Dutch disease dynamics
Ploeg, Frederick van der; Venables, Anthony - 2010
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Internationalization of NGOS and competition on markets for development donations
Aldashev, Gani; Verdier, Thierry - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003571529
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Fragile states and development policy
Besley, Timothy; Persson, Torsten - 2011
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Does female empowerment promote economic development?
Doepke, Matthias; Tertilt, Michele - 2011
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Auctions with endogenous participation and quality thresholds : evidence from oda infrastructure procurement
Estache, Antonio - 2009
"Infrastructure projects are often technically complicated and highly customized. Therefore, procurement competition tends to be limited. Competition is the single most important factor toward auction efficiency and anti-corruption. However, the degree of competition realized is closely related...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394147
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Aid, Natural Disasters and the Samaritan's Dilemma
Raschky, Paul A. - 2009
This paper discusses the impact of foreign aid on the recipient country's preparedness against natural disasters. The theoretical model shows that foreign aid can have two opposing effects on a country's level of mitigating activities. In order to test the theoretical propositions, the authors...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394246
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Scaling Up Aid Or Scaling Down : the Global Economic Crisis and Rwanda's Mdgs
Lofgren, Hans - 2009
Rwanda is not on track to achieve most of the Millennium Development Goals at a time when hopes for scaled-up aid are mixed with concerns that, in the context of the global economic crisis, aid instead will be scaled down. This paper analyzes the effects of alternative scenarios for grant aid,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394252
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International aid and financial crises in donor countries
Dang, Hai-Anh - 2010
The global financial crisis has already led to sharp downturns in the developing world. In the past, international aid has been able to offset partially the effects of crises that began in the developing world, but because this crisis began in the wealthy countries, donors may be less willing or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394456