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This thesis tries to discuss critically at least two issues regarding European Eastern Enlargement. It tries to offer an analysis of the reasons why the EU had made the decision to enlarge eastwards, even though the advantages were not clear. A further aim will be to raise issues about the...
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India and the EU launched negotiations on a far-ranging free trade agreement (FTA) in 2007, including trade in goods, the deregulation of services, investment, government procurement and the strict enforcement of intellectual property rights. The aim is to conclude the agreement in early 2011....
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Die vorliegende Arbeit analysiert im Rahmen allgemeiner Gleichgewichtsmodelle offener Volkswirtschaften mögliche Wechselwirkungen zwischen zunehmender wirtschaftlicher Integration und national bzw. supranational bestimmter Umweltpolitik. Die Arbeit gliedert sich in 3 Teile. Der erste Teil der...
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Wirtschaftlicher Handel zwischen Afrika und der Europäisch Union mit besonderer Berücksichtigung auf den Sudan. …Africa’s trade relations encompass a network of bilateral, regional and multilateral linkages. Africa’s main trading … preferential access in terms of duties, quotas, and free access to a large number of products from Africa. EU preferences have had …
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Ireland’s relatively late and feeble fertility transition remains poorly-understood. The leading explanations stress … samples from the 1911 census of Ireland to study fertility in Dublin and Belfast. Our larger project aims to use the extensive …
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The study is based on a questionnaire survey of 117 Irish software firms. It finds no systematic relation between product lead time and acquisition of first external funds in new technology-based firms (NTBFs). Contrary to the stage model's predictions, these firms are just as likely to secure...
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Using a sample of 117 Irish software companies, we examine the capital structure of new technology-based firms. Consistent with the findings on financing for other small businesses, internal funds are the most important source of funding in new technology-based firms. However, in apparent...
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Labour market policies in Denmark, especially measures for the unemployed, recently received much attention, because of …. Denmark offers a flexible labour market with minimal regulations combined with high social security. This ‘flexicurity’ has …. However, Denmark has been able to embed activation into the tradition of a generous and universal welfare state. The paper …
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Marriage is an important institution for both individuals and society as a whole. It is a significant event in the life cycle of individuals; for society at large it represents the creation of a new unit of production, consumption, distribution and exchange of goods and services. In most...
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