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Analyst earnings forecast trends in Pacific Rim countries
Ciccone, Stephen J.; Etebari, Ahmad - In: Managerial Finance 30 (2004) 7, pp. 19-35
This study analyzes trends in analyst forecast properties from 1987 through 1998 in the United States and seven Pacific Rim countries: Australia, New Zealand, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, and Thailand. Analyst forecast properties in the United States have become less dispersed, more...
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Seasonality and regime switching in equity markets: evidence from the US and UK
Cochran, Steven J. - In: Managerial Finance 30 (2004) 12, pp. 55-85
This study investigates whether cyclical turning points in the U.S. and U.K. stock markets are unevenly distributed over the year, that is, whether they are more likely to occur during certain months of the year. In examining this form of periodic seasonality, a Markov switching‐model is...
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Effect of exchange‐rate volatility on foreign direct investment in Sub‐Saharan Africa
Kyereboah‐Coleman, Anthony; Agyire‐Tettey, Kwame F. - In: The Journal of Risk Finance 9 (2008) 1, pp. 52-70
and robust methodology to examine the effect of real exchange rate volatility on foreign direct investment (FDI) in a …‐2002 were used. ARCH and GARCH models were employed for the determination of real exchange rate volatility, and co … volatility of the real exchange rate has a negative influence on FDI inflow and that the liberalization process has not led to a …
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Application of probabilistic methods to Chinese
Huang, Xiangji; Robertson, S.E. - In: Journal of Documentation 53 (1997) 1, pp. 74-79
The use of text retrieval methods based on the probabilistic model with Chinese language material is discussed. Since Chinese text has no natural word boundaries, we must either apply a dictionary‐based word segmentation method to the text, or index and search in terms of single Chinese...
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Analysis on research activity and impact of authors in Chinese information science based on citation relationship
Wang, Feifei; J. Jayroe, Tina; Qiu, Junping; Yu, Houqiang - In: Journal of Documentation 70 (2014) 3, pp. 461-477
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to further explore the co-citation and bibliographic-coupling relationship among the core authors in the field of Chinese information science (IS), to expose research activity and author impact, and to make induction analyses about Chinese IS research...
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A transatlantic comparison on poultry disputes with China
Chen, Shumei - In: Journal of Chinese Economic and Foreign Trade Studies 3 (2010) 2, pp. 169-184
dissimilarities in the USA's and the EU's poultry trade disputes with China, as a case study of murky protectionism amid the current …'s approach to poultry dispute with China is more scientific, while the USA's is more political. Research limitations … commodity China involved with two pivotal trade partners, in order to explore underlying differences; and lessons drawn for …
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Conserving the heritage in Chongqing by market forces
Hin Li, Ling; Gan, Lang - In: Journal of Cultural Heritage Management and Sustainable … 3 (2013) 1, pp. 18-34
mechanism for conservation, in an evolving socialist land economy, namely China. Design/methodology/approach – This paper … in Chongqing, China. Findings – From the analysis, it is found that a market‐based land use mechanism can serve to … China, given the recent high speed economic growth. A model that can balance development pressure, while allowing the market …
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Effective public affairs in China: MNC‐government bargaining power and corporate strategies for influencing foreign business policy formulation
Regina Chen, Yi‐Ru - In: Journal of Communication Management 8 (2004) 4, pp. 395-413
China’s open‐market reform and rapid economic growth have generated a tremendous surge in activity and market … investment by multinational corporations (MNCs). By 2000, 400 of the 500 most famous MNCs had invested in China. One distinctive … feature of China’ s business environment, its authoritarian political system, requires MNCs to practise strategic public …
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The political symbolism of business
Wang, Jian; Wang, Zhiying - In: Journal of Communication Management 11 (2007) 2, pp. 134-149
reputation management in China. Design/methodology/approach – The paper discusses three incidents involving companies from … nationalism is a critical component of the political marketplace in contemporary China and at times becomes central to Chinese … contradictions in China's encounter with globalization. Research limitations/implications – Conceptually, this paper presents …
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The evolution of China's telecommunications equipment market: a contextual, analytical framework
Low, Brian - In: Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing 20 (2005) 2, pp. 99-108
potential of China's telecommunications equipment market, including an analysis of contemporary economic, political and … the evolution of China's telecommunications market especially given its concern over maintaining control of a strategic … is the case here with China's telecommunications equipment manufacturers and operators.  …
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