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Liao, Xuanli, and 廖宣力. "Chinese think tanks and China's policy on Japan." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2002. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31243368.
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Dong, Jia Wen. "Research on the role of Chinese civil organizations in PRC's diplomacy." Thesis, University of Macau, 2015. http://umaclib3.umac.mo/record=b3335236.
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Wang, Jia. "Research on EU regional policy : its selective mechanisms, effects and role for EU integration, with reflections on its possible meaning for China." Thesis, University of Macau, 2011. http://umaclib3.umac.mo/record=b2555597.
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Du, Ya Xiong. "Research on issues of the implementation of international treaties in China." Thesis, University of Macau, 2010. http://umaclib3.umac.mo/record=b2157183.
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Davison, N., and N. Lewer. "Bradford Non-Lethal Weapons Research Project (BNLWRP). Research Report No. 5." University of Bradford, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/3997.
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yesTwo recent detailed reports, by the U.K Northern Ireland Office (NIO) - January 2004 1 and the U.S. Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) - February 2004 2, provide further insights into current policy and technology developments in the U.K. and U.S. The NIO report is the 4th and final report of a U.K wide Steering Group set up by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland in Summer 2000, with the objective: To establish whether a less potentially lethal alternative to baton rounds is available; and to review the public order equipment which is presently available, or could be developed, in order to expand the range of tactical options available to operational commanders. 3 In her foreword to the report Jane Kennedy, Minister of State for Northern Ireland notes that: Despite a protracted and international search for a commercially available product, we have been unable to find anything that meets the criteria of an acceptable, potentially less lethal alternative to the baton round currently in service which provides an effective capability that does not expose officers and the public to greater risk in violent public disorder.4 The NIO Report has sections looking at the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) programme on the development of less lethal technologies (particularly the Attenuating Energy Projectile and the Discriminating Irritant Projectile); commercial off the shelf product evaluations and update (12 Gauge Sock Round Assessment); Water Cannon; the U.K. use of less lethal technologies (with a focus on L21A1 baton rounds, CS sprays and the Taser). The report also contains a section entitled `The Management of Conflict¿ which discusses the dynamics of crowd behaviour. For a critical response to the NIO report see that from Dr. Brian Rappert.5 The CFR report provides a strong endorsement for non-lethal weapons. A key finding states: Wider integration of nonlethal weapons into the U.S. Army and Marine Corps could have reduced damage, saved lives, and helped to limit the widespread looting and sabotage that occurred after the cessation of major conflict in Iraq. Incorporating NLW capabilities into the equipment, training and doctrine of the armed services could substantially improve U.S. effectiveness in conflict, post-conflict, and homeland defense. 6 Interestingly, in describing the nonlethal capability sets (NLCS) which have been deployed in Kosovo and Iraq, and which help to provide a continuum of force between ¿don¿t shoot¿ and ¿shoot¿ 7, the CFR seems to distinguish between NLWs (rubber balls [grenades and shotgun munitions], bean bags, riot shields, Tasers, net entanglers, and caltrops), and equipment such as flash-bang grenades, laser dazzlers, and bullhorns of which it states ¿It is important to note that these are not weapons but non-lethal capabilities¿ 8 The CFR recommends expanded deployment of NLWs in the armed services, longer ranges for non-lethal payloads using precision delivery and fusing systems, and further development of millimetre-wave area-denial system (HPM weapons such as VMADS) and the advanced tactical laser (ATL). The report also argues for the need to have a bigger Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Directorate (JNLWD) or a new Non-lethal Joint Program Office (NLJPO) and for Bradford Non-Lethal Weapons Research Project (BNLWRP) ¿ Research Report 5 (May 2004) 2 closer links with the Joint Forces Command (JFCOM). In the opinion of the authors the JNLWD should also have more access into classified programmes throughout all branches of the armed services so as not to duplicate non-lethal development initiatives. To stimulate incorporation of NLWs throughout the U.S. Armed Services the CFR advocates two approaches: (1) top-down planning in the Defense department and (2) creation of demand for these [NLWs] weapons from the field as personnel gain experience with prototype equipment. 9 They argue there is a need for the top-level military and civilian leadership to be educated about NLW capabilities, not only for warfighting and peacekeeping, but also in `homeland defence in isolating a hot zone in the aftermath of a biological attack' 10. We will be referring again to both the NIO and CFR publications in other sections of this report.
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George, Atim Eneida. "Generative Leadership and the Life of Aurelia Erskine Brazeal, a Trailblazing African American Female Foreign Service Officer." Antioch University / OhioLINK, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1581697056034498.
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申遠. "中國外交智庫及其在政府政策過程中的角色研究." Thesis, University of Macau, 2011. http://umaclib3.umac.mo/record=b2554426.
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Nichols, Jennifer Lynn. "Motivation and Affective Variables in Arabic Language Learning for Iraq War Veterans: Language Learning Experiences Inside and Outside the Classroom." The Ohio State University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1274056937.
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Van, Winkle Kristina A. "Educating for Global Competence: Co-Constructing Outcomes in the Field: An Action Research Project." Antioch University / OhioLINK, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1626442252415126.
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Teixeira, Valadares de Oliveira Luiza. "Expatriate Adjustment in Brazil: A Cross-Cultural Analysis." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1366842311.
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Majer, Petr. "Analýza přínosů projektů OHK Brno pro podnikatele v regionu." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta podnikatelská, 2008. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-221983.
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This thesis seeks to analyze the impact of a range of projects of Chamber of Commerce Brno on the entrepreneurs from the respective region. The thesis describes the structure and the overall operation of the Chamber of Commerce Brno as well as its several projects. In order to evaluate, there are three marketing researches that need to be taken into a consideration. Those marketing researches had been realised during the period of 2005 – 2007. Baring the results risen from the abovementioned marketing researchs in mind, the created situation has been assessed, and based on the personal experience the recommendations dedicated to the management have been created.
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Malone, Chad Allen. "A Socio-Historical Analysis of U.S. State Terrorism from 1948 to 2008." University of Toledo / OhioLINK, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1216592463.
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Zhang, Yun. "TEACHERS’ SELF-EFFICACY BELIEFS IN RELATION TO PERCEIVED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY AND TEACHING PRACTICES: AN INVESTIGATION OF CHINESE PRIMARY ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE (EFL) TEACHERS." Scholarly Commons, 2019. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/3644.
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Research on self-efficacy has been a productive field and abundant research has shown that teachers’ self-efficacy beliefs influence teachers’ actions and performances and thus affect students’ learning outcomes. However, there is a lack of literature on EFL teachers’ self-efficacy beliefs and even less research was set in Chinese EFL contexts. On the one hand, this study was conducted to provide a general picture of the current status of EFL teachers’ perceived English proficiency, self-rated self-efficacy beliefs and self-reported teaching practices in terms of some demographic perspectives; On the other hand, it aimed to explore the correlations among Chinese primary EFL teachers’ perceived English proficiency, self-efficacy beliefs and teaching practices.
The quantitative study surveyed 217 in-service primary EFL teachers. The descriptive results showed that: (1) EFL teachers varied in perceived English proficiency in terms of age, years of teaching experience and college major; (2) age and teaching experience did while college major didn’t make a difference for EFL teachers’ self-efficacy beliefs; (3) the surveyed EFL teachers, in general, had a greater preference to communication-oriented language teaching (COLT) than form-oriented language teaching (FOLT). The results from the correlational statistics showed that: (1) perceived English proficiency (PEP), on the whole, had a significant predictive effect on self-efficacy beliefs (SEB). It was striking that among the four skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing) of English language, speaking had the most significant predictive effect on self-efficacy beliefs; (2) EFL teachers’ self-efficacy beliefs (SEB) had a predictive effect on COLT practices whereas not on FOLT practices; (3) The mediation model of showing the causal impacts of PEP (through SEB) on COLT was tested. i.e. Chinese primary EFL teachers’ self-efficacy beliefs played a complete mediating role between perceived English proficiency and communication-oriented language teaching.
The findings of the present study added on the compelling evidence that self-efficacy beliefs matter in the realm of primary EFL teaching in China. In light of these findings, implications were generated to primary EFL teacher education and in-service EFL teacher training programs, such as courses related to improving English proficiency, especially speaking skills, should be offered for non-English major EFL teachers; training courses related to improving self-efficacy beliefs, especially on classroom management strategies, and the recommended communicative-oriented language teaching practices should be offered to pre-service and inexperienced in-service EFL teachers.
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Cheng, I.-ju, and 鄭怡如. "The research of social relations, resource commitment and foreign market entry." Thesis, 2009. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/78539324640455599094.
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碩士銘傳大學
國際企業學系碩士班
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This study focuses on SME to China in considerate of social relations, resource commitment and entry timing. Using data on 2007 Members of Taiwan enterprises in China and send 1344 questionnaires, 121 valid responses are received for data analysis. The empirical result indicates SME in China will consider the specific ability as a key factor. Besides, the timing of entry will moderate the SME choices on entry mode. When firms are entering later, they will tend to rely on the social ties with local stakeholders and use lower degrees of control. Also, when the firms are entering later, they will afraid to fail on the investment so they reduce resource commitment and use lower degrees of control.
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Campbell, R. K. (R Keith). "Armed forces as instruments of foreign policy: some case studies." Thesis, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10539/16485.
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Chen, Ly-Jyun, and 陳立鈞. "Empirical Research on Relations among Taiwan Stock Market, Futures, Gold and Foreign Exchanges." Thesis, 2015. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/p54w6w.
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Sanyal, Joyobroto. "Foreign policy-making beyond the state : 'theory' and practice of foreign policy-making in the European Union with particular reference to its common foreign and security policy." Phd thesis, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/150945.
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Wu, Min-Tin, and 吳明添. "The Research of the Relationships among Labor Relations, Organizational Justice, and Negative Behavior in Foreign Labors." Thesis, 2010. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/58382266298351274169.
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碩士大葉大學
管理學院碩士在職專班
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The main purpose of this research is to discuss the relationships among labor relations, or-ganizational justice, and negative behavior in foreign labors, and attempts to explore whether the foreign laborer's organizational justice of the mediating process through the labor relations to pre-dict the foreign laborer's negative behavior. In the research method, the questionnaire survey ap-proach to the traditional industries as the research object of foreign labors issued a total of 310 questionnaires, 150 valid questionnaires, the effective response rate of 48.38%. The results showed: (1) The organizational justice of the foreign labors has negative influence on the negative behavior , without winning the empirical support. (2) The harmony, openness, and promptness of the labor relations in the foreign labors have the negative influence to the negative behavior, without winning the empirical support. (3) The hostility and apathy of the labor relations in the foreign labors have the negative influence to the negative behavior, without winning the empirical support. (4)The organizational justice of the foreign labors has a positive impact on labor relations,and earns for support.(5) The foreign laborer's organizational justice of the mediating process through the labor relations to predict the foreign laborer's negative behavior is not significant me-diation. The implications, limitations and future research directions will be discussed last.
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Wang, Hsiu-hsi, and 王秀喜. "The Research of Kaohsiung Chi-Chin District ‘‘Vietnam and Indonesia’’Foreign Spouses Life Adaptation and Human Relations." Thesis, 2005. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/24235672963790162148.
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碩士國立臺南大學
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This research adopted the means of the questionnaire and deep interview to discuss Kaohsiung Chi-Chin District ‘‘Vietnam and Indonesia’’ Foreign Spouses Life Adaptation and Human Relations. This research also compares the difference with governmental guide in foreign spouses policy and need. The discovery of this research is as follows: Life Adaptation aspects: The main work of the foreign spouses is to take care of their children and housekeeping. It is very difficult for them to adapt language communication and food habit. Foreign spouses usually conflict with their husbands for economic distribution of the family, and the difference of educational idea. Human Relations aspects: They make friends by themselves or community neighbors and foreign spouses from the same country. They always talk about the family affairs including kids, husbands and husband’s parents at their leisure time they also interchange the experience in educating children. Because of their husbands and the family’s objection and difficult language communication, their human relations become disturbing. The Governmental Policy and Need aspects: The prior need is to children education, language training, occupation training , healthy insurance supply ,tuition lessening and lessons guide ,nursing tuition supply. Foreign spouses’ family is basically belonging to the group of weak economy. The only way is to improve family economic environment and satisfy basic need of livelihood. The better life adaptation of foreign spouses exists in Taiwan, the smoother human relations they establish. Foreign spouses should take advantage of various opportunities to learn for upgrading their abilities of life adaptation and human relations. Foreign spouses hope to become one member of family and society for enhancing different race and culture in Taiwan society. People in Taiwan should considerate and regard foreign spouses as different race and culture to cherish precious culture product, not to be in debt. Key word：foreign spouses, international marriage, life adaptation, human relations.
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Ku, Chia-Yu, and 古佳玉. "The Research of the Relationships among Organizational Justice and Labor Relations in Foreign Laborers －The Moderating Effect of Cross－Cultural Values." Thesis, 2011. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/53864327694364768719.
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碩士大葉大學
管理學院碩士在職專班
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As Taiwan's economic growth, follows improvement on national average income and living standards. By this result, it changes the values of employment. People are reluctant to engage in high risk, difficult and dirty or lower wages jobs. This leads to labor shortage on those jobs, government therefore open to bring in foreign workers to solve this problem. Low wages foreign workers can maintain production and supply stable and reduce the economic costs. Therefore, how to effectively manage foreign workers, making it play a highly productive and improve organizational performance catches urgent attention in the industry. This research is based on Human Resource management perspective to explore the corporate organizational justice on foreign labor effect on labor relations. Foreign workers have different cultural values from local labors, so manage foreign workers should consider cultural differences. Thus, this study adds cross-cultural value humanitarian and instrumentalism as a moderating variable factor. Methodology is sample survey by questionnaire to the foreign workers employed by domestic manufacturing sector. Apply descriptive statistics, difference test, correlation analysis and hierarchical regression analysis to analyze the data validation. The results showed: 1.Organizational justice on foreign workers has a positive significant effect on labor relations.2.Under the care of the humanitarian to foreign workers, interactional justice had significant labor relations for the negative correlation. 3.The instrumentalist approach to foreign workers; interactional justice had significant labor relations for the negative correlation. Finally, this study describes the theoretical and practical implications and proposes research limitations and future research recommendations.
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Chen, Yen Feng, and 陳彥夆. "International Relations of the Republic of China: the Inter- active Research of the ROC''s Mainland Policy, Foreign Policy and the Chinese Communist Party''s Policy toward Taiwan, 1988-1994." Thesis, 1995. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/29178041024611324372.
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碩士國立政治大學
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1970年我國退出聯合國之後，外交關係的發展面臨前所未有的困境。 80年代末至今，中華民國對外關係雖逐步開展，但對外正式官方外交關係 仍有其局限。究其原因是國際環境、我國國力、中共對臺政策、大陸政策 及外交政策整體互動的產物。其中中共對臺政策、大陸政策、外交政策三 角互動關係更是影響中華民國對外關係的主變數。是故，本文的主旨除了 希望了解中華民國對外關係面臨困境的主要原因，更重要是在探討中共對 臺政策、大陸政策、外交政策三角互動關係下，我對外關係的情況，並在 此三角關係中找一個適當的平衡點，使臺海兩岸間的國際關係與兩岸關係 能在良性循環下開展。本文大架構主要是根據系統理論，來研究影響中華 民國對外關係的變數。以歷史研究法來探討中共對臺政策、大陸政策、外 交政策三角互動關係。以決策分析法討論影響中華民國外交政策的因素。 此外，本文著重於政府或官方立場為立論基點。對外關係的範圍主要限定 在官方及半官方層次內，並以政治關係為討論的重點。本文共分六章，第 一章為緒論，敘述本文研究動機與目的，研究範圍、方法與論文架構以及 資料來源與研究限制。第二章討論影響對外關係的環境因素，包括國內環 境、國際環境以及中共對臺政策。第三章探討影響對外關係的另兩個主變 數：中華民國大陸政策以及外交政策。第四章敘述大陸政策、外交政策與 中共對臺政策間的互動關係，以及三者彼此互動下對外關係的理論情況。 第五章分析大陸政策、外交政策與中共對臺政策互動下，對外關係的實際 成果與局限。第六章則總結本章主要論點，回答本文欲釐清的問題，並提 出解決對外困境的適當方案。本文研究發現，影響1988年後中華民國外交 關係的主變數，仍以中共對臺政策最為重要。然而在中共對臺政策很難自 發性轉變的情況下，運用其他重要變數，將是改善我對外關係的不二法門 。此外，外交政策是大陸政策的實際反映，兩者最重要的目標是尋求在兩 岸或國際關係上與中共平起平坐。大陸政策與中共對臺政策間的政治性互 動，是停留在各持己見與各說各話的階段。中共對臺政策與外交政策的互 動關係，只能處於對立與矛盾的關係上。是故，在大陸政策、外交政策與 中共對臺政策互動下，我對外關係的情況是，中華民國尋求在國際間與中 共對等。中共極力在國際間矮化中華民國。
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Hifazat, Sameer. "Agricultural aid and the bomb : an assessment of the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) efforts in diffusing India’s nuclear growth." Thesis, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/1959.7/uws:67796.
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This thesis adds to Australia’s diplomatic history by exploring how agricultural aid provided by the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) enhanced Australia’s engagement with Asia during the 1980’s. I present this thesis as a historical narrative to outline the limitations of ACIAR under the Hawke Government. Primary sources that support the argument of this thesis come from Archival Sources from the National Archives of Australia and Official Government Hansard documents. Both documents revealed the reaction given by opposition parties and external bodies when funding got stripped in this scheme and the government look towards alternative diplomatic measures. Being within an unstable region, this work advances and looks at strategies Australia used to gain influence within the region. India is the prime focus of this dissertation; however one can explore the Asian and other regions as a whole. Whilst ACIAR as a single arm could not achieve the goal of allowing Australia to influence Indian foreign policy, it is important to show what constituted ACIAR’s shortcomings for a better understanding on how to tie aid programs with national interests. This dissertation adds itself to the existing scholarship which promoted the point that Australia moved from complete dependence on great powers to more independent foreign policies to achieve their national goals. The work presented here goes against claims made by various scholars that Australian foreign policy revolved primarily around the constant dependence on great powers like Britain and later the United States. These scholars downplayed the potential of Australia’s own foreign policy in influencing nations within the region. Australia’s lack of access to a diverse range of military arms prevented them from being a great military threat. They therefore relied on soft power strategies to express their influence. Agricultural aid was one of a series of schemes that Australia hoped successfully influenced India’s shift away from nuclear weapons. However, as this thesis shows this specific scheme could not achieve the success that programs like the Colombo Plan ultimately did.
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Graham, Suzanne Elizabeth. "South Africa’s voting behaviour in the United Nations, 1994-2008." Thesis, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/8294.
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D.Litt. et Phil. (Politics)This study places on record South Africa‟s UN voting data from 1994 to 2008. It also investigates consistency in terms of South Africa‟s declared foreign policy and its actual voting practices at the UN during that period. The voting data and related speeches are drawn from the UN‟s Index to Speeches available through the UN Documentation Centre as well as from an examination of the recorded votes in the UN Index to Proceedings and the United Nations Bibliographic Information System (UNBISnet) – the two main databases concerning voting records in the UN and found in the Dag Hammarskjold online library. Using its own three-step model of voting behaviour, the study traces South Africa‟s declared foreign policy on selected issues in the first step; the Republic‟s voting actions on the issues in the second step, and then interpretations of the voting actions taken in the final step. By organising the voting data in this way, the study intends to make the examination of South Africa‟s voting behaviour within this multilateral forum more manageable. The model is applied to four themes identified as prominent within South Africa‟s foreign policy in the years under review. A table is also employed to assess if the voting is inconsistent, partly consistent or consistent with the declared policy under review. The Republic‟s voting behaviour is examined with regard to the following four themes: the promotion of human rights and democracy; disarmament and related non-proliferation issues; the advancement of African interests and the consolidation of the African Agenda within the context of North-South relations, and reform of the UN and the promotion of equitable global governance. The study concludes that between 1994 and 2008 there was congruity between South Africa‟s declared foreign policy and its UN voting behaviour in most respects. The Republic was mostly consistent on issues of UN reform, followed by the promotion of African interests, then disarmament issues and lastly with regard to human rights and democracy promotion. It is evident that South Africa has stumbled at times and sidelined certain principles, human rights promotion in specific countries most especially. It could be said that South Africa‟s foreign policy evolved from one unsure how to deal with human rights issues at the UN, to one rooted firmly in nurturing solidarity with its Southern partners in Africa and the rest of the world. This reflects a young democracy finding its way in the multilateral organisation and attempting to balance external expectations of the Republic with its foreign policy priorities. Overall South Africa demonstrated a fair commitment to its declared foreign policy, and principles, in its UN voting behaviour.
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WHITLING, Frederick. "The western way : academic diplomacy : foreign academies and the Swedish institute in Rome, 1935-1953." Doctoral thesis, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1814/14990.
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Defence date: 9 November 2010Examining Board: Prof. Antonella Romano (EUI), Supervisor Prof. Anthony Molho (EUI) Prof. Stephen L. Dyson (University at Buffalo, The State University of New York) Prof. Salvatore Settis (Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa)
First made available online on 14 January 2013.
The focus of this investigation lies on the dynamic of national interests versus international collaboration among the so-called foreign academies in Rome during the immediate post-war period in Italy. This is a study of individual, local and national representation and mentalities, as well as of national scholarly institutions. The study covers the period 1935-1953, and concerns scholarly interaction at five foreign academies in Rome - the Swedish Institute in Rome (SIR), the British School at Rome (BSR), the American Academy in Rome (AAR), the École française de Rome (EFR) and the Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Rom (DAIR) - all representing national academic structures and scholarly paradigms in relation to the study of antiquity and perceptions of common classical heritage and tradition. The investigation attempts to illuminate and contextualise the foreign academies in Rome, and has been inspired by the conspicuous general lack of assessment of the foreign academies beyond national ‘hagiographical’ histories, and by a need for self-reflective evaluation of the academies in historical context.
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Dai, Li. "Caught in the Crossfire: Strategies of Multinationals in Host Countries at War." Thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2011-12-10245.
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This dissertation examines the strategic choices of multinational enterprises (MNEs) in host countries that become engaged in war. By combining the resource-based view and resource management theory, and drawing additional insights from research on real options and foreign strategic exit, I link the costs attributable to war to the strategic responses of the MNE at the subsidiary level in a novel firm-vulnerability framework. In particular, I develop theory regarding whether a subsidiary will exit from a host country, and if so, the timing (early or late) and mode (whole or partial) of exit.
I test my hypotheses on a sample of 626 subsidiaries from 386 Japanese MNEs representing 51 industries in 23 countries at war, both interstate and civil, over the period 1988 to 2006. In analyzing the exit likelihood and timing decisions with time-varying covariates, I employ an extended Cox proportional hazard model, which allows for random-effects modeling of predictor variables at the subsidiary, parent MNE, and host country levels. To determine the exit mode of subsidiaries that choose exit over staying, I use binomial logit models. To correct for potential sample selection bias, I replicate my exit mode results with a Heckman probit model. My findings suggest that
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increasing strategic flexibility can counterbalance the potential disadvantages associated with leveraging strategically salient resources in high-risk locations.
In examining war as a broad-based perturbation capable of destroying not only institutionalized values, but also the physical infrastructure and human capital of firms, this dissertation empirically demonstrates how political violence influences the strategies of MNEs. Furthermore, my interdisciplinary approach in integrating theoretical lenses from climate change and natural environment sustainability with existing management literatures to examine the effect of war on firms serves to enhance our understanding of individuals and collectives in extreme conditions.
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Liu, Zhao. "Taiwanese accounts of the meaning of their national identity : a qualitative study." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1805/3796.
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Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)The national identity of Taiwanese people has been a topic under public debate and academic inspection since Taiwan’s democratization in the 1980s and the 1990s. In this study, I interviewed fifteen Taiwanese students studying in the United States and talked with them about their national identity. Interviews with the fifteen students reveal that an independent Taiwanese identity has taken shape, while a Chinese cultural identity still remains part of the Taiwanese identity. It was also discovered that although a Taiwanese national identity has formed, a Taiwanese ethnicity has not yet taken a complete form. Discussions with the Taiwanese students also indicate that studying in the multi-cultural United States renders them more aware of their Taiwanese national identity, as well as their Chinese cultural identity.
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Chen, Shung-ting, and 陳信廷. "Research Related to Labor Relation of Foreign Banks in Taiwan''s Branch." Thesis, 1997. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/58568136909435307821.
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Bennett, Vernon Noel. "The role of the military within Official Development Assistance : policies, parameters and procedures : a thesis presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Philosophy in Development Studies at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand." 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10179/1105.
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This thesis explores the relationship between development, Official Development Assistance (ODA) and the military in order to determine both the nature and effects of that relationship, and how the involvement of the military within ODA can be conducted in the most appropriate manner to support development. This study was conducted with regard to the current links between security and development within international relations and concerns that ODA is being drawn from a primarily development role to one that more explicitly supports national foreign and security policy ends instead. This issue is explored by defining development, ODA and the military as separate variables and then employing a grounded theory approach to develop an understanding of the relationship between them. The results of the study show that the involvement of the military within ODA and development may occur throughout the full range of operational contexts in which the military may be employed and can encompass activities throughout the scope of the functions of development. This involvement can in turn create a range of positive and negative impacts upon the conduct of ODA and development as the military serves to moderate the direction and strength of the relationship between the two. From this, the role of the military within ODA is identified as potentially an enabling, implementing and coordinating agency – primarily during times of crisis and conflict. The study then relates this role back to the wider context through considering the management of the military’s role and identifying the policies, parameters and procedures that may help to ensure that this role is conducted in the most appropriate manner for development.
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Tsung, Pei-lun, and 宗培倫. "A Research of the Relation between the Resources and Decisions of MNCs'' Parent Firms and Its Subdiarys'' Performance - With Foreign Banks'' Taiwan Branches as an Example." Thesis, 2008. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/84g3u8.
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碩士國立中山大學
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Former research on entry strategies are generally focused on finding the determining factors for MNCs'' entry timing or entry mode. Albeit MNCs'' ultimate reason of investing in foreign markets are gaining profits, number of papers discussing MNCs'' strategies and the performance of their subsidiary are far away from representing its importance – especially in the realm of service industries. Meanwhile, along with advanced technology and the trend of globalization, international trades are flourishing. Financial firms are as well in the bloom due to their job as being capital borrowers and lenders. In Taiwan, since the government allowed foreign banks to invest in 1964, foreign banks contributed much in breeding financial innovation and training professionals. Their performances are as well benchmarks for domestic banks. Combined with aforementioned backgrounds and motives, this thesis aims at discussing the relation between the resources and decisions of the foreign banks'' parent firms and its Taiwan branches'' performance in order to figure out the key factor affecting the performance of these banks'' Taiwan branches. Thus, this study will serve foreign banks'' Taiwan branches as samples and list resource condition variables of their parent banks according to OLI framework. The entry timing of these foreign banks is served as the strategy behavior variable. Via analyzing sample data before and after the Financial Holding Company Act and Merger and Acquisition of Financial Institutions Act with multiple regressions, this study intends to confirm the key factor affecting the performance of these banks'' Taiwan branches. According to the results, the key factor would be entry timing. That is, regardless of the environmental challenges posed against these banks, the first mover advantage dominates in explaining the performance of these banks'' Taiwan branches.
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Dutton, Laura A. "Evaluating the criteria for successful elections in post-conflict countries : a case study including Iraq, Sierra Leone, and Bosnia and Herzegovina." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1805/5281.
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Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)Previous research on post-conflict elections has found several criteria important in determining if an area is ready to hold elections and whether or not it is likely to succeed. Although rarely ranked in any determination of importance, several concepts are present in most post-conflict election research. Additionally, there is not an agreed set of standard criteria upon which success can be assumed. When researching the post-conflict election literature two questions arise: (1) is there a set of criteria established to determine if an area is ready to conduct post-conflict elections, and (2) do all criteria need to be present in order to ensure successful post-conflict elections? Most research agrees on common criteria but highlights or researches one dominant criterion, to which is then often attributed to the success of an election. This is found in Krishna Kumar’s focus on international assistance (Kumar, 1998), Staffan Lindberg’s attribution of success to repetition of the election process (Lindberg, 2006), Paul Collier’s focus on per capita income (Collier, 2009), and Marie-Soleil Frere’s research on post-conflict elections and the media (Frere, 2011). When reviewing multiple research sources, it is likely several factors at various times and in various elections will be credited with being the single source criterion for success. This kind of past research is well supported and conclusively argued, but still fails to provide a scope of understanding outside of a single event. In other words, it is case specific and not comparatively applicable across cases. Although this thesis does not intend to “McDonaldize” (Ritzer, 2009) the process of democratization, it does propose to define a common set of criteria necessary, even if in varying degrees, to conduct successful elections in post-conflict environments.