Tesis: "Emerging theory"

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Chen, Xin. "Adopting emerging integration technologies in organisations". Thesis, Brunel University, 2005. http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/5159.

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A review of the innovation and diffusion literature indicates a considerable amount of research, where attention is given to a range of features which may support integration technologies adoption. However, some literature suggests that the findings derived from the study of large enterprises cannot be generalised and applied in SMEs due to the distinct characteristics of SMEs. Although the adoption of integration technologies is recognised as being different between large and small companies, the literature on its adoption by SMEs remains limited. Nevertheless, in existing work, there is a lack of studies emphasising the reasons why SMEs and large companies take the decision to adopt integration technologies, focusing specifically on the different factors. This thesis therefore identifies the significant differences in the way that SMEs and large companies approach integration technologies, based on the existing literature, theoretical diffusion theories, and resource-based theory. In doing so, the parameters that can be used to explain the adoption of integration technologies in SMEs and large firms are identified, as nature of organisations, company size, integration needs, adoption factors for SMEs and large organisations, and time. Additionally, adoption factors are found and classified into three categories: adoption factors explicit to SMEs, adoption factors explicit to large organisations, and common factors. Based on this, a conceptual model is introduced to explain the different factors that influence adoption between SMEs and large organisations. The empirical contexts of the research are one project on integration technologies adoption, and four case studies on a large firm and three SMEs, which are analysed using an interpretive and qualitative research approach. The evidence suggests that the empirical data complement the identified dimensions nature of organisations, integration needs, company size and time. The empirical data also confirm that the current integration technologies adoption factors reported in the literature can be classified into common factors, factors explicit to SMEs, and factors explicit to large firms, to support a more comprehensive view of this area. An additional factor perceived future prospect has been considered as an influence on adoption in large organisations. The findings of this research can be useful to guide analysts and researchers in determining critical aspects of the complex issues involved for integration technologies adoption, and lead to suggestions for further valid research.

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Kilarski, Sharon K. "An emerging theory of actor learning : the actors' perspective /". free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 2000. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p9988676.

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Ajrapetova, Tamara. "Asset Pricing in Emerging Markets". Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2017. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-359270.

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General content: Current methods of estimation of cost of capital in the emerging markets are often neglecting various contradictions with the essentials of the model structure and assumptions. As the result of such imprecisions, the cost of equity is often understated (overstated). This thesis will attempt to assess current level of emerging market integration, liquidity and concentration. This will be followed by evaluation of traditional and alternative models for estimation of cost of equity. The author will address several currently available models such as Credit Rating Model, D-CAPM model, various versions of traditional CAPM models. Furthermore, she will compare and contrast their limitations taking into account the context of emerging markets. The testing of the models will be performed on country basis through the means of index data. In the last chapter, discussion of the results and possible improvements of the valuation approaches will take place.

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Wuolle, Victoria R. "Conscious Evolution as Catalyst for Emerging Community". Thesis, Marian University, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10606785.

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The purpose of this study was to look at the role of Conscious Evolution as a catalyst for community building. The work of the researcher was to take an in depth look at Conscious Evolution in relation to the success and growth of a service oriented nonprofit organization that works in the area of integrated health care. The scientific and theological perspectives of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, 20^th Century Jesuit priest and paleontologist, provided the theoretical framework that guided the study. His understanding of Conscious Evolution, simply described, is the emergence of humans’ ability to reflect on existence through means of discernment.

Teilhard’s framework fit with the methodological approach of hermeneutic phenomenology that was used to inform this study. The phenomenon of Conscious Evolution was examined with ten participants from a community center that works with integrative health and wellness. Each participant took part in three extensive interviews that inquired about experiences prior to involvement with the organization, since they became involved, and what their involvement means for them. Four themes arose (community, spirituality, service, and belonging) that affirmed the research questions and promote an opportunity for further study of Conscious Evolution as catalyst for community building.

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Palomer, Angela Mayo. "Attachment Theory and Reasons Not to Marry Among Emerging Adults". Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/244484.

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Using attachment theory, I examined reasons for not marrying, including doubts about the self and doubts about the partner, among emerging adults (N = 89; age range 18‐25). To explain these reasons for not marrying, I used attachment theory to examine attachment dimensions: avoidance (positive view of self; negative view of others) and anxiety (negative view of self; positive view of others). Also from attachment theory, I examined reports of parental divorce, given its associations with relational struggles. I hypothesized that individuals: 1) higher on anxiety will have more reasons not to marry based on doubts about self, whereas individuals higher on avoidance will have more reasons not to marry based on doubts about their partner and; 2) experiencing parental divorce will have more overall reasons not to marry than individuals not reporting parental divorce. Using proc mixed and a t‐test to examine each hypothesis respectively, I found that neither hypothesis was supported. I conclude that attachment dimensions during emerging adulthood are not associated with marital behaviors at this life stage. Further, parental divorce is not associated with reasons not to marry, likely given unequal sample sizes (n = 20 reported parental divorce; n = 69 reported no parental divorce).

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Kawashima, Nobuko. "Cultural policy research : an emerging discipline between theory and practice". Thesis, University of Warwick, 1999. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/58547/.

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Coskun, Sevgi. "Essays on labour market fluctuations in emerging market economies". Thesis, University of Kent, 2018. https://kar.kent.ac.uk/70107/.

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The goal of this dissertation is to contribute to the literature on labour market properties of business cycle fluctuations for emerging market economies (EMEs) by using DSGE modelling and time series analysis. It consists of three essays and the following related topics are analysed. In the first paper, entitled "Labour Market Fluctuations: An RBC Model for Emerging Market Economies", we examine the labour market properties of business cycle fluctuations for a group of 15 EMEs and the US using annual data from 1970 to 2013. We find that on average, hours worked and employment volatility (relative to output volatility) are lower, while the volatility of productivity and wages are 2-3 times higher in EMEs than in the US. We then assess the performance of a standard RBC model with temporary and permanent productivity shocks to explain those facts observed in the data. We find that this model can account reasonably well for the relative volatility of hours to output; however, it fails to capture for the rest of the relevant moments for EMEs. In order to further improve the fit, we augment this model with capacity utilization, investment adjustment cost and indivisible labour. We find that each of these extensions improves the capability of the RBC model. Especially the model with investment adjustment cost improves its performance regarding the relative volatility of wages and hours, as well as the cyclicality of hours, compared to the standard RBC model. Lastly, we investigate the cyclical properties of the labour wedge (the wedge between the marginal product of labour and the marginal rate of substitution of consumption for leisure) and find that the total labour wedge (relative to output volatility) is more volatile over the business cycle in emerging economies (1.72) compared to the US (0.95). Further, fluctuations in the total labour wedge reflect the ones in the household component rather than the firm component of the wedge in EMEs and the US. In the second paper, entitled "Technology Shocks, Non-stationary Hours in Emerging Countries and DSVAR", we test a standard DSGE model on impulse responses of hours worked and real GDP after technology and non-technology shocks in EMEs. Most dynamic macroeconomic models assume that hours worked are stationary. However, in the data, we observe apparent changes in hours worked from 1970 to 2013 in these economies. Motivated by this fact, we first estimate a SVAR model with a specification of hours in difference (DSVAR) and then set up a DSGE model by incorporating permanent labour supply (LS) shocks that can generate a unit root in hours worked, while preserving the property of a balanced growth path. These LS shocks could be associated with very dramatic changes in labour supply that look permanent in these economies. Hence, the identification restriction in our models comes from the fact that both technology and LS shocks have a permanent effect on GDP yet only the latter shocks have a long-run impact on hours worked. For inference purposes, we compare empirical impulse responses based on the EMEs data to impulse responses from DSVARs run on the simulated data from the model. The results show that a DSGE model with permanent LS shocks that can generate a unit root in hours worked is required to properly evaluate the DSVAR in EMEs as this model is able to replicate indirectly impulse responses obtained from a DSVAR on the actual data. In the last paper, entitled "Informal Employment and Business Cycles in Emerging Market Economies", we examine the relationship between informal employment and business cycles in EMEs and investigate how informal employment is relevant in shaping the aggregate dynamics in these economies. The key features of stylized facts from our data is that it is countercyclical in Mexico, Colombia and Turkey but pro-cyclical in South Africa. In addition, informal employment is negatively correlated with formal employment in Mexico but positively correlated in Colombia, South Africa, and Turkey. To account for these empirical findings, we build a small open economy model with both formal and informal labour markets, and it subjects to stationary and trend shocks to total factor productivity. We also allow labour adjustment costs in the model as strict employment protection which differ among these economies. We then examine the effect of changes in the degree of employment protection on the informal employment and the business cycles in EMEs and the extent to which the informal sector acts as a buffer in the face of adverse shocks to the labour market. The results show that this model can capture some key stylized facts of the labour market in these economies and that the informal sector acts as a propagation mechanism for these shocks. Moreover, informal employment acts as a buffer as it is countercyclical while formal employment is pro-cyclical in the model which supports the results from the data except for South Africa. Regarding volatilities, informal employment does not act as a buffer since formal employment is more volatile than informal employment in the model which contrasts with the evidence in the data for these economies except Colombia.

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O'Neil-Ortiz, Daniel J. "Emerging network structures: applications of network theory to social movements and their opponents". Thesis, Boston University, 2004. https://hdl.handle.net/2144/32874.

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Thesis (B.A.)--Boston University. University Professors Program Senior theses.
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Sun, Puyang. "Economic development with finance : studies of emerging economies". Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2009. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/495/.

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This thesis is composed of four original working chapters in terms of four researching purposes to show the macroeconomic development with finance, as well as to consider the comparative proxies of investment and trading sectors in emerging economies. These four original working chapters can be briefly presented as: Theoretical Models, Structural Breaks for NICs of Asia, Causations in Steady State and Dynamic Process in NICs of Asia, and Studies with Countries’ Sizes in BICS1. For different groups of countries in the developing world, it is necessary to mention a fact for empirical studies: that the methodology for estimations should be different, due to many realistic situations and some important ideas from development economists. In the theoretical section, some mathematical models are developed to look at the relationship and effects of finance and development, each of which highlights one special aspect of the interconnections in terms of taxonomy idea. The first empirical part of this thesis investigates the different types of emerging economies of New Industrialized Countries (NICs) in Asia, typically Singapore, Korea, Malaysia and Thailand, and various stages they pass tough in terms of their economic development and financial growth 1960s to 2007. Another different empirical study concentrates on the size effects on the impacts of financial systems to economic development, which involves specific estimations of four specific large emerging economies of Brazil, China, India and South Africa (BICS) with quarterly data from 1995 to 2007. Specially, the study of BICS means the comparison of interrelationship of real sectors and financial sectors on development in terms of specifications of size effects on financial systems. The roles of financial system to economic development are suggested to be investigated in terms of specifications of different emerging economies based on either theoretical or empirical studies of this thesis.

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Barnaure, Vlad-Victor. "Essays on open-economy macroeconomics in emerging Europe". Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2014. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/5036/.

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Notwithstanding the proven achievements of the New-Keynesian research programme, the models currently used for monetary policy analysis rely on two assumptions that are often taken for granted. One is the balanced growth path property, which has generally been an accurate description of the US and other advanced economies. The other assumption concerns the small volatility of shocks that enables the researcher to approximate the solution of the original model locally. In the past decade, however, emerging economies such as China, Brazil, the Czech Republic or Poland have experienced persistent growth rates of GDP per capita that have been well above the corresponding levels in the euro area or the US. But how should monetary policy respond to an ongoing real convergence process which precisely differentiates emerging from advanced economies? The first part of the thesis aims to answer this question in the context of economies also bound to become future members of the euro area. Owing to the long-term institutional commitment to satisfy the Maastricht convergence criteria during the ERM-II mechanism, policy makers in Central Europe face the additional responsibility of managing the tension between nominal and real convergence. For instance, the Balassa-Samuelson hypothesis postulates an empirically relevant reason as to why countries engaged in a catching-up process might experience a higher inflation rate brought about by the increase in the relative price of services. Motivated by the stylised facts of macroeconomic dynamics in the Czech Republic, a country we take as representative for the whole region, Chapter 1 develops a stylised SOE model with nominal rigidities that is subject to asymmetric productivity growth shocks affecting the traded and nontraded sectors. Relative to the existing literature analysing optimal monetary policy under commitment in Balassa-Samuelson type of macroeconomic environments, the model we propose differentiates itself in that it allows for endogenous current account fluctuations and uncorrected steady state distortions. These modifications result in richer dynamics, which are shaped by the possibility to influence the terms of trade in one’s favour and the presence of monopoly power in product markets. In setting up the welfare maximising interest rate responses, the optimal plan trades off conflicting inflationary and deflationary incentives stemming from the existence of the above externalities. Whereas the first chapter focuses on the methods and assumptions needed to detrend the nonstationary model, the second chapter examines the optimal monetary policy stance under real convergence in two different market structures. The simulations reveal that the specific policy recommendations depend on the degree of substitutability between domestic and foreign goods, a parameter which also alters the strength of the wealth effects driving consumption responses. When monopolistic competition in the traded sector is assumed, the Ramsey interest rate plan is countercyclical. Owing to a cancellation of the terms of trade externality, the predictions are however reversed under perfect competition. This is because the incentive to stimulate production away from the inefficient steady state level becomes dominant. Additionally, the study conducts an extensive welfare analysis through which the effectiveness of inflation targeting and exchange rate peg regimes is assessed relative to the Ramsey plan. It is shown that policies achieving appropriate measures of price stability robustly deliver higher conditional welfare during a catching-up process. The analysis is suggestively complemented with policy experiments that are relevant to the ERM-II period, such as the Maastricht constrained optimal plan, its welfare costs and the welfare-maximising choice of a central parity at which the nominal exchange rate should be fixed. The final part of the thesis examines the macroeconomic costs of euro adoption in Emerging Europe, conditional on the EMU membership eventuality. Inspired from the Optimum Currency Areas literature, the research conducted in the third chapter investigates the circumstances when the decisions made by the ECB would correspond to the domestic optimal interest rate responses. The empirical work looks at the structural alignment and the degree of business cycle synchronisation between prospective and current members of the single currency area, modelled suggestively as the Czech and Austrian economies. A rich SOE model with incomplete markets and trade in intermediate inputs is developed in this sense, whose core structure is similar to Kollmann (2001). Relative to the original framework, we augment its shock structure and enrich the dynamics by incorporating external habit formation and partial indexation in the Calvo adjustment rules for prices and wages. The state-space representation of the DSGE model is taken to data and the set of random parameters is estimated using Bayesian techniques. The comparative analysis reveals that most structural parameters are not very far from each other, suggesting that a moderate degree of structural convergence has been achieved by the emerging economy. The costs of losing monetary policy sovereignty are further assessed by employing a battery of tests, which include impulse response analyses and historical decompositions of output and inflation. While confirming previous SVAR evidence, the results suggest that the propagation mechanisms of monetary policy, productivity and demand shocks are remarkably similar across the two economies. In contrast, the analysis also indicates considerable asymmetries of the sources of fluctuations, which were more volatile and largely idiosyncratic in the Czech Republic. The low degree of business cycle synchronisation suggests that coping with euro area interest rates on a permanent basis is likely to be painful.

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Kainrath, David. "Ecopreneurship in Theory and Practice : A Proposed Emerging Framework for Ecopreneurship". Thesis, Umeå University, Umeå School of Business, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-30102.

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What is Ecopreneurship? This thesis proposes to define ecopreneurship in theory, and to increase the understanding of it in practice. Ecopreneurship can be seen as one of several ways of doing business in a more environmentally friendly way. It is conzeptualized as the intersection of entrepreneurship theory and sustainability studies. A non-exhaustive list of three sub-concepts of Ecopreneurship is identified and discussed: Eco-Innovation, Eco-Commitment and Eco-Opportunity.

In addition to the theoretical framing, this study also includes an empirical part, in which by means of multiple case studies, insight is gained on how Ecopreneurship and its sub-concepts manifest in practice. Apart from the three concepts already identified in the theoretical part of this study, the themes of social equity, indirect Ecopreneurship and the time aspect of Eco-Innovation emerged from the analysis of the case studies. This thesis presents an emerging framework for ecopreneurship, which still has gaps to be filled if accepted as a framework.

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Rogers, David. "Capillarity: a Theory of mLearning and its Application in Emerging Markets". Doctoral diss., University of Central Florida, 2013. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/5852.

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The theory of capillarity is an organic metaphor invoked to explore the role of network communications as a vehicle for education in a healthy society.Capillarity is offered as a theory in two parts: a mechanism for distribution and a method for engagement. Capillarity seeks to build an architecture that reflects radical humanism's emphasis on access and inclusion as a vehicle for classical humanism's emphasis on the individual expansion of potential and consciousness. The technical instrument whereby this program of humanist education may be deployed is mLearning.
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Cominetta, Matteo. "Essays on financial contagion in emerging market economies". Thesis, University of Sussex, 2011. http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/6971/.

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Since the collapse of the Bretton Woods system the integration of national financial markets grew steadily, to reach unprecedented levels. At the same time, episodes of extreme financial instability became more frequent. The latter were often extremely contagious, in the sense that country-specific episodes had hugely disruptive effects on financial markets across the globe. The literature on Financial Contagion investigates the channels through which that instability is propagated. This thesis deals with the two most recurring questions in the literature: 1) What are the channels of macroeconomic instability propagation? A theoretical model of instability propagation in presence of currency mismatches is presented. The model shows that when domestic agents' liabilities are denominated in foreign currency, exchange rate volatility raises credit costs, with negative real effects. Currency mismatches therefore create a channel through which external disturbances causing exchange rate volatility affect negatively the domestic supply. Several reasons why currency mismatches might magnify the effect of foreign disturbances have been identified by the theoretical literature on the issue. The empirical relevance of the magnification hypothesis is tested by investigating whether the degree of domestic output's sensitivity to foreign output fluctuations is higher in countries where currency mismatches are widespread than in countries able to borrow abroad in domestic currency. The analysis gives strong support to the hypothesis: currency mismatches magnify the real effects of foreign disturbances. The analysis also highlights the presence of asymmetry of propagation: negative shocks have proportionally stronger real effects than positive ones in currency-mismatches-prone countries. 2) Is the financial shocks propagation mechanism altered by major events such as banking or currency crises? The intensity of propagation of the crises in the ‘90s led researchers to ask whether the linkages between countries grew stronger during these turbulent times or were instead as strong before. Various tests of the instability of the propagation mechanism have been proposed since. These can be divided in two families: correlation-based and extreme-event-based tests. I propose a new approach, based on the Quantile Regression technique. It is argued that this approach retains the appealing features of the two families of test while avoiding some of their limitations. The new approach is then applied to stock market returns, finding strong evidence of instability of the propagation mechanism.

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Morales, Roberto Antonio. "Measuring the risk of investment in Latin America's emerging markets". Thesis, Virginia Tech, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/43467.

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This paper uses a multi-factor Arbitrage Pricing model to measure the systematic risks of U.S. Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) in the largest emerging markets of Latin America: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Mexico. The Arbitrage Pricing Theory (APT) states that returns on investments are exposed to and affected by a number of economy-wide factors or risks. Moreover, risk is defined as the potential losses due to the unanticipated or unexpected changes in the systematic risk factors . Because the unexpected changes in those factors account for the discrepancies between expected and actual returns, we can measure systematic risk by using traditional econometrics and multivariable analysis. Essentially, APT postulates expected returns are a linear function of unexpected changes in various regressors. The magnitude and sign of the coefficients generated provide a way to obtain a dollar denominated time explicit measure of risk. This model is estimated with a variety of estimators and it identifies four risk factors: the annual growth rates of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), money supply (M1), total exports, and total external debt, as determinants of returns. The Ordinary Least Square (OLS) results are somewhat robust--three out of four factors have the expected sign, thus supporting the hypothesis. GLS procedures reveal similar results.
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Chavali, Aditya Sathyan. "Investment, exchange rates and relative prices : evidence from emerging economies". Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2014. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/5592/.

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In open economies, external factors have an important effect on real and nominal macroeconomic variables, and hence on economic welfare. For example, external factors such as the degree of trade openness and the level and variability of the exchange rate are important for the determination of domestic investment and domestic prices. Several aspects of the external sector and their impact on the domestic economy form the main themes that are investigated in this thesis of four main empirical chapters. Firstly, we investigate the determinants of business investment for a panel of emerging economies. We take an open economy framework incorporating the exchange rate as an important factor in a simple stylised model. To test the model implications we utilise sectoral industry data and endeavour to take account of panel heterogeneity and endogeneity in our estimation. In the empirical section of this chapter a rise in the exchange rate, a domestic currency appreciation, was found to be positively related to investment for some of the countries. We posit that this is due to the importance of the cost channel for firms. In the next chapter, we examine the impact of exchange rate volatility on sectoral investment for emerging economies. Volatile exchange rates make investment decisions in open economies difficult due to uncertainty. Our approach is robust to four different measures of exchange rate volatility. The empirical results show that permanent exchange rate volatility measure has a strong positive impact on domestic investment in the long run, which could possibly imply investors in small open economies with better financial markets are able to diversify risks. Volatility may also be more important than the level of the exchange for investment. The next chapter in this Thesis on Open Emerging Market Economies considers the extent of exchange rate pass through to import prices. In a stylized model, import prices are dependent upon the exchange rate, marginal cost and the mark up. Our results show that the average response of import prices to movements in the exchange rate is negative and incomplete. However, once we take account of exchange rate asymmetry, important differences such as market share and mark-ups exist between Latin America and Asia. The fifth chapter, and final main empirical chapter, investigates whether increased trade openness dampens relative producer prices in a panel of Indian manufacturing sector. We purport that the import share, average labour productivity and the mark-up are the key determinants of sectoral wholesale relative producer prices. After accounting for endogeneity, our main result is that, there is some evidence that rise in import share decreases the relative producer prices, but only feebly influences the decline across the sectors in India.

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Poynter, Danielle M. "Siblings, Emerging Adulthood, and Facebook: A Dialectical Analysis". University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1307104419.

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Westberg, Anders. "Special Reconnaissance and Surveillance : emerging theory and principles for accomplishing successful missions". Thesis, Försvarshögskolan, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-4618.

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Special operations as a military mean have become more important in today’s conflicts. During the last decade, the importance of reliable intelligence has increased. A principle task for special opera-tion forces is Special Reconnaissance and Surveillance, but there is not much open research regarding these kinds of Special Reconnaissance operations and related guiding principles and theories are missing. A theory would be valuable to improve the institution of special operation forces by creating the ability to explain what institutional features help or hinder the uses of special operations.Admiral McRaven’s principles and approach is widely accepted as a theory, but was done with McRaven’s own definition of special operation described as Direct Action. The Swedish Military Op-erational Doctrine, regarding special operations, has a foundation drawn from McRaven’s theory.To reach a better understanding and widen the knowledge for the Swedish Armed Forces there is a need for further explanations on what is unique to the special operation forces and special opera-tions. Deficiencies in knowledge and understanding can lead to the wrong use of these forces, when complex intelligence collection mission is to be conducted.The purpose of this case study is to compare McRaven’s principles regarding special operations and their application in conducting a Special Reconnaissance and Surveillance mission. As a result this paper shows that there are emerging guiding Special Reconnaissance principles of importance to be found. McRaven’s principles can be used to some extent, but should be done with caution, since they are not optimized for Special Reconnaissance missions.

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Sibley, D. Scott. "Exploring the theory of resilient commitment in emerging adulthood: a qualitative inquiry". Diss., Kansas State University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/18950.

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Doctor of Philosophy
School of Family Studies and Human Services
Amber V. Vennum
The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore how emerging adults (18-29 year olds) define commitment in romantic relationships and have created meaning from the positive and negative examples of commitment they have witnessed. Twenty (10 men, 10 women) unmarried emerging adults were interviewed individually. Through the use of grounded theory four themes emerged to explain how emerging adults have constructed their understanding of commitment: complete loyalty, investment in the relationship, continual communication, and parental influence. From observing negative and positive examples of commitment, emerging adults learned to discern healthy and unhealthy characteristics of romantic relationships, are working to be different, and have learned what to do to make a committed relationship work long term including the sub-themes of unitedly persevere, prioritize the relationship, consider your partner, give substantial effort, have fidelity. These results extend our knowledge about the model of resilient commitment, and the critical purpose of meaning making. Implications for intervening with emerging adults to strengthen future romantic relationship stability are discussed.

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Welch, Jonathan D. "Designing in Emerging Media through Linguistic Forms". The Ohio State University, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1503162627442894.

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Le, Trung Thanh. "Essays on multivariate volatility models : an application to emerging financial markets". Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2012. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/3798/.

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This thesis is an empirical study of how multivariate models can be applied to analyze the dependence between emerging financial markets and the US financial market. This thesis comprises of 3 complete papers which will use this data set as follows. The first paper is an comparative research on estimations and evaluations of 54 individual volatility models which belong to 10 different model classes being the Riskmetrics models, the Constant model (CCC), the Orthogonal-GARCH model (O-GARCH), the Dynamic Conditional Correlation model (DCC), the Asymmetric DCC model (ADCC), the Consistent DCC model (CDCC) and the Student’s t-DCC model (TDCC). All of these models were estimated and then ranked by using both in-sample and out of sample performances. This research is to emphasize the importance of model selection in modeling the volatility of financial time series from emerging financial markets. The second paper uses the TDCC model which performed relatively well among the 54 volatility of financial time series from emerging financial markets. The second paper uses the TDCC model which performed relatively well among the 54 volatility models to analyze the volatilities and correlations of the emerging markets. Specifically, the pair-wise conditional correlations between each of the emerging markets and the US market, generated by the TDCC model, were used to perform empirical tests for the contagion of the 3 recent financial crises which are the Dotcom crisis in 2000, the Sub-prime in 2007-2008 and the Global financial crisis in 2008-2009. The use of the TDCC model which assumes a Student’s t-distribution is greatly meaningful for the empirical tests for contagion as it deals with the fat-tailed behaviours of the financial data. The third paper is the application of multivariate copula, which provides a connection between the univariate distributions and the multivariate distribution inside the DCC model, to analyze the emerging data. The flexibility of the copula model that separates the multivariate distribution assumption from those univariate series allows us to have an efficient examination of the dependence structure of emerging financial markets. Following success of the copula models in recent studies, our research, which is the first to use the copula model to analyze high-dimensional data, confirms a significant improvement of the copula from the standard DCC model.

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McGurk, John Patrick. "The deregulation of airline employment in the USA and Europe : an emerging comparison". Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2000. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/2275/.

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This thesis seeks to examine the deregulation of airline employment within Europe, by relating that change to the US experience. A historical/political economy approach is adopted which locates the process of deregulation with a context of changing product market conditions, bargaining power and regulatory influence. The regulated regime where labour conditions were protected is contrasted with one in which labour has come under pressure to concede premium terms and conditions. Analysis of labour costs and productivity assume that these terms and conditions will simply evaporate under the pressure of competition and privatisation. The thesis provides evidence that this may not be the case. It is argued that failure to examine employee concerns and perceptions underestimates employee responses, and overestimates the power of airline management, given the considerable bargaining power of key labour groups. Airline workers, especially those in large and successful, formerly state owned carriers, have expectations of wages and conditions based upon the regulated era. This regulatory overhang is examined in a detailed questionnaire of British Airways as a major European carrier, previously state owned, but not privatised. A number of models of labour market deregulation and case studies are introduced to analyse the nature and extent of these deep seated changes and their implications for labour, management and the state.

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Lerskullawat, Polwat. "Seasoned equity offerings in an emerging market : evidence from Thailand". Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2011. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/3139/.

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Researchers have developed investigations into both initial and seasoned equity offering (SEO) by obtaining data from developed markets (e.g. Denis, 1994; Kothari and Warner, 1997; Corwin, 2003; Eckbo et al., 2006), while the literature in emerging markets is relatively neglected. This thesis provides an overview examination of one specific emerging region, namely Thailand. Equity financing in Thailand has become more widespread in the aftermath of the last economic crisis in 1997. With a more recent data set and larger sample size than previous Thai studies, we examine the performance of SEO firms between 1999 and 2006. Our thesis findings contribute to the existing literature by: (1) examining the SEO samples which focus mainly on issuing new shares to existing shareholders, i.e. rights issuing and private placement, instead of the general aspect of public offering, (2) applying a different benchmark to measure post-issuing performance compared with existing studies and (3) examining the relationship between short-term and long-term abnormal returns. Our evidence reveals that the stock prices react negatively to SEO announcements. We also find that there is no relationship between short- and long-term abnormal returns. This is a consistent explanation of the characteristics of the Thai capital market in practice. In addition, our results from the determinants of SEO underpricing are mostly consistent with the previous literature (i.e. Corwin, 2003; Intintoli and Kahle, 2009). Lastly, our findings suggest that SEO firms underperform during the post-issuing period, particularly one year after issuing new shares.

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Bowers, George Bret. "Post-Literacy: Designing Writing Curricula around Emerging Literate Activities". Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1363602814.

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Peisch, Virginia Diane. "Towards a Developmental Theory of Coping: The Structure and Function of Coping in Emerging Adults". ScholarWorks @ UVM, 2020. https://scholarworks.uvm.edu/graddis/1153.

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Coping plays an important role in human adaptation and well-being. However, surprisingly little is currently known about the normative development of coping. The ‘coping families’ framework, outlined by Skinner and colleagues (2003), provides a promising approach to the study of coping in developmental samples. The current examination tested the coping families approach in emerging adults. A total of 425 individuals (63.5% female), aged 18-31 years (M age 25.04 years), were recruited online through Amazon’s Mechanical Turk (MTurk) to complete questionnaires on demographic information, personality, childhood adversity, stress, coping behaviors in response to an interpersonal problem, mental health, emerging adult identity, substance use behaviors, and competence. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) examined the structure of coping behaviors. Bivariate correlations were used to examine associations between age and coping behaviors, and regression analyses examined associations between coping behaviors and various adaptive and maladaptive outcomes. EFA results yielded partial support for the coping families approach. Correlations between age and coping were not significant, suggesting that there were no meaningful age shifts in coping in the present sample. Lastly, regression analyses suggested that coping behaviors significantly predicted some adaptive and maladaptive outcomes, after statistically accounting for potential confounding variables, such as personality and childhood adversity. Findings are integrated within existing research and implications for applied work are discussed.

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Ristola, A. (Annu). "Insights into consumers' emerging interest in mobile services". Doctoral thesis, Oulun yliopisto, 2010. http://urn.fi/urn:isbn:9789514263644.

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Abstract The present study develops our understanding of consumers’ emerging interest in novel mobile services by adopting two approaches. First, structural equation modeling is used as a statistical tool to create a context-sensitive model for consumer acceptance of novel mobile services. Secondly, the study creates an interpretive framework of contemporary consumer culture to help understand how consumers construct their emerging practices in novel mobile services based on their actual experiences. The empirical data was gathered at a Housing Fair, where a Mobile Fair Diary was piloted, and it is that Mobile Fair Diary application that provides the selected tool of the empirical study. Therefore, real user experience played a significant role in how our consumers perceived mobile services and the way the cultural discourse was produced. The model developed indicates that performance expectancy, effort expectancy, anxiety, trust and attitude have an impact on consumers’ intention to use mobile services. Furthermore, the various representations related to mobile services were identified in order to understand emerging practices. Consumers are likely to change the routines involved in the management of information if useful alternatives are available to them. An ongoing insecurity emerging from technology change is often a characteristic of the contemporary life of consumers. On the one hand, consumers are dependent on technology, but on the other hand, do not fully understand it. Therefore, consumers have to be active to keep up with the continuous changes going on around them. Furthermore, consumers need support from the service provider and their social context. Consumers should also believe in their own capability to learn and their power to make choices, which will result in changes to their practices.

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Horner, Casey C. "The Role of Population Growth In An Emerging Multipolar Economic World". Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2013. https://dc.etsu.edu/honors/175.

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An empirical study presenting the social and economic proof of a global shift from a bipolar economic world to a multipolar economic world. The time period for data and projections is 2010 to 2050. The measurements used are population pyramids, total population, GDP per capita, and total GDP.

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McGaha, Kristina K. "An Interpretive Phenomenological Study of America's Emerging Workforce| Exploring Generation Z's Leadership Preferences". Thesis, University of Phoenix, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10974750.

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By 2030, almost every entry level role in the United States will be filled by a member of Generation Z (born after 1995). Researchers have noted an unclear understanding of the Generation Z perspective on leadership; despite Generation Z’s increasing presence in the workforce. This knowledge gap is detrimental to organizational viability and can negatively impact organizational performance and strategy. The purpose of this study was to identify the leadership preferences of Generation Z based on their lived experience in the workplace; and discuss to what extent Generation Z prefers a transactional or transformational leadership style. A theoretical frame that links generational identity (generational cohort theory) to leadership theory supports the exploration of these preferences phenomenologically and establishes the significance of generational leadership preferences on organizational performance. Semi-structured, open-ended interviews were conducted and analyzed using a modified version of interpretive phenomenological analysis (IPA). IPA revealed six (6) emergent themes in the phenomenon under investigation (specifically Generation Z’s workplace experiences); the themes were described and their implications interpreted. The findings were validated using a relatively novel tool for phenomenology: freelisting (a cultural domain analysis tool). The findings describe Generation Z’s ideal leader and their introspective thoughts on their workplace identity and experiences. It was concluded that Generation Z tends to prefer transformational leadership more than transactional leadership, supported and predicted by the literature. Understanding Generation Z’s leadership preferences will provide insight on better methods for organizations to recruit, train, and develop employees. Such insights will also be beneficial to future Generation Z research.

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Barahona, Márquez Felix. "Analysis of Emerging Market Multinationals’ subsidiaries in developed host countries: An institutional theory approach". Doctoral thesis, Universitat de Barcelona, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/461449.

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During the last decade, the emerging market multinational enterprises (EMNEs) appeared on the world scene, increasing their presence not only in emerging countries but in most of the developed countries as well, home to most of the world’s leading multinationals. Accordingly, the International Business literature has tried to explain their internationalization processes, as well as their motivations to invest in both emerging and developed countries. However, despite the growing interest in the phenomenon, the vast majority of publications address the issue from the headquarters’ perspective, with few studies focused on the subsidiary firm as a unit of analysis. This insufficiently addressed approach is particularly interesting because emerging market multinationals enterprises are latecomers in the international global arena and their overseas subsidiaries allocated in developed countries are usually entrusted with developing or acquiring strategic assets, such as new technological knowledge and/or management and marketing skills, to be able to compete more efficiently internationally. Hence, it is of great importance that these units achieve a good adaptation in developed countries, overcoming the difficulties associated with the existence of large institutional and cultural distance. In this context, due to the scarcity of studies examining the barriers experienced by these subsidiaries in their respective host countries, the main objective of this thesis is to progress in knowledge about the cross-institutional disadvantages faced by EMNE subsidiaries in such environments. This thesis is structured as a compendium of three different contribution connected to one another in order to make all pieces of the puzzle fit together. The second chapter, has examined the direct presence of FDI from emerging countries in Spain at both macro and micro level. The results prove that although the presence of EMNEs in Spain is an incipient phenomenon, it is showing a strong upward trend. Particularly, Spain is a prominent destination for multilatinas, which contemplate the country as a springboard to access other markets, and also for Chinese investment, that is experiencing the largest growth with more and more number of EMNEs subsidiaries setting. The third chapter explores how these firms mitigate their liability of foreignness and manage their cultural adaptation in a developed country. Based on the case study of two Chinese subsidiaries in Spain, our findings reveal that Chinese cultural values play an important role for achieving internal (within the MNE) and external legitimacy (in the host country) at the subsidiary level. The fourth chapter is focused on the analysis of the potential negative image of EMNEs caused by their liability of origin. This chapter analyses how EMNE subsidiaries in developed countries can overcome the possible discrimination suffered from their host-stakeholders. In this sense, our contribution here is the creation of an original model based on Institutional Theory that states the importance of subsidiary embeddedness, legitimacy and power of decision, in order to mitigate the liability of origin of EMNEs in European developed countries. Thus, the possession of high levels of embeddedness, both internal and external increases the level of internal and external legitimacy, respectively, which in turn, allows subsidiaries to have more autonomy and thereby, enables to overcome their liability of origin. Finally, in the chapter of conclusions we offer some interesting future research lines in order to reinforce the current knowledge of the presence of these emerging multinationals in developed countries.
En la última década, las multinacionales procedentes de países emergentes han irrumpido con fuerza en el panorama internacional teniendo cada vez más presencia en los países más desarrollados de donde son originarias la ma¬yoría de multinacionales líderes del mercado mundial. Como consecuencia, el análisis de estas empresas está adquiriendo cada vez mayor importancia en el área del International Business, surgiendo así numerosos estudios que tratan de explicar diversos aspectos de sus procesos de expansión internacional. No obstante, a pesar del creciente interés sobre el fenómeno, la mayoría de publicaciones abordan la temática desde la perspectiva de la empresa matriz, siendo muy escasos los estudios centrados en la empresa filial como unidad de análisis. En este contexto, ante la escasez de estudios que examinan las barreras experimentadas por las filiales de multinacionales de países emergentes en sus respectivos países desarrollados de acogida, surge esta tesis cuyo principal objetivo es conocer más sobre la presencia física de estas empresas en tales entornos. La presente tesis se estructura como compendio de tres capítulos centrales en los cuales se desarrollan diferentes investigaciones empíricas. El capítulo 2, es un análisis descriptivo que contextualiza el fenómeno en un país desarrollado como España, examinando así la inversión directa recibida de países emergentes desde una perspectiva macroeconómica y microeconómica. Los resultados denotan que la presencia de estas empresas multinacionales en España es un fenómeno incipiente con una fuerte tendencia alcista. Además, España es un destino importante para las multilatinas, las cuales contemplan el país como un trampolín para acceder a otros mercados, y también para las inversiones chinas que están experimentando un espectacular crecimiento en los últimos años. El capítulo 3 explora como las filiales combaten las desventajas de extranjería sufridas y manejan su adaptación cultural en un país desarrollado. Concretamente, basado en un estudio de casos de dos filiales chinas en España, los resultados revelan que los valores culturales chinos juegan un rol importante para que las filiales alcancen de manera simultánea legitimidad con sus matrices y con sus agentes locales. El capítulo 4 se centra en el análisis de la potencial imagen negativa sufrida por estas filiales por el simple hecho de proceder de países emergentes con un menor desarrollo institucional. Por tanto el trabajo empírico se encamina a descubrir cómo estas filiales pueden mitigar esta posible discriminación sufrida por parte de los actores locales de países desarrollados. En este sentido, la contribución radica en la elaboración de un modelo original basado en la teoría institucional que destaca la importancia de la calidad de las relaciones, la legitimidad y la autonomía alcanzada por la filial por tal de combatir este tipo de prejuicios.

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Sket, Michael W. "The composition of private capital flows to emerging market economies : theory and empirical evidence /". Aachen : Shaker, 2008. http://d-nb.info/988798190/04.

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Flockhart, Katie Marie. "The experience of teaching with Multiple Sclerosis, an emerging blend of theory with practice". Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2001. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp05/NQ63574.pdf.

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Sket, Michael W. "The composition of privat capital flows to emerging market economies theory and empirical evidence". Aachen Shaker, 2007. http://d-nb.info/988798190/04.

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Elsiefy, Elsayed Abd El-Latif. "Portfolio performance evaluation and selection : theory and evidence from the Egyptian emerging capital market". Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.633087.

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This thesis consists of four main research papers in the area of portfolio design, performance and evaluation. The thesis is motivated to empirically test the main models in the literature on the Egyptian Emerging Capital Market (EECM), and this contributes to our understanding on the applicability of these theories to markets outside the environment of developed economies. Specifically, this thesis is organised in six chapters. Chapter (1) as the introductory chapter contains the aims and scope of the study, as well as the research methodology and the major findings. Chapter (2) provides a survey of the key literature on portfolio performance evaluation models, in order to identify the leading theoretical and empirical issues in this area. Chapter (3) provides an empirical study for examining the risk and return characteristics of actively managed equity funds in the EECM. Chapter (4) provides another empirical study focused on deriving and designing optimal portfolios from within alternative investment to assist the investor in rationalizing his investment decisions. In response to the weak performance of both mutual funds and securities, together with the low level of diversity in the mutual funds, Chapter (5) uses the APT model to examine the relationship between the economic fundamentals - especially inflation, the exchange rate, interest rate, government borrowing and gross domestic product (GDP) - and the performance of both stock market and mutual funds, as well as the causality between them in the context of the APT model. Chapter (6) presents a summary and conclusion as well as eleven ideas for future research.

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Spratt, Stephen Anthony. "Decision-making in financial markets : theory and practice in the emerging economies 1996-2003". Thesis, University of Sussex, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.427033.

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Banerjee, Sourindra. "The international growth of emerging market firms : theory and evidence from a natural experiment". Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2012. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.610214.

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Foley, Sarah. "Emerging parental sensitivity : the transition to parenthood through the lens of family systems theory". Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2018. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/277738.

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Parents’ capacity to represent and sensitively respond to their children as individuals, is a particularly pertinent ability during infancy. This thesis contributes to theoretical understanding of the nature of parental sensitivity during infancy. In particular, it examined whether parental mind-mindedness and coherence, dimensions theoretically related to sensitivity, are (i) measurable during pregnancy, (ii) conceptually distinct, and (iii) meaningfully associated with observed sensitivity. Results from two studies are presented. The first, a prospective longitudinal study, involved interviews with and observations of 201 first-time parents during late pregnancy and at 4 and 14 months postpartum. Drawing on this data, I established that both expectant mothers and fathers can construct mind-minded and coherent descriptions of their unborn infants during pregnancy. However, there was no evidence that these prenatal constructs had a direct or indirect effect on parents’ sensitivity during infancy. These results were added to the second meta-analytic study that showed expectant mothers’ (but not fathers’) thoughts and feelings about their unborn infant were related to their observed parenting in the postnatal period. In line with the gendered meta-analytic results, further differences emerged between mothers’ and fathers’ talk and behaviour within the prospective longitudinal study. Specifically, mind-mindedness was more stable than sensitivity for mothers whilst the reverse was evident for fathers. Compared with mothers, fathers’ talk and behaviour was more susceptible to influence from other members of the family system. Couple relationship quality influenced both fathers’ prenatal coherence and gains in their mind-mindedness over time. Infant affective responses were also important for fathers’ mind-mindedness, whilst maternal parental efficacy alongside infants’ receptive vocabulary were associated with fathers’ sensitivity. Unexpectedly, infant gender was an important influence on parents’ behaviour: mothers’ sensitivity at 4 months appeared to stimulate fathers’ sensitivity towards their daughters at 14 months. By following both mothers and fathers and in line with family systems theory, assessing whether partners contribute to the emergence of their co-parents’ sensitivity, this thesis provides a rich portrayal of the transition to parenthood in the 21st century.

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Zvalo-Martyn, Julianne. "Toward an Emerging Theory of Leadership Competencies for Early Care and Education Systems Leaders". Thesis, Brandman University, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10933760.

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Purpose: The purpose of this Delphi study was to identify the competencies that early care and education systems leaders should possess as perceived by a panel of early childhood systems leadership experts. This study also identified which leadership competencies experts perceive will have the most impact on transformation of the field into an organized system of practice.

Methodology: This study used a mixed-methods Delphi approach consisting of three electronic surveys to identify competencies needed by early care and education systems leaders as perceived by a panel of national experts. Round 1 consisted of open-ended questions. Round 2 asked the panelists to rate each competency’s importance using a 6-point Likert scale. In Round 3 panelists were requested to choose which competencies were most important for systems leaders to impact the transformation of the field into an organized system of practice.

Major Findings: A quantitative analysis of Round 2 found that the expert panelists agreed on 65 competencies as important or very important for systems leaders to acquire. Some of the most highly rated competencies identified were developing relationships and partnerships, valuing diversity, collaborative leadership skills, and commitment to equity. In Round 3, 14 competencies were selected as necessary for systems leaders to impact transformation of the field, including systems thinking, big picture perspective, commitment to equity, and knowledge of policy and legislation. Through a qualitative literature analysis, the themes systems thinking, and collaborative and inclusive leadership were found to be most aligned with the research literature. A surprising finding was that the expert panelists did not rate knowledge of child development as important for systems leaders, which contrasted with the research literature.

Recommendations for Future Research: Include (a) replication of this study with representation from additional systems leaders throughout the country; (b) perceptions of stakeholders throughout the ECE workforce regarding leadership competencies, including diverse and marginalized populations and those in a variety of leadership roles; (c) tasks and objectives of systems leaders and a clear definition of their roles; and (d) impact of the absence or presence of knowledge of child development on the decisions of ECE systems leaders.

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Mokwena, Thapelo Gabriel. "Institutional reforms : a catalyst for liabilities of foreignness in emerging markets". Diss., University of Pretoria, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/22775.

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This research was motivated by the desire to understand how regulatory reforms affect the task environment in an emerging market. Regulatory reforms in emerging markets have been used amongst others to correct market failures, increase competition or grow economic sectors. However, on occasion unintended consequences arise from these interventions leading to “liabilities of foreignness” for some of the entities operating in the institutional environment. To this end, this study aimed to establish if these effects were prevalent in the South African mining environment by studying two cases of companies operating in the sector, represented by a foreign and a domestic entity.An exploratory qualitative research design was followed since the researcher was unsure whether the phenomena being observed constituted LOFs or not. A literature study was conducted in order to define the construct of liabilities of foreignness and its impact on the task environment. Therefore the objective of the study was to;Establish the effect of institutional reforms in facilitating the development of LOFs in emerging markets.The research did show the regulatory reforms to alter the business environment somewhat, therefore leading to LOFs in the task environment. However, no entities appeared to be benefiting from the current regulatory reforms, as suggested by the literature. This is possibly due to organisational learning or the efficacy of the individual entities in applying coping strategies to mitigate against LOFs in the institutional context.
Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2012.
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Goretti, Manuela. "Nonlinearities in international macroeconomics : an empirical analysis of advanced economies and emerging markets". Thesis, University of Warwick, 2007. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/53050/.

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The empirical literature in international macroeconomics and finance reveals a growing interest in the use of nonlinear models. Their attractiveness is clear, as these models allow capturing discontinuity in the data-generating process and, by estimating endogenously transition probabilities and variables, avoid the a priori identification of regimes and their timing, thereby enhancing the extent of flexibility in the analysis. This thesis makes use of nonlinear techniques in order to model two different economic issues, which have been at the centre of the economic debate in the last years. The first analysis refers to the issue of debt sustainability and, in particular, tries to test empirically some of the leading interpretations that have been advanced to account for the financial turmoil that characterised the run-up to the Brazilian presidential elections in 2002. We test for financial contagion from the Argentine crisis and the impact of factors including IMF intervention and political uncertainty in raising the probability of crisis. The empirical investigation employs a Markovswitching model with endogenous transition probabilities. The second part of the thesis is devoted to the analysis of current account imbalances in G7 countries. We find evidence of threshold behaviour in current account adjustment, such that the dynamics of adjustment towards equilibrium depend upon whether the current-account/ net-output ratio breaches estimated country specific current account surplus or deficit thresholds. Both the speeds of adjustment and the size of the thresholds are found to differ significantly across countries. We complement the univariate analysis by disentangling the domestic components of the current account according to the national income identity with a view to shed light on the role of savings (both public and private) and investment. Evidence of shifts in means and variances of exchange rate changes - that coincide with the current account adjustment regimes identified by the model - suggest scope for further research on the role of the real exchange rate in determining the nonlinear behaviour of the current account. We extend the threshold methodology to a bivariate context and find evidence of a strict link between current account adjustments and deviations of a country real exchange rate from its long run equilibrium, such that beyond a certain appreciation/depreciation of the real exchange rate, a country CA imbalance would start reverting towards its mean value. Finally, we run a nonlinear test of the present value model of the current account, encouraged by the evidence of nonlinear adjustment in the current account. However, in line with the literature, we reject the test for all countries also in this new nonlinear framework.

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Aydede, Hazim Yigit. "Saving, public social security and life-cycle theory new evidence from an emerging country (Turkey) /". Access to citation, abstract and download form provided by ProQuest Information and Learning Company; downloadable PDF file 0.63 Mb., 160 p, 2006. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3205425.

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Zhang, Rong Rong. "Emerging alliance? :analysis of China-Russia strategic partnership from perspective of balance of threat theory". Thesis, University of Macau, 2015. http://umaclib3.umac.mo/record=b3335239.

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Wirick, Stephen E. "The Promotion of Regular Exercise Behavior among Sedentary Emerging Adults Based on Social Cognitive Theory". The Ohio State University, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1417685750.

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Marashdeh, Hazem Ali. "Financial integration of the MENA emerging stock markets". Access electronically, 2006. http://www.library.uow.edu.au/adt-NWU/public/adt-NWU20061025.155946/index.html.

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Wollongong, 2006.
Typescript. "Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, namely, Egypt, Turkey, Jordan and Morocco." -- Abstract. Includes bibliographical references: leaf 247-261.

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Johnson, Matthew David. "An application of marital horizon theory to dating violence perpetration". Thesis, Manhattan, Kan. : Kansas State University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/2188.

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Sutherland, Steven Wayne. "Exploring the feasibility of using internationally based literature theory to formulate emerging market strategies for Africa". Diss., University of Pretoria, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/26358.

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This study set out to explore the feasibility of using international based literature theory to formulate emerging market strategies for South African companies looking to expand into Africa’s emerging markets. The level of confidence with which South African companies can base their African emerging market strategies on the literature and studies done on international emerging market strategies is what will be explored in this study. The scope of this study includes methods of identifying emerging markets, optimal strategy choices for emerging markets, effective distribution channel selection methodologies and appropriate diversification options. To ensure the studies relevance across the broader spectrum of both South African companies as well as Africa’s emerging markets, the companies studied were selected for their collective representation. The research design employed for this study was qualitative and exploratory in nature. The findings based on the eight South African companies studied over the period point to the conclusion that the international theory contained in the literature is indeed relevant to both South African companies as well as Africa’s emerging markets and that it can be used effectively and confidently to formulate efficient and sustainable expansion strategies for these markets.
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Abuhommous, Ala’a Adden Awni. "Financial constraints, capital structure and dividend policy : evidence from Jordan". Thesis, Brunel University, 2013. http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/7212.

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The economic reforms in Jordan during the last two decades have highlighted and promoted the role that non-financial firms play within the Jordanian economy. The ability of firms to play this role is in major part determined by the structure of the financial system in which they operate, and in particular whether this financial system is able to make capital available efficiently to those firms that need it. Whether this is the case can be investigated by analysing the impact of firm characteristics on some of the most important financial decisions taken by these firms, and how these decisions are influenced by the presence of market imperfections. The thesis examines the relation between the financing and investment decisions, where the effect of financial constraints on the firm’s investment decision is investigated. In particular, this thesis focuses on how financial constraints affect different firms by investigating the extent to which the reliance on internal cash flow is affected by firm characteristics such as size, age, dividend payout ratio, and market listing. We find that Jordanian firms are financially constrained, but that these constraints do not appear to be related to firm characteristics. Further, results show that Jordanian firms use debt rather than equity to finance their investment. The second empirical chapter focuses on the main determinants of firms’ capital structure. Here the results show that Jordanian firms follow the pecking order theory, where profitability and liquidity have a negative impact on the level of debt. Size and market to book value have a positive impact, supporting the view that there are significant constraints on debt financing since indicators of the financial health of the firms affect their capital structure ratio. There is also evidence that ownership structure affects the firm’s access to debt. The final empirical chapter examines the impact of firm characteristics on dividend policy, and shows that profitability and market to book value have a positive impact on dividend policy, implying that firms with better access to capital or credit pay dividends. This implies that firms retain earnings in order to ensure that they have sufficient capital to invest, confirming the initial result that Jordanian firms are financially constrained. There is also evidence of the impact of ownership structure, consistent with the predictions of agency cost theory, while institutional investors appear to follow the prudent-man restrictions, being positively associated with firms that pay dividends. This thesis confirms the presence of market imperfections that have a significant influence on the financial decisions taken by Jordanian firms. The consistent evidence of the importance of retained earnings shows that these firms face substantial constraints in terms of their access to external funds, despite the reforms to the Jordanian financial system over the last two decades.

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Knight, Rupert. "The emerging professional : exploring student teachers' developing conceptions of the relationship between theory and practice in learning to teach". Thesis, University of Derby, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10545/333476.

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A shift of Initial Teacher Education (ITE) towards school-based training is underway in England, calling into question the place of a theoretical basis for teaching. Re-examining the relationship between educational theory and classroom practice is therefore particularly timely and links to long-standing discussions in the literature on what constitutes teachers’ professional knowledge, the specific tensions between theory and practice in education and the implications for the structure of ITE. The study is rooted in models of teacher knowledge, of theory and practice nexus and of student teacher development. Within this context, the research offers new insight, picking up where previous studies have left off, by charting over a period of time what happens to students’ initial preconceptions about theory and practice and investigating whether, how and why these change in the course of the subsequent journey to first employment. This is a longitudinal case study: five participants, representing a diverse range of profiles from a 2011-12 cohort, form the case group and data were collected before the course, through various stages of the programme and into first teaching posts through interviews, focus groups and documentary analysis. To contextualise the central case study, survey data from the wider Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) cohort were also gathered. The research finds these students to be far from naïve as they entered training but identified important shifts in the understanding and role of theory during the PGCE experience. Openness to theoretical perspectives is evident and far from being diminished by practical experience, this comes to assume a more prominent place as the course progresses. By exploring this journey, which culminates in a profile of the thinking of a newly qualified professional in the workplace, a contribution is made to current understanding of the development of knowledge for teaching that may help to inform future programme design. More specifically, the role of the university is reconsidered and suggestions are made for ways of working with students at the various stages of the process.

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Stevens, Douglas M. "Relational Culture among Staff in an Emerging Urban STEM High School". University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1406880932.

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Wilks, Brett Josh. "The impact of dynamic institutional capabilities on multinational enterprises’ subsidiary performance in emerging markets". Diss., University of Pretoria, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23065.

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In light of the global mining industry’s record profits in 2011, this inquiry explored the institutional drivers of mining multinational’s subsidiaries overall performance. Using a lens of institutional theory, this inquiry explored why the subsidiaries of emerging mining multinationals have outperformed the subsidiaries of developed mining multinationals in emerging markets.The inquiry used Mann-Whitney U hypothesis testing to compare the financial performance of 46 emerging mining subsidiaries and 39 developed mining subsidiaries. The inquiry ran eight multiple regression models to test subsidiary performance variables against institutional variables obtained from the 2011/2012 Fraser Institute annual survey of mining companies.The findings support and add to the institutional and international business literature. Emerging multinational enterprises and their subsidiaries possess dynamic institutional capabilities which allows them to better manage institutional uncertainty than developed multinational enterprises and their subsidiaries in emerging markets. An institutional development model has been developed to assist managers of multinational enterprises reduce their institutional uncertainty in emerging markets.
Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2012.
Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS)
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Aaron, Scott T. "A grounded theory of how Jewish Experiential Education impacts the identity development of Jewish Emerging Adults". Thesis, Loyola University Chicago, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3566513.

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The Jewish community has increasingly relied upon Experiential Education as a pedagogical approach to instilling Jewish identity and communal affiliation over the past twenty years. The Experiential Education format of travel programs has specifically been emphasized and promoted for Jewish Emerging Adults for this purpose, and outcome studies of these trip programs have demonstrated success in instilling identification and affiliation with both the Jewish community and the state of Israel among their participants. However, little is actually empirically known about the processes that impact the participant during the trip experience – the so-called "black box" – or how significant a participant's predisposition towards Israel and Judaism are in how they process their trip experiences. Even less is empirically known about the identity development of Jewish Emerging Adults in large part due to a pre-disposition to study Jews developmentally only as affiliates of a religion rather than members of a distinctly multi-layered group.

This grounded theory study examines participants in two different trip experiences, Taglit Birthright Israel and an Alternative Spring Break, through post-trip interviews. The emergent theory suggests three conclusions: The predisposition of a participant towards their own Jewish identity can influence how they process their experiences on the trip; the actual trip experience can be best understood as repeatedly processing multiple and ongoing experiences within the trip itself; the processing of those experiences can be descriptively modeled as a theory that allows an glimpse in to the "black box." Such a theoretical model can be used to better train trip staff on how the trip experience impacts the Jewish identity of those participants and also to plan trip itineraries to optimize the trip's experiential impact on participant Jewish and Zionist identity and communal affiliation.

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Barbaroux, Anne y Li Miao. "LOCAL ADAPTATION IN EMERGING MARKETS – in theory and reality : Study of the Swedish subsidiaries in China". Thesis, Kristianstad University College, Department of Business Administration, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hkr:diva-4252.

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Some MNEs encounter frustration or failures when they enter a new market. The main reason is due to a lack of adaptation. There is a lack of theoretical study about the local adaptation phenomenon of Swedish MNEs in China. Most studies are at the level of experience. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to find out the dimensions subject to local adaptation and their degree for the Swedish MNEs in China.

Culture and business practices, government demands, competition intensity, product customization, distribution channels and organizational structure, are the six main dimensions subject to local adaptation. The degree of their adaptation varies depending on different factors (established network, the MNE strategic choice, entry mode, etc). We have developed eight hypotheses to test the theories and find new factors influencing the need of local adaptation. A new model is developed by applying existing models and with the new insights specific to the Chinese market. The central dimension in this model is the culture and business practices, as it influences the other dimensions to different extents.

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