281 research outputs found
'Parasitic invasions' or sources of good governance: constraining foreign competition in Hong Kong banking, 1956-81
This paper investigates the operation and impact of the moratorium on new banking licences imposed in Hong Kong in 1965 and the claims that foreign banks destabilised the banking system and drained resources from the colony. First it examines foreign banks' attempts to circumvent the moratorium through claims of special circumstances and buying interests in local banks, and secondly it examines the efforts of incumbents to extend barriers to non-bank financial institutions and to branches of foreign banks. The general conclusions are that while the moratorium was aimed at increasing the stability of the banking system, it had the effect of decreasing the regulatory breadth of the government, and reducing incentives for mergers and acquisitions that might have improved governance
Stopping and Isospin Equilibration in Heavy Ion Collisions
We investigate the density behaviour of the symmetry energy with respect to
isospin equilibration in the combined systems at relativistic
energies of 0.4 and . The study is performed within a relativistic
framework and the contribution of the iso-vector, scalar field to the
symmetry energy and the isospin dynamics is particularly explored. We find that
the isospin mixing depends on the symmetry energy and a stiff behaviour leads
to more transparency. The results are also nicely sensitive to the "fine
structure" of the symmetry energy, i.e. to the covariant properties of the
isovector meson fields. The isospin tracing appears much less dependent on the
in-medium neutron-proton cross-sections () and this makes such
observable very peculiar for the study of the isovector part of the nuclear
equation of state. Within such a framework, comparisons with experiments
support the introduction of the meson in the description of the
iso-vector equation of state.Comment: 11 pages, 5 figures. Accepted for publication in Phys.Lett.
A Review of the Global Literature on Dental Therapists: In the Context of the Movement to Add Dental Therapists to the Oral Health Workforce in the United States (Executive Summary)
This executive summary documents evidence that dental therapists can effectively expand access to dental care, especially for children, and is technically competent, safe and effective
Towards an international understanding of the power of celebrity persuasions: a review and a research agenda
Research into advertising using celebrity has been undertaken for nearly 40 years. It has
principally used surveys and experiments to explore how consumers respond to celebrity
advertisements. A recent meta-study of 32 papers has demonstrated that different
populations respond in different ways to celebrity endorsements. Specifically, both US
subjects and college students are more likely to respond in a significant way to the
presence of celebrity than subjects who are not from the US, or who are not studying at
college. Given that the nationality and student status of subjects matter, this article
explores the make up of the samples that have been used to examine celebrity advertising.
The article finds that these samples are not representative of US populations
(because so many are students), nor of populations outside the US (because so few
live beyond it). Furthermore, the history of dominance of US-based student samples, and
the citation practices which keep them circulating in academia, suggests that theories of
celebrity advertising have for a long time been excessively influenced by ideas tested on
this unrepresentative group. This fact will limit the applicability of research into celebrity
advertising to the wider world. I explore whether this matters, and how deficiencies
might be addressed in further research
A Corporate Social Entrepreneurship Approach to Market-Based Poverty Reduction
In this article, we aim to conceptualize a market-based approach to poverty reduction from a corporate social entrepreneurship (CSE) perspective. Specifically, we describe some market-based initiatives at the base of the economic pyramid and relate them to the social entrepreneurship literature. We refer to the entrepreneurial activities of multinational corporations that create social value as CSE. We then conceptualize CSE according to the corporate entrepreneurship and social entrepreneurship domains and shed light on how corporations can implement CSE. Finally, by reviewing relevant literature, we propose some of the factors that can stimulate CSE in organizations and some of the benefits companies can gain by implementing CSE
A Review of the Global Literature on Dental Therapists: In the Context of the Movement to Add Dental Therapists to the Oral Health Workforce in the United States
An extensive review of the literature documenting care provided by dental therapists and clinical outcomes worldwide indicates that they offer safe, effective dental care to children
Adenovirus-mediated siRNA targeting TNF-α and overexpression of bone morphogenetic protein-2 promotes early osteoblast differentiation on a cell model of Ti particle-induced inflammatory response in vitro
Cross-border electronic commerce: distance effects and express delivery in European Union markets
This empirical study examines distance effects on cross-border electronic commerce and in particular the importance of express delivery in reducing the time dimension of distance. E-commerce provides suppliers with a range of opportunities to reduce distance as perceived by online buyers. They can reduce psychological barriers to cross-border demand by designing websites that simplify the search for and comparison of products and suppliers across countries. They can reduce cost barriers by applying pricing strategies that redistribute transportation costs, and they can overcome time barriers offering express delivery services. This study of 721 regions in five countries of the European Union shows that distance is not “dead” in e-commerce, that express delivery reduces distance for cross-border demand, and that e-demand delivered by express services is more time sensitive and less price sensitive than e-demand satisfied by standard delivery. The willingness of e-customers to pay for express services is shown to be affected by income and by the relative lead-time benefits and express charges. Furthermore, the adoption of express delivery is positively associated with e-loyalty in terms of repurchase rates. The results confirm the importance for e-suppliers of cleverly designed delivery services to reduce distance in order to attract online customers across borders
Study of doubly strange systems using stored antiprotons
Bound nuclear systems with two units of strangeness are still poorly known despite their importance for many strong interaction phenomena. Stored antiprotons beams in the GeV range represent an unparalleled factory for various hyperon-antihyperon pairs. Their outstanding large production probability in antiproton collisions will open the floodgates for a series of new studies of systems which contain two or even more units of strangeness at the P‾ANDA experiment at FAIR. For the first time, high resolution γ-spectroscopy of doubly strange ΛΛ-hypernuclei will be performed, thus complementing measurements of ground state decays of ΛΛ-hypernuclei at J-PARC or possible decays of particle unstable hypernuclei in heavy ion reactions. High resolution spectroscopy of multistrange Ξ−-atoms will be feasible and even the production of Ω−-atoms will be within reach. The latter might open the door to the |S|=3 world in strangeness nuclear physics, by the study of the hadronic Ω−-nucleus interaction. For the first time it will be possible to study the behavior of Ξ‾+ in nuclear systems under well controlled conditions
Mineralogy and stable isotope geochemistry of the Ab Ask travertines in Damavand geothermal field, Northeast Tehran, Iran
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