Developing Countries are undermining Corporate America\u27s Capacity to Market its Creativity: a Call for a Reasoned Solution by the United States Government in Light of the Continuing Deterioration of the International Trademark System.

There is a growing crisis among international trademark owners over the protection afforded international trademarks in developing countries. American companies face increasingly restrictive foreign barriers on trademark use

The Relation of Ralph Waldo Emerson to Public Affairs

1 v. ; 29 cm. Thesis (M.A.)--University of Kansas, English, 1921

Reviving the Poll Tax: The Seventh Circuit Upholds Photo ID Requirements at the Polls

In 2005, Indiana passed a law requiring voters to present a government-issued photo ID to vote. To most, this seems like a minor burden. Yet, for many poor Indiana residents who cannot afford the expense of obtaining an ID, voting is now a near impossibility. This Comment will demonstrate that the Seventh Circuit incorrectly upheld the Indiana photo ID requirement, eroding voting rights. By affirming the Indiana photo ID requirement, the Seventh Circuit has encouraged state legislatures to enact subtle discriminatory measures to exclude those who vote against them from the political process

Novelty, Complexity, and Importance as Causal Determinants of Industrial Buyer Behavior

To successfully market their products, industrial vendors must determine who participates in an organizational purchase decision and what their influence is. Previous research has shown that participation and influence can vary across products and purchase situations. Though industrial marketing researchers would agree that there are different types of purchase situations, they would disagree on a taxonomy for describing them. The author uses past research as a point of departure and proposes a structural equations model that suggests the purchase situation attributes of novelty, complexity, and importance are causal determinants of participation and influence in an industrial purchase decision. The results indicate that these constructs, especially novelty and importance, provide a plausible typology for describing participation and influence in industrial purchase situations

Rule 144A, Regulation S and Amending the Glass-Steagall Act: A New Look at Foreign Banks and Foreign Issuers Participating in the United States Securities Market

Article will review Rule l44A, Regulation S and PORT AL, and examine their application to foreign issuers, foreign banks and the possible expansion of secondary market trading in foreign equity securities. Certain restrictions set forth in Rule l 44A inhibit the creation of an effective secondary market trading in equity securities which may unnecessarily prohibit foreign issuers from participating in this new market. Part V will examine the sale of foreign banks\u27 securities in this newly created secondary market and discuss the effect applicable United States banking laws may have on foreign banks\u27 participation in Rule 144A transactions. As set forth in Part V, subpart B, the creation of an effective resale market in equity securities under Rule 144A with foreign banks participating as buyers will be limited by other applicable statutory and regulatory securities trading prohibitions. Part VI will discuss changes that might be made to the securities and banking laws to permit wider participation by foreign banks in Rule 144A transactions. Part VII analyzes the structure foreign issuances should take under Rule 144A and Regulation S, including disclosure requirements, contractual covenants and other filing requirements under the Securities Act and Exchange Act

Building Capacity to Improve Latino Health in Rural North Carolina: A Case Study in Community-University Engagement

In North Carolina, health disparities for the emergent Latino population are well documented. Between 2005 and 2009, a community-university engagement model with Latino leaders and university faculty and students in rural eastern North Carolina worked to address solutions to health disparities among Latinos. Based on principles of community-based participatory research, this model focused on partnership formation and capacity building. Community partners acquired leadership and research skills. University partners gained a local understanding of Latino health through collaborative community and systems-level initiatives. Mutual benefits were achieved in partnerships established, resources leveraged, and community members reached. These strategies can be replicated in other communities that have an immigrant Latino population, community-oriented, bilingual health professionals, and a university committed to engagement