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friends As the shockwaves from the global financial crisis rippled across the world economy in late 2008 and 2009, they left little untouched. The reverberations leveled long-standing institutions, triggered unprecedented policy responses and revealed new risks. For the biotechnology industry, the impact of these turbulent times has deepened the divide between the sector’s haves and have-nots. Many small-cap companies are scrambling to raise capital and contain spending, while a select few continue to

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Amériques 4.2 Les enjeux et les limites de l’ALENA et du MERCOSUR 4.3 Les différences et les similitudes entre l’ALENA et le MERCOSUR 3. Bibliographie commentée BAER, Werner et Peri SILVA, 2014, « Mercosul: Its Successes and Failures During Its First Two Decades », Latin American Business Review, 15(3-4) :193-208. Les auteurs de ce texte soulignent les difficultés des pays membres à s’entendre en deux dimensions, à savoir, la présence de barrières commerciales internes et les écarts des tarifs

social considerations, the respect for the nature and the human rights with the responsibilities of each with regard to the future generations, and henceforth have to integrate them into their strategies, and by the same, in search of profits. This new “business model” is called "Corporate Social Responsibility". If the Society isn’t well, the market won’t be well and these are the economy and business that won’t be well. (World Business Council for Sustainable Development, Walking the talk, 2003)

capital of National Mutual Life Insurance Company in 1994. The second Australian insurer-life, not being able to any more face his commitments, is forced to re-capitalize. AXA re-capitalizes National Mutual and so makes its entrance to Australia, to New Zealand and to Hong-Kong. In 1996, AXA begin its activities in Morocco by the repurchase of “Insurance Al Amane ". In 2007, AXA increases its presence in Switzerland with the purchase of National Switzerland Assurance (French subsidiary of national

(computed as 186,916 × $.10).  It could borrow these funds. 4. Net Transaction Exposure. Why should an MNC identify net exposure before hedging? ANSWER: An MNC can reduce the amount of cash flow that it needs to hedge when identifying net exposure first. This can reduce the transaction costs associated with hedging. 5. Hedging with Futures. Explain how a U.S. corporation could hedge net receivables in euros with futures contracts. Explain how a U.S. corporation could hedge net payables in Japanese

authors advance some theoretical explanations regarding the behavior of these firms. In the current Australian casebased study, rather than engaging in a firm-level analysis, the authors focus on the attitudinal orientations of senior management in this new breed of internationally active firms. In contrast to an incremental approach, the authors offer a theoretical explanation that integrates the network perspective and resource-based view with international entrepreneurship. Their exploration of the

d’une référence indique que le livre est intéressant du point de vue historiographique. LA RECOMPOSITION DU PAYSAGE POLITIQUE 1) HISTOIRES GENERALES DE LA PERIODE ***MARWICK (Arthur). The Deluge. British Society and the First World War. London, Bodley Head, 1965 (2nd ed. with a new preface by Joanna Bourke). Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 2006. **MARWICK (Arthur). Britain in the Century of Total War. War, Peace and Social Change, 1900- 1967. London, Bodley Head, 1968. ***MOWAT (Charles Loch)

Many, hospitals and clinics are owned by the government. These systems tend to have low costs per capita, because the government, as the sole payer, controls what doctors can do and what they can charge. Great Britain, Spain, most of Scandinavia, New Zealand and Hong Kong are the countries using the Beveridge plan. -The Bismarck Model: This system of providing health care uses an insurance system, the insurers are usually financed jointly by employers and employees through payroll deduction. This model

Germany, Erasmus and Luther started to protest against the pope (pape) and his notion of religion and decided to establish a new trend “The reformation” which wanted to bring Protestantism as the official country religion. Henry the 08th, the monarch at the time broke away from Rome and opted for the Protestantism since: - he had a need for political alliances - his first wife Catherine of Aragon (who was very catholic) did not give him a son but only a daughter and he wanted to get rid of