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Winter 2006-2007 (continued) THE LONG-RUN PERFORMANCE OF CROSS-BORDER MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS: EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THE INTERNALIZATION THEORY Claude Francoeur* Abstract Our study contributes to improving the understanding of cross-border M&As in two domains: evaluation of the long-term financial performance of acquiring firms in cross-border M&As and detection of the determinants of their long-term success. Our results show no sustained gains or losses during the post-acquistion period for Canadian

Return of the forgotten vegetables! Even if they have been put down and overlooked afterwards, the roots vegetables from the early decades of the 20th Century are making their way back onto organic supermarket shelves. In France, that kind of vegetables had a rather bad connotation due to the fact that, during World War II, they were considered as the most basic meals people could have, and therefore many grand parents don’t want to hear about topinambour, dandelion, cardoon, or rutabagas! The latter

The history of Auguste Reymond SA. Posted on Thursday 21st October 2010 by Thoms ben. Hits: 29 The history of Auguste Reymond SA dates back to 1898 in the small village of Tramelan, Switzerland. Auguste Reymond’s passion for horology inspired his dream of manufacturing wristwatches. Reymond, who was only 27 years old at the time, set out to pursue his dream. He rented a small space and hired a few watchmakers to begin manufacturing watches that would bear the Auguste Reymond name. With his goals

Panel Data Analysis for the Chemical Industry Ashish Arora Heinz School of Public Policy Carnegie Mellon University Marco Ceccagnoli Heinz School of Public Policy Carnegie Mellon University Marco Da Rin Dipartimento ‘G. Prato’(Università di Torino) and IGIER September 2000 ____________________________________________________________ ___ Financial support from the European Commission for the project `From Science to Products: A green Paper on Innovation in the Chemical Industry' (SOE1-CT97-1059)

know everything • Give the essential There is no truth in interpretation There are fact (democratically, geographical,…). To understand each other we need common basis. Now, we will try to explain a method for action and reflection, and try to explain what is astake (en jeu) after the economic crisis. Many facts prove that the changement is at a higher level. In strategy you have 4 important levels: General will: what you are looking for at the end. 1) Prior intention

do you account for the rise of China as an emergent economic power? Over the least three decades China made Asia and more generally of the world envious. Indeed, it is the fastest growing economy in the world with and expansion averaging 10% a year. As a result, its GDP in 2006 was around 13 times more important than its level in the early eighties. Thus, today China’s economy is becoming the fourth largest in the world behind the USA, Japan’s and Germany. China is one of the most competitive

Discuss the key areas of corporate social responsibility and evaluate the benefits and costs of CSR within the hospitality industry. Introduction: The author is going to identify toward this essay what Corporate Social Responsibility represents in the hospitality industry and evaluate its benefits and costs. According to Michael Hopkins in “Corporate social responsibility and international development “(2007:15), “CSR is concerned with treating the stakeholders

To study the implications of these two themes for hospital communications, a content analysis of 40 comprehensive cancer-center Web sites was conducted. The results demonstrate a gap: although patients in online conversations emphasize physician partnership and personal outcomes, the majority of hospital communications emphasize reputation, expertise, and compassion. Strategic recommendations grounded in consumer conversations conclude the article. INTRODUCTION Consumers are in the midst of

students are "jazzed". The Chandler, Ariz. elementary school teacher is gushing about Compton's Multimedia encyclopedia, a new reference work designed for personal computers. She had assigned her kids to prepare a debate on whether the American revolution was "a justifiable mutiny" or a "traitorous rebellion". Thanks largely to the unique research tool, her kids got fired up, even the lazier kids 'the ones I have to pull their nails out' she jokes. They called up articles, paged through a detailed "timeline"

The applications of nonwovens in technical textiles by Muhammad Kamran Iqbal. The textile industry is one of the largest consumer supported industries which has played a vital role in worldwide economy. The use of fibers, yarns and fabrics for applications other than clothing and furnishing (conventional textile) is not a new phenomenon. The technical textile defined by the Textile Institute1 is ‘textile materials and products manufactured primarily for their technical and performance properties