Chinese Overseas Foreign Direct Investment and the Sino-Serbian Strategic Partnership by Graham Hollinshead

“…Yet ‘going overseas’ has been a fundamental element in the reform and modernisation of the Chinese economy, this policy having been formally ratified by the Chinese Communist Party in the late 1990s, with China having now ascended to the position of third most important investor abroad, after the USA and Japan. …”
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ECONOMIC LIBERALIZATION: OPENNESS AND INTEGRATION — BUT WHAT KIND? by Edith T. Penrose

“…(Chandler and Daems, 1980: 5, 6) … the decision-taking nexus of the MNE in the late 1980s has come to resemble the central nervousd system of a much larger group of interdependent but less formally governed activities, whose function is primarily to advance the global competitive strategy and position of the core organization … There are several implications of the new style MNEs… First they cause us to reappraise our thinking about the nature, function and boundaries of firms and markets… Second, they cast doubt on the usefulness of some of our existing classifications of our economic activities and of our traditional concepts of competition. Third, they have profoundly affected the pattern and ownership of international economic activity and the political economy of the countries which are party to it. …”
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Quellen und Forschungen zur Geschichte des Ausländerstudiums in Deutschland. Kritische Bemerkungen zu zentralen Problemen by H.R. Peter

“…The discussion of the last third of the XIX century in Germany about the excessive number of foreign students in German higher education institutions is considered. …”
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Social Network Analysis of 17th Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival (JAFF) in Disseminating Films on Twitter by Dwi Arifianto Budi, Junaedi Fajar, Dewi Utami Citra, Yuni Fadilla Qholiva

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Sharing is Not Always Caring: Delving Into Personal Data Transfer Compliance in Android Apps by David Rodriguez, Jose M. Del Alamo, Celia Fernandez-Aller, Norman Sadeh

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Description of Banjar Ethnic Voter Behavior: Lessons from the Simultaneous Regional Head Elections for the Governor and Vice Governor of Central Kalimantan Province in 2020 by Ricky Zulfauzan, Charles Hutapea, Nur Elysa Mitharie

“…The Banjar ethnicity was chosen because the Banjar ethnicity is the third largest ethnic majority in Central Kalimantan, so the behavior of the Banjar ethnicity can determine political contestation in Central Kalimantan. …”
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Don’t trust the modern environmental epidemiologists! by H.-V. Ulmer

“…Why biomatical epidemiologists work on year after year for such research? Perhaps political and public attention garantee good chances for successful third-party-funding and acquisition of impact scores, very favorable in the actual scientific business. …”
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Analysis of suborbital flight operation using PESTLE by Romli, Fairuz Izzudin, Zahari, Abdul Raof

“…On the other hand, among established disadvantages of suborbital flight operation include the absence of international consensus on the boundary between air and space, intensive capital requirement to develop new technology and infrastructure, damage to third party liability, limited track record for flight safety, lack of regulation for new industry and also the air pollution resulting from the flight activity. …”
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Pemanfaatan Modal Dedi Sitorus Sebagai Pendatang Baru PILEG Tahun 2019 DAPIL Kaltara by Ansar Ansar, Muradi Muradi, Ferry Kurnia Rizkiansyah

“…There are several important fundamental considerations such as: first, Dedi Sitorus' social capital has a Social Network in the Nunukan community, Second, Dedi Sitorus' political capital has support from parties starting from the central level and also the DPC administrator at the Nunukan Regency level and also the support from regional authorities and also figures Local Politics, Third Economic Capital Dedi Sitorus has very large finances so he does not need donors to carry out his campaign and has the ability to rent air transportation to carry out mobility in campaigns. …”
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Qualitative research between craftsmanship and McDonaldization. A keynote address from the 17th Qualitative Health Research Conference by Svend Brinkmann

“…Today, society at large is making more use of qualitative research than ever, not just in laudable social justice research, for example, but also in relation to market and consumer research and focus groups for different political parties. With this in mind, I wish to discuss three current questions for qualitative researchers: The first I will refer to as “ethical progressivism versus new ethical challenges”. …”
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Drivers and challenges of large-scale conversion policies to organic and agro-chemical free agriculture in South Asia by Arezou Babajani, Shantala Muehlberger, Arndt Feuerbacher, Christine Wieck

“…Five crucial factors for successful transitions to large-scale organic farming emerge: effective institutional leadership, affordable third-party certification, phased reduction of agrochemicals through clear political pathways, development of extension networks, market access with price premiums, and the provision of organic inputs. …”
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Settlement of Disputes concerning Insular Territories in the Framework of the International Court of Justice by K. V. Timokhin

“…The international community had banned the latter and this fact is stated in many international treaties.Methods which are applicable to the dispute resolution concerning insular territories as well as other issues can be divided into two groups: negotiations and application to the services of a third party. To the latter group belongs the International Court of Justice, which had been active in the sphere of dispute resolution concerning islands. …”
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THE RACIST HISTORY OF THE UK AND THE 2016 EUROPEAN UNION (EU) REFERENDUM by Ian FITZGERALD, Rafał SMOCZYNSKI

“…Due to a mainly regulated labour market, ‘blame’ was attached to UK migrants by politicians and political parties, this grew both during and post Referendum. …”
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Community mental healthcare in lebanon by R. Charara, J. El-Khoury

“…These include limited third-party coverage of mental health, absence of training opportunities in multidisciplinary community settings and some clinicians’ reluctance to update their ways of working. …”
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Creating an Interactive Urban Traffic System for the Simulation of Different Traffic Scenarios by Marco Weißmann, Dennis Edler, Julian Keil, Frank Dickmann

“…Therefore, the tool used could be a valuable option for any developer of immersive virtual environments in Unity to equip these immersive virtual environments with a traffic system, without the use of additional third-party software.…”
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Analysis of the phenomenon of the alternation and rotation between Arabic letters in Twitter by Ismail, Alanazi Nujud, Abdul Jabar, Mohd Azidan, Mohamad, Ab Halim, Hassan, Abd Rauf

“…Therefore, this study aims to monitor the places of alternation and substitution in the usage of (prepositions and conjunctions) by “twitter” users, to identify the effects of this phenomenon on proper way of writing Arabic language and its eloquence on social networking sites generally and twitter in particular, and to know whether it constitutes a communication or understanding gap between the readers and writers, with the objective of creating a third-party application for evaluating the usage of compositions and conjunctions on “twitter” in the near future. …”
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Why Alberta Needs a Fiscal Constitution by Ted Morton

“…A coalition with this membership would be difficult for any federal political party to ignore.…”
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Why Alberta Needs a Fiscal Constitution by Ted Morton

“…A coalition with this membership would be difficult for any federal political party to ignore.…”
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CAN THE COMPANY ACHIEVE PROFITABILITY THROUGH THE APPLICATION OF CAPITAL STRUCTURE FORMULATIONS? A CASE STUDY OF COMPANIES REGISTERED WITH THE JAKARTA ISLAMIC INDEX / JII by Zein A.B., Alexandri M.B., Suryanto

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PRIVATISATION – KEY LINK FROM SOCIALISM TO CAPITALISM by Миодраг Зец, PhD

“…Second: models from ex–Yugoslav republics were analyzed and the overall success of the transition implementation process considered. Third: the privatization process in Serbia embraced various stages with very modest effects as a result of a lack of clear political determination to implement major changes. …”
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