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1. INTRODUCTION
Every human society includes a system of values that distinguishes it from all other human societies. Therefore, we can best underst...
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Different researchers have recommended different decision frameworks for international market selection. As parts of those decision frameworks, most researchers have recommended for the evaluation of macro-environmental and business operating environmental variables. However, few attempts have been made so far to empirically test those frameworks. This study provides a partial test of those frameworks. Specifically, it looks at the host country's business operating environmental variables recommended by different researchers. Using both exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis techniques, it identifies the operating environmental factors considered by the successful Australian international businesses in their international market selection process. Three constructs and their measur...
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- Javaid Iqbal, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Dennis Hasty, Former Warden of the Metropolitan Detention Center, Michael Cooksey, Former Assistant Director for Correctional Programs of the Bureau of Prisons, John Ashcroft, Former Attorney General of the United States, Robert Mueller, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, David Rardin, Former Director of the Northeast Region of the Bureau of Prisons, Michael Rolince, Former Chief of the Federal Bureau of Investigation'S International Terrorism Operations Section, Counterterrorism Division, Kathleen Hawk Sawyer, Former Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, Kenneth Maxwell, Former Assistant Special Agent in Charge, New York Field Office, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Defendants-Appellants., 490 F.3d 143 (2nd Cir. 2007)
Michael L. Martinez, Wash., D.C. (Shari Ross Lahlou, David E. Bell, Justin P. Murphy, Matthew F. Scarlato, Crowell & Moring LLP, Washington, DC, on th...
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RINO International Corporation ("RINO") recently disclosed in a public filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") that it is curre...
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RINO International Corporation ("RINO") recently disclosed in a public filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") that it is curre...
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CHICAGO, Aug. 29 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Allegations that Chicago police systematically tortured an estimated 135 African-American criminal suspects during the 1970s and 80s b- and have yet to be criminally charged by local prosecutors b- prompted a petition Monday for an international investigation.
A group of human rights organizations, bar associations, attorneys, and community activists in Chicago sent a letter to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), asking the panel to review evidence that local authorities have failed to file criminal charges against members of a police unit on Chicago's South Side accused of torturing African-American male suspects in an effort to extract false criminal confessions.
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The number of international students pursuing secondary education at United States (U.S.) universities has been increasing over the past 25 years, and is expected to continue into the foreseeable future. However, these students have a plethora of choices among universities in the U.S. and foreign countries. Universities must distinguish themselves if they hope to obtain the most desirable students from around the world. Previous research by Agarwal and Winkler (1985), Lee and Tan (1984), Mazzarol and Soutar (2002), and McMahon (1992) has identified a number of factors that influence the choice of educational programs. This paper builds on existing research by re-examining some of those factors combined with additional factors and by examining the role of accreditation by The Association...
...An investigation of the factors that are most important in universi...
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WASHINGTON, July 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Four defendants were sentenced today in connection with their participation in an online child pornography conspiracy, while a fifth defendant was sentenced for receiving child pornography, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Timothy M. Morrison of the Southern District of Indiana.
Michael Baratta, 49, of Sacramento, Calif., was sentenced to 15 years in prison for his role in the conspiracy as an administrator of an online bulletin board dedicated to the advertisement and distribution of child pornography. Scott Van Dorp, 51, of Nashville, Ind., also was sentenced to 15 years in prison for the role he played in the conspiracy and for his criminal conduct related to a second Internet...
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DALLAS -- Safeguard Security Holdings, Inc. (OTC:SSHS), a provider of corporate, industrial and residential security solutions, announces today that i...
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As a new justice institution, the International Criminal Court (ICC) needs to gain legitimacy not just with states but also in civil society, both at ...