maria is 17 and from colombia. she leaves her family and friends behind, and heads for the united states to deal drugs. in the final moments of her return to colombia, she decides that she would be better off staying in the united states. latin american identity is a heated topic that has caused a lot of debates in recent years. however the social, political, and cultural aspects of the region ...

This study uses data on campaign contributions and methods of network analysis to investigate the significance of interlocking directorates for political cohesion among corporate elites. Using quadratic assignment procedure (QAP) regression, the author shows that social ties formed through common membership on corporate boards contribute more to similarity of political behavior than commonaliti...

By taking “Plot + Dance” as the form, and “Chinese dance, Chinese story” core, Dancing Millennium carries depth of traditional culture dance art in contemporary cultural context under view diverse integrated national culture, provides a sacred ritual place for people different nationalities but with common beliefs, jointly constructs collective memory identity nation. Based on communication, th...

Mergers occur when two or more organisations (or institutions) combine either to create one new organisation, or retaining the identity of one of the original organisations. Mergers continue to be relatively common in the corporate sector. In higher/further education (H/FE) in the UK there have been two key periods of intense merger activity in recent years the late 1980s to early 1990s and the...

2001 marked the tenth anniversary of a seminal article on corporate branding written by the distinguished English advertising consultant Stephen King (1991). In this article King’s contribution to the emergent theory relating to corporate branding in the context of recent scholarship is appraised. This article outlines the benefits and characteristics of corporate brands. It details the differe...

despite the body of research on textbook evaluation from the discourse analysis perspective, cohesive devices have rarely been analyzed in english for specific purposes (esp) textbooks. the acquisition and use of cohesive devices is inherent to naturalistic communication, including business interactions. hence, l2 learners of business english should be exposed to these devices through cohesion-...