FDI SPILLOVERS IN AN EMERGING MARKET: THE ROLE OF FOREIGN FIRMS’ COUNTRY ORIGIN DIVERSITY AND DOMESTIC FIRMS’ ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY YAN ZHANG,* HAIYANG LI, YU LI, and LI-AN ZHOU 1 Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business, Rice University, Houston, Texas, U.S.A. 2 Business School, University of International Business and Economics, Beijing, China 3 Guanghua School of Management, Peking Universit...

In laboratory experiments, variously colored strains of animals, including those with albino phenotypes, are commonly used. The melanocortin theory suggests, however, that coloration phenotypes alter animal physiology and behavior. Animals the phenotype show photoreceptor degradation associated lowered visual accuracy, escape reactions, etc., presumably accompanied by prevailing nocturnal activ...

Humic substances are highly abundant organic compounds formed in soils and sediments by the decay of dead plants, microbes and animals. This book focuses on the important binding properties of these compounds that regulate the chemical reactivity and bioavailability of hydrogen andmetal ions in the natural environment. Topics covered include the physico-chemical properties of humic matter and i...

Microbes live just about everywhere on Earth—on and inside animals, plants, in soils, water. They also thrive underground environments. Caves mines are ecosystems often visited by humans. Many interesting microbes have evolved to survive these harsh where there not many nutrients available. To compete with other for nutrients, some produce antibiotics, which substances that can kill certain typ...

The sensitivity of terrestrial isopods to changes in both temperature and moisture make them suitable models for examining possible responses of arthropod macro-decomposers to predicted climate change. Effects of changes in both temperature and relative humidity on aggregation, growth and survivorship of species of isopods contrasting in their morphological and physiological adaptations to mois...

effects of different soil moisture regimes and p application on available and inorganic p forms were studied in four paddy soils, north of iran. a factorial experiment in a completely randomized design with two replications was performed in a laboratory study. factors of soil at four levels (two acid and two alkaline-calcareous soils), soil moisture contents at three different levels (air-dry, ...

We show examples of knots with the same polynomial invariants and hyperbolic volumes, with variously coinciding 2-cable polynomials and colored Jones polynomials, which are not mutants. AMS Classifications: 57M25, 57N70