We model two dimensions of bank globalization – bank nationality (a bank from the firm’s host nation, its home nation, or a third nation) and bank reach (a global, regional, or local bank) using a two-stage nested multinomial logit model. Our data set includes over 2,000 foreign affiliates of multinational corporations operating in 20 European nations. We find that these firms frequently use ho...

the knowledge of bygone times of a nation and the discovery of the way through which their thought and culture and civilization developed throughout ages, are of great important for the next generations of that nation and their success in future ways of development. unquestionably, the literary works contain the greatest part of the cultural and mental products and legacy of a nation and deserv...

The advantage of a cross-nation R&D cooperative project for businesses is that such a project can integrate and combine the technological capabilities of different countries through global linking, so that they can exchange, learn, and transform knowledge, thus enhancing the quality of innovative products or technologies as well as speeding up their adoption. This study explores the impact of d...

Few studies have explored the relationships between nation-building, disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation. Focusing on small island developing states, this paper examines nation-building in Timor-Leste, a small island developing state that recently achieved independence. Nation-building in Timor-Leste is explored in the context of disaster risk reduction, which necessarily incl...

aboutalebi case is related to illegal act of us government that caused preventionfrom entrance of new i.r.iran representative to united nation. this act was againstus obligations through hq agreement. so, the benefits states such as memberstates of united nation has right to arise compliant against us before internationaltribunals. also, at this ground, the estopple rule is very important, beca...

First developed during the 1990s, the transnational paradigm in the study of migration has been associated with the notions of displacement, deterritorialisation and frictionless-ness. In more recent times, there has been a growing tendency to spatially ground transnational studies by locating and emplacing transnational practices. The emergence of the so-called transnational urbanism has led t...

the arab nation is considered a united nation which is integrated for the common language, culture, history and destiny. thus, the arab nationalism is highlighted in the palestinian women’s literature in which the thoughts and concepts of arab ummah id well represented. the palestinian women believe in their country as a inseparable part of the “great arab land” and they attempt to encourage th...