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Introduction: An Artificial 'Clash of Civilizations'? -- From Norm Diffusion to Norm Contestation: Europe as a Normative Actor -- LGBTI Rights Promotion Within the EU: Crafting Consensual Norms Where Few Exist? -- Homophobia and EUrophobia in Accession and Neighborhood Countries -- Development Policy and Foreign Aid: Conditionality and its Discontents -- Global and Diffuse? The EU's Multilateral Promotion of LGBTI Rights -- Conclusion: Rethinking and Reimagining International LGBTI Rights Promotion.

The article "Analysis of Foreign Capital Inflow Impact on Innovative Growth: the Baltic States in the Context of European Union" discusses the role of foreign direct investments (FDI) and innovations in economies of Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and European Union countries. Impact of FDI and innovations on the growth of economy of a country is being critically evaluated. Quantitative influence of foreign direct investment and innovations on economic indicators of the Baltic states and the European Union countries is also being tested. Hypotheses formulated by authors tackle relationships between foreign direct investment, grossdomestic product, labour costs, research and development expenditure (R&D), patent applications and summary innovation index in Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and, respectively, in the European Union countries. In order to verify the presented hypotheses the correlation analysis and the Student's criteria method were used. Quantitative evaluation of separate relations enables us to compare and economically interpret the role of foreign direct investment and innovations in the Baltic states and European Union countries economies and allows forming an attitude of states towards stimulation of foreign direct investment and innovations. ; Straipsnyje siekiama nustatyti ir palyginti tiesioginių užsienio investicijų ir inovacijų reikšmę Lietuvos, Latvijos ir Estijos ekonomikai, lyginant jas su bendrais Europos Sąjungos valstybių narių rodikliais. Teoriškai pagrindžiamas tiesioginių užsienio investicijų ir inovacijų poveikis investicijas gaunančios ir inovacijas kuriančios šalies ekonominiam augimui. Nagrinėjama, kiek tiesioginės užsienio investicijos ir inovacijos turi įtakos kitų Baltijos ir Europos Sąjungos šalių ekonominių rodiklių augimui. Suformuluotos konkrečių tiesioginių užsienio investicijų, bendrojo vidaus produkto, darbo sąnaudų išlaidų tyrimams ir plėtrai, paraiškų patentams ir suminio inovacijų indekso Lietuvoje, Latvijoje, Estijoje ir Europos Sąjungos šalyse sąryšių prielaidos. Prielaidoms tikrinti taikoma koreliacinė analizė, o tiriamųjų faktorių ryšio reikšmingumui įvertinti – Stjudento kriterijaus metodas. Kiekybinis atskirų sąryšių įvertinimas leidžia palyginti ir ekonomiškai interpretuoti tiesioginių užsienio investicijų ir inovacijų reikšmę Baltijos ir Europos Sąjungos šalių ekonomikai, leidžia suformuoti valstybių požiūrį į tiesioginių užsienio investicijų ir inovacijų skatinimą. Tyrimo rezultatai visiškai ar iš dalies patvirtino daugelį mokslinėje literatūroje įvardytų ir šiame darbe iškeltų prielaidų. Nustatyta, jog Baltijos šalyse ir apskritai Europos Sąjungoje egzistuoja stiprus tiesioginių užsienio investicijų ir bendrojo vidaus produkto, darbo sąnaudų ir bendrojo vidaus produkto, išlaidų tyrimams ir plėtrai ir tiesioginių užsienio investicijų, darbo sąnaudų ir tiesioginių užsienio investicijų ryšys. Stiprus ir reikšmingas koreliacinis ryšis Latvijos, Estijos ir apskritai Europos Sąjungos atvejais buvo nustatytas ir tarp paraiškų išduoti patentus skaičiaus didėjimo ir bendrojo vidaus produkto, darbo sąnaudų ir išlaidų tyrimams ir plėtrai augimo. Lietuvos atveju minėtos prielaidos nepasitvirtino. Tai, matyt, lėmė palyginti nedidelis Lietuvos išradėjų paraiškų gauti patentus skaičius. Taip pat nustatyta, kad Lietuvos ir Latvijos atvejais suminio inovacijų indekso augimas lėmė ir bendrojo vidaus produkto bei darbo sąnaudų augimą. Šiose valstybėse, kaip ir Europos Sąjungoje apskritai, skirtingai nei Estijoje, tiesiogines užsienio investicijos turi teigiamą įtaką suminio inovacijų indekso didėjimui. Atitinkamai suminio inovacinio indekso didėjimas reiškia ir išlaidų tyrimams ir plėtrai augimą. Tik Latvijos atveju paraiškų išduoti patentus skaičiaus didėjimas lėmė suminio inovacijų indekso didėjimą.

El efecto inmediato de la instauración de la Unión Monetaria Europea (UME), fue un aumento en los diferenciales de rentabilidad ajustados por el riesgo de cambio de la deuda pública frente a Alemania para aquellos países que se integraron en la moneda única. Contrariamente, para aquellos países que optaron por permanecer fura de la misma de forma inmediata se produce una disminución en los citados diferenciales de rentabilidad ajustados. El objetivo del presente trabajo es analizar cuáles pueden ser los motives que subyacen a este fenómeno. La evidencia empírica sugiere que la relevancia de la liquidez y de las economías de escala ligadas al tamaño del mercado han aumentado con la UME en todos los países de la EU-15.

Manuscript type: empiricalresearch question/issue: in this paper, we examine the determinants of the level of disclosure on corporate governance practices among european listed companies in the time period preceding the adoption of the european union recommendations and action plan.research findings/results: using ratings on corporate governance disclosure issued by an independent rating agency we find that –ceteris paribus– the level of disclosure: (1) is lower for companies with higher ownership concentration; (2) is higher for companies from common-law countries; and (3) increases with the level of working capital accruals.theoretical implications: the results of the study support theoretical arguments that companies disclose corporate governance information in order to reduce information asymmetry and agency costs stemming from the separation between ownership and control, and to improve investor confidence in the reported accounting information. The study suggests various avenues for future research on corporate governance.practical implications: to policy makers and practitioners, the results suggest that a mandatory corporate governance disclosure requirement is abundant, and perhaps could even be inefficient. The results also indicate which types of companies can be expected to be least willing to comply with recent corporate governance disclosure requirements, and thus will need extra monitoring.

To foster international cooperation for taking evidence abroad in the new European Space of justice, the Regulation 1206/2001 has open two different ways. But is it not clear enough which is the treatment given to discovery, because it is not a method for obtaining evidence overseas, rather, a procedure put in place to search for the relevant material evidence which will allow the parties to access any information deemed necessary in proving the facts in a case (see above). It should be mentioned Tedesco Case, which never reached the ECJ as the proceedings which gave rise to the prejudicial question had ended (AUTO 27th September 2007). Nevertheless, the Advocate General made a statement in her conclusions: the refusal (by the authority of a member State) of the taking of evidence requested by the European authority was not thought to be justified.

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