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Ferraz, João Carlos ; Hamaguchi, Nobuaki: Introduction. - S. 383-399. Cantwell, John ; Santangelo, Grazia D.: M and As and the global strategies of TNCs. - S. 400-434. Dymski, Gary A.: The global bank merger wave. Implications for developing countries. - S. 435-466. Paula, Germano Mendes De ; Ferraz, João Carlos ; Iootty, Mariana: Economic liberalization and changes in corporate control in Latin America. - S. 467-496. Rocha, Frederico ; Kupfer, David: Structural changes and specialization in Brazilian industry. The evolution of leading companies and the M and A process. - S. 497-521. Hamaguchi, Nobuaki: Will the market keep Brazil lit up? Ownership and market structural changes in the electric power sector. - S. 522-552. Yeh Tsung-ming ; Hoshino, Yasuo: The impact of M and As on shareholder wealth. Evidence from Taiwanese corporations. - S. 553-563. Sohn Chan-Hyun: Corporate debt resolution and the role of foreign capital in the post-crisis restructuring of the Republic of Korea. - S. 564-586

THE POLITICS OF PLATO'S "REPUBLIC" HAS BEEN ALL BUT UNIVERSALLY CONDEMNED BY MODERN LIBERAL READERS AS TOTALLY AND ODIOUSLY INIMICAL TO DEMOCRATIC IDEALS. PLATO'S PROPOSALS FOR GOVERNMENT BY AN UNELECTED ELITE, FOR CENSORSHIP AND INDOCTRINATION, AND FOR OCCUPATIONAL RESTRICTIONS ARE SEEN, AT BEST, AS STIFLING FREEDOM AND INDIVIDUAL INITIATIVE AND, AT WORST, AS TOTALITARIAN. IT HAS SELDOM OR NEVER BEEN NOTICED HOW MUCH HIS POLITY RESEMBLES THE UNITED STATES, FOR BETTER OR WORSE. AMERICAN DEMOCRACY, PAST AND PRESENT, HAS ENDORSED MOST OF THE BASIC POLITICAL PRINCIPLES OF THE "REPUBLIC." IF OFTEN ONLY TACITLY, AMERICANS RECOGNIZE NATURAL INEQUALITIES AMONG PEOPLE; THAT SOME ARE MORE FIT THAN OTHERS FOR SOME OCCUPATIONS, INCLUDING GOVERNING; AND THAT INDOCTRINATION AND CENSORSHIP ARE DESIRABLE IN SOME CIRCUMSTANCES. MOST IMPORTANT, THOUGH LITTLE RECOGNIZED OUTSIDE POLITICAL THEORY, IS FACT THAT THE UNITED STATES, LIKE MOST MODERN DEMOCRACIES, HAS A GUARDIANSHIP FORM OF GOVERNMENT, COMPARABLE TO THAT OUTLINED IN THE "REPUBLIC," IN WHICH THE ELECTORAL FRANCHISE HAS LITTLE SIGNIFICANCE.

Cover -- Endorsement -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of figures -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- 1. Studying visions of Scottish and Catalan independence in Europe -- 2. Different paths to independence in Europe -- 3. Catalan independence and European integration: From idealism to realism? -- 4. Scottish independence in an integrated Europe: Still seen as viable? -- 5. Scotland and Catalonia: Comparison and wider implications -- Appendix -- Index.

The book offers an examination of issues, institutions and actors that have become central to Muslim life in the region. Focusing on leadership, authority, law, gender, media, aesthetics, radicalization and cooperation, it offers insights into processes that reshape power structures and the experience of being Muslim. It makes room for perspectives from the region in an academic world shaped by scholarship mostly from Europe and America.

"This work approaches the distinction between knowledge-how and knowledge-that in terms of two complementary concepts: performance and information. In order to do so, I formulate Ryle's argument of infinite regress in terms of performance in order to show that Stanley and Williamson's counterargument has no real object: both reject the view that the exercise of knowledge-that necessarily requires the previous consideration of propositions. Next, using the concept of feedback, I argue that Stanley and Williamson's positive account of knowledge-how in terms of knowledge-that corresponds to the output of the comparison between an intention of action and the perceived outcome of performance. Then, I expound other theories of mind and cognition in which feedback and prediction play a fundamental role in order to explain other ways in which information intervenes in performance—i.e., information is construed as knowledge-that available at subject level that guides performance. Finally, I present some reflections on the impact of the concept of knowledge-how, and possible routes to continue our enquiry on the nature of knowledge.

Keywords: knowledge-how, knowledge-that, information, performance, feedback. "

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to comprehensively examine the influence of formal and informal institutional differences on enterprise investment margin, mode and result.


Design/methodology/approach
This paper is based on 2,440 micro samples of large-scale outbound investment from 609 Chinese enterprises from the years 2005 to 2016.


Findings
The study has found that formal institutional differences have little impact on investment scale, but significantly affect investment diversification. In order to avoid the management risks brought by formal institutional differences, enterprises tend to a full ownership structure. However, the choice between greenfield investment and cross-border mergers and acquisitions is not affected by formal institutional differences. In contrast, the impact of informal institutional differences is more extensive. Both formal and informal institutional differences significantly increase the probability of investment failure. Further research found that the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) bridges the formal institutional differences.


Originality/value
The study concludes that developing the BRI, especially cultural exchanges with countries alongside the Belt and Road, will help enterprises to "go global" faster and better.

Although sociologists pay increasing attention to wealth, we know very little about the relationship between children and wealth accumulation. Using the information on wealth from panel surveys (the Swiss Household Panel, the Household of Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia and the German Socio-Economic Panel), we study families' wealth accumulation in different social and political settings. This contribution tests how children affect the propensity to save and net worth. It also addresses anticipation effects when individuals plan to have a child. The results from fixed effects models show that dependent children reduce the probability to save, whereas planning for a child increases the probability to save. To test whether lower or higher expenditure is responsible for lower saving probability, we estimate models with earned income and labour supply as mediator variables. Small children are found to reduce saving mostly through income losses, and older children reduce saving through higher expenditures. In the long run, children have moderate negative consequences on wealth accumulation in all countries (6714 CHF per grown-up child in Switzerland, 15,462 AU$ in Australia, and 619 EUR in Germany).

Africa's improved growth performance over the last 15 years provides an opportunity for the continent to transit from recovery to structural transformation. This paper reviews the evolution of development theory and practice, the role of agriculture therein, and the pace of structural transformation in Africa over the last 50 years. The evolution has involved shifting roles of industry vs. agriculture and that of government, and the public sector vs. markets and the private sector. Government intervention in favour of industrialization in the 1960s-1970s resulted in the neglect of agriculture, poor growth performance, and a productivity-reducing structural transformation, characterized by an increasing concentration of low productivity labour in the informal service sector. The paper suggests a move away from the dual-economy to a three-dimensional model that pays greater attention to the large informal segment of the service sector. A successful transformation will require accelerated agricultural productivity growth, a modernized informal service sector, and effective industrialization strategies, with balanced roles for government, markets, and the private sector, all supported by country-led, evidence-based strategies exemplified under the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP).

Includes the following reviews:
p. 167-169. Marko Modiano. Holliday, A. The Struggle to Teatch English as an International Language.
p. 169-171. Sigrid Dentler. Byram, M. (ed.). Routledge Encyclopedia of Language Teaching and Learning.
p. 171-174. Gregor von der Heiden. Breckle, M. Deutsch-schwedische Wirtschaftskommunikation. "In Schweden ist die Kommunikation weicher". & Siegfried, D. Kultur in deutsch-schwedischen Wirtschaftsgesprächen. Eine gesprächslinguistische Analyse.
p. 174-176. Liliana Mitrache. Metzler Widmark, C. Totalität und Ganzes versus Ausschnitt und Detail. Normbewahrung und Normveränderung im deutschsprachigen roman- und literaturtheoretischen Diskurs der 60er Jahre.

How experience as a Support Scheme volunteer and Secretary has enhanced the author's insight and understanding as a probation officer and increased police sensitivity to victims.

This article evaluates the past decade's research on the relationship between interparental conflict and children's behavioral, emotional, and social adjustment. Meta‐analysis confirmed an overall conflict‐adjustment relationship that was particularly strong and consistent across studies of behavioral outcomes. The article calls for further refinement of the general conflictadjustment relationship, particularly specification of the various dimensions of conflict and qualifications to limit applications to the particular populations that have been included in research. Secondary analysis is needed to differentiate the effects of family violence from other forms of discord and to compare outcomes for boys and girls. New research must extend inquiry to the full range of sociodemographic groups and family structures in our society. In the next decade, it is crucial to move beyond simple documentation of the general association between conflict and adjustment to identification of the specific conditions that put children at risk and safeguard them from harm.

1. Equity market informational effi ciency : history and development / Qaiser Munir and Sook Ching Kok -- 2. Equity market anomalies : concepts, classifications, theories and evidence / Qaiser Munir and Sook Ching Kok -- 3. The random walk hypothesis on the small and medium capitalized segment of the Indian stock market / Vinod Mishra and Russell Smyth -- 4. Stock market index price prediction using predetermined variables : a case study of Malaysia / Qaiser Munir and Sook Ching Kok -- 5. A re-examination of the calendar anomalies during the Asian financial crisis : some empirical evidence from the closure test principle and the EGARCH-mean model / Ricky Chee-Jiun Chia and Shiok Ye Lim -- 6. The mean reversion effect and the contrarian strategy / Tamara Teplova and Evgeniya Mikova -- 7. The momentum effect : pricing paradox or new beta strategy / Tamara Teplova and Evgeniya Mikova -- 8. Momentum returns, market states and financial crises : evidence from China and Hong Kong / Muhammad A. Cheema and Gilbert V. Nartea -- 9. The profitability of technical trading rules : empirical application on Asian stock markets / Andrei Anghel and Cristiana Tudor -- 10. Technical trading and market efficiency in Asian equity markets / Piyapas Tharavanij -- 11. Testing for semi-strong efficiency under stressed market conditions : a comparative focus on Asia, Europe and the United States / Massimiliano Serati and Arianna Ziliotto -- 12. Technical efficiency and stock performance of listed commercial banks in ASEAN-5 / Sok-Gee Chan -- 13. Asymmetric effect of political elections on stock returns and volatility in Malaysia / Hooi Hooi Lean and Geok Peng Yeap.

The book offers an examination of issues, institutions and actors that have become central to Muslim life in the region. Focusing on leadership, authority, law, gender, media, aesthetics, radicalization and cooperation, it offers insights into processes that reshape power structures and the experience of being Muslim. It makes room for perspectives from the region in an academic world shaped by scholarship mostly from Europe and America. parcel of such social conflicts and transformations, its role being neither one of resistance against power nor of guidance towards norms, but rather one of open-ended complicity.

Firmly situating South African teams, players, and associations in the international framework in which they have to compete, South Africa and the Global Game: Football, Apartheid, and Beyond presents an interdisciplinary analysis of how and why South Africa underwent a remarkable transformation from a pariah in world sport to the first African host of a World Cup in 2010. Written by an eminent team of scholars, this special issue and book aims to examine the importance of football in South African society, revealing how the black oppression transformed a colonial game into a force for politic

This original collection of essays offers hope to those who believe that the cause of world peace requires a new American foreign policy and repairing our depleted military. The twelve contributors to this book show why America must take another look at our possible adversaries and real strategic partners. Present Dangers offers practical strategies for policymakers eager to disarm adversaries like North Korea and Iraq and head off the terrorist threat. Intellectuals, historians and policy-makers such as James Ceasar, Ross Munro, Peter Rodman, Richard Perle, Reuel Marc Gerecht, Nicholas Eberst