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Effects Of Free Trade Agreements (Ftas) On Construction Firms In Singapore, Low Sui Sui, June S.Y. Khoo

Business Review

Since the 1950s, the international trading system has been characterized by a shift from the multilateral processes towards bilateral and regional arrangements. The signing of the US-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (USSFTA) by the Prime Minister of Singapore and the President of the United States is but part of Singapore’s overall trade initiatives and economic strategy which involves forging free trade agreements (FTA) with other countries outside the ASEAN region. This study seeks to analyze the effect of FTA in the context of the construction industry with respect to local contractors. A questionnaire-based survey and in-depth personal interviews were conducted with …

Training Within Oil And Gas-Based Industries In The State Of Qatar, Hend A. Jolo

Business Review

This research is an exploratory study that investigates training in the state of Qatar. It is carried out with the intention to provide an insight into such a process among national workers in the Oil and Gas-based Industries (OGBI), which is one of the most significant economic sectors in the country. Additionally, the study also endeavors to investigate the training process and its related factors and practices that affects the development of their skills within the industry, such as their educational background, promotion and training incentives. It is found that educational attainment had influenced the Qatari workers' achievement of their …

Pilot Study Of 8 Smes In Pakistan, Ejaz Mian

Business Review

These (eight) cases study small firms (with 1-50 employees) in Pakistan to determine marketing factors that lead to success. Information is gathered through in-depth interviews with owner-managers on their premises. Convenience sampling is used within the city of Karachi. Firms included relate to production, and services (including retail). It was found that most of the firms are not marketing oriented and they do not understand marketing. Thus they will benefit from some kind of marketing training conducted by the government or through their own resources.

Institution Of Bureaucracy And The Conflict In South Asia, Huma Baqai

Business Review

The role of bureaucracies is vitally important in the conflict-cooperation balance. Bureaucrats by definition are implementers of policy. This implementation also sometimes graduates to initiation of policies; therefore, it would be appropriate to say that although they are implementers, they also perform a variety of other functions which enhances their role and importance in the functions of the states, particularly bureaucratic states.

A Word About The Iba, About Our Authors, Note For Contributors, Back Matter, Tufail A. Qureshi

Business Review

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Automating Material Delivery Records, Joo Hyoung (Jay) Lee, Bob Mccullouch

JTRP Technical Reports

This project investigated methods on automating field data collection of materials. The method chosen and investigated was bar codes. The automated process requires material suppliers to produce delivery forms that can be recorded and tracked using bar codes. The report describes a system configuration that shows a conceptual process to electronically transfer materials information between the material supplier, trucking company, INDOT personnel and contractor. Other activities reported include survey results from other state transportation agencies, material suppliers, and concrete paving companies. Also, investigated was how to interface with SiteManager software. Recommendations described hardware options for using bar codes and industry …

Higher Power Of Lucky (2008) By Susan Patron, Maughn Gregory

Chapter Books

Ten-year-old Lucky lost her mother in a freak accident; her father is missing, and she is being cared for by her father’s former girlfriend in a tiny town at the edge of the Mojave desert. That could be the set-up for a story of loss and poverty. But this girl lives up to her name: she takes scraps of information, chance experiences, and overheard theories as resources for imagining the world and plotting her way forward. She learns how things work from the desert animals and insects, with the help of her hero, Charles Darwin. She learns survival and a …

Richmond Law Magazine: Winter 2008

Richmond Law Magazine

Features:

New Faculty Excel

State of the Family

A Summer at Cambridge

Women Power

Cast Out: Vagrancy And Homelessness In Global And Historical Perspective, A. L. Beier, Paul Ocobock

Ohio University Press Open Access Books

Throughout history, those arrested for vagrancy have generally been poor men and women, often young, able-bodied, unemployed, and homeless. Most histories of vagrancy have focused on the European and American experiences. Cast Out: Vagrancy and Homelessness in Global and Historical Perspective is the first book to consider the shared global heritage of vagrancy laws, homelessness, and the historical processes they accompanied.

In this ambitious collection, vagrancy and homelessness are used to examine a vast array of phenomena, from the migration of labor to social and governmental responses to poverty through charity, welfare, and prosecution. The essays in Cast Out represent …

A One-On-Many Mentoring Leadership Model In The Central Missionary Church In Maringá, Paraná, Brazil, Carlos Alexandre De Oliveira

ATS Dissertations

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Carol Zollmann: Aviation Law Casebook Pioneer, Robert M. Jarvis

Journal of Air Law and Commerce

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Singapore's New Air Services Agreements With The E.U. And The U.K.: Implications For Liberalization In Asia, Alan Khee-Jin Tan

Journal of Air Law and Commerce

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Air Passenger Health And Consumer Protection, Usha Balasubramaniam

Journal of Air Law and Commerce

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Acquiring Innovation, Xuan-Thao Nguyen, Jeffrey A. Maine

Articles

In recent years, the innovation market has witnessed a new business model involving companies that are mere patent holding shells and not operating entities. They have no customers or products to offer, but they do have an aggressive tactic of using patent portfolios to threaten other operating companies with potential infringement litigation. The strategy is executed with the end goal of extracting handsome settlements. Acquisitions of patents for offensive use have become a major concern to operating companies because such acquisitions pose the threats of patent injunction, interrupting the business and crippling further innovation.

While many operating companies today know …

Antitrust And Trade Secrets: The U.S. And The Eu Approach, Katarzyna A. Czapracka

Santa Clara High Technology Law Journal

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Legal And Policy Aspects Of Internet Number Resources, Stephen M. Ryan, Raymond A. Plzak, John Curran

Santa Clara High Technology Law Journal

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Doubling Up The Horses In Midstream: Enhancing U.S. Patent Dispute Resolution By The Pto's Adoption Of The Jpo's Hantei Request System, Gino Cheng

Santa Clara High Technology Law Journal

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The Effect Of Video Franchising Reform On Net Neutrality: Does The Beginning Of Ip Convergence Mean That It Is Time For Net Neutrality Regulation, Dan G. Barry

Santa Clara High Technology Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Laws Of Nature And The Business Of Biotechnology, Phillip Mcgarrigle, Vern Norviel

Santa Clara High Technology Law Journal

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The Continuing Debacle Of U.S. Antidilution Law: Evidence From The First Year Of Trademark Dilution Revision Act Case Law, Barton Beebe

Santa Clara High Technology Law Journal

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Trademark Dilution: Of Fame, Blurring, And Sealing Wax, With A Touch Of Judicial Wisdom, Shari Diamond

Santa Clara High Technology Law Journal

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A Linguistic Look At Trademark Dilution, Ronald R. Butters

Santa Clara High Technology Law Journal

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The Trademark Use Requirement In Dilution Cases, Stacey L. Dogan, Mark A. Lemley

Santa Clara High Technology Law Journal

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Dumping The Designation Of Source Requirement From The Tdra: A Response To The Alleged Trademark Use Requirement In Dilution Cases, William G. Barber

Santa Clara High Technology Law Journal

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Dilution And Competition Norms: The Case Of Federal Trademark Dilution Claims Against Direct Competitors, Shubha Ghosh

Santa Clara High Technology Law Journal

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Identical Cousins: On The Road With Dilution And The Right Of Publicity, Mary H. Lafrance, Gail H. Cline

Santa Clara High Technology Law Journal

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Considering The Who, What, When, Where And How Of Measuring Dilution, Jacob Jacoby

Santa Clara High Technology Law Journal

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State Of The State: Is There A Future For State Dilution Laws?, David S. Welkowitz

Santa Clara High Technology Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Virtual Trademarks, Candidus Dougherty, Greg Lastowka

Santa Clara High Technology Law Journal

No abstract provided.

User-Generated Content And The Future Of Copyright: Part Two - Agreements Between Users And Mega-Sites, Steven Hetcher

Santa Clara High Technology Law Journal

No abstract provided.