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Self Protection for Firms and the Avoidance of Takeovers

sale of shares to the acquiring company, it is shown that this has little effect (Cooke et al, 1998). In recent takeover bids, s...

'Translations' and Irish Charms

cross-cultural issues; in one sense, someone born in a culture refutes it totally, in another sense, someone born in another cultu...

British Imperialism and Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

of it was wiped out during the 1800s and 1900s. Things Fall Apart is the story of Okonkwo, an ambitious...

Overview of Great Britain's Richard II

a small population could maintain tight control over the entire political and economic system. Having been compared with the Celt...

Imperialism As Either Supported or Opposed by Joseph Conrad in Heart of Darkness

"Heart of Darkness" about Marlows river journeys in the Congo, questions of the inhumane treatment of Africans began to surface. T...

Physical Punishment, Child Labor, and England in the 1800's

and these changes, perhaps more so than any other factor, manifested themselves in part in the manner in which children were expec...

Crime and Charles Murray's 'Underclass' Theory

nearly 70 percent and that it can be seen to be directly related to the existence of the "criminal underclass" (pp. 34). He believ...

American Media and National Stereotypes of Germany and Great Britain

You Being Served, all serve up their own dose of British humor and stereotypes. Each show depicts the typical frouncy old woman wh...

Healthcare and Actor Network Theory

regulations, as well as the users ability and the constraints of any equipment that is being used. These different factors all com...

Decolonization of the British Empire

well off as the invading country. This can be said of both India and Africa as recently as the 1940s and 1950s. The school of thou...

Importance of Graphic Design in Forging Corporate Identity

influential. Here we first need to what we mean by graphic art, and then at the way that modern corporate logos have developed m...

BC's Gay Marriages

being primarily procreative, there is also a distinction made between marriages which cannot be consummated or which are sterile, ...

British Columbia's Trade Unions

can produce and process wood fibre at a much smaller cost than can BC. In addition, environmentalists have become somewhat concern...

Research Issues and Actor Network Theory

contribute in practice to the understanding of implementation of the electronic patient record. To undertake this there will be a...

Thematic Analysis of Things Fall Apart by Achebe

his titles. He is part of the society, and like any good leader or member, he finds that he must make personal sacrifices in order...

'British Stiff Upper Lip'

Jewish immigrants. People like Bob Hope, who was born in England, have contributed richly to our culture. Charlie Chaplin, also f...

Free Trade and Taxation

Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act was passed by the U.S. Congress and would bring the U.S. tariff to the highest protective level ever ("The...

United Kingdom and Applicability of European Union Directives

as enacted in the various Directives is to establish coherent and common policies across the Community. Given the cultural and eco...

The American Press and Its Bias Against Arabs

practice the religion? Why is there an anti-Middle East sentiment? By and large, Americans get the news from American media and it...

United Kingdom's Labor Market and British Women's Position

the home, with the same percentage of non-married women also working (Dex, Joshi and Macran, 1996). When married women first beg...

Informed Consent and British Medical Law

upper house has, in fact, been in a state of suspended reform for almost a century - ever since the unelected Tory landowners who...

The Application of Censorship Principles in the Theater of England

10 pages and 5 sources. This paper provides an overview of the application of censorship laws and the factors influencing content...

History of Europe

due to lack of support from the homeland and the natives, whom the Vikings did battle with. Centuries later the English decided to...

Laws of the United Kingdom and Separation of Powers

In eight pages this paper discusses how the separation of powers are represented in the 'British Constitution' with an assessment ...

Financial Analysis of British Airways

In six pages accounting ratios from 1998 to 2001 are applied to a financial position analysis of British Airways. Three sources a...

Great Britain in the Early 20th Century and Media's Influence on Politics

In six pages this paper discusses pre 1945 Great Britain in a consideration of the country's global role and how politics had been...

17th and 18th Century European Military Education

In twelve pages European military officer training during this time period is examined in a discussion of informal British approac...

1900 to 1945 British Media

party, it would be fair to say that the majority of the published content was somewhat biased, and designed to elicit support for ...

Reverend William Collins in Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

injustice in this situation, but also shows the social results of this predicament, as this insecurity largely accounts for the de...

1914 Commissioning of The Bryce Report

In five pages this paper argues that the Bryce Report about German troop mistreatment after the invasion of Belgium was little mor...