Essays about: "australia and germany"

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1. 6. Internationalization of Higher Education : Understanding the International Students' Choice of a Swedish University and the Decision-Making Process

   University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för ekonomi, teknik och naturvetenskap

   Author : Prisca Thiru; Aleksandra Denisova; [2020]
   Keywords : Internationalization; Higher education; International students; Push-pull factors; Decision making;

   Abstract : As the growth of Internationalisation of Higher Education shifts from former dominant nations like USA, Canada, England and Australia to other nations in Europe and Asia such as Germany, Sweden, Japan and Singapore, this study seeks to understand the decision-making process of an International Student looking to study at a Swedish University. Borrowing from previous studies, the ‘push and pull factors’ are used as the main theoretical reference as well as in discussion of the findings. READ MORE

3. 7. Home-country determinants of outward FDI: Evidence from BRICS economies and five developed countries

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Wang Haiyan; [2017]
   Keywords : market size; labor cost; exchange rate; inflation; interest rate; political risks; corruption; openness; technology; outward FDI; BRICS;

   Abstract : This paper studies the home-country determinants of outward FDI with a focus on nine empirically recognized host-country determinants of inward FDI, namely market size, labor cost, exchange rate, inflation, interest rate, political risks, corruption, openness, and technology. Based on a panel with 183 observations from BRICS and five developed countries (Australia, Germany, Japan, UK, US), evidence is found that market size, inflation, interest rate, political risks, and openness have significant influence on FDI outflows. READ MORE

4. 8. Assessment of Russian embargo impact on economies of the EU countries : an input-output approach

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

   Author : Yunle Mo; [2016]
   Keywords : Russian embargo; GTAP model; an input-output multiplier analysis; direct and indirect effects; economic impact analysis;

   Abstract : The purpose of this study is to quantify the impact of Russia’s embargo on the economies of most affected EU countries. Russia is the fourth largest trading partner and the second largest importer of Europe’s agriculture products. READ MORE

5. 9. Membrane evaluation and thermal modelling of the vanadium redox flow battery

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Kemiteknik (CI)

   Author : Anders Kronander; [2016]
   Keywords : thermodynamics; Thermal; Simulation; Energy storage solutions; Modelling; VRB; Vanadium; Battery; chemical engineering; kemiteknik; Technology and Engineering; Chemistry;

   Abstract : In this study, different membranes were tested for their use in a vanadium redox flow battery (VRB). The membranes were first tested under charge-discharge operation of the VRB over four charge-discharge cycles at different current densities (20 mAcm-2, 40 mA cm-2 and 60 mAcm-2) and the corresponding cell performance was evaluated in terms of total energy efficiency (EE), coulombic efficiency (CE) and voltage efficiency (VE). READ MORE

6. 10. Assessing Quality not Quantity : A Unique Cross-Country Comparision of CSR Reporting Quality

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Pierre André Bruns; Dominika Skretowska; [2016]
   Keywords : CSR Reporting; CSR Reporting Quality; Sustainability Reporting; Country Effect; Industry Effect; Institutional Distance; Stakeholder Theory; Institutional Theory;

   Abstract : We analyze the CSR reporting quality in Australia, Germany, Poland, Sweden andthe USA, by introducing and applying a CSR reporting quality index. Our data contains information on the economic, environmental and social reporting quality related to CSR for 150 firms. READ MORE