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Current Issues in Economic Integration. Can Asia Inspire the "West"?
No full textThe current economic crisis has called into question the long term viability of the decoupling between multinational firms and the banking system. It has also cast serious doubts on the US dollar-centred monetary system, and invited reassessment of the long term viability of US-China economic relations based on a US current account deficit absorbed by Chinese financial institutions. It is also an opportunity to analyse the rise in property prices, particularly in fast-growing economies. Long term food security is also an issue, bringing to the fore the multinational firms from emerging economies (such as China and India) and calling into question the response strategies of multinational firms from the West and Japan. This book engages these key issues within the broad theme of integration, to give an up-to-date consideration of the subject, opening debate on the future stimulating role that Asia could play vis-à-vis the West, particularly the European Union. © Bernadette Andreosso-O'Callaghan and M. Bruna Zolin 2010. All rights reserved
Ray B. Ford and Chaplain J. T. O'Callaghan
No full textPhotograph shows Ray B.Ford (left) and Lt.Comdr. J. T. O'Callaghan, Navy chaplain. They were in combat on the U.S.S. Franklin in March 1945.;Photograph shows Ray Ford's life was saved by O'Callaghan during World War II. O'Callaghan also saved San Antonio residents LaRoque DuBose and Henry W.Butenschoen. They were in combat on the U.S.S. Franklin in March 1945
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
No full textThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
New York 1771
No full textRelief shown by hachures.; "Copied from the original manuscript map in State Library."; From: O'Callaghan, E.B. The documentary history of the state of New York. 1851, v. 4, p. 661.; Facsimile of map drawn: 1771.Color;1:2,000,00
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
No full textWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
Economic integration in Asia. Towards the delineation of a sustainable path
No full textAsia has one of the most dynamic and fastest developing economies in the world. This study assesses the current state of economic integration in Asia - in particular in East and South East Asia- and analyzes the prerequisites for a sustainable path of economic integration, using the background of the EU experience as a benchmark. The crucial notion of 'sustainable economic integration' is explored under the prism of the EU-Asia economic and business relationship. The book offers an integrated approach to the concept of economic integration by linking it to that of sustainability.
In the first introductory part, the idea of 'sustainable economic integration' is clarified, and examined using a political economy perspective. The second part of the book includes a number of chapters relating to specific case studies epitomizing the current state of integration in Asia; because of its role and of its size, China features quite prominently in this part.
Economic Integration in Asia provides a critical overview of economic integration in Asia, and makes indispensable reading for researchers and students of Asia and development economics, and in particle to those interested in the economy of China
Land, Biofuels and food security. Another "Impossible Trinity Theorem"?
No full textThe “dot.com” crash of the early 2000s introduced a radical departure from the belief that only knowledge-base economic activities should be accorded the primary role in modern economic development. The rise in energy, primary commodities and food prices revealed the possible vulnerability of economies based on some types of knowledge-based services. Today’s word is therefore facing a new important tri-lemma: to what extent is security food and energy through biofuels for an increasing growing population compatible with exploiting finite land resources? What policy responses have been proffered so far? Are not the current signals emanating from the emerging countries of Asia strong enough to stimulate a higher degree of cohesion between the EU Energy and Common Agricultural policy? Starting with a brief reference to some crucial agricultural economic laws, the chapter first raises a number of important questions by depicting the recent trends perceptible on the global agricultural markets. It then analyses the challenges brought about the development of biofuels, and it explores whether the signals sent to the European Union by the emerging economies of the world
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