A long-standing debate questions whether the World Trade Organization’s (“WTO”) formal dispute settlement procedures level the playing field for lower income countries in international trade disputes, or instead, merely give opportunistic and sophisticated countries complex * Trade Counsel, Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives; J.D., Harvard Law School, 2007; M.P.P., Georg...

This study investigates the audit firm’s decision to protect its partners’ personal assets by becoming a limited liability partnership (LLP). We find that the likelihood of an audit firm switching from unlimited to limited liability is increasing in its size and exposure to litigation risk. We find no evidence that audit firms supply lower audit quality, lose market share, or charge lower audit...

Farm & Foodcare Ontario [1] International Credential Assessment of Canada Inc [2]. Kahntact Marketing [3] Miller Thomson, LLP [4] Ontario Federation of Agriculture [5] Ontario Institute of Agrologists [6] Provision Coalition [7] RKD Web Studios [8] Synthesis AgriFood Network [9] Veterinary Skills Training & Enhancement Program [10] Wellmark International Workplace Safety & Prevention Services [...

i * Corresponding author, P. Bagheri is with Advanced Process Automation & Control (APAC) Research Group of K. N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran (phone: +98-21-84062161; e-mail: [email protected], [email protected]). ii A. Khaki-Sedigh is with Advanced Process Automation & Control (APAC) Research Group of K. N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, (e-mail: Se...

introduction: partnership working plays an important role in the health system, results in delivery of coordinated packages of services to patients, and reduces the impact of organizational fragmentation. method: the study aimed to determine the relationship between partnership working and productivity in the employees of a university of medical sciences in the south of iran. results: according...

Collaboration by two grounded theory researchers, who each had developed a learning continuum instrument, led to the emergence of a new tool for assessment of learning powered mobility use. We undertook a rigorous process of comparative reanalysis that included merging, modifying, and expanding our previous research findings. A new instrument together with its facilitating strategies emerged in...

Older people consume less alcohol than any other adult age group. However, in recent years survey data on alcohol consumption in the United Kingdom have shown that while younger age groups have experienced a decline in alcohol consumption, drinking behaviours among the elderly have not reduced in the same way. This paper uses data from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing to analyse both th...