The Experiences of Teachers Participating in the Overseas Schools Assignment Exam E. Fathee Aazar, Ph.D. Y. Adib, Ph.D. S. M. Tabaatabaa'ee To gain some insight into the experiences of those teachers who participate in the overseas schools assignment examination, a group of 14 successful participants were interviewed mainly on their motives, activities and concerns prior to the ...

This paper investigates the relationship between exports and overseas links using data from the UK Community Innovation Survey. Overseas vertical and horizontal links are associated with an average increase in export intensity of 74 and 156 percent for vertical and horizontal overseas links respectively. Firm size shows no significant interactions with overseas links. The data suggests that ove...

This paper explores what factors determine the nature, extent, and location of Japanese multinationals’ R&D activities abroad. Taking advantage of a rich micro-level dataset from the survey on Japanese overseas subsidiaries, the study distinguishes between two types of overseas R&D: innovative and adaptive. We find several differences between the determinants of overseas innovative and adaptive...

This paper focuses on non-internationalized supplier firms and investigates how the expansion of overseas activities by their main customer firms affects their employment, utilizing a unique dataset that includes information on buyer-supplier transaction relationships for Japanese manufacturing firms for the period 1998-2007. We do not find any negative effect of top buyers' overseas expansion ...

BACKGROUND Transplant tourism has increased rapidly in the past two decades, accounting for about 10% of world organ transplants. However it is ethically controversial and discouraged by professional guidelines. We conducted this study to investigate the outcomes and trends of overseas kidney and liver transplantation in Taiwan to provide a sound basis for ethical reflection. METHODS AND FIND...

This paper focuses on non-internationalized supplier firms and investigates how the expansion of overseas activities by their main customer firms affects their employment, utilizing a unique dataset that includes information on buyer-supplier transaction relationships for Japanese manufacturing firms for the period 1998-2007. We do not find any negative effects of top buyers’ overseas expansion...

1. Erythrocyte, plasma and whole blood selenium concentrations and glutathione peroxidase (EC 1.11.1.9; GSHPx) activities were measured (1) in 104 healthy New Zealand residents living in Otago, a low-soil-Se area (2) in sixty-four surgical patients, including nineteen patients on total parenteral nutrition and twenty-three cancer patients (3) in fifty-two 'overseas subjects' (twenty-five visito...

Using data from a nationally representative survey conducted in 1998-1999, this paper examines the expenditure of Australian households on domestic and overseas holidays. During 1998-1999, 37% of the estimated 7.12 million Australian households took holidays, of these 55% within Australia, 33% went overseas and 12% took both types of holidays. The size of the domestic and overseas holiday marke...