Once viewed as a “brain drain,” migrants are increasingly viewed as a resource for promoting economic development back in their home countries. In Investing in the Homeland, Benjamin Graham finds that diasporans—migrants and their descendants—play a critical role in linking foreign firms to social networks in developing countries, allowing firms to flourish even in challenging political environments most foreign investors shun. Graham’s analysis draws on new data from face-to-face interviews with the managers of over 450 foreign firms operating in two developing countries: Georgia and the Philippines. Diaspora-owned and diaspora-managed firms are better connected than other foreign firms and they use social ties to resolve disputes and influence government policy. At the same time, Graham shows that diaspora-affiliated firms are no more socially responsible than their purely foreign peers—at root, they are profit-seeking enterprises, not development NGOs. Graham identifies implications for policymakers seeking to capture the development potential of diaspora investment and for managers of multinational firms who want to harness diasporans as a source of sustained competitive advantage.
John Torrey Morse (1840-1937) was an American historian and biographer. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts on Jan. 9, 1840, and lived in that city as a lawyer. Morse was the editor of the 'American Statesmen Series, ' and published biographies of Alexander Hamilton in two volumes, considered his most significant work, He also wrote biographies on John and J. Q. Adams, Jefferson, Lincoln, Franklin, and Dr. Holmes. Morse also authored Banks and Banking, Arbitration and Award and Famous Trials....... Benjamin Franklin (January 17, 1706 O.S. January 6, 1705] - April 17, 1790) was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Franklin was a renowned polymath and a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, freemason, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat. As a scientist, he was a major figure in the American Enlightenment and the history of physics for his discoveries and theories regarding electricity. As an inventor, he is known for the lightning rod, bifocals, and the Franklin stove, among other inventions.He facilitated many civic organizations, including Philadelphia's fire department and The University of Pennsylvania, an Ivy League institution. Franklin earned the title of "The First American" for his early and indefatigable campaigning for colonial unity, initially as an author and spokesman in London for several colonies. As the first United States Ambassador to France, he exemplified the emerging American nation.Franklin was foundational in defining the American ethos as a marriage of the practical values of thrift, hard work, education, community spirit, self-governing institutions, and opposition to authoritarianism both political and religious, with the scientific and tolerant values of the Enlightenment. In the words of historian Henry Steele Commager, "In a Franklin could be merged the virtues of Puritanism without its defects, the illumination of the Enlightenment without its heat."To Walter Isaacson, this makes Franklin "the most accomplished American of his age and the most influential in inventing the type of society America would become." Franklin became a successful newspaper editor and printer in Philadelphia, the leading city in the colonies, publishing the Pennsylvania Gazette at the age of 23.He became wealthy publishing this and Poor Richard's Almanack, which he authored under the pseudonym "Richard Saunders". After 1767, he was associated with the Pennsylvania Chronicle, a newspaper that was known for its revolutionary sentiments and criticisms of the British policies. He pioneered and was first president of the The Academy and College of Philadelphia which opened in 1751 and later became the University of Pennsylvania. He organised and was the first secretary of the American Philosophical Society and was elected president in 1769. Franklin became a national hero in America as an agent for several colonies when he spearheaded an effort in London to have the Parliament of Great Britain repeal the unpopular Stamp Act. An accomplished diplomat, he was widely admired among the French as American minister to Paris and was a major figure in the development of positive Franco-American relations. His efforts proved vital for the American Revolution in securing shipments of crucial munitions from France. He was promoted to deputy postmaster-general for the British colonies in 1753, having been Philadelphia postmaster for many years, and this enabled him to set up the first national communications network. After the Revolution, he became the first US Postmaster General. He was active in community affairs and colonial and state politics, as well as national and international affairs. From 1785 to 1788, he served as governor of Pennsylvania. He initially owned and dealt in slaves but, by the 1750s, he argued against slavery from an economic perspective and became one of the most prominent abolitionists....
This book is a special way to say "Happy Halloween" to Benjamin. Benjamin's personalized activity book for one of his favorite holidays includes: mazes, connect the dots, coloring, and poems. The delightful seasonal poems and fun autumn illustrations have been carefully selected to engage and inspire him: scarecrows, owls, witches, vampires, and more. Benjamin's name has been featured throughout this fall book because he is the star Images are on one side of the page so that Benjamin can use markers, gel pens, crayons, or colored pencils. Pages can be easily removed. If you wish to purchase this book with another name, please contact us at florabellapublishing.com. Please see our "Big Halloween Activity Games for Little Thinkers" that has more mazes, connect the dots, rebuses, and more by Florabella Publishing.
Jupiter and Saturn have just now constellated after 800 Years, and then went apart. Benjamin Netanyahu and Donald Trump constellated in 2017, and only Trump's impending defenestration out of the White House will get them apart. ***An encounter of two corrupt liars, hedonists, hypocrites, autocrats whose lust for power has no limits, and their personal interests and political survival stand above the existential interest of the nations they were elected to lead. ***Two persons you never know who of them is a "pocket edition" of whom - maybe they are pocket editions of each other. ***In 1967 the State of Israel occupied the West Bank. It was a justified act of defense against the aggression of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the West Bank was a part thereof, but it created a new problem: The Palestinians who had lived there for hundreds of years got stranded in a land that the Jordanians don't want it back, and the messianic territorial appetite of the Israelis would not give it to the people who live there - the Palestinians. ***This is the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, that cost the Israelis 5-digit number of lives, and this is Bibi Netanyahu's source of power - just solve this issue, and he has nothing to sow fears against. ***Donald Trump, on the other end of the rope, needed Netanyahu for his Evangelical base. ***Yet, it seems that Trump didn't read his own book, The Art of the Deal, and made mistakes even a junior salesman would not make: he gave the Israelis too many cookies for free, and thus killing his ambition to make peace between Israel and the Palestinians - if he had such ambition (not sure ).Hereinafter you have some hints of what you'll find in the book itself. ***Does Israel really want peace with the Palestinians? Benjamin Netanyahu does not *** Trump's "Deal of the Century" for the Israeli-Palestinian Peace - anatomy of a predictable failure. *** Jared Kushner, keep your hands off my country *** Irrelevant: Trump's Jewish daughter, Ivanka, and Jewish grandchildren. *** Why do the Israelis hate Obama in spite of all what he gave them, and cherish Trump, though he gave them virtually nothing? *** Netanyahu cheated both Obama and Trump to believe that he will accept the two-state solution. *** How does Netanyahu see the future relations with the Palestinians? *** Isralections, 2019-2020: Quo vadis, Israel? - How did Netanyahu drag Israel to three costly election cycles in one year, to save his skin? *** A defendant charged with high corruption felonies runs the country from the defendants' dock. *** Israel prefers corruption, hypocrisy and stagnation over peace and rule of law. *** The demonstrations against Netanyahu, call him to go home. *** How do the Israelis see Donald J. Trump? *** Peace for Israel, or: The Moment of Truth - My Plan. *** The demise of the "Deal of the Century", and the "peace" agreement between the United Arab Emirates and the State of Israel. *** A ray of light in the darkness, a spark of hope. *** The "Nuclear Option" of the Palestinians. *** Barack Obama's mistake. *** How should President Biden overcome Netanyahu's lies and shtickim. *** Netanyahu torpedoes a better nuclear deal with Iran. *** Untraceable giga-corruption, a unique Israeli patent. *** The United States and Israel - find the differences. *** Alan Dershowitz, keep your hands off my country *** Bibi and Saraleh Netanyahu Sell a Used Car to the Iranian. *** Tsipi Livni and Mahmoud Abbas Talk Peace. *** Benjamin Abbas, Mahmoud Trump and Donald J. Netanyahu Make Peace in the Middle East. *** Donald J. Trump Keeps Promises. *** On the Author: An Israeli lawyer, serving two consecutive life disbarments + 27 year suspension (consecutive, too ...) for criticizing the Israeli judges (In North Korea, Iran and Saudi Arabia it's much worse). ***Living now in the Unites States, enjoying Freedom of Speech.
Title: The History of King Philip's War. By Benjamin Church or rather, written by T. Church from notes by B. Church]. A reprint of the first edition, 1716.] With an introduction and notes by Henry Martin Dexter.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.The MILITARY HISTORY & WARFARE collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. This series offers titles on warfare from ancient to modern times. It includes detailed accounts of campaigns, battles, weapons, as well as the soldiers and commanders who devised, initiated, and supported war efforts throughout history. Specific analyses discuss the impact of war on societies, cultures, economies, and changing international relationships. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library Church, Thomas; Dexter, Henry; 1865, 67. 2 pt.; 4 . 9602.bbb.30.
In this insightful, erudite history of presidential campaign music, musicologist Benjamin Schoening and political scientist Eric Kasper explain how politicians use music in American presidential campaigns to convey a range of political messages. From “Follow Washington” to “I Like Ike” to “I Got a Crush on Obama,” they describe the ways that song use by and for presidential candidates has evolved, including the addition of lyrics to familiar songs, the current trend of using existing popular music to connect with voters, and the rapid change of music’s relationship to presidential campaigns due to Internet sites like YouTube, JibJab, and Facebook. Readers are ultimately treated to an entertaining account of American political development through popular music and the complex, two-way relationship between music and presidential campaigns.
In this insightful, erudite history of presidential campaign music, musicologist Benjamin Schoening and political scientist Eric Kasper explain how politicians use music in American presidential campaigns to convey a range of political messages. From “Follow Washington” to “I Like Ike” to “I Got a Crush on Obama,” they describe the ways that song use by and for presidential candidates has evolved, including the addition of lyrics to familiar songs, the current trend of using existing popular music to connect with voters, and the rapid change of music’s relationship to presidential campaigns due to Internet sites like YouTube, JibJab, and Facebook. Readers are ultimately treated to an entertaining account of American political development through popular music and the complex, two-way relationship between music and presidential campaigns.
This volume contains the lectures of Dr. Benjamin Rush on physiology, which deal with the mind. Regarded as "the father of American psychiatry," for over 30 years Dr. Rush treated insane patients at the Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia. He published the first American book on psychiatry, "Medical Inquiries and Observations Upon the Disease of the Mind," in 1812. Contents of this volume: General Introduction; The Syllabus; The Introductory Lecture; Introduction to the Lectures on Animal Life; Benjamin Rush Lectures on the Mind; Introduction to the Mind; Introduction to Sleep and Dreams; and Epilogue.
When God says, "Follow me," do you know how?If you work in Christian ministry, it's likely that at some point in your career God will call you from one church to another. Do you know how to make this transition effectively? Moving can be scary and full of questions: Where do I start the job search process? Which people do I talk with, and what do I send to them? How do I know if my family and I will fit in at a new church? And how do I tell people I'm leaving?This book is intended to help you answer those questions so that the hiring process goes well. And when the hiring process does go well, a lot of pain can be avoided--for the pastor and the church.What we pastors need is solid coaching that is theologically informed and practically oriented. We need to know how the gospel empowers us to interview with both humility and confidence. We need anecdotes from real hiring processes, and we need detailed strategies for every step of the way, so we can transition with excellence, protect our families, respect the church, and honor God.Don't Just Send a Resume also features short contributions by 12 published authors and ministry leaders, including: Chris Brauns, Cara Croft, Dave Harvey, David Mathis, J. A. Medders, Sam Rainer, Chase Replogle, William Vanderbloemen, Kristen Wetherell, Jared C. Wilson, and Jeremy Writebol.About the AuthorBenjamin Vrbicek (M.Div., Covenant Theological Seminary) is a teaching pastor at Community Evangelical Free Church in Harrisburg, PA. Benjamin and his wife, Brooke, have six children. He blogs regularly and has written for Desiring God, The Gospel Coalition, and For The Church. He is the author of Struggle Against Porn and coauthor of More People to Love.Endorsements"Filled with wise advice and practical tips . . . I highly recommend it "Kevin Kompelien, President of the Evangelical Free Church of America"I use this book in my seminary course on candidating."Joel D. Hathaway, Covenant Theological Seminary and author of Finding a Pastor"I see a great need for Benjamin's book. There is nothing else like it "Timothy Brindle, hip-hop recording artist and admissions counselor, Westminster Theological Seminary"I love the overall gospel foundation . . . and the practical focus that stems out of it."Gavin Ortlund, pastor and author"Pick up Benjamin's book, read it, and profit from his hard-won wisdom."Alex Duke, editor for 9Marks"A must-read for future seminary graduates or transitioning pastors."Jen Oshman, former overseas missionary, pastor's wife, and author"Practical, wise, and well written, I don't know of any other book as valuable during your transitions."Chase Replogle, pastor and host of the Pastor Writer podcast"This book will give you biblical guidance and will also build up your soul."Jeff Robinson, pastor, author, and editor for The Gospel Coalition"This book is refreshingly practical and ministry-specific-all meat, no grizzle."Kyle Rohane, editor for CTPastors.com and BuildingChurchLeaders.com
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