IELTS essay sample

In this thesis, the rolling contact wear of 52100 bearing steel and Over-aged Magnesia-Partially-Stabilised Zirconia (OA-Mg-PSZ) ceramic are examined using a newly developed rolling contact wear test rig. The new wear test rig simulates the system geometry of an un-lubricated hybrid (ceramic and steel) ball bearing. The new wear test rig is versatile in that it allows low cost samples to be utilised resulting in a larger number of samples that can be tested.

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The aim of this research is to investigate the energy performance and water usage of aquatic centres. The objectives are to: 1. develop a guideline for the definition of aquatic centres in Victoria for the purpose of energy and water benchmarking; 2. benchmark the energy and water consumption of aquatic centres by analysing the data collected from existing facilities in Victoria; 3. To investigate operational and building design features that will improve the energy and water performance of a sample aquatic centre by using building performance simulation.

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Work experience is a key factor in hiring decision of managers. However, empirical evidence that early life experience matters is very limited. This thesis fills in the gap by examining how work experience affects managerial performance and managerial style in mutual funds. Using a sample of Chinese fund managers, we find performances and styles vary across managers of different career backgrounds. Notably, managers of research and especially government backgrounds show higher risk adjusted returns while taking on less systematic risk.

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This study provides comparative findings on the impact of adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs) on the value relevance of reported accounting and non-accounting information in a set of six countries with a British accounting heritage but divergent harmonization paths leading up to IFRS adoption. The countries included in the sample are the United Kingdom, Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia and South Africa.

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The research period of this study is from 2010 to 2017. The countries in the research sample are selected based on complete market data including six Southeast Asian countries and 2,166 listed companies. by GICS (Global Industry Classification Standard).

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The object of this study is the two groups of factors of human capital, including personality traits (noncognitive human capital), experience, and education (cognitive human capital) and SEI. The author coordinated with the Vietnam Social Enterprises Community (SSEC) to collect data from individuals participating in social entrepreneurship-related activities. The sample in this study is selected according to the conventional method. The questionnaire survey link created on Google Forms is sent to individuals who participate in the activities organized by SSEC.

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The objective of this dissertation is to investigate that whether the investors can improve the performance of minimum – variance optimized portfolios by altering the estimators of covariance matrix input. Besides, based on the results of out – of – sample portfolio performance metrics, the dissertation is going to select the suitable estimators of covariance matrix for portfolio optimization on Vietnam stock market.

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In order to distribute earnings to shareholders, besides cash dividend, the firms can also buy back shares. However, compared to cash dividends, share repurchases are less common. Therefore, the thesis only focuses on cash dividend policy of the firms. Specifically, the thesis studies the dividend payment policy of 460 firms listed on HSX and HNX between 2010 and 2016. The data is collected from 2009 to 2017. The data needed for research is extracted from the Datastream database. The final sample includes 2,653 firmyear observations.

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Nowadays, the concept of globalization seems reduced to the size of the market and, export is only one aspect of the phenomenon of globalization. In global industries, it is now the most competitive positions and bases of competitiveness which should be established worldwide. Therefore, globalization raises strategies to become more global rather than local. Those strategies consist in expanding and coordinating all activities of the company worldwide.

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This study explains the effects of repatriates on managers returning from foreign assignments. The first chapter provides the reader with an introduction to my chosen topic, the justification of undertaking the topic and my research objectives. The second chapter explains the research methodology, my questionnaire design and the problems I encountered when gathering information. The study goes on to explain the expatriation/repatriation process in detail. It begins with the selection criteria needed for expatriation and goes on to criticize it.

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This research paper focuses on the effects of reward systems on employee performance in the modern work environment and how satisfaction with rewards can lead to higher performance and better job satisfaction. Based on a critical review of published literature, it is clear how important the right combination of rewards is to the performance of an organisation. Employees should always be aware of the relationship between their level of performance and how they are rewarded for that performance.

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There has undoubtedly been rapid economic growth in China over the last few decades and the importance of the Chinese market for the aviation industry has greatly increased as China opens up its skies to the West. One of the key challenges for any foreign executive conducting business in China is to understand how cultural differences can impact on business deals. Therefore this study addressed the interesting question of how Chinese culture and in particular the traditional concept of guanxi can impact Irish executives in the aviation industry when conducting business in China.

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The aim of this study is to understand perceptions of Irish tourist with respect to tourist destinations that have faced a terrorist attack in recent years. This study focuses on Paris where terrorism incidents occurred and aims to understand how these attacks affect tourists‟ perception in Ireland. There is a need to conduct studies in relation to impact of terrorism on tourism as tourism is considered to be one of the important sources of economic activities and income for individuals and economies in modern world.

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The main purpose of this study is to better understand how the post merger integration contributes to a successful merger or acquisition transaction. This study attempts to find out why the numbers of failures in M&A are so high. This study used data from two sources, primary and secondary data. The primary data was collected by in depth interviews. In fact, two interviews were done to achieve valuable information. Secondary data was collected from different sources such as libraries, journal articles, books, catalogues, textbooks and Internet.

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This research project attempts to look at the secular use of Mindfulness as a potential organizational investment for Irish and U.S. companies to promote a high level of employee performance. For organisations to remain productive and competitive, they need a high level of employee performance as this translates to organization product quality and company reputation in a competitive market in any industry.

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For hundreds of years, business people have been transmitting their wisdom generation to generation. In the middle 1990’s companies started to create units focused in managing their knowledge. Nowadays, Knowledge Management is still a relatively new discipline focused in developing the main competitive advantage that organizations have: the intellectual assets. Organizations recognise that Social Media can be enormously used to influence their customers. However, they exactly do not know how to confront this new tool.

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The main purpose of this study is to better understand the U.S economy recovery in order to know if the recent crisis will be followed by another one much bigger or if the United States will be fully recovered. Through this study, it will examine the current strengths and weaknesses of the U.S economy. This work is based on two sources, primary data and secondary data. The primary data has been collected by three deep interviews and one questionnaire whereas the secondary data have been selected from several sources such as articles, books, libraries, Internet.

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The main purpose of this paper is to investigate and discuss how to motivate Generation Y employees at workplace, increasing their performance and satisfaction, and helping the organization to achieve its goals. The concern about motivation has increased as business environment becomes more competitive and organization‟s Human Resources (HR) happen to be more important to the business success.

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The main purpose of this study is to better understand the impact of the financial crisis of 2008 on both private wealth management and customers‟ behaviour. This study attempts to fill a gap in the existing private wealth management services with their customers. A number of changes have taken place in the French private wealth management industry and it appears to be a gap between those changes and the customers‟ expectations. To consult more Economic essay sample, please see at: 81p nguyenyenyn117 18-06-2019 38 6   Download

The primary research carried out in this thesis consists of two questionnaires administered online, the first directed at Brazilians living in Ireland and the second directed at potential Irish visitors to Brazil. These surveys investigate the demand, interest, price range and possible destination airports for a direct air service between Brazil and Ireland. Based on the first survey of three hundred Brazilians who are resident in Ireland and the second survey of fifty-two Irish potential visitors to Brazil, price ranges for the flight service from both categories are obtained.

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