“…This paper examines recent trends and drivers of cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&As) which grew six-fold in 1991-98 and now account for more than 85% of foreign direct investment. …”

“…Several studies have reported a large negative effect of national borders on the volume of trade. We provide new estimates of the border effect for continental Europe using road rather than great circle – or “as-crows-fly” – distance. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Annex 1 - Guidelines for Quality Provision in Cross-border Higher Education -- Developing Capacity in Tertiary Education through Trade Liberalisation and the GATS -- Executive Summary -- Building Capacity in Quality Assurance The Challenge of Context -- Developing Capacity through Cross-border Tertiary Education -- Cross-border Tertiary Education: An Introduction…”

“…"Leading Across Borders takes up a newer aspect of leadership that has emerged full-blown with the increasing importance of China, India, Brazil, Turkey, Indonesia, and other growing economies. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Machine generated contents note: Preface About the Author About the Contributors Part I Cross-Border Strategy and Deal Planning 1 Cross-Border Deal Evolution and Rationale Gilles Ourvoie 2 Cross-Border M&A Strategy and Deal Planning Essentials Michael Holm 3 Legal, Financial, Social, and Political Interdependencies with Cross-Border Integration Andrew Scola 4 Trends and Leading Practices in Global M&A Thomas Kessler 5 Cross-Border M&A: Region- and Country-Specific Trends and Deal Planning Tips Michael Holm Part II Cross-Border Culture and Leadership Alignment 6 Leading during Cross-Border M&A Scott Whitaker 7 The Role of Culture in Cross-Border M&A Christophe Van Gampelaere 8 Managing National Reactions and Sovereignty Issues Gilles Ourvoie Part III Cross-Border Integration, Planning, and Execution 9 Managing Pre-PMI Due Diligence Eitan Grosbard 10 Ramping Up an Integration Management Office and Day One in Cross-Border Deals Stefan Hofmeyer 11 Integration Decision Making and Process Strategy in Cross-Border Deals Stefan Hofmeyer 12 Post-Merger Integration Process, Methodologies, and Tools Thomas Kessler 13 Managing Post-Merger Integration Globally Eitan Grosbard 14 Country-Specific Trends and Tips for Integration Planning Christophe Van Gampelaere 15 M&A and PMI Considerations for China and Japan Robert Ping Yu, Makoto Ideno, and Masaki Yamamoto 16 Cross-Border Synergy Program Management Michael Holm Part IV Unique Cross-Border M&A Transaction Scenarios 17 Managing Carve-Outs and Transaction Service Agreements Andrew Scola 18 Joint Ventures Thomas Kessler Index…”

“…The complete guide to deploying and operating SBC solutions, Including Cisco Unified Border Element (CUBE) Enterprise and service provider networks are increasingly adopting SIP as the guiding protocol for session management, and require leveraging Session Border Controller (SBC) technology to enable this transition. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The permeability of language borders on the example of German-Polish language mixing (Dagna Zinkhahn Rhobodes)Boundary, a metalinguistic concept at the core of language deformability (Helena Topa Valentim)…”

Materias: “…Border security…”

“…Archaeology on the Apulian - Lucanian Border aims to explain how the pattern of settlement and land use changed in the valley over the whole period from Neolithic to Late Medieval, taking account of changing environmental conditions, and setting the changes in a broader political, social and cultural context. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Constitutivity vs. explanatory depth -- The contents of perception -- Realism about perceptual and cognitive representation -- Three-​layer methodology -- Higher "capacity" in perception (whether conscious or not) than cognition -- Armchair approaches to the perception/​cognition border -- Conceptual engineering -- If there is a fundamental difference between perception and cognition, why don't we see the border in the brain? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Introduction : citizen humanitarianism at European borders / Maria Gabrielsen Jumbert and Elisa Pascucci -- Filling the baps : citizen humanitarianism in the context of crisis abandonment and criminalisation / Heidi Mogstad -- A community center in a humanitarian context : the professionalization of a grassroots initiative in Istanbul, Turkey / Tsjalline Boorsma -- Citizen humanitarianism and local responses to the migration crisis in Serbia / Svetlana Stanarević and Vanja Rokvić -- "They just come and try to help" : exploring the prioritisation of downstream accountability in Calais' citizen-led humanitarianism / Leila Denniston -- Melilla : fight and survival of activist humanitarianism / Clara Miralles Vila -- A more subversive humanitarianism? …”

“…Borders…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Introduction : citizen humanitarianism at European borders / Maria Gabrielsen Jumbert and Elisa Pascucci -- Filling the baps : citizen humanitarianism in the context of crisis abandonment and criminalisation / Heidi Mogstad -- A community center in a humanitarian context : the professionalization of a grassroots initiative in Istanbul, Turkey / Tsjalline Boorsma -- Citizen humanitarianism and local responses to the migration crisis in Serbia / Svetlana Stanarević and Vanja Rokvić -- "They just come and try to help" : exploring the prioritisation of downstream accountability in Calais' citizen-led humanitarianism / Leila Denniston -- Melilla : fight and survival of activist humanitarianism / Clara Miralles Vila -- A more subversive humanitarianism? …”