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  • American companies' criteria and values for hiring or placing expatriate employees in China

    Creator:
    Habiger, Sheldon
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    This thesis examines the values and criteria American companies use in hiring or placing expatriate employees in China. These values and criteria affect the success or failure of expatriate employees and a company's bottom line - profitability. Investigating this topic required an examination of the history of the political, economic,...
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    Masters Thesis
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    ' Criteria and Values for Hiring or Placing Expatriate Employees in China. Abstract approved: Young This

  • Competing Food Sovereignties: Food Democracy and GMO-free Activism in Southern Oregon

    Creator:
    Daye, Rebecka Rising
    Abstract:
    Food sovereignty is increasingly being conceptualized as a human rights issue. This is evidenced in the growth of local actors, communities, and nation-states that are working towards a food sovereignty agenda. Indicators of food sovereignty center on people having the right and ability to define their food polices. One of...
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    Dissertation
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    on the GMO-free Jackson County campaign and Oregon legislation relating to the use of GMOs in

  • Using GIS Technology to Identify and Analyze ‘Food Deserts’ on the Southern Oregon Coast

    Creator:
    Opfer, Pamela R.
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    This study analyzes food access patterns on the Southern Oregon Coast using GIS technology. The utility and capacity issues of GIS technology are explored as well as the ability for community-based organizations to apply GIS analysis at a local level. A comprehensive literature review is presented which addresses the definition...
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    Capstone Project
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    factor when determining the success of GIS in municipal or county planning agencies. Yet, it is

  • Returning grain to the lower-Willamette Valley : Prospects and barriers for local food security

    Creator:
    Malone, Chevelle P.
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    A critical link is missing between food production and food consumption. This gap can be overcome by encouraging the production of staple food crops and emphasizing regional and community consumption of locally produced food. In order to re-establish local food security in the Willamette Valley, it is imperative that essential...
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    Capstone Project
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  • To restore what once was : a mixed methods approach to understanding the shoe repair transaction

    Creator:
    Giulietti, Michael P.
    Abstract:
    The shoe repair transaction, as it occurs in the 5000 or so remaining shoe repair shops in the United States, is currently unexamined in academic literature for the significance it holds for either shoe repairers or their customers. Making use of both quantitative and qualitative methods of data collection, this...
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    Masters Thesis
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    . McMurray The shoe repair transaction, as it occurs in the 5000 or so remaining shoe repair shops in

  • Banks, Gardens and Bees: Enhancing Community Resilience in West Africa

    Creator:
    Polasky, Sophia
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    International development programs are often implemented with the goal of building community resilience, but without a clear articulation of how this goal will be met, or any consideration of if or why the effort was successful after it has concluded. This thesis considers three different activities implemented by the U....
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    Masters Thesis
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    without a clear articulation of how this goal will be met, or any consideration of if or why the effort

  • Cooperation and small to medium sized enterprises in Oregon's forest product industry

    Creator:
    Brown, Nicole A.
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    This thesis examines perceptions of cooperation among small to medium sized enterprises (SME) in western Oregon's forest products industry. Recent changes in the industry, such as corporate consolidation, global marketing, and government regulations have created an environment in which many SMEs find it difficult to stay competitive. Cooperation among SMEs...
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    Masters Thesis
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    cooperative projects or behaviors. Common assumptions and stereotypes about the individualistic nature of the

  • Adolescent substance abuse treatment incorporating "Rites of Passage"

    Creator:
    Mason, Michael J.
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    This investigation assessed the effectiveness of an adolescent substance abuse treatment program that incorporated "Rites of Passage." Named Gender Based Treatment (GBT), the treatment program sought to address the adolescents' developmental needs through the use of rituals, myth and story telling, and rites of initiation. Employing quantitative and qualitative analysis,...
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    Dissertation
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    point to Social Learning Theory, or modeling as a potent variable. It is hypothesized that the staff

  • Plasma carotenoids and retinol and dietary intake : association with in situ and invasive cervical carcinomas in Bangkok, Thailand

    Creator:
    Kaunda, Jean R.
    Abstract:
    There is a strong evidence that human papillomavirus (HPV) is the key causative agent of cervical cancer. However, the majority of women who are exposed to the oncogenic HPV do not develop invasive cervical cancer, suggesting that other factors could play a role in the cause and progression of cervical...
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    Dissertation
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    either risk of in situ or invasive disease as compared to controls or for in situ carcinomas versus

  • Impact of Federal Policies on the Health of the Coquille Indians

    Creator:
    McCanna, Michael
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    This paper examines the effects of federal policies on the health and health care system of the Coquille Indian Tribe. A historical framework is provided within which the nature and magnitude of these effects can be assessed. This paper provides a discussion of the effects of federal termination policy on...
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    Masters Thesis
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    APPROVED: Major Professor, representing Anthropology Associate Profe or, representing Public Health