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The Bank of England and the genesis of modern management
(European Association for Banking and Financial History, 2016-08-15)In 1965 Sidney Pollard published The Genesis of Modern Management, an extended discussion of the problems, during Britain’s initial period of industrialisation, of the ‘internal management’ of the firm. But, in his focus ... -
Bank performance and convergence during the financial crisis : Evidence from the ‘old’ European Union and Eurozone
(2015-03-01)This paper investigates the process of banking integration in the EU15 countries and the Eurozone by testing for convergence in bank efficiency among commercial banks. We use a two-step approach: First we estimate efficiency ... -
Banking market structure, creation and activity of firms : Early evidence for co-operatives in the Italian case
(2009)This paper investigates whether local differences in banking competition impact on the creation and activity of firms, with a special focus on cooperatives. The empirical analysis, implemented on a sample of Italian firms, ... -
Banking Market Structure, Creation and Activity of Firms: Early Evidence for Cooperatives in the Italian Case
(University of Hertfordshire, 2006)This paper investigates whether local differences in banking competition impact on the creation and activity of firms, with a special focus on cooperatives. The econometric analysis, implemented on a sample of firms operating ... -
La Banque d’Angleterre, valet de deux maîtres : les actionnaires et l’État (1694-1720)
(Editions Albin Michel, 2010)The Bank of England was not created to function as a central bank. Indeed, when it was founded in 1694, the Bank was not even intended to be a permanent institution. It was merely one of a number of expedients designed to ... -
Bar evolution over the last 8 billion years: A constant fraction of strong bars in th GEMS Survey
(2004-11)One-third of present-day spirals host optically visible strong bars that drive their dynamical evolution. However, the fundamental question of how bars evolve over cosmological times has yet to be resolved, and even the ... -
Bar-Driven Disk Evolution: Grand Design Nuclear Spirals
(Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2003)Our study of the grand-design spiral galaxy NGC 5248 reveals that the feature previously thought to be an inclined disk is in fact an extended bar or semi-major axis 7.1 kpc, embedded within a fainter outer disk which is ... -
Barbara Johnson’s Album: Material Literacy and Consumer Practice, 1746-1823
(2019-09)This article examines Barbara Johnson’s Album, a prolific record of the dress consumption of a Reverend’s daughter. The Album contains over one-hundred samples of dress fabrics acquired by Johnson between the ages of eight ... -
Barbie or Betty? : Pre-school children's preference for brands and evidence for gender-linked differences
(2003)Children in the United Kingdom watch more television and are exposed to more advertising than children in any other European country. This article investigates the extent to which preschool children (aged 4-5 years) prefer ... -
The Bard returns to Shoreditch : Shakespearean Productions at the Britannia Theatre
(2008-01)Histories of nineteenth-century Shakespearean performances tend to concentrate on those produced at West End theatres. The minor theatres, attracting lower-class audiences, are largely ignored. This essay documents and ... -
Bardolotry: the cultural materialist’s guide to Stratford-upon-Avon
(Manchester University Press, 1988)In the spring of 1936 the Directors of the Stratford-upon-Avon Festival Company received the following cable: ‘Please send earth Shakespeare’s garden water River Avon for dedication Shakespeare Theatre, Dallas, Texas, July ... -
Baricitinib for previously treated moderate or severe rheumatoid arthritis: : An Evidence Review Group perspective of a NICE Single Technology Appraisal
(2018-07-01)As part of its single technology appraisal process, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence invited the manufacturer (Eli Lilly) of baricitinib (BARI; Olumiant®; a Janus kinase inhibitor that is taken orally) ... -
A barium central star binary in the Type-I diamond ring planetary nebula Abell 70
(2012-01)Abell 70 (PN G038.1-25.4, hereafter A 70) is a planetary nebula (PN) known for its diamond ring appearance due a superposition with a background galaxy. The previously unstudied central star is found to be a binary consisting ... -
The barium isotopic fractions in five metal-poor stars
(2012)Context. Theory and observations of heavy element nucleosynthesis are in conflict with one-another. Theory states that in the most metal-poor stars, the rapid (r-) neutron-capture nucleosynthetic process would be dominant ... -
The barium isotopic mixture for the metal-poor subgiant star HD 140283
(2010)Context: Current theory regarding heavy element nucleosynthesis in metal-poor environments states that the r-process would be dominant. The star HD 140283 has been the subject of debate after it appeared in some studies ... -
Barium lines in high-quality spectra of two metal-poor giants in the Galactic halo
(2021-10-01)Context. Theoretical results showed the possibility that neutron capture elements were produced in the early Universe by two different sources: a frequent s-process source hosted by rotating massive stars, and a rare ... -
Barley elicits a similar early basal defence response during host and non-host interactions with Polymyxa root parasites
(2009-01)Plant viruses transmitted by the obligate root-infecting plasmodiophorid parasites Polymyxa graminis and Polymyxa betae cause devastating yield losses to cereal and sugar beet crops worldwide. Barley is a non-host for P. ... -
Barley root morphology affects the zoospore production rate by the obligate root parasite and soil-borne virus vector Polymyxa graminis.
(2009)Plasmodiophorid parasites in the genus Polymyxa infect roots by means of zoospores and transmit more than 15 soil-borne viruses in a wide range of arable crops. Barley mutants, selected for variations in root hair formation ...