This innovative book analyses the geographical patterns in foreign direct investment flows by combining elements from the theory of international production and the theory of economic geography. It develops a model for explaining why foreign direct investment is attracted to certain locations. The book examines foreign direct investment from a spatial perspective and considers how knowledge, regional synergies, economic integration, corporate strategies and networking affect patterns of investment. Using a model, Robert Morsink derives sets of determinants for different foreign direct investment patterns of multinationals and evaluates the corporate strategy behind these flows. First, he analyses investment flows within the European Union. Then, he goes into investments originating from the United States, Japan, Germany and the Netherlands and destined for Western Europe, South and Southeast Asia and North and South America. These analyses enable him to make suggestions for government policy at both the national and international level to attract foreign investment. Foreign Direct Investment and Corporate Networking will be of interest to economists working in the areas of international trade and investment, economic geographers and corporate strategy advisors as well as to policymakers from government and non-governmental organizations.

This book contains a study of the economics and management of public enterprises in Pakistan. It examines their performance, organizational behavior, relationships with other government organizations outside of the sector, and the issues that confront the public enterprise sector and the government.

Learn the skills to complete the full installation, configuration, and maintenance of an enterprise class internet server, no matter what Unix-like operating system you prefer. This book will rapidly guide you towards real system administration, with clear explanations along the way.After a chapter explaining the most important Unix basics, you will start with a vanilla server as delivered by a hosting provider and by the end of the book, you will have a fully functional and well-secured enterprise class internet server. You will also be equipped with the expertise needed to keep your server secured and up to date. All configuration examples are given for FreeBSD, Debian and CentOS, so you are free to choose your operating system. No single blueprint exists for an internet server, and an important part of the work of a system administrator consists of analyzing, interpreting and implementing specific wishes, demands and restrictions from different departments and viewpoints within an organization. Practical Internet Server Configuration provides the information you need to succeed as a sysadmin. What You'll Learn Configure DNS using Bind 9 Set up Apache and Nginx Customize a mail server: IMAP (Dovecot) and SMTP (Postfix), spam filtering included Authenticate mail users using LDAP Install and maintain MariaDB and PostgreSQL databases Prepare SSL/TLS certificates for the encryption of web, mail and LDAP traffic Synchronize files, calendars and address books between devices Build a firewall: PF for FreeBSD and nftables for Linux Who This Book Is For This book can be used by aspiring and beginning system administrators who are working on personal servers, or more experienced system administrators who may know Unix well but need a reference book for the more specialized work that falls outside the daily routine. Basic understanding of Unix and working on the command line is necessary.

About thirty years ago my Christian manager, Dave Anderson was signing up dealers for my water pollution control business. Dave walked into the office of a Jew, Steve Tvedten and the first things he noticed were the huge knife on Steve's belt and the sign on the wall, "Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I will fear no evil, for I am the meanest S.O.B. in the valley." Dave took out a book he was reading that I had written but never published entitled How to Utterly Defeat the Enemy or Have Fun Trying. He handed it to Steve. Steve read the entire book that night and by morning was a born again Spirit-filled Christian. A year later Steve sent me his chronology of the events in Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. It included thousands of Old and New Testament references, plus many Jewish ceremonies concerning Biblical events. An example is "The Folded Napkin" that I have included in this book. Steve told me that if I wanted to rewrite his book and publish it, go ahead. Thirty years later, here is my book in which I incorporate Steve's chronology with the history of the time of Christ along with the Aramaic meanings of many words and idioms. Jesus and His disciples spoke Aramaic Hebrew rather than Greek or Latin and the Aramaic meanings add an interesting understanding of what actually occurred. The result is a very different and interesting history of the life of Jesus, the Bread of Life that came down from heaven to give us everlasting life and shed His blood as a sacrifice to pay for our sins. Understanding what Jesus meant, such as when He cursed the fig tree or folded His napkin adds a new perspective to history and Jesus' prophecies.

The First Amendment of the Constitution clearly says, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." In 1947 the United States Supreme Court illegally passed the ruling on Separation of Church and State, prohibiting the free exercise of religion. Since then crime and immorality have skyrocketed at an exponential rate, vastly overcrowding our prisons, and causing many undesirable results. Why would our Supreme Court Justices create such devastation to America by this well-meaning action? The answer is simple. There are hundreds of questions about creation, God and the Bible that Christians cannot answer and the result is that many people believe that the Bible is mythology and God does not exist. Therefore, it is reasonable to restrict its teaching in schools and public places because the public is greatly deceived by such teachings. When asked questions, many Christians are dumbfounded and unable to answer. An example is, If God made Eve out of one of Adam's ribs, why do men have the same number of ribs as women, with none missing? The answer is very simple and logical, yet how many Christians can answer? The DNA and genes in Adam did not change when God removed one of Adam's ribs any more than they would change if a doctor removed one of your ribs. The DNA and genes in Adam and Eve were transferred to their children. These contained the same number of ribs that God originally put in Adam; therefore today both genders have the same number of ribs. This book answers questions that nonbelievers and many other religious groups might ask, preparing Christians to accomplish the goal that God gave them: to go out into the world and lead as many as possible to Jesus and eternal life.