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International Finance Trilemma as a Tool for Balanced Development of an Economy 国际金融三难困境:经济平衡发展的工具

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European Integration Studies Pub Date : 2020-10-22 DOI: 10.5755/j01.eis.1.14.26318

Iļja Arefjevs, O. Bogdanova

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Exploring Tendencies in Migrants’ Legal Consciousness Research and Uncovering Factors for Socio-Legal Integration 流动人口法律意识研究趋势探索与法社会融合因素揭示

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European Integration Studies Pub Date : 2020-10-22 DOI: 10.5755/j01.eis.1.14.26774

Ramunė Miežanskienė

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Between the state and the kin: one-person household social security in Latvia 在国家和亲属之间:拉脱维亚的一人家庭社会保障

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European Integration Studies Pub Date : 2020-10-22 DOI: 10.5755/j01.eis.1.14.26375

Kristīne Rolle, A. Lūse

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Factors Contributing to the Development of E-Commerce by the Degree of use in Latvia 促进电子商务发展的因素在拉脱维亚的使用程度

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European Integration Studies Pub Date : 2020-10-22 DOI: 10.5755/j01.eis.1.14.26385

I. Jēkabsone, I. Gudele

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Immigrant Integration: the Role of NGO’s in Lithuania for Upholding Immigrant Assimilation 移民融合:立陶宛非政府组织在维护移民同化中的作用

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European Integration Studies Pub Date : 2020-10-22 DOI: 10.5755/j01.eis.1.14.26371

Vishnu Muraleedharan

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Fostering European Identity 促进欧洲认同

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European Integration Studies Pub Date : 2020-10-22 DOI: 10.5755/j01.eis.1.14.25492

F. Heinemann, C. Fuest, Sarah Ciaglia

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The shift of the policy towards FDI in European Union: determinants and challenges 欧盟对外国直接投资政策的转变:决定因素与挑战

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European Integration Studies Pub Date : 2020-10-22 DOI: 10.5755/j01.eis.1.14.27556

A. Borowicz

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Public Financing Support Options to Micro-Enterprises for Innovation 公共融资支持微型企业创新的选择

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European Integration Studies Pub Date : 2020-10-22 DOI: 10.5755/j01.eis.1.14.26569

Ilona Beizitere, Ieva Brence, B. Sloka

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Enhancement of Retail Consumer Loyalty in Latvia by Means of Social Media Communication 通过社交媒体传播提高拉脱维亚零售消费者忠诚度

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European Integration Studies Pub Date : 2020-10-22 DOI: 10.5755/j01.eis.1.14.26829

Iveta Linina, V. Vevere

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Cost-effectiveness of prison system development - comparison of the European countries 监狱系统发展的成本效益——欧洲国家的比较

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European Integration Studies Pub Date : 2020-10-22 DOI: 10.5755/j01.eis.1.14.26384

Elīna Krūze, J. Priede

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