Japan generates 51% more patents than America in absolute terms, which works out at around 3.5 times as many patents per person.
The 500 years after the European arrival in Africa saw an increasing integration of Africa into the global economy, but often on terms which worked against Africa's interests: the slave trade through the end of the 19th century, then European colonial rule to the 1960s.
These detailed, smaller blocks of work can then be reviewed to identify: where there might be external expertise needs; whether these are short- or longer-term; which work is well-suited for contracting out; and the availability of internal and external individuals and teams of resources depending on the project timeline and urgency.
I end up with just £1,100 to live on for each term, which works out at around £100 a week – and I have had to make use of the £750 overdraft facility.
"Borrowers typically refinanced at term, which worked fine so long as the house didn't lose value and the borrower didn't lose his job," Guttentag observes.
It is a false premise to assert that workers have free choice in terms of which work and working conditions to accept.
What's more, there's the legalese and the anxiety that VCs might sneak in some tricky terms — which all work towards making the process a confusing pain in the ass.
Scientists have staged more than a hundred protest actions over the last year, including work-to-rules (strict adherence to contract terms which often works in disfavour of the university), boycotts on teaching, and university sit-ins by students and scientists at all levels.
Green says: "These big retailers have very difficult payment terms, which if you work with them you have just got to deal with.
Carnivàle, as The Australian stated, "seems to have been conceived in essentially literary terms" which "can sometimes work on the page but is deadly on the large screen, let alone a small one.
