A Theorem, Lemma, Proof, Postulate, Hypothesis, Proposition, Corollary, or other formal statement, identified as such with a label and usually made typographically distinct from the surrounding text.
The following, in order:
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<p>Industrial buyers categorise foreign countries
according to their level of technological achievement
and subsequently differentiate their perceptions of
these countries accordingly.
... The following
hypothesis is posited:
<statement><label>Hypothesis 1</label>
<p>Buyer preferences for companies are influenced by
factors extrinsic to the firm attributable to, and
determined by, country-of-origin effects.</p>
</statement>
</p>
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