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.
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(label?, title?, (p)+, (attrib | permissions)*)
The following, in order:
<app>, <app-group>, <bio>, <body>, <boxed-text>, <disp-quote>, <fig>, <glossary>, <license-p>, <named-content>, <notes>, <p>, <ref-list>, <sec>, <styled-content>, <supplementary-material>, <table-wrap>
<article>
<front>
...
</front>
<body>
...
<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>
...
</body>
<back>
...
</back>
</article>
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