and how it is affecting higher education. The author first reviews the nature of globalisation, and then examines its international impact on higher education development. He contends that globalisation is predominantly economic, and points out that global exchanges in the economic, cultural and educational domains continue to be unequal. At the same time, education is increasingly treated as a business. By exposing the negative side of globalisation and its effects on universities, the author aims
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Box 2077, Tanzania. E-mail: samakicheche@yahoo.com. Tel: +255 755 292 850. Fax: +255 026 232 2121. Accepted 19 November, 2010 Around the globe, Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) have acquired a significant and pivotal position in the entire economic development process. Over the years, this sector had played a critical role in developing Tanzanian economy through creation of employment opportunities, income generation, equitable distribution of income whence contributing towards poverty alleviation
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INNO NATOUR. Lesson learnt from Innovation in Nature Based Tourism Services Contact: Faculty of Economics and Public Administration „Stefan cel Mare” University of Suceava Universităţii str., no. 13, Building H 720229 SUCEAVA, ROMANIA Phone: (+40) 230 216147 ext. 294 Erasmus IP web site: www.innonatour.usv.ro Faculty web site: www.seap.usv.ro University web site: www.usv.ro 2012 Subject to the provisions of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place
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impacts of the global economic crisis of 2008, the intractable problems of persistent poverty and environmental change have focused attention on organizations that combine enterprise with an embedded social purpose. Scholarly interest in social enterprise (SE) has progressed beyond the early focus on definitions and context to investigate their management and performance. From a review of the SE literature, the authors identify hybridity, the pursuit of the dual mission of financial sustainability
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terms of economic growth, total factor productivity, exports and technology progress. Finally, the paper discusses potential impacts of FDI in China on the rest of the world in terms of FDI-competing countries and FDI source countries. (FDI) among all developing countries, China received a cumulative total of USD854 billion in FDI from 1979 to 2008 and benefitted tremendously from both tangible and intangible assets associated with FDI inflows. In fact, in the modern history of economic development
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during the period 1994-2006. In a second step analysis, we focus on the factors standing behind the efficiency scores obtained through DEA methodology. These are bank-specific variables, the macro environment, the regulatory regime and the non-bank financial sector development. We use a standard censured Tobit model and show that capitalized, newly established banks, with tighter ratios of Tier 1 capital and operating in a country with a lower GDP per capita record the highest cost-efficiency scores.
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FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT AND GROWTH IN CYPRUS: A CAUSAL RELATIONSHIP N0373193 This research project is submitted in part-fulfilment of the degree of Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Economics, Finance and Banking Nottingham Business School Nottingham Trent University Summer 2014 Chosen Target Peer-Refereed Academic Journal: Journal of Internet Banking and Commerce, December 2011, vol. 16, no. 3 (http://www.arraydev.com/commerce/jibc/) Declaration: I declare that I have personally prepared this article and
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TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction…….…………………………...……....…………….…3 2. Literature Review on Talent Management..……….…..…. 3 Talent Management……………………………………………………..…..….……3 Talent Acquisition……………………………..……………………………………...3 Talent Identification………………………………..……………………………..…4 Talent development……………………………..…………………..……..………..4 Talent Deployment……………………………………………………………...……5 3. The four stages of Talent Management……………………………………………………………6 4. The two dimensions of Talent Management..
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Essay Questions: How and why do the workplace experiences of employees from non – English speaking backgrounds differ from other workers? How can, and should, should actor respond to this? How are these differences manifested, and responded to, in your own workplace? The workplace experiences of employees from Non–English Speaking Backgrounds (NESB) differ from other workers for a number of reasons. Employment opportunity is a primary reason why individuals emigrate to other countries
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