A HIGH-TECH, LOW EMPLOYMENT FUTURE IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR – A CORRECT CONCLUSION? A paper contributed by Asif Ibrahim Director, Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry Managing Director, Newage Garments Ltd Bangladesh 1. Is the combination of (i) the “Chinese monopoly” on the low cost manufacturing and (ii) the increased automation with manufacturing industries likely to limit the scope available to developing and transition economies for reducing poverty through employment generation
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Issues and Concerns of Commodity Derivative Markets in India: An Agenda for Research Nilanjan Ghosh 1. Introduction Commodity derivative markets have traditionally been a contentious issue at various policy forums across the world, particularly with the imbroglio created by allegations from various corners that they encourage excessive speculation and are therefore responsible for the recent commodity price escalation. While this suspicion of excessive speculation in the commodity markets has always
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6 2) Strategy For Development of Small and Medium sized Enterprises 6 3) Master Plan: Director Plan for Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Disasters 7 4) Strategic Plan for Agricultural Development (PEDSA) 7 4.0The challenges faced by the proposed policies 7 Conclusion
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minority citizens (specifically African Americans and Latinos). Gordon gives an example of such policies in 1939 under the Social Security reforms. In the formative years of the New Deal southerners in Congress pushed for and won for the exclusion of agricultural and domestic labor from coverage under the
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CHAPTER ONE 1. BACKGROUND In recent years, particularly since the adoption of the economic reform programme in Nigeria in 1986, there has been a decisive switch of emphasis from the grandiose, capital intensive, large scale industrial project based on the philosophy of import substitution to small scale industries with immense potentials for developing domestic linkages for rapid, sustainable industrial development. Apart from their potential for ensuring a self reliant industrialization, in
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becoming more and more concerned with large multinational companies' performance in respective of their social responsible manner,especially those multinational companies such as Monsanto.The Monsanto Company is an American based multinational agricultural biotechnology corporation,the world's leading producer of the Genetically Modified seeds (Monsanto, 2012a) This paper will review the social performance of Monsanto's various products to mankind, and analyze the impact of these performances on
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STUDENT BOARD ROOM AGENDA Today’s Date: 22 Mar 14 Course Name: Microeconomics-2 Faculty: Dr. Preeta George Team Members (GROUP 2) 1. Identify team leader by circling their name 2. Team leader to rate each team member’s contribution (1-5 scale; 5 = excellent) Team Leader’s Evaluation of Team’s Board Meeting Discussion Ronak Lakhani: 5 Sonal Sharma : 5 ____________________________________________ _______________________________________ Rohan Dhaigude: 5 Naveen Venkatesh:
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data is also able to measure various factors e.g. geographical and ecological (Sachs, 2003), and institutional environment in which businesses take place and decisions are being made regarding resource allotments (Gwartney et al., 2006). Moreover, research highlighted a direct link between the significance of service industry and economic growth performance based on US and European data (Bart et al., 2008). Attributable to, however, limited availability of service industry company level data particularly
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of shareholders and stakeholders. In this sense it is important to draw a distinction between CSR, which can be a strategic business management concept, and charity, sponsorships or philanthropy. Even though the latter can also make a valuable contribution to poverty reduction, will directly enhance the reputation of a company and strengthen its brand, the concept of CSR clearly goes beyond that. Key CSR issues: environmental management, eco-efficiency, responsible sourcing, stakeholder engagement
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economy is expected to reach $36.6 billion by 2018. Industrial and agricultural sectors have grown well in the economy despite the fact that Jordan possesses limited natural resources. The global financial crisis disrupted the macroeconomic and financial stability of many economies including Jordon. The GDP growth of the country went down drastically during recession. Lucintel, a leading global management consulting and market research firm, has conducted a competitive analysis on the various risk
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