A firm’s external environment involves both geographic factors and cultural elements. Location and resources are crucial geographic factors influencing both national and corporate success, with population characteristics and institutional arrangements making up the most meaningful components of the cultural elements affecting both the success of firms and of nations. Resources, population and institutional factors are dynamic, manifesting a number of feedback loops. For example, institutional incentives
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talks to agricultural concepts and considerations in the African context, and attempts to identify African specific challenges and provide workable solutions. The paper also reflects on an emerging consensus advocating for the promotion of the productivity of smallholder farmers which is believed could drive economic growth for a broader base of the African population. A key consideration of this report is that in Africa, a majority of Africans live in a rural setting, participate in agricultural
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China over the last three decades. It reviews the growth, sources and distribution of FDI in China and analyses factors determining FDI inflows. It summarises the contributions of FDI to the Chinese economy in 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
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IMPACT OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES ON ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE IN NIGERIA: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF ECOBANK NIGERIA PLC IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS IMPACT OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES ON ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE IN NIGERIA: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF ECOBANK NIGERIA PLC IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS FADIORA RICHARD GBOLAHAN MBA HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT DISSERTATION DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCES NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA LAGOS NIGERIA E-mail: ricardopsych@yahoo
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employment. Labour elasticity to output has decreased over time and the capability of the Indian economy to generate employment seems to be limited. As a result, more than 60 percent of Indian workers are still employed in agriculture and 94 percent of total labour force can be found in the unregistered segment of the economy. This paper analyzes the jobless growth problem in India in terms of a Kaldorian framework where the linkages between agriculture and industry enter the labour demand through
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www.ccsenet.org/ijbm International Journal of Business and Management Vol. 7, No. 3; February 2012 Recent Unrest in the RMG Sector of Bangladesh: Is this an Outcome of Poor Labour Practices? Chowdhury Golam Hossan (Corresponding author) Assistant Professor of Management College of Business Administrations, Abu Dhabi University Abu Dhabi, UAE Tel: 972-501-5710 E-mail: Chowdhury.Hossan@adu.ac.ae Md. Atiqur Rahman Sarker (Lecturer) Department of Business Administration, East West University
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critical relationship between the cause of a problem and its possible solution. It emphasizes on the views of two theories– the monetarist and the structuralist theories. Overall, this paper seeks to answer the following question: what are the main determinants of inflation rates and the stabilization policies in Latin American countries according to those theories? Theoretical Background The two rivalling theories concerning causes of inflation include the monetarist view and the structuralist
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Education and Income Inequality: A Meta-Regression Analysis Abdul Jabbar Abdullah* Hristos Doucouliagos Elizabeth Manning - FIRST DRAFT - Please do not quote without permission from the authors September 2011 Abstract This paper revisits the literature that investigates the effects of education on inequality. Specifically, the paper provides a comprehensive quantitative review of the extant econometrics literature through a meta-regression analysis of 64 empirical studies that collectively
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ZIMBABWE SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL (ZIMSEC) ADVANCED LEVEL SYLLABUS BUSINESS STUDIES 9198 EXAMINATION SYLLABUS FOR 2008-2012 2 BUSINESS STUDIES ZGCE Advanced Level 9198 CONTENTS Introduction Syllabus Aims Assessment Objectives Scheme of Assessment Curriculum Content Notes for Guidance Resource List PAGE 2 2 2 3 3 10 25 3 INTRODUCTION 1.1 The aim of this syllabus is to enable Centres to develop Business Studies courses that are suitable for Advanced Level candidates
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MZUMBE UNIVERSITY DAR ES SALAAM CAMPUS FACULTY OF BUSINESS STUDIES PROGRAM : MBA - CORPORATE MANAGEMENT 2013/14 EVENING SESSION: (MBA II) – 16 HRS TASK : ASSIGNMENT SUBJECT : MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS (ECO 5011) LECTURER : Dr. P. NGOWI GROUP PARTICIPANTS NAME OF PARTICIPANT REGISTRATION NU * Adrian Mchunguzi 2210500…./T13 QUESTION: Find an organization
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