fame) and the black-coral gardens off Bimini are just a few of the country’s natural resources under threat as a result of careless, profit hungry foreign investors, inexperienced tourists and a financially desperate government. Although monitoring industrial operations, and maintaining and beautifying public parks and beaches are among the government's priorities in environmental protection, the negative externalities of foreign investment projects are often overlooked, thus creating even bigger problems
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INNO-Policy TrendChart INNO-Policy TrendChart – Policy Trends and Appraisal Report CYPRUS 2008 European Commission Enterprise Directorate-General PREFACE Innovation is a priority of all Member States and of the European Commission. Throughout Europe, hundreds of policy measures and support schemes aimed at innovation have been implemented or are under preparation. The diversity of these measures and schemes reflects the diversity of the framework conditions, cultural preferences
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There were also a lot of negative publicity originating from the industrial accidents and exclusive legal cases and increasing public worries regarding environmental impacts of industrial processes. The history of the development of environmental management systems will provide an insight on the road travelled and the experience learned along the way. A number of large companies have environmental management systems and environmental policy statements that declare their objective to enhance environmental
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Financial Markets, Insurance and Entrepreneurship in the countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region Draft not to be cited February 27, 2013 1. Introduction The goal of the paper is to focus on the countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region and particularly those of the of the South of the Mediterranean, and examine the relationship between insurance – defined as the capability of covering the cost of future harmful events-and entrepreneurship broadly
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The Health, Economic and Environmental Impacts of Urbanization in the Philippines Introduction As described by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) (2007), “The world is undergoing the largest wave of urban growth.” More than half of the world’s population now lives in urban areas. This global phenomenon is happening across different regions and development levels in the world. Richer countries in Europe and the Americas already large percentage of their population live in towns and
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the uncontrollable elements of the environment and their assessment. The next section offers modules on assessing international market opportunities. Then, management issues in developing global marketing strategies are discussed. In each module the impact of the environment and culture on the marketing process is illustrated. Space prohibits an encyclopaedic
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Estate Assets in Dhaka, Chittagong, Khulna, Rajshahi, Bogra & Sylhet. SBC TOWER – the only multistoried car parking building in the heart of the capital city of Bangladesh SBC is the sponsor shareholder of Investment Corporation of Bangladesh, Industrial Development and Leasing Company, National Tea Company Limited, National Housing Finance and Investment Ltd, Aramit Ltd, Central Depository BD Ltd.etc. The main pillar of the SBC is insurance as well as reinsurance business. SBC is the largest non-life
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them. Second, revise minimum wages, wage increases and dispute resolution policies in line with the latest economic developments in the country and international standards to ensure fairness and equity. Third, ensure that negotiations involving unions that represent essential emergency professionals do not break down and go to strike since people’s lives could be at stake. Finally, deliberately incorporate wage increase policies in the national budgeting process. These reforms would go a long way in
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This study comprehensively evaluated the links between systems of High Performance Work Practices and firm performance. Results based on a national sample of firms indicate that these practices have an economically and statistically significant impact on
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