AN INTRODUCTION TO CROWDFUNDING The late 19th century saw the creation of one of the world’s most recognisable landmarks with the gift of the Statue of Liberty by the French to the US. While the French paid for the construction and shipping of the statue it was down to the US to fund the base upon which it would stand. With the statue ready to leave France, the Americans were still well short of the $300,0001 needed to build the base and erect the statue. Running short of time the American
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Mobile Value Added Services: A Business Growth Opportunity for Women Entrepreneurs 3 Acknowledgements The Cherie Blair Foundation for Women is extremely grateful to the following people and organisations for generously contributing their time and expertise to assist in the research and preparation of this report: Adia Sowho, Etisalat Nigeria Akinwale Goodluck, MTN Alan David Johnson, IFC Jerome Fromager, Mobinil John Irungu Ngahu, IFC Joshua Haynes, USAID Andriantsoa Ramanantsialonina
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Executive Summary This report aims at providing an overall analysis of the repayment behavior of the SME loan borrowers of Brac Bank Limited. Before going to the analysis, it is mandatory to know something about the organization, its core products that it offers to its customers; about the SME loan, its classifications and the whole of its process starting from loan sanction to recovery and closing of the loan. That’s why, first of all, I made an overview of the organization, BRAC bank Limited
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Sylvia Bwalya Mutale-Mwansa Assignment Two BINARY UNIVERSITY DOCTOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (DBA) COHORT 6 Sylvia Bwalya Mutale-Mwansa STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT MODULE ASSIGNMENT TWO 1 APRIL 2014 Study a Multi-National Organisation (MNC) that operates successfully in Zambia and contrast it with a local organization that is in a similar industry. Answer all 4 questions in 700 – 800 words:1. Selectively contrast and describe the effects of strategic leadership on each organization. Analyze the levels
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TI 2011-061/3 Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper Entrepreneurship and Role Models Niels BosmaA Jolanda HesselsB,C Veronique SchutjensA Mirjam van PraagD Ingrid VerheulE Utrecht University; B EIM Business and Policy Research, Zoetermeer; C Erasmus School of Economics, Rotterdam; D Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Amsterdam; E Rotterdam School of Economics; all in the Netherlands. A Tinbergen Institute is the graduate school and research institute in economics of
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Information & Communications Technology Research Proposal Name: Institution Affiliation: Background There has been developing awareness that the power information technology and computing. This must be, and can be, amplified past its customary client base to achieve individuals who up to this point have not had an entry to such innovation. Being digitally joined has gotten to be continually basic to economic, instructive, and social headway. The objective of this exploration subsidizing
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The Lauder GLobaL business insiGhT reporT 2014 rebalancing the Global economy Lauder-Report-2014.indd 1 12/18/13 12:07 PM Introduction The Lauder GLobaL business insiGhT reporT 2014 rebalancing the Global economy In this special report, students from the Joseph H. Lauder Institute of Management & International Studies examine current trends and recent developments shaping today’s global marketplace. The articles cover a wide variety of topics ranging from technology, innovation
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Unlocking the Potential of Small and Medium sized Enterprises In West Africa: A Path for Reform and Action By Ibrahima Thiam Master, Russian Friendship University (1990) Submitted to the MIT Sloan School of Management in Partial Fulfillment of Requirements for the Degree of MASTER IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION At the MASSACHUSSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY June 2007 C 2007 Ibrahima Thiam. All rights reserved The author herby grants to MIT permission to reproduce and to distribute paper and electronic
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this tension at tie formation in corporate investment relationships in five U.S. technology-based industries over a 25-year period. Central to our study is the “sharks” dilemma: when do entrepreneurs choose partners with high potential for misappropriation over less risky partners? Our findings show that entrepreneurs take the risk when they need resources that established firms uniquely provide (i.e., financial and manufacturing) and when they have effective defense mechanisms to protect their
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In the later 19th century, Finance was a part of the Economics. But due to the globalization and more expansion of international trade, Finance plays the major role for the economic development. The development of a modern economy would not have been possible without the use of money. Bank is an important and essential financial institution for the necessity of the use of money and the protection of the money. Bangladesh is now integral part of global market. As such there is an urgent requirement
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