Firstly, the most important factor for external economies of scale is having a large number of good skilled local labour supply which makes an industry more efficient as other local companies in the industry also train workers. It leads a bigger and more flexible labour market in that area. Secondly, a factor of external economies of scale is firms located in certain areas where can benefit from good infrastructure such as good transportation network, a motorway or an airport. It will affect to
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Over the course of the past century in the United States, women and their presence workplace have been constantly shifting. There have been many changes, both economic and social, that have helped pave a new road for the life of a working woman. Based on the information that I have gathered, three key points of interest stand out. They are economic dependencies, the evolution of women’s employment and the “doing gender” theory. Each one of these factors has had their own impact in shaping the
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SANDS CORPORATION WRITTEN ANALYSIS AND COMMUNICATION (WAC) NISHANT GADIA FSB-1 26TH August 14 SANDS CORPORATION LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL August 9, 1961 President, Sands Corporation Clairmont, USA Dear Sir, Enclosed is the report on “The Establishment of New plant”. This report examines the problems, options available and the different scenarios dealt with. Various factors have been taken into consideration for an attempt to take a wiser decision. I hope you find this report satisfactory
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world. Kristof uses information from different families to support this thought. He explains the place to be very tough and at the poverty level. Where you see children walking around barefoot searching for cans to make money. Kristof argues that labor standards can improve working conditions but not for poor countries where working in a factory is a dream. The author says, “A job in a sweatshop is a dream, an escalator out of poverty, the kind of gauzy if probably unrealistic ambition that parents
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Industry/Policy Paper Work and Family Sociologists have been concerned with institutional friction between work and family systems in the industrialized West as far back as the 1960's, when Lewis and Rose Laub Coser first labeled both the family and workplace as “greedy institutions” that monopolized individuals’ time and energy. Although the problem has been framed in different ways at different times and places, the essential sociological insight that ties them all together has been that the
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November Exam 2013 Compulsory Essay Question 50 Marks Question: How do you think South Africa could grow faster, create more jobs and reduce inequality? In your answer explain how your policy objectives would achieve their intended objective. CORRECTING SOUTH AFRICA’S STRUCTURAL FAULTS FOR INCREASED ECONOMIC GROWTH (Mentionsomething about GEAR and RDP) Introduction Economic growth has been handicapped by high levels of unemployment, poverty and inequality, which continue to plague
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MAN 4320 Study Guide – Test #1 – Chapters 1-5 In fairness to all students I ask that you NOT send me individual inquiries related to specific topics addressed in this study guide for which you require further clarification. I have found in the past that by responding to one student’s inquiry this might be viewed as demonstrating preferential treatment. Therefore, should you require any further clarification I will defer to this disclaimer and not respond to your inquiry. There are a total of
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resources or the desire to enforce the laws. • The number of farmers (1M) and the system makes it difficult to identify the source of the cocoa beans harvested using slavery. • Global decline in cocoa bean prices drove farmers to use slavery to lower labor cost. • Corporations are unable or unwilling to take action to improve the situation in harvesting the cocoa bean. • The fundamental demands of shareholder profits drives corporation to turn a blind eye to how cocoa is harvested. • Chocolate Consumers
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face in its supply chains around the world? Since the apparel industry is a labor intensive industry, it is one the most susceptible industries to the issues faced with regards to corporate social responsibility (CSR). The apparel industry is basically focused on providing timely efficient production and overlooks the corporate social responsibility it is entitle to serve. Unfortunately these industries tend to be labor intensive while operating on a low wage system. These industries are inclined
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No work is superior or inferior in itself. Work is work. It is absolutely wrong to consider any work as high or low. The work itself is a dignity. Every work has some dignity attached to it. It is improper for anybody to think that a certain kind of work is undignified or below his status. No work is mean or low. Since the very dawn of civilization man has been doing all kinds of work without any hitch and hesitation. All the religions of the world have enjoined man to do his work honestly. All
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