Explain the role of technological externalities as a cause of differences in urban productivity and growth. Taking a look at the map, one can easily identify the uneven distribution of population and the clustering of economic activities around the world. Such clustering of economic activities happens at both regional and national levels and is more formally known as agglomeration. Empirical evidence (Quigley, 1998) has shown that the increase in the productivity of a city is more than proportionate
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context of Bangladesh Afiya Sultana * Lecturer, Faculty of Business Administration, University of Science and Technology Chittagong, Post Box- 1079, Chittagong, Bangladesh. Abstract: Women’s entrepreneurship is an inevitable part of country’s economic development process. The main objective of this study is to having an overview of women entrepreneurs in Bangladesh and growth situation through SME. The issue covered by this study are socio-demographic profile of women entrepreneur, types of women
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The relation between imperial state and economic expansion in Sung dynasty Introduction: The economy of China under the Sung dynasty (960–1279) of China was marked by commercial expansion, financial prosperity, increased international trade-contacts, and a revolution in agricultural productivity. This dynasty had one of the most prosperous and advanced economies in the medieval world. Private finance grew, stimulating the development of a country-wide market network which linked the coastal
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OXFORD REVIEW OF ECONOMIC POLICY, VOL. 14, NO. 2 WHAT’S NEW ABOUT THE NEW ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY? PAUL KRUGMAN Massachusetts Institute of Technology Since 1990 a new genre of research, often described as the ‘new economic geography’, has emerged. It differs from traditional work in economic geography mainly in adopting a modelling strategy that exploits the same technical tricks that have played such a large role in the ‘new trade’ and ‘new growth’ theories; these modelling tricks, while they
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Business, socio- economic and cultural environments of India Introduction India has emerged as a potential and a diversified market for the Western firms and other foreign investors. Earlier establishing a business in India was a challenging assignment, but economic reforms, brought in by different Indian governments over a period of time, have smoothen the course of entry for Western multinationals and other business magnets. Still it is considered difficult and a different proposal to do business
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Consequently, using the highly education immigrants in effective way brings huge benefits to the economy. 2. Evidence 2 According to Miller (2015), the culture of Vietnam has been known by friends all around the world due to the flow of immigration and economic revolution. - With the noticeable transformation in economy: gross domestic product (GDP) grows more than 5 percent yearly, unemployment below 6 percent, the trend of Vietnamese migration is more likely to be a student exchanging education in overseas
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seeks to analyse the factors causing the stagnation in the industrial sector in India after having relatively rapid industrialization post-independence period. This debate marked contrast to the relative consensus that prevailed in the professional economic circles in the sixties, attracted a great deal of scholarly attention to India. This paper seeks to analyze that lack of aggregate demand and inequality in income distribution as the possible reasons for the same also mentioning the other possible
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Introduction The economic reforms in Nigeria are favoring the telecommunications industry. Three companies dominate the Nigerian market, with Celtel figuring as the second operator with largest market share, and the entry of new competitors into the market is imminent. Currently, Celtel’s is focusing on providing telecommunication services in urban regions. At the distribution level, Celtel simply distributes its products and services to dealers, after which it disengages from the supply chain
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be overstated. This chapter examines the key policy frameworks guiding government efforts to support long-term recovery and development, focusing on the over-arching vision of ‘taking towns to the people’, expenditure priorities and strategies for economic growth and governance. These policy areas are relevant to urbanisation in Juba for a number of reasons. First, policies on governance envisage a decentralised Southern Sudan in which Juba is treated equally with all state capitals in policy terms
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Project 1 – Microeconomic Analysis Donald Cole ECON545 – Business Economics Date: September 18, 2014 Situation C The situation that I personally thought would correspond with today economy would be situation C. Situation C basically states that Edgar has a business idea of buying two gas stations for profit situations. Edgar is asking for advice on buying these two gas stations before taking action on his business idea. Hopefully, by the end of this documentation, I would give Edgar enough
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