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The changing strategic roles for warehousing in an emerging economy: case study in Ukraine

Boer, Sirp J. De; Voordijk, Hans - In: International Journal of Logistics Economics and … 6 (2014) 1, pp. 1-21

The increasing globalisation of the world economy is having a profound impact on logistics. Emerging economies are experiencing rapid developments that affect their warehousing facilities. The purpose of this study is to explore the strategic roles that warehousing plays and the changes therein....

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Competitiveness and innovation landscapes in the tropics: a comparison of Singapore and New Zealand during 1999-2008

Kuah, Adrian T.H. - In: International Journal of Economic Policy in Emerging … 7 (2014) 3, pp. 245-263

Singapore-New Zealand bilateral relations are long-standing and based on a close political, economic and defence ties. Being small in economic size and population, both nations have undergone some challenges in a bid to improve their national competitiveness and innovation landscapes. This paper...

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Entrepreneurial leadership, capital structure and capabilities development of the firm: the case of the Haier Group

Yu, Fu-Lai Tony - In: International Journal of Economics and Business Research 7 (2014) 2, pp. 241-255

This paper integrates the concept of entrepreneurial leadership and capabilities theories with Austrian economics to explain the growth of the firm in emerging economies. It argues that entrepreneurial leadership provides a vision to the development of a new product or an organisation. The...

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Evaluating the economic, ecological and sustainable feasibility of projects under the clean development mechanism: a case study from sub-Saharan Africa

Göke, Juliane - In: International Journal of Green Economics 6 (2012) 3, pp. 260-278

The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), introduced under the Kyoto Protocol, serves a twofold objective: the reduction of Greenhouse Gases and the promotion of sustainable development in emerging countries. This article addresses this critical issue by analysing a project currently seeking CDM...

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Brain gain (drain), immigration and global network: Nepalese students in the UK

Bhattarai, Keshab - In: International Journal of Economic Policy in Emerging … 4 (2011) 4, pp. 345-365

Nepalese students in UK are struggling to balance tuition and other expenses in the short-run and for the gainful employment in the long run. The opportunity cost of emigration in a labour surplus economy of Nepal is very little in comparison to benefits from increased flow of remittances,...

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Wealth of recent immigrants to the USA

Ketkar, Suhas L.; Dora, Manoj K. - In: International Journal of Economic Policy in Emerging … 4 (2011) 4, pp. 330-344

Developing countries' ability to issue diaspora bonds depends upon the wealth of their diaspora. We use the New Immigrants Survey data to determine the wealth accumulation and assets diversification of recent immigrants to the USA from different regions of the world. Our quantile (median)...

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On the relative rewards to immigration: a comparison of the relative labour market position of Indians in the USA, the UK and India

Coulon, Augustin; Wadsworth, Jonathan - In: Review of Economics of the Household 8 (2010) 1, pp. 147-169

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International migration in Poland

Zwiech, Patrycja - In: International Journal of Economic Policy in Emerging … 1 (2008) 2/3, pp. 299-313

(hence Poland as well), are just beginning to face immigration. On the contrary, the problem of emigration is common in these …

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Which Immigrants Are Most Innovative and Entrepreneurial: Distinctions by Entry Visa

Hunt, Jennifer - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

Using the 2003 National Survey of College Graduates, I examine how immigrants perform relative to natives in activities likely to increase U.S. productivity, according to the type of visa on which they first entered the United States. Immigrants who first entered on a student/trainee visa or a...

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The Impact of Immigration on the Structure of Wages: Theory and Evidence from Britain

Manacorda, Marco; Manning, Alan; Wadsworth, Jonathan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

Immigration to the UK, particularly among more educated workers, has risen appreciably over the past 30 years and as … such has raised labor supply. However studies of the impact of immigration have failed to find any significant effect on …, namely that in the UK natives and foreign born workers are imperfect substitutes. We show that immigration has primarily …

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