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areas not well treated by Reynolds and other historians: in the fields of mining, metallurgy, and textiles – including the … costly, overshot wheels. The study thus begins with the late-medieval technological revolutions in both mining and metallurgy …
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This paper evaluates the impact of the rapid growth of mining on the Cypriot economy during the period 1921-1938, with … special focus on the expansion of copper sulphate mining. During this period the industry was transformed by companies such as … the Cyprus Mining Corporation (CMC) and this affected the whole economy and society. The island was for the first time …
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India, having one of the fastest growing economies in the world, and being the most populous democratic country, has great potential to become a future superpower. However, in this increasingly globalised environment, India faces several threats to its security. The Naxalites has been identified...
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Within the context of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the gender equality in education is considered one of … narrowing down the gender gap in education for the primary, secondary, and tertiary levels. More specifically, and among many … other factors, the study focuses on the response of gender gap in education to economic growth, information communication …
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This paper presents research on existing female leaders of co-operatives and their perceptions of differences between their leadership styles and that of men. It is an early exploration with a small empirical base. Women contemplating careers in co-ops need to see or read other female leaders in...
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Accounting for within-country spatial differences is a much neglected issue in many cross-country comparisons. This paper highlights this importance in this empirical analysis of the impact of a country’s degree of social and economic globalization on female employment in 33 OECD countries,...
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The purpose of this study was to substantiate the consumption styles of adolescents as customer. The study was executed in Karachi, Pakistan by applying consumption style inventory scale. The data covered of 1,048 respondents who are young and educated mostly students, which belong to the...
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examines determinants of different labor force participation by gender. The empirical analysis is based on the World Values … support a gender gap with respect to accessibility to full time paid work, only young females, regardless their computer … more properly engaged in unpaid employment. The study also finds a gender gap in job search intensity. We also conclude …
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from an un-restricted random sampling of 250 consumers using different brands every now and then in Karachi. Gender, age … (OLS model). It was found that gender does not play a significant role in the association of recall of brand symbols but … gender has an association with brand symbol recognition. For the recall of brand symbols, age plays an important and positive …
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experiment in a “same gender pairings” setting in International Islamic University Islamabad, Pakistan. In order to test the …
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