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Technological Change and Skill Development in Sudan
Nour, Samia Mohamed - 2013
With the ongoing restructuring in Sudan, structural issues such as the need for skill development and interaction with technological change need an in-depth analysis that this book offers. The central themes of this book are- required skill formation, upskilling of the workers, and their...
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Pensionomics : On the Role of PAYGO in Pension Portfolios
Jäkel, Matthias F. (contributor) - 2006
Pensionomics puts forward a portfolio perspective on the combination of funded and unfunded pension arrangements. In a second-best type argument it is formally shown that a Pay-As-You-Go pension system can substitute the tradability of human capital. While this ideal form of diversification can...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013520560
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Finance, Research, Education and Growth
Paganetto, Luigi (ed.); Phelps, Edmund S. (ed.) - 2003
A crucial issue in the era of globalisation and internationalization, is whether the relationship between investment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012054367
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Private Enterprise-Led Economic Development in Sub-Saharan Africa : The Human Side of Growth
Kuada, John - 2015
Private Enterprise-Led Development in Sub-Saharan Africa provides a novel theoretical and conceptual model to guide research into Africa's economic development. It endorses the view that private enterprise-led growth will help reduce poverty since it strengthens individuals' capacity to care for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012819097
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The Human Capital Imperative : Valuing Your Talent
Coppin, Alan - 2017
"Alan Coppin is a rare individual. His experience and insight span private and public sectors, charities, and the Armed Forces. The vital importance of human capital is the thread which has bound all this together. His book is a rich gold mine of data, research, wisdom and anecdote." -Sir Gerry...
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Leadership of Chinese Private Enterprises : Insights and Interviews
Tsui, Anne S. - 2017
This original book presents in-depth research into thirteen successful Chinese private enterprises through interviews with their founder-entrepreneurs. While Chinese economic growth has focused primarily on governmental policies and institutional factors, Leadership of Chinese Private...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012396520
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Social Entrepreneurship in Non-Profit and Profit Sectors : Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives
Peris-Ortiz, Marta (ed.); Teulon, Frédéric (ed.);  … - 2017
This volume examines the theoretical and empirical landscape of social entrepreneurship in both non-profit and profit sectors. It extends the traditional view of social entrepreneurship to include the environmental and institutional factors that affect the emergence of social entrepreneurship...
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Employers’ Economics versus Employees’ Economy : How Adam Smith’s Legacy Obscures Public Investment in the Private Sector
McDermott, John F. M. - 2017
investment is private, when in fact research demonstrates that public investment in the workforce through education and training … profits while misrepresenting the investment of their own global labor forces. This book suggests an "economy of laws …" solution that balances the needed degree of central investment planning with the continuation of our pluralist economy of …
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Poverty Reduction, the Private Sector, and Tourism in Mainland Southeast Asia
Hipsher, Scott - 2017
success in poverty reduction has come about largely through innovation in the private sector, foreign investment and the move …
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New Interpretations on the Development of China’s Non-Governmental Enterprises
Liu, Yingqiu (ed.) - 2017
-- Labor-Capital-owner Relations: the Motivation of the NGEs’ Growth and Development in the New Era -- Human Capital Investment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012398215