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Three Essays on Heterogeneous Workers in Imperfect Labour Markets
Manger, Christian - 2010
Diese Dissertation besteht aus drei eigenständigen Arbeiten, die unterschiedliche Auswirkungen von Arbeitsmarktunvollkommenheiten auf heterogene Arbeiter betrachten. Die erste Arbeit zeigt anhand eines spieltheoretischen Modells, dass lediglich Koordinations- und Informationsfriktionen...
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Marketing architectural services : the role of the internet in marketing architectural services in the Western Cape
Grosskurth, Lisa Kathrin - 2008
The research study provides an overview of the deployment of marketing by architectural practices in the Western Cape. It furthermore illustrates how the Internet is being utilised and establishes the motivations behind Web presence or its lack thereof.In recent years, an increasingly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009447196
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Diffusion of Sustainability Innovations around Lynedoch EcoVillage
Stüwe, Claudia - 2009
In form of a qualitative single case study this thesis examines what people from industrialized countries such as Germany can learn about sustainability from Lynedoch EcoVillage, South Africa, and the associated 'Sustainability Institute', a non-profit trust based at and operating from Lynedoch...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009461026
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Economic growth and commodity-market volatility in South Africa
Mazibuko, Palasta - 2008
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This research studies the relationship between economic growth and commodity-market volatility in South Africa. The mining industry, largely supported by gold, diamonds, coal, iron ore and platinum-group metals, has played a central role in South Africa's economic development....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442029
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Science and technology and economic growth in South Africa: performance and prospects
Kaplan, Dave - 2008
The main contribution to economic growth in South Africa prior to the early 1990s resulted from factor accumulation – principally capital, but also labour. Technological progress, as measured by total factor productivity (TFP) growth effectively made no contribution. From the 1990s however,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009475863
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Foreign direct investment and its importance to the economy of South Africa
Asafo-Adjei, Augustina - 2007
This study focuses on foreign direct investment ("FDI") and its importance to the economy of South Africa. Recognising that FDI, notwithstanding the type, can contribute to economic growth and development, most countries including South Africa are constantly working to attract it, and hence its...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009457743
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Ausländische Direktinvestitionen als Wachstumsmotor? - Eine Empirische Analyse am Beispiel Lateinamerikas
Hinrichs, Cord - 2005
kausale Beziehung zwischen ausländischen Direktinvestitionen (DI) und Wirtschaftswachstum in 6 lateinamerikanischen Ländern … aufgeworfen, wie die Interaktion zwischen DI und inländischem Wirtschaftswachstum zu sehen ist. Auch wenn in der theoretischen als … auch empirischen Literatur signifikante Belege für eine Verbindung zwischen DI und Wirtschaftswachstum zu finden sind, so …
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Annual Hard Frosts and Economic Growth
Zuo, Xinjuan - 2005
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009449705
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Development and Gender Inequality ; Development and Gender Inequality
Lamanna, Francesca - 2013
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