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ASSESSING THE COMPETITIVENESS OF JAMAICAN ACKEE IN LIGHT OF THE CHALLENGES FACED BY SUGAR AND BANANAS
Hyatt, Karl - 2007
partners. The preferential market access, from which Jamaica and other ACP (African Caribbean and Pacific) states benefit …
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Expatriate General Manager Perceptions of Hotel Management in Jamaican Four and Five Star Properties-An Exploratory Study
Rigg, Julaine S; Adler, Howard - 2011
hotel management on the island of Jamaica. Face to face interviews were conducted with 9 expatriate general managers from … four and five star hotels in Jamaica between May and June 2010. Preliminary results indicate that there are a myriad of … Jamaica. Managers must therefore be aware of how these issues may impact on their ability to manage effectively and be …
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The distributional consequences of mobile phones in Jamaica
Thakur, Dhanaraj; Cozzens, Susan - 2008
The paper seeks to understand the nature of distributional consequences associated withmobile phones in Jamaica. By …. Mobile phones area pervasive technology in almost all societies. They are even more important in societiessuch as Jamaica … Jamaica.This is followed by an examination of the development and diffusion of mobile phones inJamaica and the current …
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Measuring the Burden of Disease, the Structure of Income, and Returns to Education in Rural West Africa
Würthwein, Ralph - 2002
Die vorliegende Dissertation will einen Beitrag zur Messung von Krankheitsbelastung, Einkommensstruktur und Ausbildungsrenditen im ländlichen Westafrika leisten. Ihr Forschungsgegenstand ist die Erhebung und Analyse von Mortalitäts-, Morbiditäts- und sozio-ökonomischen Daten im...
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A "ruggedised" method for measuring entrepreneurial activity in developing countries
Frederick, Howard - 2010
In July 2009, a team of 38 researchers carried out the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) survey in the Kingdom of Tonga. The GEM survey estimates the proportion of the general population involved in business start-ups and new firm creation. This paper describes not the results of the survey...
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Measuring entrepreneurial activity in low-teledensity countries
Frederick, Howard; Haslett, Stephen; Wolfgramm, Tania; … - 2011
In 2009, a team of 38 researchers carried out the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) survey of social and business entrepreneurial activity in the Kingdom of Tonga. The GEM survey estimates the proportion of the population involved in business and social start-ups and new firm creation. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009484122
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Micro evidence of the brain gain hypothesis : the case of Cape Verde
Batista, Catia; Lacuesta, Aitor; Vicente, Pedro
Does emigration really drain human capital accumulation in origin countries? This paper explores a unique household survey purposely designed and conducted to answer this specific question for the case of Cape Verde. This is allegedly the African country suffering from the largest "brain drain",...
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The definition of rural area as a primary solution of its adequate development
Faltová Leitmanová, Ivana; Cudlínová, Eva; Jílek, Milan - 2012
The realistic approach to the rural development requires primarily a consensual definition of a rural area. The selection of tools to be applied and measures to be taken to influence rural areas as well as the setting up the institutional framework would be difficult without defining the object...
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Minangkabau rural markets : their system, roles and functions in the market community of West Sumatra
Effendi, Nursyirwan - 1999
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Consumption in Spain during the state of alert: an analysis based on payment card spending
González Mínguez, José Manuel; Urtasun Amann, Alberto; …
Artículo de revista ; In recent years, information on the usage of cards as a means of payment has been increasingly used as an indicator of private consumption. The advantages of such information include its daily frequency and the short time lag from the moment of spending until it becomes...
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