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A new strand of literature has recently sought to investigate possible links between technological changes, observed modifications to firms' organizational structure and the evolution of the wage gap between skilled and unskilled workers. After a brief overview of such approaches, this essay...
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This study compares the effects of economic internationalisation on the functional distribution of labour income in the U.S.and Germany. The benchmark for assessing the empirical analyses theoretically is the general equilibrium framework ofinternational trade theory. Focusing on general...
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This paper investigates the influence of culture on product design in Botswana, a topic on which there little previous … research. It is argued that product innovation should be assimilated within the context of Botswana’s own culture but it has … product design. This experiment was conducted in Botswana with design students to analyse the socio-cultural variables …
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studies in South Africa and Botswana, this model integrates four processes--simultaneity, coproduction, diffusion, and the VC …
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the Botswana bond market. The Botswana bond market is still in its infant stage hencethere is little information on trades … Botswana’s bond market. The study also sought to compare the behaviour of the Botswana bond market to those of South Africa … Botswana is still lagging behind South Africa when it comes tothe level of development of the corporate bond market. …
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The strategic focus in many organisations is on innovation. This is driven by the needto grow and sustain shareholder value. Innovation takes the form of business processinnovation, technological innovation and social innovation through acts oforganisational restructuring. Innovation strategies...
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The retail and distribution industry in Botswana's deregulated economy is one of the largest and most difficult sectors … in which to operate, mainly because of levels of competition amongst Botswana companies and the global competitive …
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ten financial institutions in Botswana in its post-reform era, covering the period 2001-2006, into a 'catching up' or …, intermediation and operating approaches. The empirical results indicate a loss or little productivity gain in Botswana's financial …
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. Lack of empirical analysis of the monetarytransmission mechanism in Botswana and developing countries of Africa ingeneral … transmission mechanism of monetarypolicy in Botswana. Three different, but complementary techniques (theNarrative Approach, Vector …) are used. Results from these methods tell a consistent story andindicate that monetary policy in Botswana affects real …
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The purpose of this paper is to improve understanding of how small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in developing countries move from informal to formal information systems (IS). Formalisation of IS for SMEs implies greater use of sources and channels of formal information and upgrading of internal...
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