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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...

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The role of corporate hedging: Evidence from oil and gas producers

Haushalter, George David - 1996

Financial theory offers an array of explanations for corporate hedging. However, financial economists have not reached any definitive conclusions regarding whether corporations' hedging policies are consistent with theory. To examine this question, this study uses a database of the risk...

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A computable general equilibrium analysis of a statewide fiscal reform: The case of Michigan's 1993-1994 property tax reform

Musazi, Buagu G Ndugga - 1997

A computable general equilibrium model analyzes the tax effects of simultaneously reducing property taxes by 44 percent and increasing the rate of sales taxation from four to six percent in Michigan in 1994. The dissertation fills the void in the literature for empirical regional computable...

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Testing economic model of child quality and quantity in a developing country

Hossain, Shaikh Iftekhar - 1993

Neoclassical theory of consumer behavior posits a static framework for utility maximization from micro perspectives. The consumer is assumed to behave as if he maximizes a utility function subject to a set of non-stochastic restrictions like exogenous prices and predetermined income. Gary Becker...

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A study to test a model for predicting fiscal health for institutions of public higher education: A case study

Wanczyk, Janet D - 2001

As the financial health of institutions of higher education become uncertain, a need exists to assess an institution's short and long-term viability. The purpose of this study is to determine whether a model developed by Leslie and Fretwell (1996) could have predicted the fiscal health for a...

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The management structure for research in the RSA, with a proposed management model for medical faculties

Brink A.J.; Slabbert B.R. - 1985

Government accepts responsibility for stimulating and supporting research and development for the welfare of the entire community. Research is therefore a matter of serious concern which should be approached with the greatest degree of responsibility by those trained and qualified to engage in...

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Evolving mobile communication practices of Irish teenagers

Cawley, Anthony; Hynes, Deirdre - 2010

Full-text of this article is not available in this e-prints service. This article was originally published following peer-review in Aslib Proceedings, published by and copyright Emerald.

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Youth entrepreneurship in Vilnius pedagogical university

Virkštytė, Sandra - 2008

develop youth entrepreneurship, because it can be solvation of such social – econimie problems as: unemployment, depopulation …

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Situation in Youth Labour Market throughout the Baltic States

Raustys, Mindaugas - 2008

The aim of the master thesis is to analyze the situation in youth labour market of the Baltic countries. In order to … estimate tendencies in changing rates of youth employment and unemployment, statistic data and theoretical forecast have been …. The paper aims at presenting the situation of youth employment in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia while comparing it with …

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Model of Youth Entrepreneurship Promotion in Lithuania

Subačiūtė, Virginija - 2011

Object of the research – factors and promotion measures of youth entrepreneurship. Aim of the research – to reveal the … most important factors and promotion measures of youth entrepreneurship and to make a model of youth entrepreneurship in … Lithuania. Objectives of the research: 1) to analyze the concept of entrepreneurship; 2) to reveal the factors of youth …

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