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Rote Biotechnologie: Deutschland noch nicht an der Spitze in Europa
Soete, Birgit - In: DIW Wochenbericht 73 (2006) 26, pp. 381-388
Deutschland sowie den ebenfalls untersuchten Ländern Indien und Israel über die ausgereifteste Biotechnologieindustrie und ein …
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Control of relational risk in offshore accounting and finance outsourcing: Case evidence from UK and India
Nicholson, Brian; Aman, Aini - 2008
Many companies in USA and Western Europe are taking advantage of developments in information technology and outsourcing parts of the accounting process to vendors in other parts of the world. Offshore outsourcing of accounting presents some unique risks, control problems and challenges. In this...
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Does Management Matter in Schools?
Bloom, Nicholas; Lemos, Renata; Sadun, Raffaella; Van … - 2014
We collect data on operations, targets and human resources management practices in over 1,800 schools educating 15-year-olds in eight countries. Overall, we show that higher management quality is strongly associated with better educational outcomes. The UK, Sweden, Canada and the US obtain the...
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Punjab's agricultural innovation challenge
Singh, Nirvikar - 2015
Fifty years ago, Punjab embarked on its famous Green Revolution, leading the rest of India in that innovation, and … new round of agricultural innovation in Punjab. These are: complexity of the agricultural economy, complementary inputs …
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Breaking the mold: Thoughts on Punjab's future economic development
Singh, Nirvikar - 2015
The economy of Punjab state in India offers an interesting case study. Punjab has been for decades - and remains - one … poverty or spur economic development. But, Punjab's relative economic position within India has declined rapidly in recent … this paper, Punjab is facing a multidimensional crisis that requires urgent attention. This paper provides an overview of …
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Behavior Change for Early Childhood Nutrition: Effectiveness of Health Worker Training Depends on Maternal Information in a Randomized Control Trial
Singh, Prakarsh; Masters, William A. - 2016
We carry out a randomized control trial to test for interaction effects between training state-employed caregivers and providing mothers information to improve nutrition of preschool children aged 2-6 in rural India. Salaried caregivers are supposed to provide a mid-day meal and also advise...
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Economics of Civil Conflict: Evidence from the Punjab Insurgency
Singh, Prakarsh - 2016
The Punjab Insurgency in India (1978-1993) took the lives of over 20,000 people. Yet, there has been little research on … the economic causes and consequences of the conflict in Punjab, which has been classified as a civil war and also an … insurgency. In this article, I delve into some of the reasons for why Punjab suffered such a prolonged and bloody insurgency …
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Food security in the context of climate change in Pakistan
Tariq, Anum; Tabasam, Nazia; Bakhsh, Khuda; Ashfaq, M.; … - In: Pakistan Journal of Commerce and Social Sciences (PJCSS) 8 (2014) 2, pp. 540-550
. The study is different from previous studies as it considers the irrigated and rain-fed regions of the Punjab province … future per capita availability of wheat as a result of climate change, in addition to rising population in Pakistani Punjab …
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Enhancing the innovation capability in dairy farms through knowledge sharing
Bin Ab Hamid, Kamal; Mahmood, Zeeshan - In: Pakistan Journal of Commerce and Social Sciences (PJCSS) 11 (2017) 1, pp. 90-105
are located in the Punjab region of Pakistan. For data analysis SMART PLS-SEM 3.00 was used. The results of this paper …
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To analyse the suitability of a set of soical and economic indicators that assesses the impact on SI enhancing advanced technological inputs by farming households in Punjab Pakista...
Bilal, Muhammad; Barkmann, Jan; Jaghdani, Tinoush Jamali - 2017
Punjab province because it is the major contributor in agricultural GDP. The logit model is employ for the empirical findings …
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