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Entrepreneurship Selection and Performance : A Meta-Analysis of the Impact of Education in Developing Economies

van der Sluis, Justin; van Praag, Mirjam; Vijverberg, Wim - In: The World Bank Economic Review 19 (2005) 2, pp. 225-261

The effect of macroeconomic crises on child health is a topic of great policy importance. This article analyzes the impact of a profound crisis in Peru on infant mortality. It finds an increase of about 2.5 percentage points in the infant mortality rate for children born during the crisis of the...

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The need of validation and recognition of learning outcomes acquired non‐formally and informally : A comparative study

Teresevičienė, Margarita; Zuzevičiūtė, Vaiva; … - In: Baltic Journal of Management 2 (2007) 3, pp. 334-350

implications – Findings can be used in designing and implementing procedures of validation and recognition in higher education (of … to make an informed comparison of practices (in the field of validation and recognition) among different countries, and … – The EU is committed to the principles of transferable learning but, until the principles and processes of recognition and …

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Children's Working Hours and School Enrollment : Evidence from Pakistan and Nicaragua

Rosati, Furio Camillo; Rossi, Mariacristina - In: The World Bank Economic Review 17 (2003) 2, pp. 283-295

Although much of the literature on child labor looks at the decision on whether to send a child to school or to work (or both), little attention has focused on the number of hours worked. This article analyzes the determinants of school attendance and hours worked by children in Pakistan and...

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The Growing Phenomenon of Private Tutoring : Does It Deepen Human Capital, Widen Inequalities, or Waste Resources?

Dang, Hai-Anh; Rogers, F. Halsey - In: World Bank Research Observer 23 (2008) 2, pp. 161-200

Does private tutoring increase parental choice and improve student achievement, or does it exacerbate social inequalities and impose heavy costs on households, possibly without improving student outcomes? Private tutoring is now a major component of the education sector in many developing...

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From passion to profit: unveiling the strengths of proactive mindset, perseverance, excellence and education in the entrepreneurial success of MSMEs

Biswas, Abhijeet - In: International Journal of Productivity and Performance … 73 (2024) 8, pp. 2530-2557

Purpose The study investigates the linkage between personality traits and firm performance. It examines the role of the pursuit of excellence, perseverance, a proactive mindset and formal education in determining the entrepreneurial success of MSMEs. Design/methodology/approach Data were...

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Sponsorship returns: the value of naming rights

Quester, Pascale - In: Corporate Communications: An International Journal 2 (1997) 3, pp. 101-108

Sponsorship is an important communication tool yet evidence of its effectiveness is often sketchy as many sponsors fail to conduct rigorous evaluation programmes. Suggests that this study of a major Australian sporting event over three years, that certain conditions, such as naming rights, may...

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Recognizing employees: reification, dignity and promoting care in management

Islam, Gazi - In: Cross Cultural Management: An International Journal 20 (2013) 2, pp. 235-250

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to develop the idea of recognition in organizations, arguing that recognition is a … recognition theory, applying ideas of recognition and reification to workplace issues. Findings – Workplace reification can be … theory, contributing to the former by couching workplace dignity in terms of social theoretic foundations of recognition, and …

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Beyond technical competence: caring to understand

Scarnati, James T. - In: Career Development International 3 (1998) 4, pp. 145-148

Discusses concern for others as one of the unwritten rules of leadership. Defines caring as a quality tool used by successful leaders, to meet the legitmate work related needs of individuals within the organization. Provides guidance, techniques, and examples that can be used to implement a...

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On ‘being there’ : A comparison of the effectiveness of sporting event sponsorship among direct and indirect audiences

Carrillat, François Anthony; d'Astous, Alain; … - In: European Journal of Marketing 49 (2015) 3/4, pp. 621-642

recognition across two environments that differ on the degree of felt presence they trigger among viewers: on-site and television …, audience was less affected by the processing intensity principle and exhibited better recall and recognition than the …

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Why familiar brands are sometimes harder to remember

Stocchi, Lara; Wright, Malcolm; Driesener, Carl - In: European Journal of Marketing 50 (2016) 3/4, pp. 621-638

Purpose This paper aims to show that strength-based theories of memory provide only a partial description of how consumers retrieve brands from memory. Dual-process theories of memory such as the Source of Activation Confusion (SAC) model provide a more robust explanation of brand retrieval by...

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