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Poverty and homelessness are a rising problem in the United States. For the individuals and families that have fallen … under such circumstances, it can be very difficult to overcome poverty. This paper shows areas where low-income persons pay … more money and how they are additionally disadvantaged. Based on a review of the available literature, there is a summary …
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are unable to cope with pressures exerted by external factors as well as lack business management skills. This then … to deal with the environmental uncertainties that disturb the management of NPD. The findings of the study indicated that …
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and entrepreneurship in selected former Yugoslav countries. The goal was to determine whether firms’ objective remains the … firms, entrepreneurship, and self-employment.The answers and insights provided by these three essays reveal that merely … entrepreneurship and therefore cannot always serve as a basis for future growth. The first essay uses Macedonian firm-level data to …
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This dissertation explores how economic, organizational, and personal factors affect self-employment transitions, occupational decisions, and firm formation activities of individuals at different positions in the skill distribution. The first essay of my dissertation studies how local...
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This paper makes a detailed comparison of two major financial services in Singapore: life insurance and stockbrokerage. Relationships of perceptions and expectations of service quality, mean service adequacy (MSA) and mean service superiority (MSS) with service satisfaction and loyalty are...
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study focuses on women in FCBs to better understand how they exercise leadership and entrepreneurship in the family firm … businesses (FCBs) in a series of distinct learning phases. Because that study's sample did not include many women, our present … context. Case study analysis of an international sample of women FCB leaders, using frameworks which avoid essentialist …
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process to enhance participation by small businesses, small disadvantaged businesses, labor surplus area firms, and women …
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This report documents Reynolds Electrical Engineering Co., Inc., analysis of all major job groups with explanations if minorities and females are underutilized in any one or more job group. Goals and timetables have been developed and good faith efforts are directed to correct any deficiencies....
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Women are a significant presence in today's workforce; however, few rise to the top management ranks. Therefore, there … education was significantly related to income for all women. For women in management positions, their degree of supervisory … that may contribute to women's objective (income, span of control, promotions) and subjective (self-reported satisfaction …
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This paper presents two models in explaining time allocation to micro credit (MC) by households in North America. The single-period model explains the optimal allocation of time to a microenterprise in any given period, conditional on the household having self-selected into the MC program. A...
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