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Forced migration and resettlement as a strategy for development: An analysis of implications based on a study of the New Halfa Scheme in eastern Sudan

Plater, Terry Denise - 1994

Involuntary migration and resettlement is examined as a development strategy and analyzed in an intensive study of the New Halfa Scheme in eastern Sudan. New Halfa was created between 1962 and 1969 to foster economic development through large-scale irrigated agriculture and to compensate,...

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Capitalist regulation and unequal integration: The case of Puerto Rico

Benson, Jaime Eduardo - 1993

This dissertation postulates that as effect of the model of development adopted by Puerto Rican authorities since the late forties, Puerto Rico became a "Regional Armature" of U.S. intensive accumulation and monopolist regulation over the 1950-1980 period. The asymmetrical insertion of the...

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The Influence of Environmental Values, Economic Values and Social Structure on Consumers’ Choice of Green Hotels: The Case of Luxury Hotels

Choe, Yunseon; Lehto, Xinran; Day, Jonathon - 2011

While many hotel companies have participated in various green initiatives and adopted green policy, when it came to the real purchasing decision, their willingness was not matched by action. There could be many reasons for such inconsistency. Lack of consumer demand, increasing environmental...

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Enterprise hybrids and alternative growth dynamics

Levin, Kenneth M - 2004

This dissertation argues that the impetus, growth, and financial success of many North American high-tech companies--biotechnology, computer software development and design, as well as Internet startups--are partly due to their collective way of organizing the production and distribution of...

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Understanding IT adoption and consumption within the social structure of a consumer's economy

Ting, Sherman; Dawson, Linda; Dubelaar, Chris - 2009

Research into adoption, acceptance and consumption of Information Technology (IT) within its diffusion cycle has been extensively studied in Information Systems (IS) and marketing. However, research often focused too narrowly on technology adoption rates and drivers leading to technology...

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Auctioning Conservation Contracts and Evaluating the Risk Attitudes of Farmers: Economic Experiments in Japan

Sasaki, Hiroki; Fujie, Takeshi; Kawasaki, Kentaro; … - 2010

Agri-environmental programs in Japan have generally been promoted through the provision of fixedpayments for certain environment-friendly farming and management practices. However, the auctioning of agrienvironmentalcontracts is a noteworthy alternative for the furtherance of such programs....

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Determinanten der Entlohnung

Bechter, Barbara - 2009

auf Basis der neoklassischen Theorie, derzufolge die Lohnhöhe das Ergebnis der Transaktionen von Arbeitsangebot und … -nachfrage am Arbeitsmarkt sind. Beobachtbare Lohndifferentiale zwischen Arbeitskräften kann diese Theorie nur sehr begrenzt …

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Empirical Essays on the Elasticity of Substitution, Technical Change, and Economic Growth

Pereira, Claudiney M - 2003

We estimate the elasticity of substitution using two different production functions. The usual Constant Elasticity of Substitution (CES) production function and a Box-Cox production function for Japan (1890-1991), UK (1870-1991), and US (1890-1992; 1929-2000). The main results are that we find the...

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Equilibrium Tuition, Applications, Admissions and Enrollment in the College Market

Fu, Chao - 2010

equilibrium. I estimate the structural parameters of the model using the NLSY 97 data, via a three-step estimation procedure to …

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How Eighth-Grade Students Estimate with Fractions

Hanks, Audrey Linford 1981- - 2008

This study looked at what components are in student solutions to computational estimation problems involving fractions …. Past computational estimation research has focused on strategies used for estimating with whole numbers and decimals while … with fractions (Hanson & Hogan, 2000) that researched adult estimation strategies and not children’s strategies. Given the …

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