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Is providing micro-credit social responsible?
Dalglish, Carol L. - 2010
Micro-finance, which includes micro-credit as one it its services, has become big business with a range of models – from those that operate on a strictly business basis to those who come from a philanthropic base, through Non Government organisations (NGOs). Success is often measured by the...
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Local Media Mapping in Media and Communications Studies: The Brisbane Media Map
Collis, Christy; Foth, Marcus; Spurgeon, Christina L. - 2005
This paper attends to two key policy issues in the media and communications sector, and focuses on an innovative case study through which both are being addressed. The case study here is the Brisbane Media Map (http://bmm.qut.edu.au), a student-produced online directory of the Brisbane area’s...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009437474
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Culture, Services, Knowledge or "Is content King, or are we just drama Queens?"
Cunningham, Stuart D. - 2002
The paper tracks the fate of content as it passes across three grids of understanding: across the grid of ‘culture’, of ‘services’, and of ‘knowledge’. These grids also serve as historical and/or possible rationales for state intervention in the creative ndustries, as well as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009437523
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A "ruggedised" method for measuring entrepreneurial activity in developing countries
Frederick, Howard - 2010
In July 2009, a team of 38 researchers carried out the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) survey in the Kingdom of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009483783
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Finding and filling the gaps in the Australian governments' innovation and entrepreneurship support spectra
Yencken, John; Hindle, Kevin - 2005
thinking about entrepreneurship as the commercialisation component of Australia’s innovation system. The paper explores the … gaps in the support available for the entrepreneurship phase involving the act of new entry. This gap is covered by … servants and politicians about the nature and operation of entrepreneurship. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009483821
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Entrepreneurship and economic growth : why is New Zealand an outlier? A preliminary analysis
Frederick, Howard - 2005
The literature indicates that entrepreneurship and economic growth are closely and positively associated. For four … if it were to emulate other countries. We make use of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor data set, including nascent … entrepreneurship rates for 45 countries over the 2000-2004 period as well as variables from standardised national statistics. The paper …
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Innovationen – Performancetreiber undnachhaltiger Wirtschaftsmotor in Deutschland? Festschrift zum 5. Würzburger Wirtschaftssymposium
Schwaneck, Stefan; Glos, Michael; Bofinger, Peter; … - 2008
5. Würzburger Wirtschaftssymposium, 20.11.2008Deutsche Erfindungen verändern die Welt - heute wie vor 500 Jahren. Von Buchdruck, über Dieselmotor, Glühbirne bis hin zu Airbag, Aspirin, Dübel, Fernseher und mp3-Format. Alleine dieser bescheidene Überblick des Phänomens “Made in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009433712
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Business Success & Sustainability
Dalglish, Carol L. - 2004
The survival rate of small business is quite small, and the proportion of those surviving that go on to success and long term sustainability is even smaller. This paper explores the role of leadership in the sustainability of entrepreneurial enterprises and the relevance of Collin’s research...
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Micro-enterprises in a developing economy- challenges and sustainability
Dalglish, Carol L.; Bradley, Rebecca L. - 2006
study of a group of micro entrepreneurs in Mozambique from an entrepreneurship perspective rather than a development one …. Mozambique lies along the Indian Ocean sea border of Southern Africa and is characterised by mountainous inland zones with a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009437519
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The Antecedents of Workaholism and other Work Behaviors
Douglas, Evan J.; Morris, Robyn J. - 2006
This paper presents a conceptual model of the work effort decision of individuals and thereby advances our understanding of workaholism and other patterns of high or low work involvement and high or low work enjoyment. Researchers have categorized eight main types of work behaviors using the...
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