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dataset of over 4,000 enterprises and considers both the prior educational attainment of workers and in-service training … programs of enterprises. Differences between small, medium-sized, and large enterprises and between countries are also … productivity. The productivity of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is enhanced by a higher level of skills and education …
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With deregulation and globalization, and the impact of these developments on economies worldwide, it has become necessary for the PRC authorities to consider an approach that would further attune its economic engine toward sustained growth. This paper argues that certain sectors of the economy
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industry, mineral extraction and state owned enterprises. This paper uses a unique database on medium and large …-scale enterprises establish how far enterprise performance in the north-east differs from the national average and the reasons for any …
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Zimbabwe has a wealth of natural resources and is rich in biodiversity. The national Government is trying to achieve private sector led economic growth and the challenge to pursue both economic development and sound environmental management at the same time appears clear. The objective of this...
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The literature on the impact of trade on labour market outcomes has experienced a remarkable evolution in recent decades. Theory has moved on from oversimplified to more comprehensive models that take into account previously disregarded characteristics of firms and of product and labour markets,...
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This Working Paper analyses the role of tripartite social dialogue in supporting green workplaces and, more generally, promoting just transitions at enterprise level. The Working Paper explores the different mechanisms whereby social dialogue has contributed to governing, promoting and...
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Our study investigates the heterogeneity of skill demands within occupations, the firm activities that are associated with demand for broader skill sets, and the firm characteristics that are related to particular skills and different combinations of skills. We use a unique matched database of...
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integration of sustainability criteria in all enterprises' decision-making and risk management and control processes, becomes more …
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and threats of these agreements to participating economies, examining the readiness of enterprises to liberalization … opportunities for and threats to the tourism industry, and assess the readiness of tourism enterprises in participating …-by addressing the research problem: how can tourism enterprises prepare themselves for the impacts of trade liberalization brought …
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This paper examines the evolution of a skew distribution of firm sizes from the viewpoint of the 'Bounds' approach to market structure. It confines attention to the role played by non-strategic factors (statistical independence, and cost side effects). A model is proposed, which leads to a...
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