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51 Iweka Road (Onitsha, Nigeria): could this single African address redefine business cluster development?

Madichie, Nnamdi O.; Nkamnebe, Anayo D. - In: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and … 6 (2010) 3, pp. 229-243

the most famous address in the marketing and distribution of Nigerian movies (i.e., Nollywood) – a multibillion dollar …

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Nigerian movies – the next blockbuster?

In: Strategic Direction 29 (2013) 9, pp. 22-24

Bollywood ‐ the Indian film industry centred on Mumbai ‐ and now Nollywood, the Nigerian movie industry. With revenues of over … US$70 million in 2009, Nollywood is Nigeria's second highest revenue earner. It is one of the country's largest employers … London, there are large immigrant populations of African origin – but no Nollywood movie theatres. This is a multimillion …

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NPD Projects Simulation Model Incorporating Managerial Aspects Using System Dynamics Approach

Backar, Soheir; Eldardiry, Mohamed; Haddad, Heba; … - In: International Journal of System Dynamics Applications … 6 (2017) 3, pp. 38-58

This work develops a system dynamic model for the NPD work system, focusing on the impact of managerial variables such as, managerial flexibility, feedback, autonomy, and Professionalism on the decision process of updating the NPD projects to cope with market uncertainties. Therefore, this model...

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Migrating out of a crowded labor market: Evidence from Egypt

David, Anda; Jarreau, Joachim - In: IZA Journal of Development and Migration 7 (2017) 6, pp. 1-28

migration propensity, due to migration costs; a larger network of past emigrants from the same community mitigates this …

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Comparing estimated and self-reported mark-ups for formal and informal firms in an emerging market context

Rand, John - 2017

-up estimates and relate these to firm-level formality. The average firm-specific mark-up using a trans-log revenue production … ownership form. Zooming in on firm-level registration, we find a formality premium of 16 per cent, even when controlling for … selection into formality. Moreover, a firm size threshold exists, confirming that smaller informal firms are less likely to reap …

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The effect of welfare payments on work in a middle-income country

Araujo, María Caridad; Bosch Mossi, Mariano; … - 2017

We study the impact of welfare payments in Ecuador on the probability that women and men work, and on whether they are employed in the formal or informal sectors. Our analysis is based on two distinct identification strategies and two separate sources of data spanning more than 10 years. We find...

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The determinants of earnings inequalities: Panel data evidence from South Africa

Kerr, Andrew; Teal, Francis J. - 2012

In this paper we analyse the relative importance of individual ability and labour market institutions, including public sector wage setting and trade unions, in determining earnings differences across different types of employment. To do this we use the KwaZulu-Natal Income Dynamics Study data...

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Lockdown stringency and employment formality: Evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa

Köhler, Timothy; Bhorat, Haroon; Hill, Robert; … - In: Journal for Labour Market Research 57 (2023) 1, pp. 1-28

. Furthermore, we observe important effect heterogeneity by employment formality as the stringency of the country's lockdown …

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Heterogeneity in returns to investment in education in Egypt

Herrera Aguilera, Santiago; Badr, Karim - In: Middle East development journal : a publication of the … 5 (2013) 3, pp. 1-43

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"Stepping stones" in opening and closing department meetings

Nielsen, Mie Femø - In: Journal of business communication : JBC 50 (2013) 1, pp. 34-67

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