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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"British Virgin Islands"”.
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A systematic exploration of waste to guide waste reduction and resource management in the British Virgin Islands
This dissertation investigates how waste in the BVI can be reduced. A phenomenological approach is taken to investigate this topic. Stemming from this a systems perspective is adopted and the grounded theory methodology used. The respective methods and tools are used to analyse quantitative and …
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Reconstituting empire in the decolonisation era: taxation sovereignty and the development of the British virgin islands as a dependent tax haven
… understand what the developmental history of the British Virgin Islands reveals about the function of tax havens in global political economy through traditions of state and taxation sovereignty. Drawing chiefly on a combination of tax, sociology and law scholarship anchored in international …
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Assessing the Recalibration Interval for Nearshore Sediment Assemblages after Hurricane Irma: implications for Developing Long-term Records of Overwash Deposits
… on nearshore sediments off the coast of Anegada (British Virgin Islands) using distributions of <em>Homotrema rubra</em>, an encrusting foraminifer with a defined provenance in coral reef ecosystems. Over four sampling intervals spanning 2 years, from six months pre-Hurricane Irma to 18 months …
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Untangling the Web: The role of Offshore Financial Centers in Real Estate
… supplemented by FDI data, we identify the British Virgin Islands as the most dominant Offshore Financial Center. We note that most companies registered there have their ownership in Hong Kong. Given that China is the largest holder of FDI stock in Hong Kong, the results would suggest that …
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The influence of political risk events on the investment decisions of multinational hotel companies in Caribbean hotel projects
… invest in three designated countries: Haiti, the British Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. Analysis of the results of the panel considerations indicated that when political risk was perceived to be high, investment levels were low and the associated risk premiums were high. The non-equity mode was …
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Internesting and post-nesting movement and behavior of Hawksbill sea turtles, Eretmochelys imbricata, at Buck Island Reef National Monument, St. Croix, USVI
… T3, tracked for 10 months, traveled between the British Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico for 3 months, then became resident off the southern coasts of St. Thomas and St. John, USVI. Turtle T3 left this area occasionally on short-duration excursions, but always returned. Satellite tagged turtle T8, …