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Showing 1 to 20 of 232 for “"Job Creation"”.
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Small businesses and job creation in South Africa
… businesses for stimulating economic growth and job creation to small businesses in both developed and developing economies. Developing countries in the last 3 decades have accelerated their support for small businesses in a bid to alleviate dire poverty levels they are faced with. Theoretically …
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Urban industrial development, job creation and public policy.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning. Thesis. 1974. M.C.P.
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Manufacturing Exports and Job Creation: A Case Study of Mississippi
<p>The impact of exports on jobs, particularly manufacturing jobs, has not been convincingly established. However, most researchers have identified the manufacturing sector as the highest exporter in the United States. Studies regarding this relationship have both been conducted at the national and …
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Debt leverage, company growth and job creation : South African manufacturing
… a companyÕs ability to grow revenue and create jobs. Most recent literature focused on debt leverage and the increase in company investment but not extensively in company revenue growth. Furthermore, most literature was based on the developed economies. Also, the emphasis of most recent …
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Critical analysis to expand the job creation discourse beyond entrepreneurship
… as a silver bullet for economic development and job creation. It is furthermore hailed as a panacea for emancipation and wealth creation for everyone, even and, especially, those in marginalised positions. Based on this narrative, entrepreneurship has been extended as a development apparatus, …
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Manufacturing recovery : a networked approach to green job creation in Massachusetts Gateway cities
… examine local planning processes around job creation in the clean technology (clean tech) sector. Contradicting the notion of the cities as "urban twins," I find that Lawrence's original physical and social design led to a pattern of economic disinvestment and a deficit of municipal …
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Employment in high technology firms : evaluating job creation for the Cambridgeport Industrial District
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1982.
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Enhancing Development in the Saudi Renewable Energy Sector: A Promising Strategy for Job Creation and Economic Diversification
… Saudi renewable energy sector through the Saudi Job Guarantee Program (SJGP) to address the chronic Saudi unemployment issue. Following the establishment of a new theoretical framework based on structural/technological changes and ecological theories, in addition to the existing heterodox theory …
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The Impact of Extended Public Works Program (EPWP) on job creation in local government : A case study of Thulamela Local Municipality
… Public Works Programmes (EPWP) project on job creation in the Thulamela Local Municipality. The main aim of EPWP is to create job opportunities for disabled persons, women and youth. The reviewed literature provided the investigated challenges that were faced when creating job opportunities …
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The perceptions of National Youth Service participants on the programme’s impact in job creation in Namibia: A case of Windhoek youth
… of National Youth Service (NYS) programs on job creation in Namibia. The NYS initiative aims to equip young Namibians with skills and experiences that enhance their employability and entrepreneurial potential. The study is driven by the gap in literature which shows that despite a decade’s …
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The Middle Class Tax Relief And Job Creation Act Of 2012 And Its Impact On Television Broadcasting And Future Broadband Wireless Communications
The upcoming Incentive Auction for the 600 MHz band will cause the relocation of hundreds of UHF television stations while potentially freeing up as much as 120 MHz of valuable electromagnetic spectrum for utilization by wireless communications providers. This "new" wireless spectrum will allow …
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Review of the competitive bid for PV in South Africa: is SA maximising job creation and value for money from its photovoltaic industy?
… or financially desirable result? Where is the job creation in these projects and what portions of the projects are localised? This research paper will consider the impact of the competitive bid on local manufacturing, specifically in the photovoltaic industry, and develop an understand where …
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Has the Nigerian oil and gas local content development policy had any impact on the indigenisation of employment and job creation? A stakeholder analysis
… policy has fostered indigenised employment and job creation. This PhD study aims to fill this gap by undertaking an initial attempt to appraise the extent to which the Nigerian LCD policy has had an impact on indigenous employment and job creation in the oil and gas industry. To this end, we …
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Comparison of Informal Indigenous Metalwork Enterprises in an Industrial Area and an Estate Area in Kenya
… groups appeared to have potential for growth and job creation. However, the Industrial Group businesses appeared to have greater potential for growth and job creation.
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Critical analysis of job strategies in the Makhado Local Municipality
This study focused on critical analysis of job creation strategies in the Makhado Local Municipality (MLM). Even though there are policies and strategies adopted by Local Economic Development (LED) in order to speed up the process of job creation, there are still many unemployed people with no …
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Analysis of self-employment in prairie Canada from 1987-2006
… regions been rewarded with higher levels of job creation. Various techniques are used to study the critical questions of this paper. These techniques include simple graphs, regression analysis and the development of a new measurement tool which incorporates relative entrepreneurship …
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Essays On The Effects Of Oil Price Shocks And Monetary Shocks On Labor Reallocation
… analyze the impact of oil and monetary shocks on job creation and job destruction in manufacturing industries. </p> <p> We found that an unanticipated positive oil price shock triggers costly reallocation of labor across sectors and regions. Yet, no evidence of asymmetry was found in the response …
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Corporate subsidies in Maine : what Mainers got for their money
… evident: while the major goal of the program was job creation, followed by job retention, most of the money spent on business incentives was could not be linked to specific job retention or creation numbers. Of money that was associated with a job retention or creation claim, much more money was …
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Public-Private Partnerships for Higher Education Infrastructure: A Multiple-Case Study of Public-Private Partnership Models
… the United States. However, these arrangements\' job creation abilities have not fully been studied. The nature of these arrangements allows for a wide variety of organizational structures. This thesis analyzes differing public-private partnership models for their job creation efficiency. The …
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The Search and Matching Model: Challenges and Solutions
… on explaining the cyclicality of unemployment, job vacancies, job creation and market tightness in the US economy. The framework used to model unemployment and job creation throughout this work, is the search and matching model, created by Mortensen and Pissarides (1994). This dissertation …
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