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Showing 1 to 20 of 97 for “"developed country"”.
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Institutionalization of E-commerce in Women-led SMEs - A Least-developed Country Context
… from the unique perspective of a least developed country (LDC) such as Mozambique. The study combined the perspectives offered by the contextualist theory (Pettigrew, 1985) and the Perceived E-readiness Model (PERM) (Molla & Licker, 2005a) to employ an integrated framework for …
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Promoting economic development in poor countries : the role of developed country public investment corporations
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Political Science; and, Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1998.
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On the competition between multinational enterprises within developing countries: developing country MNEs versus developed country MNEs.
… into the internationalisation of MNEs from both developed and developing countries into developing markets. It seeks to test what, if anything, MNEs from developing countries do more effectively than MNEs from developed countries within these emerging markets. The central thesis of the study is …
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Study Abroad in a Developing and a Developed Country: A Comparison of American Undergraduate Students’ Experiences in Ghana and England
… studied for a semester in Ghana, a developing country, and 3 who studied for a semester in England, a developed country. Using phenomenology as its guiding framework, transcribed interviews were analyzed and the focal phenomenon of the experience was sought. In addition, examination of the …
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Latin American structural change and development: Case studies of Mexico, Costa Rica and Brazil
… undergoes in the transformation from a less developed country to a developed country? This study considers these questions by analyzing the growth and development, or structural change, of industry in the context of the Latin American experience from 1950 to 1980.
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Three Essays On Welfare Effects Of Government Intervention
… The results show that tariff imposed by the developed country improves the local and global environment while reducing the social welfare. If the developed country has a high environmental standard, the country should restrict its imports of the dirty products. If the less developed country …
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A Framework for Determining and Establishing the Factors that affect Wastewater Treatment and Recycling
… Hyderabad, India (representing a developing country context) and Melbourne, Australia (representing a developed country context). An improved understanding of both these wastewater systems, across different economic and social contexts was found and placed within a single decision making …
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Skilled Migration and Remittances: Theoretical and Empirical Analyses
… wage gap effects. Remittance outflows from developed countries depress the demand for differentiated goods which in turn lowers the demand for workers in this sector. This leads to lowering the demand for skilled workers and thus wages of the marginal workers increases. Just opposite happens …
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POSSIBLE LINKAGES BETWEEN TRADE RESTRICTIONS AND WORKPLACE SAFETY
… safety. Working conditions in a developing country are often kept poor or inhumane for the purpose of low-cost comparative advantage in low-skilled labor-intensive production. Such conditions which may affect international market access and thus trade restrictions within the WTO mandates are …
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The business case for corporate social responsibility (CSR) is good business: A comparative analysis of CSR practices in the South African and Australian banking sectors
… they have different designations, with one country as a developing country and the other as a developed country respectively. Both countries were once colonies. Australia was ruled by British and South Africa was ruled by Dutch and British. Both countries' financial sectors are well …
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Creating and Enabling a Sustainable Livelihood for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities: A Comparative Case Study of Ghana and Canada.
… of policies and practices in Ontario, Canada (a developed country) and in Ghana (a developing country) both of which are signatories to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD). The study employed targeted recruitment based on the nature of the research …
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Mobile government readiness in Africa : the case of Malawi.
… is: To what extent are governments of least developed countries ready to realise mobile government? Malawi as a least developed country was the sample used as case study. The objective was to assess the extent of government preparedness to realise mobile government in Malawi. To assess the …
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Understanding factors related to food waste in the supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children (WIC). A qualitative study in Indianapolis, Indiana
… wasted was worth more than $161 billion. In a developed country, the highest food waste level is from the household. While the issue of wasting food is a global epidemic, this study focuses specifically on Women Infant, and Children (WIC) participants in Indianapolis, IN. Anecdotally, many U.S. …
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An exploratory analysis of HIV/AIDS epidemic risk-factors among Aboriginal people in Canada and African South Africans
… uniquely at risk. Although Canada is a developed country, its Aboriginal population shares socio-economic characteristics with the world's developing populations. This thesis explores the shared risk factors among the Aboriginal population in Canada, where the HIV/AIDS epidemic is …
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ADAPTATION TO FLOODING IN LOW-INCOME URBAN SETTLEMENTS OF THE LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES: A CASE OF DHAKA EAST, BANGLADESH
Low-income urban settlements in the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) present an extreme case where catastrophic hazards (natural events) and chronic hazards (developed through lack of basic services) overlap. These low-income urban populations often occupy informal settlements that are particularly …
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Effect of Dietary Restriction on Muscle Performance in Drosophila
… in human. Aging is an important issue in every developed country, and the aging process causes neurodegeneration and sarcopenia, (the degeneration of muscle mass, strength and function). The aim was to understand sarcopenia in the model organism, Drosophila melanogaster, by monitoring the …
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A Geographic Study Of The Laotian Hydropower Sector
<p>The country of Laos is a developing nation that is geographically endowed with significant hydropower assets. Hydropower represents one of very few quick and profitable, exportable resources for Laos as a least developed country, and is seen as the avenue of escape from poverty for the nation. …
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A Case Study: The Impact of An Immersion Experience on the Vocation of Lay Teacher-Leaders in American Jesuit High Schools
… the impact of an immersion experience to a least developed country on the vocation of lay teacher leaders in American Jesuit High Schools. Nine lay teacher leaders engaged in a four stage process of immersion from November 2009 to August 2010. The study employed the conceptual framework of Edward …
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Three essays in microeconomics of public enterprises under asymmetric information and uncertainty
… control of a single public enterprise in a less developed country environment, through the imposition of an allocation scheme--consisting of an output target at a particular unit cost--by a central planner. We assume information asymmetry with a private information bearing enterprise manager and …
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The Swiss and the South African Public Interest Tests in Competition Law - Two Systems compared
… interest and whether South Africa as the less developed country can learn anything from the Swiss system. In order to arrive at a better understanding of the two countries' systems, this paper will include a short introduction to the historical development of competition law in both countries …
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