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Showing 1 to 20 of 82 for “"economic downturn"”.
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Worse Off But Happier? The Affective Advantages of Entering the Workforce During an Economic Downturn
… happier with their jobs, even long after these economic conditions have changed. Four studies found that people who entered the workforce when the economy was sputtering and jobs were difficult to secure were more satisfied with their jobs than their peers who entered during better economic …
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Discoveries from Recent College Graduates: Documenting Lived Experiences from School to Work during a Period of Economic Downturn
… navigated from school to work during a recent economic downturn. More specifically, the study endeavored to understand the lived experiences of recent college graduates in a period of transition. Schlossberg's (1984) transition theory and Arnett's (2000) emerging adult theory framed the study. …
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Does mix matter? : comparing the performance of mixed-use and single-use retail clusters during an economic downturn
… of this research is to study one aspect of the economic viability of smart growth by comparing the retail resilience of mixed-use and single-use suburban developments during a difficult economic climate, the 2007-2009 recession. This study uses a case study-based methodology to compare the …
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Technological innovation, venture formation and resource allocation : the impact of economic downturn on life sciences venture capital and start-ups
… development costs and long time to market. The economic downturn of 2008 led to a rapid and significant contraction in the ability of venture capital firms to raise the funding that supports their work. We use this setting to test the impact of a funding shock on life sciences focused venture …
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RESILIENCE, SUICIDE, AND ENROLLMENT IN HIGHER EDUCATION: THREE ESSAYS ON IMPACTS OF RECESSION
… essays, all of which focus on various impacts of economic recession. The first two essays utilize county-level data to examine differences between rural and urban response to economic downturn, while the final essay makes use of individual-level data to examine the impact of recession on …
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A Treatise of PD-LGD Correlation Modelling
… II capital estimations must be reflective of economic downturn conditions so that relevant risks are accounted for. This provision is based on the fact that the probability of default (PD) and LGD correlations are not captured in the proposed formula for estimating economic capital. To help …
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The Adaptation of a Situational Judgement Test to Measure Leadership Knowledge in the Workplace
… as assessment centers, coupled with the recent economic downturn affecting many organizations. The current study sought to validate an SJT as a low cost, alternate form of assessing leadership within an organizational context. A content validation study was carried out by retranslating items …
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Strategic cost management in a global supply chain
In the face of an economic downturn, cost has become a focal point of supply chain management. Cost management is increasingly being recognized as a vital core competency needed for survival. As companies transition from being vertically integrated to pursuing increasingly outsourced manufacturing …
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The Importance Of Housing Variables In Predicting Economic Fluctuations
… have great predictive power in forecasting the downturn of the economy, but little predictive power when the economy is steady or is expanding. The explanation is that housing variables match consumers' expectations of future income and employment, and consequently predict future economic …
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Exploring Architectural Implications on Social Sustainability: The case of extended family dwellings in contemporary Bahraini households
… since the 1960s, in response to the fleeting economic prosperity of the era of oil exportation in the region, by moving from the traditional courtyard house to the single family house. But subsequently, the global economic downturn in 2008 forced a gradual end to oil dependency, causing a …
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Flags of Caution for Future Downturns in the Housing Market Prediction Using the Markov Chain Model
The recent downturn in the United States housing market yielded a period of time akin to that of the Great Depression. Since the 1930s, there has never been an economic downturn in this country as close as that of the Great Depression era. The Depression experienced similarities to the current …
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A real options approach to manage flexible contracts in the telecommunication networking industry
… is worth well over $100 billion even during the economic downturn. Including the cost of damaged relationships and future market opportunities, the cost of lost sales can be very significant the increasingly competitive market. This thesis explores the use of real options to enable a …
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Oasis in the Desert
… first areas to be developed, is depressed due to economic downturn. An arts district is emerging in this district. However, its growth is hampered by a lack of foot traffic and local activity. University of Nevada - Las Vegas (UNLV) is in need of a new building for the arts department to …
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Fiskalinių kintamųjų poveikio finansiniam stabilumui vertinimas /
… to support both financial sector and real economic sector has been very important in preventing financial and economic downturn. However, unexpected consequences of financial crisis revealed that fiscal policy itself can be considered as the main risk to financial and monetary stability. …
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Fiskalinių kintamųjų poveikio finansiniam stabilumui vertinimas. Disertacijos santrauka /
… to support both financial sector and real economic sector has been very important in preventing financial and economic downturn. However, unexpected consequences of financial crisis revealed that fiscal policy itself can be considered as the main risk to financial and monetary stability. …
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Manufactured landscape : strategies for peri-urbanism in Dongguan
… has a limited life span, it is vulnerable to economic downturn, and undermine the possibility of small scale farming, an economic practice that is proved still relevant given the fact that rural and urban citizenship still maintain a clear distinction. This thesis proposes a new model of …
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The Trajectory from School to Work: A Study of Life Chances of School Leavers in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Sweden
… to leave the educational system in times of economic downturn. This is called a ‘discouraged student effect.’ Furthermore, among those who have made a first transition to the labor market, lower-educated school leavers in the United States become <em>less </em>likely to return to the …
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Community Newspapers In The Digital Age A Case Study: The Pass Christian, Mississippi Gazebo Gazette
… which began publication in 2006 and survived the economic downturn of 2008, continues to post profits year after year.
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To buy or not to buy? : how price-conscious store brand users respond to upward sub-branding
… got stuck in bottlenecks in the latest economic downturn (Aaker and Keller 1990). However, concerns have been raised about the possibility that in the process of attracting new consumers, the new sub-brand might disenfranchise current brand users (Quelch and Kenny 1994). For store …
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Pricing and competition in US Airline markets : changes in air travel demand since 2000
… the US airline industry has been in turmoil. The economic downturn, September 11 and other factors all have had a negative impact on the spending behavior of consumers, and consequently airlines have posted tremendous revenue losses. The objective of this thesis is to analyze fare and passenger …
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