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Showing 1 to 20 of 35 for “"economic strategies"”.
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Economic strategies for forest regeneration
… approaches to problem solving, a production economic theory model is developed to derive the optimum production relationships. Regeneration strategies are defined as plans aimed at achieving these optimum results. A concept of regeneration research strategies is limited by the perfect …
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States, politics, and economic strategies: South Korea and Brazil under military rule
… in the two countries tried to achieve rapid economic growth in the context of political stability. They met, however, with various internal and external obstacles and challenges. This dissertation asks how South Korea and Brazil responded and reacted, politically and economically, to changing …
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Economic Strategies of Terminal Classic Households in the Northern Maya Lowlands: Multicrafting and Economic Diversification of a Mid- Elite Residential Compound at Xuenkal, Yucatan
… Itza is associated with a period of changes and economic growth in the northern Lowlands during the Terminal Classic (A.D. 800-1000) and Early Postclassic (A.D. 1000-1200) periods (Andrews et al. 2003:151). Although some sites continued to grow, many sites were abandoned or had drastic declines. …
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Comparative or competitive advantage of export processing zones (EPZs): Policy choices and strategies for Namibia
… including Namibia embarked on aggressive economic strategies. Although these strategies are different in both forms and shapes, export processing zones (EPZs) appeared to be more favourable than others in many respects
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How Can We Live Together?
… The outcomes for the research are that of socio-economic improvement strategies, skilled labour utilisation, and cultural awareness to shift negative narratives associated with Kapok to build upon the positive spatial and sociology-economic strategies that exist within the informal settlement. …
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Changing paths : an historical ethnography of the traders of Tubetube
In this thesis I examine processes of economic and social change and the ways in which they have transformed the small island community of Tubetube in Milne Bay Province, P.N.G. since contact. The study is based on anthropological fieldwork and historical research and proceeds from an analysis of …
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Changing paths : an historical ethnography of the traders of Tubetube
In this thesis I examine processes of economic and social change and the ways in which they have transformed the small island community of Tubetube in Milne Bay Province, P.N.G. since contact. The study is based on anthropological fieldwork and historical research and proceeds from an analysis of …
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Manufacturing firms and local jobs : the influence of competitive strategies on labor in the garment sector of San Francisco El Alto, Guatemala
… the local industry have learned to built the strategies they use in order to be competitive at their core set of markets, and how these strategies have influenced the patterns of jobs creation, and working conditions that today exist in the municipality. A moving picture of connections between …
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Foreign institutional investment in Latin American real estate
… corporations' and developed countries' economic strategies. Many North American, Asian, and European firms have material investments in Latin America's real estate sector. The thesis will outline a series of best practices to follow when sourcing opportunities and managing a portfolio of …
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Challenging the status quo: exploring the use of strategies from behavioral economics to shape children's menus in restaurants
… and frequent consumption of restaurant food. Strategies from behavioral economics are acceptable to both parents and children and have increased children's orders of healthful foods in restaurants. However, there are still missing pieces related to parent acceptance and children's consumption …
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“Old habits persist” Change and continuity in Black Country communities: Pensnett, Sedgley and Tipton, 1945-c.1970
… perceptions of status and social standing, the economic strategies of the pre-war period prevailed. The thesis evaluates the effect of affluence upon earning, spending and saving. It questions assumptions that the support of kinship networks, matrilocality and community cohesion disappeared as …
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Traps and tools: a contextual critique of the right to development in international law
… existence as traps and tools, the orthodoxies of economic determinism and methodological fetishism are identified and critiqued. In delving into the dichotomies of orthodox/unorthodox, visible/invisible, norms/structures, rights/emancipation and regulation/deregulation, this thesis draws …
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An empirical study of the key knowledge economy factors for sustainable economic development in Oman
Heavy economic dependence on oil revenues has come under scrutiny in most oil producing countries, including the Sultanate of Oman. The main catalysts for this have been the gradual decline of oil production, depletion of oil reserves, fluctuations in oil price and high rates of population growth …
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Haitian Diaspora Impact on Haitian Socio-Political and Economic Development
… The argument further discusses different socio-economic strategies to use when diasporic communities residing in developed countries (core) are assisting their homeland (periphery). This paper will look at the Haitian Diaspora in the United States and its active transnational link to Haiti. …
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Mediterranean Highlanders: Violence and Identity in the pre-Roman Aterno Valley (Italy)
… landscapes to adapt constantly their social and economic strategies to maintain a critical balance in the availability and circulation of resources. In this frame, violence, both in its display and practice, plays the pivotal role of redistributing and facilitating the (not always consensual) …
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Entrepreneurial factors for the fitness industry
<p>The following work examines the different aspects of opening an exercise-based business and identifies factors of the competitive environment that are conducive to opening a recreational and athletic strength training facility. Questions were answered regarding what type of exercise-based …
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Globalization, Critical Post-colonialism and Career and Technical Education in Africa: Challenges and Possibilities.
… and educational concerns as a means for economic development, poverty alleviation, youth employment, and social mobility. Yet, there is an intriguing contradiction between this consideration and the real attention dedicated to TVET. Research on African TVET is varied, but tends to be …
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Worlds Apart: Social Mechanisms of Contrasting Fertility in European American and Native American Populations on the Northern Plains
… and social acceptance of communal household economic strategies. Census data and birth records described differences in fertility and household economy between European American and Native American populations in six Plains Indian reservation counties; inferential tests demonstrated patterns …
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Worlds Apart: Social Mechanisms of Contrasting Fertility in European American and Native American Populations on the Northern Plains
… and social acceptance of communal household economic strategies. Census data and birth records described differences in fertility and household economy between European American and Native American populations in six Plains Indian reservation counties; inferential tests demonstrated patterns …
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