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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"home improvement"”.
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Different Uses of Microfinance Among Conventional and Islamic Borrowers: Evidence from Jordan
… decisions pertaining to business investments, home improvement projects and consumer durable goods. Results show that microfinance loan take-ups do lead to a higher probability of business investments. In addition, it is found that the two groups of borrowers do not differ in investments …
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Essays on housing economics and real estate finance
… of the mortgage supply resulted in a decline in home sales, and increased the share of renter-occupied units. Moreover, households in the lowest income groups are most affected. The finding suggests that recent regulatory changes in mortgage lending may have unintended consequences, leading to …
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The mediating effect of reactions to multisource feedback on the relationship between feedback characteristics and managerial development activities
… a sample of 390 managers employed in a national home improvement company. Managers participated in a multisource feedback process in which self, boss, peer, and direct report performance ratings were collected, and target managers completed a follow-up survey 1- 5 months later. Findings revealed …
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Lessons for Change Management and Software Implementation: An Ethnographic Study of Australian Small Business
… A significant outcome is the development of the 'HOME Improvement' approach, which offers an adaptive, reflective tool for organisations to introspectively assess their dynamics and design contextually fitting improvements. This research provides a novel perspective on sustainable change …
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When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Write Poetry: A Biography of American Poet Walter Griffin
… Island to carnival barker in Florida to shady home-improvement contract salesman, and of vagabonding around the U.S. as he searched for what he calls 'the essence of the core of reality. ' Eventually named the Georgia Council for the Arts' only Master Poet-in-Residence and published in more …
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Productive and unproductive debt spending of microloans taken by urban borrowers (Johannesburg)
… spending as money spent on education and home improvement and consumptive spending as money used for purchasing goods, services or cars. The purpose of this research is to identify whether borrowers of microloans within the Johannesburg region of Gauteng, engaged predominantly in …
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On Natural Motion Processing using Inertial Motion Capture and Deep Learning
… freely with real-world environments such as a home improvement store and a college campus. We apply our dataset in two experiments. The first is a study into how manual material handlers lift and bend at work, and what postures they tend to use and why. Workers rarely used symmetric squats and …
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Rural Non-farm Livelihood Diversification and Poverty Reduction in Nigeria
… capital for investment in child education, home improvement, asset formation and on-farm innovation or expansion. This research argues for an integrated approach towards rural development and poverty reduction through the promotion of both agriculture and non-agricultural sectors. Analysis …
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Entrepreneurship as a Catalyzer of Housing Quality Enhancement in Colombia: Tervi
… platform designed to provide low- and mid-income homeowners in Colombia access to design, financing, and construction services to improve their substandard dwellings and dignify their living conditions. Drawing on my experiences in conceiving, developing, and engaging with families, communities, …
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Wood Material Use in the U.S. Cabinet Industry: 1999 - 2001
… through factory sales people (54%) and to home improvement/building supply centers (37%). Group 2 companies sold their products through factory sales people (77%) and to builders and remodelers (62%). The largest proportion of cabinet types sold by both Groups 1 and 2 were face frame …
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The role of aesthetics in energy-retrofit strategies: the case of solid wall houses in the UK
… of SWI as a single retrofitmeasure in solid wall homes, which is a cause of uncertainty for householders.This uncertainty about potential energy savings arising from the U-values ofwalls in solid wall properties has led to under- or over-estimation of SWIperformance. The second gap is the need for …
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Green Improvements: A Consumer's Guide to Environmentally and Economically Responsible Home Repairs and Improvements for the North Central Texas Region
The Consumer's Guide is designed to help consumers by providing guidelines for the purchase of specific energy-efficient household appliances- water heaters, air conditioning and heating systems, windows, dishwashers, refrigerators, clothes washers, and dryers. This serves two major purposes: to …