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Showing 1 to 20 of 39 for “"human and social capital"”.
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An exploration of the contribution of the arts to local economies in terms of human and social capital.
… the positive impacts of the arts on well-being and society, public funding towards this sector in the UK has decreased significantly over the past decade. Researchers suggest a demonstration of how the arts impact local economies is necessary to justify their funding. This thesis provides a …
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Teachers' perceived changes in cultural, human, and social capital as a result of involvement in a college access program
… examine teachers' perceived changes in cultural, human, and social capital as a result of professional development. Research in the area of effective professional development is substantial. Similarly, the body of research on cultural, human, and social networks is extensive. This research is …
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Refugee Resettlement and Peacebuilding: Exploring the Roles of Human and Social Capital of Caseworkers in Fulfilling Grassroots Refugee Needs
… reintegration opportunities for refugees and paves a path for sustainable peacebuilding through refugee empowerment. Despite these benefits, the often inadequate outcomes of resettlement present challenges for both the refugees and their service providers. Refugee caseworkers must meet …
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Contributions of a minerals industry cluster to sustainable development: A case study on human and social capital in Richards Bay, South Africa
… its strong connection to the minerals extraction and processing industries. Rich endowments of coal and a well-established mining sector in the country enabled the generation and supply of competitively priced electricity to energy and capital intensive processing and chemical industries. Although …
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The Effects of Human Capital, Social Capital, and the Ethnic Enclave Economy on the Earnings of Immigrants (The Case of the Mariel Cuban Émigrés)
… the earnings of immigrants compared to that of human and social capital. Ordinal Least Squares (OLS) multiple regressions are used to compare the degree of effects of independent variables on earnings: the first equation is the baseline model for the enclave economy, the second incorporates …
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Critiquing Economic Frameworks in Sustainable Development: Health Equity, Resource Management and Materialism
… sustainable non-renewable resource management and development approaches. The themes of the three papers are as follows: Political Dimensions of Health Equity in Mozambique - In order to promote equity in health, analysis should look beyond the standard economic definitions used to identify …
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Cooperatives as a Possible Answer for Women Living with Violence and Poverty on the US/Mexico Border
… creates a fragile environment for sustainability and empowerment. Specifically, the thesis examines the complex inter-relation of a non-profit and the members of a cooperative and how can economic, human and social capital development can be planned for alongside significant changes.
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Founders' dynamics -- interpersonal relationships and between-team interaction in early startups
… company is critical for accelerator programs and investors. Prior studies marked human and social capital as important factors determining the potential of a startup to succeed. However, very little is known about the effect that founders' interpersonal relationships have on the success of …
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MITeams : quick organizational mapping by combining email and survey data
Organizational maps can help teams and organizations improve how they manage their human and social capital. Yet, keeping track of the relationships in an organization is a complex, labor-intensive, and time-consuming task. Here I present MITeams: an automated visualization tool for quick …
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Vietos veiklos grupių strategijos reikšmė kaimo bendruomenėms /
… theoretical aspects of strategy planning and realization of various authors from Lithuania and foreign countries in this Master’s paper. The main strategic opportunities, aims and priorities of Akmene and Telsiai LAG are explored and measures of their implementation are planned. The …
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The Strategic Fit Between Board of Directors Characteristics and the External Environment, and its Effect on Firm Reputation
This study integrates upper echelons and contingency perspectives in examining the effects of boards of directors on firm reputation. First, using upper echelons theory, I derive hypotheses about how the human and social capital, and the demographic characteristics of the board affect corporate …
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A Decade Examination of Women's Percentage of Entrepreneurship Degrees by Institutional Level and Control
This study aims to enhance our understanding of the influence educational institution level and control have on the institutional percentage of entrepreneurship degrees and certificates (EDCs) earned by women in post-secondary U.S. colleges and universities and to examine trends over a decade, …
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Causes and Consequences of Board Composition
This dissertation examines the causes and consequences of patterns in the composition of American boards of directors. The three papers each focus on one type of corporate director: outsiders, women, and workers. The results from the outside director paper suggest that companies employing more …
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Building community assets through individual development accounts : growing a strategic network in Lawrence, Massachusetts
… that is interested in substantially expanding the number of Individual Development Account (IDA) program participants in Lawrence by at least 75 accounts, or a 400% increase. The expectation is that this increase in IDAs will contribute to a place-based asset-building strategy that gives …
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Cumulative Disadvantage, Poverty, And The Role Of Community Capitals: A Spatial Analysis Of Uneven Development In The Multi-State Delta Region
Understanding space and how space impacts uneven development is crucial when examining inequalities within sociology. Uneven development perpetuates the segregation of space, highlighting disparities in power and inequalities that are rooted in spatial design and relations. Characteristics like …
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Financial systems and risk management : the nature and role of financial services for managing poor urban livelihoods in Kampala, Uganda in 2000
… absolute approach to a holistic dynamic and complex state, embedded in livelihood assets and a vulnerability context. A variety of livelihood assets including labour, housing, intra-household, human and social capital are important for risk management strategies. Microfinance has been …
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Refugee-Led Organizations and the Obstacles They Face: A Comparative Study of Syria Bright Future and the Bhutanese Community Association of Pittsburgh
… collective history, it has been recorded that human-induced political and social conflicts play a powerful role in displacing millions of people. The social insecurity produced by conflict persists long after they have ended, as refugees adjust to new circumstances, cope with loss, and attempt …
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Negotiating regional futures:the successes and failures of the West Midlands Regional Development Agency Network
… impetus emphasise increased joined-up thinking and holistic regional governance. Partners were enjoined to promote cross-sector collaboration and present a coherent regional voice. This study aims to evaluate the impact of an RDA on the partnership infrastructure of the West Midlands. The RDA …
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Characteristics of business incubators influencing collaboration among member startup firms
… This study situated the incubator communities as social systems following Roger's (2003) conception of a social system and its impact on innovation. The researcher interviewed 44 representatives of firms and one manager per incubator. The study was conducted across four business incubators in the …
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The impact of funding and innovation on the performance of women entrepreneurs
… as limited access to resources such as funding and low levels of innovation. This study seeks to examine the experience of women in South Africa and measure the extent to which funding and innovation influence the performance of women entrepreneurs. A descriptive quantitative study was conducted …
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