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Showing 1 to 20 of 3672 for “"the UK"”.
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Integration of refugees into the UK labour market: a case study of Ethiopians in the UK
Ethiopians have felt their presence in the UK mainly since 1990 when a large number of refugees from Ethiopia and Eastern Europe were admitted by the UK government at the time of dismantling of the communist bloc, to which Ethiopia and Eastern Europe belonged. This thesis examines the …
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Zinc adequacy in the UK population
… requirements are estimated by a consideration of the physiologic Zn requirement, coupled with an estimate of the proportion of Zn absorbed from the usual diet. An accurate assessment of Zn status in a population is difficult because there is no reliable and globally accepted biomarker and/or index …
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Corporate governance in the UK post-Cadbury
This thesis examines the corporate governance structures of UK companies following the publication of the Cadbury Committee's Report on the financial aspects of corporate governance in 1992. New evidence is provided on the role of managerial control, board structure and equity issuance in company …
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Intrapartum birthing pool use in the UK
… risk of childbirth complication. In response, there has been a move towards normalising birth which has grown in strength over recent years. In this thesis, I describe a programme of research which aimed to examine whether intrapartum birthing pool use could make an important contribution to …
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Sustainability, NGOs and the UK food industry
The aim of the research was to assess critically the activities of FFNGOs working within the UK food industry and to explain their role in the emergence of a sustainable food supply chain. The research focused on the experiences of 106 UK based FFNGOs. In addition to an analysis of their websites, …
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Essays in share repurchases of the UK
The thesis is centred on the open market share repurchases of the UK that were undertaken in the period 1985-2014. The investigation has been conducted through the production of three independent empirical essays, which individually focus on the different aspects related to repurchases. Thus, upon …
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Returns to Education: Evidence from the UK
This thesis consists of three independent chapters which address separate questions in relation to labor economics and economics of education <br/><b><br/></b><b>Wage Penalty of Vocational Education: Evidence from the UK (Chapter 3) </b><br/>In this chapter, I examine the difference in wages …
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Business funding in corporate rescue; the UK perspective
This research aims at establishing the adequacy (or not), of the statutory framework available for business funding in the UK during corporate rescue, by undertaking a comparison between relevant laws in the UK, Canada and the United States of America. The thesis evaluates if the UK's provision for …
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The impact of e-Government in the UK
From the latter decades of the 20 th century, information and communication technologies (ICTs) permeated societies and the internet emerged as a mass medium across many parts of the globe. The thesis investigates the efforts of government to exploit these technologies in the delivery of public …
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Healthcare Disparities Among Ethnic Minorities in the UK
… disparities among ethnic minorities in the UK represent a significant public health concern. These disparities can manifest in various ways, such as differences in access to healthcare services, the quality of care received, and health outcomes. While these ethnic minority groups migrate …
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Home birth in the UK: a safe choice?
The safety of home as a place of birth in developed countries, and the extent to which pregnant women should have the right to choose a home birth, are highly contentious and emotive subjects which have been hotly debated for many years. Since 1993, Government policy in England and Wales has been …
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Stakeholder engagement and the UK corporate governance code
The aim of the thesis is to investigate whether the stakeholder engagement provisions of the UKCG Code 2018 are effective. Historically, corporate governance disclosure has been poor, which has undermined trust, accountability and confidence in companies. The UKCG Code 2018 was introduced to …
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Three Essays on Equity Financing in the UK
This thesis consists of three essays on equity financing by UK firms, focusing primarily on Private Placement (PPs). PPs have dominated the Seasoned Equity Offering (SEO) landscape in the UK since 2000, whereas Rights Issues had done so previously. While the SEOs have traditionally been the …
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The Legal Accountability of the UK Intelligence Services
In recent years there has been a considerable amount of debate regarding the accountability of the intelligence agencies. However, much of the debate may have approached the subject from a one-sided perspective. Either the discussion has tended to be weighted in favour of the ideological values …
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The politics of loving blackness in the UK
… become a new discourse for anti-racism in the UK and the broader black diaspora? This thesis will critically assess the concept of ‘loving blackness as political resistance’ as outlined by the African American feminist bell hooks (1992). The thesis will show the ways in which blackness has …
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New product development in the UK trout industry
The collaborators, a trout farming and processing company, experienced poor utilisation of non-retail grades of rainbow trout. New products were required to utilise this resource and realise the growth opportunities in the multiple retail market. Factors influencing the subsequent developments …
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Internal Migration and House Prices in the UK
This dissertation investigates the causal effect of internal migration on house prices in the UK. Historical migration networks are leveraged to identify exogenous variation in internal migration flows, to enable a Card-type shift-share instrumental variable (IV) research design. Contrasting …
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Female labour market adjustment processes in the UK coalfields.
This study focuses on the processes occurring in the female labour markets of coalfield areas in Great Britain. During the 1980s and 1990s these areas experienced a major loss of male employment as a result of the decline of the coal industry. The research looks at how female employment in these …
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Strategic Carbon Management within the UK Higher Education Sector
Climate change and the rapid rise of greenhouse gas emissions are emerging as one of the greatest challenges for the modern world. Organisations are under increasing pressure from governments and stakeholders to reduce carbon emissions from their business operations for climate change mitigation. …
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