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Showing 1 to 20 of 414 for “"trades"”.
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Essays on trades and security prices
… the complex relation between security prices and trades of market participants. In the first chapter, I study the evolution of stock prices after trades with different underlying motives using a novel data set of portfolio transitions. Institutional specifics allow me to identify portfolio …
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Agricultural trades unionism in Shropshire 1900-1930
… the growth and distribution of agricultural trades unionism in Shropshire and evaluates and explains developments using four key variables. After a discussion of the sources used and a description of union development involving the National Union of Agricultural Workers (NUAW) and Workers' …
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Post-Secondary Education Influence: College VS. Skilled Trades
… It is usually a hands-on job, but skilled trades are found in every career cluster. Vocational education helps create future professionals who need education and training, leading to job opportunities for plumbers, mechanics, and factory workers. For many years, people have focused on …
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Learning Through Engaging in Women in Trades Introductory Programs
… examines what 13 participants in a women in trades introductory program (WiTIP) learned through their engagement in the program, and how they related that learning to their prior learning experiences. Analysis of participants’ descriptions of their WiTIP experiences, collected via …
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An evaluation of the programmes offered by Chilenje Trades School
… study of the programmes offered by the Chilenje Trades School. More specifically the study attempted to answer a few questions concerning the programmes which were offered through the following objectives. •To determine if the programmes met their objectives. •To identify types and sources of …
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Mathematics in workplace settings: Numeracy in the mechanical engineering trades
… is an essential tool for both professional and trades mechanical engineers, little is known about how mathematics is used and learned in the mechanical engineering trades. Using an interpretivist paradigm and informed by a social constructivist epistemology, this mixed methods study aimed to …
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What can unions do? : examples from the Massachusetts building trades
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1985.
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Jack of All Trades : a symphonic poem for British brass band
“Jack of All Trades” is a large symphonic work for a performance medium growing in popularity in the United States, the British Brass Band. This British Brass Bands originated in the United Kingdom during the late 19th Century. My alma mater, James Madison University, has a brass band directed by …
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Analysis of algorithms to create profitable trades in the stock market
<p>"There are many different strategies to predict the stock market. When selecting a strategy to predict the stock market, that strategy must be robust and be able to handle unexpected events. This paper analyzes algorithms that are based on human psychology instead of just looking for patterns in …
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A Jane of all Trades: Janet Taylor's Contributions to Victorian Navigation
Janet Taylor made major contributions to Victorian navigational practices. She did so through creating business opportunities for herself as an educator, author, and inventor of nautical instruments.
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Sew what? : Industrial decline and local response in New York's needle trades
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1994.
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Building skills : a construction trades training facility for the eastern Canadian Arctic
… building skills to reduce the cost of housing. Trades training in the Eastern Arctic will have political, cultural, and economic significance for a community long dependent on remote governments and migrant workers. Moreover, local tradesmen will be indispensable to an affordable construction …
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Peterborough Trades Union Council 1899-1979: A Forgotten Arena for Working Class Politics
Labour historians have only analysed trades union councils briefly. These encounters have rarely looked beyond high-profile events such as suspected communist infiltration in the early interwar and post-war periods and the 1926 General Strike, neglecting much of the significant work which trades …
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Training in the Historic Building Trades of New Orleans: An Inventory and Analysis
… cultural techniques of the historic building trades of New Orleans are currently at risk of being lost due to a lack of new master craftsmen and the demise of the current generation of master craftsmen. The purpose of this study is twofold: to analyze the historic transmission of the trades in …
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Information Content of Insider Trades, IPO lockup Expiration and long-run IPO performance
… previous studies have assessed whether insider trades convey information to the market. Whilst lots of research has been undertaken in the past three decades, the issue is still contentious and there is ongoing debate concerning the legality and profitability of insider trading. Regulators …
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Vital Traditions: Assessing the Status of Skilled Trades Work in Toronto’s Heritage Policy
… where heritage professionals can flourish while trades skills associated with maintenance decline. This study considers this policy framework in terms of its capacity to support viable careers for heritage tradespeople. Looking at new theories in heritage conservation, emerging concerns in the …
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College-for-all meets skills gap: Millennials’ decisions to pursue certificates in skilled trades
… several major themes and resulted in a skilled trades choice model. The qualities knowledge, appeal, and self-determination were found to combine to produce a disposition that prepared the students to make the decision to pursue their paths. The development of these three qualities depended on …
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Beyond recruitment--lessons from the workplace about retention of women in the skilled trades
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1992.
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