SMALL-SCALE MINING (Lives at risk in the Philippine Gold Mines) INTRODUCTION Gold is the number one mineral produced by the Philippines in value terms. Although total local production was low relative to world production‚ it ranked 2nd to Africa in gold production per unit land area in 1988 and ranked 29th as top gold producer in 2002(Israel and Asirot 2002). In the year 2002–2007‚ the Philippines’ gold production increased by 8.2%. This contributed an average of 2% gross domestic product (GDP)
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4. CSR in SMEs It is important to know how CSR is defined and understood by SMEs; lots of research has been carried out in relation to how CSR is viewed by large firm but research about CSR in SMEs are very few and limited‚ this fact shouldn’t take away the enormous importance in understanding how CSR is defined‚ understood and undertaken by small firms‚ after all‚ as stated by the Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility (2012) small to medium-sized firms account for about 90 percent
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provide an exciting life and substantial personal rewards while also contributing to the welfare of society. 2. The term entrepreneur is understood in this text to refer only to founders of small businesses. 3. An owner-manager is a person who founds a new business. 4. According to the definition of entrepreneur given in Chapter 1‚ owner-managers who buy out founders of existing firms may be classified as entrepreneurs. 5. A mechanic
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Unit 7 Turbine Companies MY NAME MY SCHOOL AB220-01: Global Business Professor Kabongo June 30th‚ 2012 Unit 7 Turbine Companies In this paper we will discuss two wind turbine companies and the types of structures the company are built on. Company number one is called Windspeed and company number two is called Windward. Each of the individual companies has a different type of structure as a basis for how it is ran. Windspeed company has an organizational structure
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Motivation in Small Businesses Introduction In every business undertaking‚ motivation is most essential subject that keeps running the business all the way from its establishment to the accomplishment of the set goals and objectives. Businesses whether small or big have to come up with or develop various strategies to make the business activities run in a smooth mannerism. Motivations within small businesses can prove to be additionally complex than for a bigger business since certain
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Economics Article II The article I chose as the second part of my project‚ it is called “Switzerland’s Proposal to Pay People for Being Alive” By Annie Lowrey. In this article‚ Ms. Lowrey talks about the idea of paying each and every citizen in Switzerland. The payment would not have stipulations on it such as for being poor or because a person is old‚ simply for being alive is what the activists of Switzerland are proposing. The activists had a truck dump eight million coins outside the Parliament
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gunawardana and Mrs. Raisa Zaharan‚ who helped me in doing the assignment. Executive Summary This assignment deals with the concept and plan as how to start a Small Business Enterprise. In this business report‚ I have described the product ‘Digital Tachograph’ I would introduce in my small business enterprise. I have given the details of the potential for this product‚ it benefits to the transport industry as well to a country as a whole. We will be introducing ‘smart
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facing small scale enterprises One major problem in Nigeria’s business environment is inadequate power supply. This and other factors are responsible for the problems and low performance of small scale enterprises and these problems seem to have to defied all efforts by government to address them. The problems over the years have equally kept foreign investors on the run despite Nigeria’s efforts to lure them to invest in the country.In this edition‚ Saturday Vanguard went to town to know how operators
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How Small Business Impacts the US Economy What really drives the U.S. economy? Small business—firms with fewer than 500 employees—drives the U.S. economy. Small U.S. firms pay about 44 percent of the total U.S. private sector payroll‚ which‚ according to the most recent data available‚ accounted for approximately $2.1 trillion of the total (non-farm) private sector payroll of $4.8 trillion. Small businesses with fewer than twenty employees increased employment by 853‚074 during 2001-2002. They
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Jimmy Maxwell Small Business Report December 11‚ 2012 Creating a Business While in today’s world we must take extra precautionary steps when it comes to creating a business. Many successful business are not created over night‚ although the idea oftentimes are‚ we have to be sure and take the necessary steps so as our idea of an accomplished business can start to take form. Every planning process goes through a series of stages. In essence the aim is to complete each of the following steps
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