Entrepreneurship and Economic Development A Commentary on Entrepreneurship and Economic Development (ed. Wim Naudé) Robert J. Strom Interest in the study of entrepreneurship has flourished among scholars in recent years. This research has brought to light‚ among other things‚ the important role of entrepreneurship and innovation in economic growth. We know that innovative entrepreneurs—those who bring new products and processes to the market—are disproportionately responsible for the breakthrough
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Sustainable Development for the Benefit of Human Welfare In recent years‚ with the development of society and economy‚ some of the non-renewable resources‚ such as coal‚ oil‚ natural gas‚ gradually consumed by human beings. Nearly since 1980s‚ people have realized the severity of the problem and the discussions about sustainable development have become the hit topic among public‚ and up till now‚ it is also a controversial problem. According to the view of environmental and economic experts
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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN INDIA: THE ROLE OF INDIVIDUAL ENTERPRISE (AND ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT) Anil K. Lal* and Ronald W. Clement** The Indian economy provides a revealing contrast between how individuals react under a government-controlled environment and how they respond to a market-based environment. Evidence suggests that recent market reforms that encouraged individual enterprise have led to higher economic growth in that country. India can generate additional economic growth by fostering entrepreneurial
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0Lecture 3: Marketing Environment Scanning of the Marketing Environment – Opportunities or threats? Environmental Forces—Firms must monitor six major forces in the broad environment: Demographic Political-Legal Economic Technological Socio-Cultural Natural 1. Demographic Environment The main demographic force that marketers monitor is population because people make up markets. Marketers are keenly interested in the: Size and growth rate of populations in cities‚ regions‚ and nations. Age distribution
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ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS ON HRM ABSTRACT: This article focuses Human Resource’s are to be included in the total value of a business‚ as people constitute the core element of an organization. The various factors which emerge as a challenge have been highlighted. HR manager cannot perform his job in a vacuum as a member of environment factors which affect the HRM. Environment in HRM refers the totality of all factors which influence both the organization and HRM sub-system. Technological Factors: Just
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SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS INFLUENCING THE ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT The emergence and development of entrepreneurship is not a spontaneous one but a dependent phenomenon of economic‚ social‚ political‚ psychological factors often nomenclature as supporting conditions for entrepreneurship development. These conditions may have both positive and negative influences on the emergence of entrepreneurship. Positive influences constitute facilitative and conductive conditions for the emergence of
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Factors affecting healthy development in children There are many different factors that affect a child healthy growth and development. Knowing the different factors that can affect the child enables us to differentiate activities suited to all children and also if need be place areas of concern so there is early intervention and then that the child has the best possible start.
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Biology Coursework: Preliminary Work 8/12/2013 Intro I am going to investigate a factor that affects the rate of enzyme activity What are enzymes and how do they work? Enzymes are biological catalysts - catalysts are substances that increase the rate of chemical reactions without being used up. Enzymes are also proteins and thus have a specific shape. They are therefore specific in the reactions that they catalyse - one enzyme will react with molecules
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Introduction The existence of a chronic state of “underdevelopment” is not only a question of economics or the simple quantitative measures of income‚ employment and gini-coefficient.Underdevelopment is a real fact of life for two billion people of the world- a state of mind as far as a state of national poverty. Gaulet (1971) poignantly describes under development as a shocking; the squalor‚ disease‚ unnecessary deaths and hopelessness of it all. The condition of underdevelopment in its totality
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Sustainability is the ability of a population to thrive socially and economically but without over using resources and damaging the environment for the future generations. This requires large amounts of planning and management of resources across the globe. Curitiba in southern Brazil has the 5th biggest economy of cities in Brazil. The city acts as one of Brazil’s financial hubs. Nevertheless Curitiba also has a strong manufacturing pedigree with the South American headquarters of Volvo trucks
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