DURING DIFFICULT ECONOMIC CONDITIONS For the Department of Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) John Kitching Robert Blackburn David Smallbone Small Business Research Centre‚ Kingston University Sarah Dixon School of Management‚ Bath University June 2009 URN 09/1031 Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY i 1. INTRODUCTION‚ RESEARCH OBJECTIVES AND METHODS 1 2. RESEARCH CONTEXT 1 2.1 Defining Difficult Economic Conditions 1 2.2 The Current
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Environmental conditions shaped the way many early civilizations developed around the world. Approximately around 8000 B.C.‚ the Neolithic Revolution occurred in the lands of Mesopotamia. This revolution consisted of a shift from the hunter-gatherer life style to a more sedentary one for the pursuit of agriculture. The results of which could be seen in its larger populations‚ specialization of labor‚ large works such as irrigation systems and temples‚ permanent settlements‚ and a change in diet
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Jamestown: Why did so many colonists die? It was not an easy beginning. English settlers began arriving on the James River in Chesapeake Bay‚ region of Virginia‚ in the spring of 1607.They hoped to make the first permanent English settlement. But‚ there were many things that almost wiped out the whole settlement. There were three main causes of death; disease‚ starvation/dehydration‚ and attacks. Most of the available water supply was brackish and contaminated by the settlers themselves
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978-0-521-12665-6 - Cambridge International AS and A Level Economics‚ Second Edition Colin Bamford and Susan Grant Excerpt More information 1 1 Basic economic ideas Basic economic ideas Core On completion of this core section you should know: • what is meant by scarcity and the inevitability of choices that have to be made by individuals‚ firms and governments • what is meant by opportunity cost • why the basic questions of what‚ how and for whom production takes place have to be addressed
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Ageing populations – the Economic and Social Consequences Two hundred years ago Thomas Malthus published his Essay on the Principle of Population‚ in which he predicted a future of gloom and doom for humanity. Population growth‚ he said‚ would outstrip food supply‚ leading to widespread poverty and mass famine. About 30 years ago the Club of Rome‚ an international group of industrialists‚ scientists‚ economists and statesmen‚ echoed his views‚ predicting that food‚ energy and raw materials would
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into and out of a country resulting from transactions relating to savings investments and speculations. Economic Growth An increase in the capacity of an economy to produce goods and services‚ compared from one period of time to another. Economic growth can be measured in nominal terms‚ which include inflation‚ or in real terms‚ which are adjusted for inflation. Economics growth refers to an increase in the real GDP or GNP per capita in a country in a given period of time. It can
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harsh conditions‚ wartime‚ and impoverishment. These circumstances‚ rooted within the economy and the government‚ undoubtedly led the German people to turn their allegiance towards something new. From the time after the war‚ up until Hitler’s reign‚ the people faced constant compounding problems. Perfectly separating the social‚ political‚ and economic factors in this situation proves difficult because each one augmented the others. It is imperative to explore and understand what conditions and
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country‚ but all combine to provide the sense of one American identity. American writers from the 19th century express this sense of regionalism‚ so this sense of the country’s identity is defined via the regions that make up the entirety.
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By the early 1800s the United States was starting to separate into two sections‚ the Northern states vs. the Southern states of America. Although both sections had the same flag‚ spoke the same language‚ and had the same president‚ the two regions seemed to be two separate countries‚ each one having different views and political opinions. This mostly showed in the social and economic conditions. But‚ because they were the same country‚ they had some similarities. The economies of each region
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