PROLIFERATION OF MICRO-SCALE COMPANIES IN GHANA There is a growing recognition of the vital role micro-scale companies otherwise known as small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) play in economic development. They are often described as job creators‚ the seeds which grow into big businesses and the fuel of national economic engines. Even in the developed industrial economies‚ micro-scale companies are very common and numerous and are the largest source of employment. It is therefore of no surprise
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A SMALL STEP TOWARDS CONSERVING ELECTRICITY In response to the task given to me‚ regarding fans and lights being left unshut when not in use and a small survey to analyse student mentality and behaviour‚ I had taken the following steps Informed people in my hostel to gather in the common room for 5 minutes after dinner (on Sunday‚ 24-08-2104). Met people who did not turn up to meet in person Contacted some of them through WhatsApp I stay in SR14 hostel‚ it has 120 rooms (approx. 120 students
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As discussed in the micro-reflection‚ gendered racism is one of the most challenging types of discrimination to combat. My micro-reflection of “gendered racism exploits the intersectionality of multiple minority identities. How can we mute its effects?” alludes the article I read about the multiple layers of discrimination against Black Muslim women. However‚ I believe that the gendered racism is actively practiced on a day-to-day basis. Recently‚ the inauguration of President Trump in the United
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the macro environment‚ can be identified and examined. These There are a number of common approaches how the external factors‚ which are mentioned in the factors indirectly affect the organization but cannot be controlled by it. One approach could be the PEST analysis. PEST stands for political‚ economic‚ social and technological. Two more factors‚ the environmental and legal factor‚ are defined within the PESTEL analysis (or PESTLE analysis). The segmentation of the macro environment according
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- All firms are price takers - All firms have a relatively small market share - Buyers know the nature of the product being sold and the prices charged by each firm. - The industry is characterised by freedom of entry and exit. Perfect competition is a theoretical market structure. It is primarily used as a benchmark against which other market structures are compared. The industry that best reflects perfect competition in real life is the
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shakeout in the micro-electronic and telecommunications market. However‚ this is short of their targeted goal of 25-30%‚ which they achieved just five years earlier (see Appendix 1). This mediocre performance is the result not only of an industry downturn but also profound organizational and structural problems at MEPD. Due to increased competitiveness in the telecommunications market‚ MEPD has focused more on the new commercial electronics market and has established a major market position with
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societies with‚ and impact upon the environment. The need for environmental management can be viewed from a variety of perspectives. A more common philosophy and impetus behind environmental management is the concept of carrying capacity which refers to the maximum number of organisms a particular resource can sustain. Environmental management is therefore not the conservation of the environment solely for the sake of environment‚ but rather the conservation of the environment for the sake of mankind.
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business environment and adversely affect the goals of business enterprise. There are three kind of political risk in the case “Chavez’s Venezuela”‚ macro-political risk‚ micro-political risk and legal risk. After populist socialist president‚ Hugo Chavez took the office of Venezuela‚ he took many actions to control the country and enhance his own power towards the whole country which made the macro-political risk occurred. Macro-political risk is the changes to the general societal environment will
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There are mainly following types of pollutions: 1. Air Pollution 2. Water Pollution 3. Chemical Pollution 4. Land Ozone-sphere Pollution 5. Land and Soil Pollution 6. Food Contaminants 7. Noise Pollution 8. Modern Pollutions 1. Air Pollution: The major component of the biosphere is air without which no life can survive (except some lower forms of Bacteria). Without air of good quality there cannot be a healthy life. Yet clean air is a rare commodity today. Air pollution is as old as
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There has been a gradual change in the mode of packaging for last years.For instance‚ earlier fruits and vegetables were used to be transported in wooden boxes but today cardboard crates are used .This is mainly to reduce the cost. Obviously‚a cardboard crate would cost less than wooden crate. Moreover‚using cardboard crates is more eco friendly than cutting trees and making wooden boxes and supporting an environmental cause helps firms improve their goodwill and eventually their sales. Similarly
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