According to the United Nations‚ Antigua is one of the poorest countries in the western hemisphere‚ with a GDP per capita of $13‚731 and a growth rate of -7.2%. Many books have been written to address this problem‚ and one of the most notable ones is A Small Place‚ written by Jamaica Kincaid. By examining the book through the new criticism‚ psychological‚ and marxist lens‚ readers are able to fully understand her fearless writing style that helps expose many of the problems that have arisen from white
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The book A Small Place written by Jamaica Kincaid is recognized by a number of scholars highlighting how the material exposes readers to the past and present culture of the narrator’s native country Antigua‚ corruption in the Antiguan government‚ English colonialism and etc. However‚ one should take notice that Kincaid speaking in the second person in different sessions of the book represents and creates a connection between the tourist and the reader. The term "you" refers to the tourist/travelers
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from a locally owned business? If not‚ when was the last time you shopped at a locally owned business? -Local businesses can have affects everyone‚ especially in a small community like the ones we live in. My name is... and my father owns his own business. Repeat. BODY: Overall: Locally owned businesses are crucial to keeping small towns thriving. +”Your dollars spent in locally-owned businesses have three times the impact on your community as dollars spent at national chains.” +The more
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Case 1: Sew What? Inc.: The Role Of IT in Small Business Success 1-Information Technology contributed in the success of Sew What? Inc. Examples: *Launching the company website. IT contributed by networking in this success. The demonstration of this conclusion: -they acquired clients from all over the world and their revenue has been growing more than 45% per year. *Running out most of their business with Intuit’s Quick-Books Enterprise solutions (which helps you to streamline the critical
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Small is Profitable INDIAN EXPERIENCE :-- INDIA is predominantly an agricultural country. A proper development of small-scale industries is vital for the healthy growth of our Economy. Small business has played a very crucial role in transforming the Indian economy from a backward agrarian economy to its present stature. The country can profit by Japan’s bold experience in this direction‚ which has been spread over more than three decades. The small-scale sector has emerged as an engine of
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such as bulletproof vests and military clothing and materials‚ even janitorial services. Small businesses in America help to provide a sizeable amount of these purchases with assistance of the Small Business Administration (SBA). The SBA was founded on July 30‚ 1953‚ and was a derivative of President Herbert Hoover’s Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC) that helped America’s small businesses
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SMALL AND MEDIUM SCALE ENTERPRISES IN NIGERIA: THE PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS. By Abiodun Fatai1 Department of Political Science‚ Faculty of Social Sciences Lagos State University‚ Ojo‚ Lagos Nigeria. ABSTRACT Small and medium scale enterprises have long believed to be catalysts for economic growth and national development both in developed and developing countries. In Nigeria where private sector is not well developed SME is assumed to play the role of employment generation‚ facilitator of economic
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Introduction A small business defined as “independently owned and operated‚ is organized for profit‚ and is not dominant in its field” (The US Small Business Administration‚ 2014). According to The US Small Business Administration (2014)‚ the standard size of a small business in the manufacturing and mining industry is 500 employees at most and $7.5 million in average annual receipts for many nonmanufacturing industries. Owning a business can be an endeavor that offers abundant advantages.
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OVERLOOKED TOPIC IN THE FINANCE MODULE OF SMALL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP COURSES Submitted by Thomas J. Liesz University of Idaho (208) 885-5447 (office) tliesz@uidaho.edu Steven J. Maranville University of Houston-Downtown One Main Street Houston‚ TX 77002-1001 (713) 221-8524 maranvilles@uhd.edu Submitted to Small Business Institute Journal The authors wish to acknowledge the valuable comments of two SBIJ reviewers Small Business Institute Journal‚ Volume 1‚ 2008
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Business Law: Short Paper – Small Business Short Paper / Case Study The purpose of this assignment is to review the US equal employment opportunity commission’s website‚ specifically the section regarding laws as they apply to small businesses. The EEOC is a five-member body appointed by the president to establish equal employment opportunity policy under the laws it administers‚ which are: Title VII of the Civil Rights Act‚ the Equal Pay Act (EPA)‚ the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA)
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