International Journal of Development and Sustainability Online ISSN: 2168-8662 – www.isdsnet.com/ijds Volume 1 Number 3 (2012): Pages 743-753 ISDS Article ID: IJDS12092701 Special Issue: Development and Sustainability in Africa – Part 1 Does trade promote growth in developing countries? Empirical evidence from Nigeria Oluwasola Omoju 1*‚ Olumide Adesanya 2 1 2 National Institute for Legislative Studies‚ Abuja‚ Nigeria Department of Business Administration University of Lagos Akoka-Yaba‚ Lagos‚ Nigeria
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The Industrial Revolution is generally considered as a transition process from handcrafted manufacturing to factory production. Although scientists do not have a single view on the start of this movement‚ the “invention” theory seems to be the most powerful in explaining the causes of the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. In comparison with the “cultural” theory‚ for example‚ the “invention” standpoint expounds the roots of industrialization more reasonably and persuasively. It mostly appeals
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Cultural factors affecting consumer buying behaviour: Cultural factors have a significant impact on customer behavior.Culture is the most basic cause of a person’s wants and behavior. Growing up‚ children learn basic values‚ perception and wants from the family and other important groups. Marketers are always trying to spot “cultural shifts” which might point to new products that might be wanted by customers or to increased demand. | Consumer purchases are influenced strongly by or there are
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Industrial Revolution DBQ The Industrial Revolution greatly increased the production of goods. It began in England on the 1700s. Factories were built in clusters and were built near water for their power. The Industrial Revolution had many negative and positive effects‚ but the negative effects outweighed the positive effects. The Industrial Revolution had many positive effects. It created jobs for many people‚ less people were on the streets with no job. It gave people hope in improvement
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1. Personal biographical characteristics of note are factors that describe an individual. Factors such as age‚ gender‚ marital status and tenure. These characteristics have an impact on the attitudes that an individual may have towards work and dependent variable such as productivity‚ absenteeism‚ and turnover and job satisfaction. The relationship between age and job performance is of great importance because it is believed that job performance decreases as age increases. Though not all employers
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The Industrial Revolution was a period in which many great things came out of‚ but at the same time many terrible things occurred. Even though there were some unfortunate events that occurred‚ such as‚ brutal child labor‚ poor and unsafe working conditions‚ and long term physical effects from the unsafe working conditions‚ it all resulted in a positive outcome. The Industrial Revolution overall had a positive effect on society‚ though labor laws‚ the advances in technology‚ and the surplus of job
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| Bangladesh THE INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ORDINANCE‚ 1969 (Ordinance No. 23 of 1969) (As amended up to 1996) An Ordinance to amend and consolidate the law relating to the formation of trade unions‚ the regulation of relations between employers and workmen and the avoidance and settlement of any difference or disputes arising between them. [pic] 1. Short title‚ extent‚ application and commencement.- (1) This Ordinance may be called the Industrial Relations Ordinance‚ 1969. (2) It
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antitrust laws. The Wheeler-Lea Act of 1938 was created as an amendment to the Federal Trade Commission Act. It made the FTC independent from the Department of Justice and also made unfair and deceptive sales illegal. The above are all industrial regulation entities. Industrial regulation ensures pricing fairness throughout any industry according to a specific commodity. It can be put in place by the industry itself or the government as in the entities listed in the above paragraph. It exists to effect
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To understand how growth can occur‚ we need to consider the factors of production. Economists observe that in the production of any good‚ four factors of production are involved. These are 1. Land The physical land‚ but also comprising all the natural resources on the earth‚ below the earth or in the atmosphere. There is a distinction between renewable and non-renewable resources. Renewable resources are those that can be used and replaced. For example‚ water in a lake can be used‚ but can
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The culture of Hong Kong is heavily influenced by the personal interaction that is also regarded as the Guanxi. In the year 1997‚ Hong Kong became part of China after the British rule that continued and remained for almost 150 years or so. This fact must be taken into consideration that mostly population of Hong Kong is consisted upon the Chinese people and the official language of Hong Kong is English because of the British influence (Warner‚ 2014). There is need to understand the fact that there
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