1018-5895/10 www.palgrave-journals.com/gpp/ Insurance Development and Economic Growth* Liyan Hana‚ Donghui Lib‚ Fariborz Moshirianb and Yanhui Tiana a School of Economics & Management‚ Beihang University‚ Beijing‚ China. School of Banking and Finance‚ The University of New South Wales‚ Sydney‚ Australia. E-mail: donghui@unsw.edu.au b This paper investigates the relationship between insurance development and economic growth by employing GMM models on a dynamic panel data set of 77 economies for
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Identifying and Surviving the First Four Stages of Organizational Growth 11 organizations pass through various stages of development. These stages are‚ at least in part‚ determined by the organization’s size‚ as measured by its annual revenues (or for nonprofits‚ in terms of annual budget). This chapter presents a framework for identifying and explaining the major stages through which all organizations grow and develop as they increase in size. It should be noted that this framework applies to
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In this past 20 years‚ Microsoft was practicing the knowledge management. For Microsoft to build up a learning organization ’s strategy‚ it can be concluded into 3 ideals and 4 principles which suggested by "Microsoft secret". The first ideal is self-criticism. The second ideal is message feedback. And the third one is a wide-ranging exchange. Now‚ I introduce an example which held in Microsoft. One of the Microsoft managers promoted their product in a fair and won 9 prizes out of 10 prizes. After
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Chapter I Church Growth: Definition Introduction: Tremendous growth is going on in the Christian Church today. For some observers this tends to be obscured by the world population and the increasing percentage of non-Christians which that so far implies. Meanwhile‚ the fact is that the number of Christians is greater now than it has ever been. With the rise of Churches and the expansion of the Church among non-Christian populations‚ multitudes of small congregations of less than hundred members
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Ethics Big Case 2 Microsoft Manages Legal and Ethical Issues Summary: Microsoft has a blinding reputation and presentation with the public and its users. They investment in the communities‚ the youth and globally. Not only the company invests but the employees contribute. As Always Bill Gates take it to the top with the William and Melinda Gates Foundation. Microsoft’s efforts and dedication is admirable. Its support of start-up software companies‚ creates a unique composition of company characteristics
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attacked the U.S.A‚ more and more people consider the environmental problems as the most serious problem which human beings have to face in the twenty-first century. If humans keep standing by from protecting nature‚ then global warming will be the natural consequence of their inaction. Accordingly‚ people must try to find some suitable ways to prevent this situation. Currently‚ the three most efficient solutions of this problem are a moratorium of deforestation‚ a universal carbon tax and international
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and desires led to European Exploration. The sailing advances in technology include the caravel‚ this design of triangular sails helped sailors to sail effectively against the wind. More advancements include the astrolabe‚ which helped sailors to better determine their location at sea‚ the magnetic compass‚ which allowed sailors to more accurately track direction‚ and cartography‚ the science of making maps. Additionally‚ the desire for money‚ more land‚ and spreading Christianity led to European
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Microsoft 1 MicArosoft Outsourcing Xbox Production Geovanna Garcia BUS25010016-200905 – International Business Environment Professor Adkins September 2009 Microsoft 2 Microsoft – Outsourcing Xbox Production When Microsoft decided to enter the video game market with its Xbox gaming console executives had to make a strategic decision whether to manufacture the Xbox or outsource the manufacturing. After some studies‚ it was decided that they did not have manufacturing and
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Global LED Display Market 2014-2018 A Light-emitting Diode (LED) is a semiconductor light source and its applications range from lighting in houses‚ commercial spaces‚ and offices‚ to backlighting in TVs‚ smartphones‚ and tablets‚ to headlights in vehicles. LEDs became popular because of their low cost and higher energy efficiency; they offer savings of around up to 40 percent of energy as compared to other options. Covered in this Report This report covers the present scenario and the growth
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During the last few recessions experienced in the USA a new phenomenon has puzzled many economists titled ‘Jobless growth’. The term jobless growth refers to a situation when a country is emerging from a recession‚ where its gross domestic product increases but the unemployment rate stays the same or lags behind for several quarters without increasing following GDP growth. Jobless growth in the USA has alarmed many‚ the reason being that over the past few major recessions of 1991‚ 2001 and 2008‚ all
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