Soc Sci‚ 29(3): 193-204 (2011) The Impact of Human‚ Social and Financial Capital on the Performance of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) in South Africa Olawale Olufunso Fatoki Department of Business Management‚ University of Fort Hare‚ Alice‚ P.B. X1314‚ Eastern Cape‚ 5700‚ South Africa Fax: 927-40-653-2248 E-mail: ofatoki@ufh.ac.za KEYWORDS Human Capital. Social Capital. Financial Capital. SMEs. Performance ABSTRACT The study investigates the impact of human‚ social and financial capital
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http://peoplesdailyng.com/changing-nigerians-identity-diaspora/ http://olorisupergal.com/nigeria-rich-country-poor-people-by-gbenga-ogunbiyi/#.UpH2I9Lik8o Nigeria is a member of both the Commonwealth of Nations‚ and the African Union. LANGUAGE There are hundreds of languages spoken in Nigeria. The official language of Nigeria‚English The languages spoken in Nigeria are said to be 521. The official language is English while the major ones that are spoken are Hausa‚ Igbo‚ Yoruba and
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6.The economic impact of tourism? Social and cultural impact of tourism As an industry‚ tourism is a dynamic‚ evolving‚ consumer-driven force. It is the world’s largest industry. It is the employer of 183 million people. This represents 10‚2% of the global workforce. By employing one out of every the workers‚ travel and tourism is the world’s largest employer. As an industry‚ tourism is expected to grow much faster than other sectors. Growing so rapidly‚ tourism presents tremendous opportunities
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now the third-largest in Asia and the 13th largest in the world by GDP as of 2007. To trace back the economic development of South Korea‚ the former president Park Chung-Hee played a pivotal role‚ and was credited for shifting its focus to export-oriented favoring a few large conglomerates. Unlike his predecessors‚ Park showed a strong commitment to economic development‚ believing good economic performance as a primary means for enhancing his political legitimacy. Under the President Park Chung-Hee’s
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Sustainable Business Development A Study on USA and China for Triple Bottom Line and Sustainability Authors: Lisa Huynh‚ Tully Lanter‚ Nava Noori‚ Emma Pan and Jenny Xu Page 1 of 9 Contents Abstract .......................................................................................................................................... 2 Sustainable Development in USA ................................................................................................. 3 Overview
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Obesity is a serious problem in the United States and has increased rapidly over the last few years. Obesity has a lot of other potential health risks or problems that have a great economic impact on the health care system today. The diseases that are associated with obesity are high blood pressure‚ strokes‚ heart attacks‚ diabetes‚ and arthritis. Obese patients’ health care cost and out of pocket spending is expected to increase with the rise of obesity. According to a study of national costs
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Retaining employees is a dilemma for small businesses. Large corporations have resources specifically aimed at keeping their employees while smaller ones do not. Using online resources‚ we examined the issue of employee retention in small business. We found that the problem stems from different areas‚ lack of resources‚ few employees‚ minimal direction from management. While these issues are a problem‚ they are not insurmountable. Small businesses need to be innovative and creative
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world‚ and it has affected the businesses at all sizes in many aspects. This research is looking at the small businesses‚ and its importance in the market and economy‚ EC and its benefits and limitation‚ and what impact has electronic commerce had on the businesses. Small Business: Definition: A small business may is a business with a small number of employees. The definition of "small business" often different by country and industry‚ but is generally under one 100 employees in the United States
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Forms of Small Business Ownership Chapter 8 Three business ownership choices: 1.Sole Proprietorship 2.Partnership 3.Corporation Sole Proprietors hip A business owned and operated by a single person. What are the Advantages of Sole Proprietorship ? Advantages of Sole Proprietorship Ease and Cost of Formation Distribution and Use of Profits Control of the Business Government Regulation Taxation Closing the Business What are the Disadvantages of Sole Proprietorship? Disadvantages
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IMPACT OF GLOBALIZATION ON DEVELOPING COUNTRIES Globalization is the buzzword of today. The phenomenon of globalization rapidly swept across the world forcefully and powerfully. Economies of the world are being increasingly integrated as new technology and communication has brought people together. We often hear the phrase that the ’world has become a global village ’ - which itself signifies how much has changed in the world in the past few decades. Financial and industrial globalization is
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