THE ROLE OF SMALL BUSINESS IN ECONOMIC GROWTH AND POVERTY ALLEVIATION IN WEST VIRGINIA: AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS By Gebremeskel H. Gebremariam1 Tesfa G. Gebremedhin‚ and Randall W. Jackson RESEARCH PAPER 2004-10 ABSTRACT: The main objective of the study is to empirically evaluate the critical roles of small businesses in economic growth and poverty alleviation in West Virginia. In OLS and 2SLS regression analysis a positive relationship exists between small business and economic growth. A
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assignment. Executive Summary This assignment deals with the concept and plan as how to start a Small Business Enterprise. In this business report‚ I have described the product ‘Digital Tachograph’ I would introduce in my small business enterprise. I have given the details of the potential for this product‚ it benefits to the transport industry as well to a country as a whole. We will be introducing ‘smart card’ to drivers which is inserted in the ‘Digital tachograph’
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what size of college you want to attend. Let me just tell you small colleges are better than large universities. “Size matters. It can really make a difference in a student’s college experience.” (2016 The Charlotte Observer) Small colleges give you a better chances in the classroom. Attending a smaller college means you’ll have a better relationship with all the people around you‚ especially with your professors. Classrooms at small colleges class sizes are smaller‚ this has two different advantages
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Body Paragraph What is the history of Major scale? At this time young musician people and children don’t know about this. They didn’t pay attention about history. But this story is very interesting and instructive. And all musician people should know this. ‘In ancient Greece‚ Pythagoras is attributed with using the prime intervals of the octave‚ the P5 and the P4 to break the octave into smaller harmonious intervals. Pythagorean tuning influenced music in the middle ages and Renaissance periods
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Small-scale‚ nature-based tourism as a pro-poor development intervention: Two examples in Kwazulu-Natal‚ South Africa Trevor Hill‚ Etienne Nel and Dayle Trotter Discipline of Geography‚ School of Environmental Sciences‚ University of KwaZulu-Natal‚ Pietermaritzburg‚ South Africa Department of Geography‚ Rhodes University‚ Grahamstown‚ South Africa Abstract Tourism is widely acknowledged as a key economic sector that has the potential to contribute to national and local development and‚ more specifically
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Objective Objectives of the study are as follows: 1. To translate Social Connectedness Scale into Urdu language. 2. To assess factor structure and psychometric properties of scale. 3. To establish cross language validation of Urdu translation of Social Connectedness Scale. 4. To find out convergent and discriminant validity evidence. Phase I Translation of Social Connectedness Scale For translating Social Connectedness Scale into Urdu three guidelines recommended by Brislin (1980) was followed. The translation
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The purpose of this paper is to assess different types of government regulations‚ how those regulations affect current market structures while defining the different types of market structures and finally what provisions and laws have been put in place to protect consumers and society from big business and firms choices. Industrial regulation is the government’s attempt to enact laws designed to prevent firms from participating in bad monopolistic practices and to promote competition in the
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Trade Policy * Introduction * Definition * Types * Arguments for Free trade * Arguments against Free trade * Arguments for Protectionism * Arguments against Protectionism * Free Trade versus Protectionism * Conclusion * Bibliography | | Introduction Trade policy is a collection of rules and regulations which pertain to trade. Every nation has some form of trade policy in place‚ with public officials formulating the policy which they think would be most appropriate
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Global Conference on the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States convened in 1994‚ sustainable tourism remains a priority for Caribbean countries. This paper‚ using Barbados as a case study‚ attempts to establish if sustainable tourism policy existed‚ if so‚ how was it being implemented‚ and if not‚ what were the main areas of weakness. It found that although there was a vacuum in sustainable tourism plans and policies‚ the government was indirectly influencing sustainable tourism through
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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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