[pic] Contents: 1) Executive Summary 2) Background 3) Problem Definition 4) Approach to the Problem 5) Research Design 6) Data Analysis 7) Reporting 8) Timeline 9) Appendix Executive Summary: Urban farming is said to be “the practice of cultivating‚ processing and distributing food in‚ or around (peri-urban)‚ a village‚ town or city” [1]. The focus of urban farming is largely based upon a daily demand for food from customers within metropolitan
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Kostas E. Sillignakis – www.sillignakis.com SAMPLE OF RESEARCH PROPOSAL: “Rural Tourism Development for the Prefecture of Lassithi in Crete.” 1.0 INTRODUCTION TO PROBLEM STATEMENT AND PURPOSE OF STUDY Over the last two decades or so‚ the whole world has experienced rapid changes and socioeconomic transformations. The socioeconomic changes affected and caused severe stress mainly to isolated‚ peripheral and rural areas of the world. However‚ the changes in economic and social culture structure of
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Over 41 million legal and undocumented immigrants live in the country today. That’s 13% of the population. How the United States deals with the flow of immigrants directly affects the country’s security and economy. Why is immigration reform so controversial? First‚ Immigration policy aims to enable the flow of visitors and migrants‚ while stopping terrorism‚ contraband and unauthorized people. The United States spends $18 Billion dollars a year on imagination enforcement. However‚ there are still
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School of Business and Economics Research Proposal Web conferencing and student academic group work results The following study depicts the effect substituting physical meetings by web conferencing has on students’ academic group work results at Maastricht University. This research is carried out by GPS research group sponsored by University of Maastricht. Maastricht University Faculty of Economics and Business Administration International Business Research Maastricht‚ 31 March 2011 Group members:
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Eusociality Research Proposal Project Objectives The objective of this research is to aid in identifying how honey bees‚ Apis mellifera‚ and potentially all eusocial insects‚ have evolved to their current level of social organization‚ . By studying the behavior of the worker caste in the absence of the queen‚ we will be able to see signs of whether these organisms have evolved from kin selection or multilevel selection. The ultimate goal is to see if worker bees can thrive and manage a colony
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Hiring an illegal worker also brings the employer the advantage of paying less in the way of welfare contributions and other nonwage costs. The "welfare magnet" of illegal immigration is much stronger for the company than for the worker‚ whose precarious situation and low bargaining power makes him highly vulnerable to discriminatory practices in the form of longer hours and nonpayment of various bonuses‚ or even of wages. For
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The Immigration Crisis Since 2010‚ there has been a surge in immigration to Europe‚ and since 2014‚ the problem has gotten worse. There has been a massive influx in immigrants to Europe‚ mainly from war torn countries like Syria‚ Afghanistan‚ Iraq‚ and Central Africa. Ever since‚ there has also been a major influx in crime‚ most likely caused by these immigrants. The problem must be dealt with‚ and very quickly‚ or else Europe will see its downfall due to its own generosity. In late 2014‚ immigrants
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Illegal Immigration into the United States One of the most controversial political issues is illegal immigration from Mexico. Somewhat overlooked until September 11‚ illegal immigration became a hot button issue after these events because of the easy access for terrorists to come into the United States. Illegal immigration into the United States is a problem that needs to be stopped‚ because it is unfair to both Americans and to the people of the country that they come from. The majority of the
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Russian Immigration to the U.S Post Soviet Union Research as we have seen it tends to classify post-Soviet immigrants as being primarily Jewish immigrants. Most of these Jewish immigrants came to the United States in the late 1960’s. However‚ this paper will not focus on that aspect of Russian immigration. Instead‚ I will demonstrate that Russian speaking immigrants who arrived in the United States after the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991 were the most diverse group‚ in terms
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Table of Contents Page Purpose of the Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6 Methodology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-10 Definition of the Target Population and Sample Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11- 13 Potential Managerial Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-15 Proposed Budget . .
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