What is a small state? The relativity of influence In the period before the Cold War‚ the size of a state and its power within the international arena were mainly determined by traditional criteria. Factors that were taken into account included a state´s military capabilities‚ the size of its territory and its population. In times that a state´s main concerns were to survive and‚ preferably‚ to enhance its territorial gains along the way‚ a large population was essential in a way that it
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Source Enterprise Resource Planning: A Viable Alternative for Small and Medium Sized Businesses Florida Atlantic University ACG 6475 Dr. Pinsker November 12‚ 2013 Table of Contents Introduction 3 Costing 4 Flexibility 5 Implementation Time 6 Support and Maintenance 6 Security 7 Conclusion 8 References 10 Open Source Enterprise Resource Planning: A Viable Alternative for Small and Medium Sized Businesses Enterprise Resource
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1 INTRODUCTION A small-scale business is a business that is privately owned and operated‚ with a small number of employees and relatively low volume of sales. In addition to number of employees‚ other methods used to classify small companies include annual sales (turnover)‚ value of assets and net profit (balance sheet)‚ alone or in a mixed definition. The smallest businesses‚ often located in private homes‚ are called micro businesses (term used by international organizations such as the World
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Moi University COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES IRD 200: DISCUSSION ON THE ROLE OF THE STATE IN ENSURING DEVELOPMENT IN A COUNTRY Submitted By: FRED WAICHERE M. FEBRUARY 2013 INTRODUCTION A state may be simply defined as a nation or territory considered as an organized political community under one government. Claude Ake (1992) defines a state as: The organized aggregate of relatively permanent institutions of governance. It is seen as a set of associations and agencies claiming control
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increasing population growth in Kenya‚ labor is not a hindrance to development. In fact‚ people export their workforce to the United States of America through the famous Green card lottery. There is more than this in economic development process.
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Role of Commercial Banks in the Economic Development of a Country: Commercial banks are one of the three primary agents which help circulating funds in the market. Commercial banks provide loans and corporate bonds to the households‚ new start ups and small medium enterprises to run their businesses. It also obtains money from the households and invests that money to other profitable investments. The money held as customer account then accrues interest which is given to the customer in the form
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Role of Commercial Banks in Economic Development According to Kent: “An organization whose principal operations are concerned with the accumulation of the temporarily idle money of the general public for the purpose of advancing to others for expenditure.” Various economists have different views about the role of commercial banks in economic development. Schumpeter says‚ “It is the banking system which serves as a key agent along with the entrepreneur in the process of economic development”
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www.ccsenet.org/ijbm International Journal of Business and Management Vol. 6‚ No. 5; May 2011 Drivers for Information and Communication Technology Adoption: A Case Study of Nigerian Small and Medium Sized Enterprises Idisemi Apulu (Corresponding author) School of Technology‚ University of Wolverhampton Wulfruna Street‚ West Midlands‚ WV1 1LY‚ United Kingdom Tel: 44-776-578-5662 E-mail: i.apulu@wlv.ac.uk Dr. Ann Latham School of Technology‚ University of Wolverhampton Wulfruna Street
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Problems Faced by Small and Medium Pharmaceutical Companies Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in their endeavour towards trans-nationalization and exports are confronted with several issues. These include: lack of expertise‚ training and finance for technological up-gradation and adoption of good manufacturing practices (GMP) by SMEs to meet global quality standards; limited exposure and expertise on IPR issues; limited adoption of information technology (IT) techniques in production and processes;
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monitoring and records to evaluate problems and their solution. Bakery maintenance has its own features which need attention apart from regular maintenance practices. (www.bakerybazar.com) Bread is a good-value‚ consumer staple and the current economic climate is an opportunity to reinforce its value‚ says the director of a leading UK bakery body. (www.bakeryandsnacks.com) Bread is one of man’s earliest foods. Today it is considered a staple food in most Western countries and is part of the diet
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