Measuring well being of the people living in Slums of Islamabad by Wealth Index and by household deprivations as an application to Human Development Index (HDI) Nadeem Akhtar Abstract In Pakistan and across the world‚ slums have been the characteristics of urban setting. Almost every slum setting exits across the boundaries of cities but in Islamabad‚ slums are right at the center of urban sectors and they are inhabited particularly on banks of riverine nullas. Notwithstanding‚ CDA has approved
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Measuring an innovation or an individual‚ group or company’s innovativeness has always been challenging. Although patents do not reflect completely innovations‚ because of its strong relation with R&D activities and its quantifiable data‚ patents has been often chosen as the measurement for R&D innovative activities. Patents do not equal to innovations and not all patents have the same value. There are only a small number of patents that are highly valuable. Approximately 10% of the most valuable
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Vestas in Russia Introduction For my exam project in International Business Environment I have chosen to write about the Danish cooperate Vestas Wind Systems A/S (referred to as Vestas throughout the paper). Vestas is the world’s largest producer of wind turbines and in addition to this it is also the leading company when it comes to green technology regarding wind energy . Vestas not only serves the Danish domestic market‚ but the company is also present on several foreign markets in other parts
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Appendix 2 MILESTONES FOR MASTER PLAN FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY & HEALTH IN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY YEAR 2005 - 2010 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 ENFORCEMENT & LEGISLATION CIDB to issue circular on mandatory requirements for CSHO – to be registered with CIDB/DOSH. Registered SHO to attend 5-days course to be registered as CSHO. Government Agencies to issue Circular of OSH requirements in Tender & Contract BQ – to include requirements on SSS and CSHO. CSHO to prepare Potential Risk
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A subsidy is a benefit granted by a public authority to a body carrying a project of general or local interest usually in the form of a cash payment or tax reduction. It is a free payment with no counterpart‚ punctual and partial. Furthermore‚ according to the Act of 1999‚ a structure is unable to hold more than 80% of public funding. Finally‚ it is a discretionary decision; therefore it is precarious since no justification is required. In practice‚ the beneficiaries of subsidies are legal
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though there are foreign implications‚ such as aid to other poor‚ foreign countries in the form of food. Because agriculture is vital to keeping the domestic economy stable‚ the federal government has and had passed farm bills that give governmental subsidies to farmers‚ allowing them to “artificially inflate prices” of farm products. Another component of the agricultural issue is the issue of immigration. A large portion of Hispanic immigrants work in the agricultural industry and they produce about
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drawn from this foundation Developed key KM theories Examples of theories as applied in KM Rationale Information economics Intellectual capital‚ intellectual property Knowledge economy‚ knowledge networks and clusters‚ knowledge assets‚ knowledge spillovers‚ continuity management Tordoir (1995)‚ Inkpen & Tsang (2005)‚ Teece (2000)‚ Foray (2004)‚ Beazley et al. (2002) Strategic management Core competencies‚ dynamic capabilities Dumbsizing‚ knowledge alliances‚ knowledge strategy‚ knowledge marketplace
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I do not believe that hydraulic fracking is good for the environment because it puts toxic waste into the ground‚ contaminates water supplies and the accidental spills lead to much devastation‚ and even our groundwater gets contaminated. Toxic waste from the hydraulic fracking is one of the worst things that is happening as of right now. Fracturing fluid chemicals are known to cause cancer and they sometimes use the fracturing fluid for flowback. The flowback of fracturing enters the air easily
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Hitosubashi Journal of Economics. [17]. Lipsey R (2002)‚ “Home and Host Country Effects of FDI”‚ Lidingö‚ Sweden. [18]. Mundell‚ R A. (1957): “International Trade and Factor Mobility‚” American Economic Review‚ Vol. 47. [19]. Smarzynska‚ B (2002): “Spillovers from Foreign Direct Investment through Backward Linkages: Does Technology Gap Matter?”Mimeo‚ World Bank. [20]. Vernon R. (1966)‚ “International investment and international trade in the product cycle”. Quarterly Journal of Economics 80‚ pp. 190-207
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Performance vs. Attitude Sarah Smith BUS303- Human Resource Management Instructor: Niccolle Johnson March 25‚ 2013 Performance vs. Attitude The goal of a company is to create a successful business‚ and have a workforce that enjoys coming to work to increase productivity and efficiency with the product the company is trying to sell. Hiring individuals to manage over these employees is never easy‚ the company needs someone who has the same goals they have‚ and someone who will follow through
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