Dissertations / Theses: 'Economics study'

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Paton, David John. "The economics of advertising : a firm level study." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.267490.

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Carvalho, João Maria de Seixas Sampaio de. "Internationalization through Franchise: the Parfois Case Study." Master's thesis, Faculdade de Economia da Universidade do Porto, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10216/45179.

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Carvalho, João Maria de Seixas Sampaio de. "Internationalization through Franchise: the Parfois Case Study." Dissertação, Faculdade de Economia da Universidade do Porto, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10216/45179.

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Seroshtan, J. V., and L. M. Chuchilina. "Why should we study economics?" Thesis, Вид-во СумДУ, 2009. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/16884.

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Economics - is the study of economics, the study of how human beings coordinate their wants, given the institutional structures of the society. Economists study how society allocates scarce resources and goods. When you are citing the document, use the following link http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/16884

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Clyde, W. C. "A study of exchange rate modelling." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1986. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.372198.

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Smith, Mary Gale. "A conception of global home economics education." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/29533.

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Living in an increasingly complex and interdependent world has prompted many educators to call for infusing or integrating a global perspective across the curriculum. Such action, to be ethically defensible, demands conceptual clarity and the exposure of theoretical underpinnings and basic values. Integrating a global perspective and home economics education is investigated through conceptual analysis and conception construction. The purpose of this study is to develop and defend a conception of global home economics education by exploring the following research questions: Is a global perspective implicit in the mission of home economics? Is global education implicit in home economics education? What are the places of citizenship education, education for cross-cultural understanding, consumer education, and environmental education in home economics education? What is global home economics education? And what justification or rationale can be offered for global home economics education? Findings indicate that a constructivist global perspective (Coombs, 1988a) is implicit in the mission of home economics (Brown & Paolucci, 1979), that a constructivist global education is implicit in the conception of home economics education developed by Brown (1980), and that the various educations can offer complementary approaches to global problems. A conception of global home economics education is proposed that is an expansion of existing work (Brown, 1980), and advocates the systematic integration of global education and home economics education, confirms the practical problem orientation recommended by Brown, and adopts the strategy of practical reasoning. Implications for curriculum development, teachers, teacher education, and schools are briefly explored with suggestions for further research.
Education, Faculty of
Curriculum and Pedagogy (EDCP), Department of
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Moore, Janice L. "Gender bias in neoclassical economics, a case study of Viêt Nam's economic transition." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape15/PQDD_0022/MQ33848.pdf.

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Iordanoglou, Chrissafis. "Public ownership and labour productivity : a comparative study." Thesis, Queen Mary, University of London, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.299998.

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Smith, Howard. "Supermarket choice and supermarket competition : an econometric study." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.287545.

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Vika, Lutho. "Gender dynamics in the South African apparel value chain: a case study on the Western Cape province." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22975.

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Since the early 2000s, South Africa's once thriving sector started to whither due to a combination of domestic and international factors. The result was a sharp decline in manufacturing output, low productivity levels, factory closures and massive job losses across the sector. The blow to the industry was exasperated by the surge of cheap imports, both legal and illegal, primarily coming from China. The poor performance and consequent contraction of the industry had a profound impact on the predominately female workers. In recent years, however, the clothing industry has started to stabilise and is beginning to show positive trends in terms of performance and competitiveness. This paper therefore examines whether female workers have gained from the changes that have taken place in the industry, looking specifically at the Western Cape region. It finds that although the Western Cape clothing industry was the most severely hit by the challenges of global competition, it is now doing relatively well. Furthermore, it argues that the sector is upgrading and providing increased opportunities for women in terms of employment and skills development. This can be attributed to the changes in policy approach by government as well as new and improved production methodologies that are being adopted by firms. Moreover, it argues that the Cape Clothing and Textiles Cluster (CCTC) has played a critical role in driving these processes in the industry primarily through high level trainings and the exposure of executives to the latest industry developments, both nationally and internationally.

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Gaskin, Ian William. "Palestine 1939-1945 : a study of colonial economic policy." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1992. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.335677.

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Tsegaye, A. "Export instability and development : A case study of Ethiopia." Thesis, University of Kent, 1987. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.376719.

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Raynor, Barbara Jean. "Fostering critical thinking through problem solving in home economics." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/29059.

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This study investigated whether critical thinking can be fostered in home economics through teaching a problem solving approach in Family Management. Secondarily, it investigated teacher behaviours which may foster critical thinking abilities, the moral and ethical issues which the teaching of critical thinking addresses, and whether the students were able to use problem solving in real life situations. The research involved the students and teacher in a Family Management eleven class in rural British Columbia. All students in the class chose to participate in the study. The study was conducted during twenty-six classroom hours. The study used action research as the research methodology. The research included action/research cycles with time between for analysis and reflection. The phase of data analysis and reflection was called the reconnaissance. Data was collected through audio tapes of the classes, entries in the teacher's journal, a checklist, and collected student work. The data collected in the first reconnaissance phase established a description which served as a point of reference for comparing and analyzing later observations. Two cycles of action/research followed. Observations were made and data collected as the critical thinking concepts were introduced. The introduction of the macro-thinking skill of problem solving was combined with the micro- thinking skills of avoiding fallacies, observing, reporting and summarizing. The research found that there was an increase in critical thinking activities at the end of the study. Factors that were found to have effected this change were: the teaching of a problem solving process, the teaching of micro-thinking skills, certain teacher behaviours, and the classroom atmosphere. Home economics was found to play a unique role in providing practice in real life problem solving. Further research is needed to determine if the skills the students learned while problem solving in Family Management will carry over to everyday life.
Education, Faculty of
Curriculum and Pedagogy (EDCP), Department of
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Stark, Miriam Thelma. "Pottery economics: A Kalinga ethnoarchaeological study." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/186491.

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This ethnoarchaeological study explores the economics of pottery production and distribution in the Kalinga village of Dalupa in the northern Philippines. For individual Dalupa potters, pottery production is a part-time craft specialization that fits around an intensive cultivation schedule. For the regional economic system in which Dalupa participates, pottery production is a community-based specialization that provides numerous settlements with much-needed goods. This model of community-based specialization, in which households and communities pursue multiple types of productive specialization, is common among traditional societies that anthropologists study. Yet surprisingly little is known about conditions under which village-based specialization develops. Still less is known about the factors that encourage a part-time production system to evolve into a full-time system, since ethnographic examples indicate that productive intensification characterizes a wide range of societies. Historical and social contexts of Dalupa ceramic production are explored as they affect the nature of its production system. Resource access and production parameters that archaeologists employ (e.g., scale, intensity) are influenced by capitalist penetration into the area, social relations, and the level of tribal warfare. Household pottery production scale is affected by the availability of alternative income-generating activities, which fluctuate in response to externally-imposed pressures toward development in the Cordillera highlands. Examination of Dalupa production scale (i.e., levels of inputs and outputs) over an annual cycle reveals that variability within the producer work force is related to differential economic pressures. Analyses of Dalupa production intensity (or the relative level of inputs per production entity) concentrate on dimensional variability of cooking pots. Comparisons at the inter-community and intra-community level evaluate widely-held assumptions regarding the relationship between production intensity and product standardization. This ethnoarchaeological case study provides detailed information on the relationship between production scale and distributional range in small-scale systems. Economic personalism operates in all aspects of the Dalupa pottery exchange network. Dalupa ceramics circulate within a multi-centric economy. These two processes affect the formal variation in the material record of pottery distribution. Investigating both production and distribution processes within a single economic system illuminates our understanding of prehistoric pottery economics.

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Tang, Tommy Yin. "A study of learning in economics." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2008. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/16691/1/Tommy_Tang_Thesis.pdf.

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This thesis reports on a research program to study learning in economics utilising non-traditional research methodology. The study aimed to achieve four inter-related objectives. Research in other disciplines (Meyer and Cleary, 1998; Meyer and Eley, 1999; Eley and Meyer, 2004) show that there are important factors influencing learning that are unique to the discourse of a discipline. The first objective of this study was to construct an instrument that captured students' cognitive ability that was specific to learning in economics. The psychometric properties and validity of this construct (called economic thinking ability), and the influence of students' pre-course economic thinking on their learning approaches and academic performance were investigated. Traditional economics education research typically utilises a single end-of-semester score as a measure of learning output. This research program utilised multiple measures of academic performance. By investigating the determinants of academic performance in three assessment types commonly used in introductory economics, namely essay assignment, multiple choice question (MCQ) exam and exam essay, it examined the limitations of the traditional single-score approach. Most traditional input-output learning models in economics education bypass the learning 'black box' (Shanahan et al., 1997), which is the learning approach the student utilises. The third objective of the research program was to construct a learning approach instrument that was sensitive to different assessment contexts so as to investigate the mechanism by which the learning inputs influenced academic performance in economics. This research program also measured students' general learning approaches for assessments utilised before the commencement of their economics unit, and investigated the stability and changes of learning approaches. Based on empirical research evidence and survey findings, it has been observed that many economics students do not possess the ability to apply economic concepts in real world situations. The fourth objective of this research program was to explore the issue of knowledge transfer in economics education. To investigate this issue, students' economic thinking ability was examined at the end of the course using both quantitative and qualitative methodology. The key findings obtained from this research program are: The discipline-specific construct of economic thinking ability possesses sound psychometric properties and predictive validity. Students' pre-course economic thinking ability was found to measure cognitive ability different from pre-course academic aptitude and have important effects on learning approaches. The determinants of academic performance were shown to be assessment specific. This observation provides an explanation of the inconsistency of findings by the traditional input-output approach that utilises a single measure of learning output in economics education. By examining the mediating role of learning approaches in the learning process, it was found that there were important differences in the mechanism by which different personal learning inputs impacted on academic performance in different assessment contexts. Lastly academic performance and post-course economic thinking ability were found to measure different dimensions of learning outcome. The thesis concluded that economics education as investigated in this research program focused mainly on acquisition and reproduction of knowledge and technical skills in routine academic situations rather than making connections of economic concepts to real world experiences. Implications for teaching and further research in economics education were also discussed in this thesis.

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Tang, Tommy Yin. "A study of learning in economics." Queensland University of Technology, 2008. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/16691/.

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This thesis reports on a research program to study learning in economics utilising non-traditional research methodology. The study aimed to achieve four inter-related objectives. Research in other disciplines (Meyer and Cleary, 1998; Meyer and Eley, 1999; Eley and Meyer, 2004) show that there are important factors influencing learning that are unique to the discourse of a discipline. The first objective of this study was to construct an instrument that captured students' cognitive ability that was specific to learning in economics. The psychometric properties and validity of this construct (called economic thinking ability), and the influence of students' pre-course economic thinking on their learning approaches and academic performance were investigated. Traditional economics education research typically utilises a single end-of-semester score as a measure of learning output. This research program utilised multiple measures of academic performance. By investigating the determinants of academic performance in three assessment types commonly used in introductory economics, namely essay assignment, multiple choice question (MCQ) exam and exam essay, it examined the limitations of the traditional single-score approach. Most traditional input-output learning models in economics education bypass the learning 'black box' (Shanahan et al., 1997), which is the learning approach the student utilises. The third objective of the research program was to construct a learning approach instrument that was sensitive to different assessment contexts so as to investigate the mechanism by which the learning inputs influenced academic performance in economics. This research program also measured students' general learning approaches for assessments utilised before the commencement of their economics unit, and investigated the stability and changes of learning approaches. Based on empirical research evidence and survey findings, it has been observed that many economics students do not possess the ability to apply economic concepts in real world situations. The fourth objective of this research program was to explore the issue of knowledge transfer in economics education. To investigate this issue, students' economic thinking ability was examined at the end of the course using both quantitative and qualitative methodology. The key findings obtained from this research program are: The discipline-specific construct of economic thinking ability possesses sound psychometric properties and predictive validity. Students' pre-course economic thinking ability was found to measure cognitive ability different from pre-course academic aptitude and have important effects on learning approaches. The determinants of academic performance were shown to be assessment specific. This observation provides an explanation of the inconsistency of findings by the traditional input-output approach that utilises a single measure of learning output in economics education. By examining the mediating role of learning approaches in the learning process, it was found that there were important differences in the mechanism by which different personal learning inputs impacted on academic performance in different assessment contexts. Lastly academic performance and post-course economic thinking ability were found to measure different dimensions of learning outcome. The thesis concluded that economics education as investigated in this research program focused mainly on acquisition and reproduction of knowledge and technical skills in routine academic situations rather than making connections of economic concepts to real world experiences. Implications for teaching and further research in economics education were also discussed in this thesis.

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Arnold, G. C. "Consumer service expenditure and economic development : a cross-country study." Thesis, Loughborough University, 1991. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/6765.

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The influence of income levels on the demand for consumer services is examined. For twenty-six categories of services income elasticities are established. Also the influence of price and other variables, on the quantity demanded of a consumer service are investigated. The primary aim is to determine whether the relationship between income and consumer service demand is consistent across a range of countries. This enables some comments to be made on the "post-industrial society" hypothesis which suggests that the advanced economies experience a particularly high income elasticity for the consumer service sector - thus a greater proportion of resources are devoted to this area as a result of demand influences. The results of the cross-section empirical analysis, based on data derived for thirty-four countries on an internationally comparable basis, suggest that the consumer service sector as a whole exhibits a relatively low income elasticity when compared with durable goods. However this sector is a heterogeneous group and the thesis shows a wide variety of responses when a disaggregated analysis is undertaken. A number of functional forms are used for each service in ordinary least squares multiple regression, which permit a variety of hypotheses regarding the behaviour of income elasticity at different income levels to be tested. The countries used in the analysis varied greatly in their traditions, geography and so on and yet relatively consistent relationships between income and consumer service demand are shown.

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Mananyi, Anthony. "Devaluation and adjustment : a case study of Ghana 1960-86." Thesis, University of the West of Scotland, 1992. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.314848.

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Gowers, Robin. "A study of the British industrial wage structure 1900-1926." Thesis, University of Essex, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.388572.

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Ray, S. K. "Modelling the world jute economy : A study in market imperfections." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1985. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.372903.

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Green, Roy. "Classical theories of money, output and inflation : a study in 'historical economics'." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1988. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.317732.

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Grande, Marlene Vidal. "Corruption and MNCs' entry mode. An empirical econometric study of Portuguese firms internationalizing to PALOPs." Master's thesis, Faculdade de Economia da Universidade do Porto, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10216/56101.

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Grande, Marlene Vidal. "Corruption and MNCs' entry mode. An empirical econometric study of Portuguese firms internationalizing to PALOPs." Dissertação, Faculdade de Economia da Universidade do Porto, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10216/56101.

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Hall, Gillette H. "Poverty and vulnerability : a case study of Lima, Peru, 1985-1990." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.313937.

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Sirage, Besiro K. "Exchange rate policy and export performance : a case study of Ethiopia." Thesis, Lancaster University, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.268114.

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Humphries, J. A. "Insurance markets and sales performance : A study for Provincial Insurance P.L.C." Thesis, Lancaster University, 1987. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.381785.

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Wilde, Wilfred Michael. "A case study of a multinational oil company : Amoco in Trinidad." Thesis, University of Sussex, 1990. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.306243.

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This thesis examines the performance of one multinational oil company, Amoco, with reference to its impact on the economy of Trinidad and Tobago. The case study methodology is employed to place Amoco's operations in Trinidad in the dynamic context of competition within the world petroleum industry, and to assess the development problems and possibilities this presents for a small Caribbean econ9my. It sets out the super profits Amoco gained from Trinidad between 1973 - 1979, based on fieldwork research carried out in 1980. It shows how the surge in overseas crude production transformed Amoco's profitability. It also reveals that once the payback had been attained, Amoco's exploration and development effort in Trinidad declined. The nationalisation of Amoco would therefore provide a vital control over Trinidad's production and depletion policy. This is seen as a necessary, but not sufficient step forward for the people of Trinidad and Tobago to control their major natural resource. The oil resources generated new forms of state intervention as a further consequence of the government's development strategy. Amoco as the major supplier of natural gas was also the key to the energy intensive industrialisation projects, particularly in fertilisers, which were liable to reap it considerable benefit. The thesis emphasises the contradictions of the oil boom with the massive subsidies given to private consumption, particularly of petroleum. It concludes that the major opponent to control by multinational companies has been the Oilfield Workers Trade Union. The Union has had a tradition of militancy since its inception in the late 1930s, with the ability to mobilise in the 1970s both across the ethnic divide and outside of the oil sector. The democratic basis of the Union is the surest hope that a nationalisation of Amoco would not degenerate into bureaucracy.

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Archer, H. J. "An eclectic approach to the historical study of UK multinational enterprises." Thesis, University of Reading, 1986. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.373708.

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Young, Carlos Eduardo Frickmann. "Economic adjustment policies and the environment : a case study of Brazil." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.266120.

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Ledeneva, Alena V. "Formal institutions and informal networks in Russia : a study of blat." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.286427.

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Pereira, Joao Antonio Catita Garcia. "Equity, health and healthcare : an economic study with reference to Portugal." Thesis, University of York, 1995. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/9765/.

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Xenaki, Athanassia Th. "An econometric study on the investment behaviour of the Greek manufacturing sector." Thesis, University of Sussex, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.263887.

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In this thesis, the results are presented of an econometric study, which applies several quarterly and annual Greek macroeconomic time series on four of the best known models of investment: the Neoclassical Stock Adjustment; the Real Net Rate of Return; the Return Over Cost and the Cost of Adjustment-Tobin's q models. Although in various studies these models are heavily criticised, the empirical results of this study show that each of them provides a certain contribution to the identification of the determinants of investment spending. However, none of the individual models appears to explain the investment function entirely. The major reasons for this deficiency are found in the shortcomings of the theoretical models themselves, in the volatile nature of the investment function, and last but not least in the inconstant quality, incompatibility and limitations of the available data. The study's results determine the price variables as very significant factors for the decision of a firm whether or not to invest. They include: • the user cost of capital, mainly through the interest rate components: the long term lending rate and the real interest rate, • the rate of return on capital, • the difference between prospective and actual costs of funds, • the ratio of a firm's market value to the replacement cost of its assets. Another interesting finding of the present study is that the output produced affects the fixed capital formation according to the role that the applied theoretical model attributes to it: • when it represents demand forces in the product market in the neoclassical model, influences investment with high long-run and short-run elasticities, while conditionally to seasonality in the short-run, • when it expresses the level of capacity utilization in the net rate of return and the return over cost models, affects investment significantly but with a low elasticity, • when it shows the firm's power in its product market in Tobin's q model, has a marginal impact on the investment rate. Finally, it is found that investment expenditure is positively affected by the availability of the firm's internally generated funds; when external funds are required, firms are highly dependent on borrowing facilities offered by the banking system.

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Hassan, Hashim Bin. "The analysis of Malaysia's trade diversification - performance and measurement : an empirical study." Thesis, Keele University, 1991. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.314475.

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The extent of trade diversification achieved by Malaysia has not been investigated empirically beyond that of its partial inclusion in certain instability export studies. This study has three principal objectives. First, to explore and demonstrate empirically using the entropy analysis technique the level of Malaysia's trade diversification achieved and to compare and analyse this performance with other developing countries with similar profiles. Second, to take stock and investigate policy issues that arise from export instability, as they relate to trade and diversification in the commodity and industrial sector. Third, to complement empirical work on Malaysian international trade, particularly on the previous empirical investigations of instability of exports in the Malaysian economy. Evidence from the study shows that Malaysia has been able to increase its export diversification over the period reviewed comparable to other newly industrialised countries, and in most cases better than other developing economies. Analysis also shows that. commodity export. diversificaLion is basically induced by a significant change in 'within group' diversification (traditional group of exports). similarly ,import diversification also shows evidence of a positive associ ati on wi th the stages of economic development. Analysis of the flexibility index reveals that Malaysia has been able to adjust its structure of exports saUsfactori ly in respond to the changing world market. However, ev.idence of declining flexibilty in the trade structure emerges in the early 1980s, though not strictly implyjng a complete rigjdity in the export structure. Variations in the degree of diversification achieved can be linked to the type of policies and incentives designed and implemented by the state to encourage exports, and domestic supplies consistent with a higher investment growth.

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Diab, M. H. A. "Growth and distribution within social accounting matrix framework : the Sudan case study." Thesis, University of Sussex, 1988. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.291514.

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Greenley, G. E. "A study of the utilisation of planning within the context of marketing." Thesis, University of Salford, 1986. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.372156.

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Clegg, L. J. "The determinants of international production : A comparative study of five developed countries." Thesis, University of Reading, 1985. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.354079.

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Bangassa, Kenbata. "Study on the discounts and performance of UK investment trusts : 1980-1994." Thesis, University of Strathclyde, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.366694.

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Ahmed, El-Sayed Abbas. "An empirical study of the financing of small enterprise development in Sudan." Thesis, University of Bath, 1987. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.376445.

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Khan, Azhar Mansur. "Preliminary cost-benefit study of supersonic commercial air transportation." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/28951.

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Destefanis, Sergio. "The macroeconomic analysis of wage indexation : a case study for Italy, 1963-84." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1991. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.239730.

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Fahad, Ghalib A. "A study of target receivers' perception of the process of endorsement in advertising." Thesis, University of Strathclyde, 1985. http://oleg.lib.strath.ac.uk:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=21460.

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This study examines a currently popular advertising technique known as endorsement, which involves the use of a third party to give 'support' to an advertiser's product or service. In Britain, the technique has been used in various forms for well over two centuries now. Notwithstanding this continuous history of practice, there has to date been little documentation of either the major considerations bearing on practitioners' choice of endorsers or the factors likely to explain endorsers' relative 'persuasiveness'. Hitherto, the discussions of practitioners about the endorsement process have been fragmented and seemingly based on "intuition", "speculation", "experience of usage", and so-called "proprietary research" which cannot be made public. Further, the absence of specific knowledge about endorsement has led both practitioners and academics to 'borrow' from the findings of source effect studies. However, these were conducted in a context, referred to in this study as "social persuasion", that differs markedly from the typical advertising setting. The importance of the differences has recently been underlined by a number of studies which have examined some aspects of the endorsement process. Their overall conclusion is that characteristics proposed by social persuasion studies as explaining the relative persuasiveness of a source, do not appear to be either as relevant or important in endorsers of advertising messages. But, these studies fail to offer any alternative characteristics to those utilised or tested. To fill this gap in the present knowledge a two-stage methodology was developed in the 'real world' setting. Stage one consisted of 8 group discussions in which general perceptions of target receivers were elicited about the process. Stage two involved a questionnaire survey, in which 500 questionnaires were administered. Several significant results were obtained. The most significant is that tentatively suggesting that target receivers perceive endorsers mainly in terms of their "celebrity context". Further, contrary to the 'credibility' mechanism suggested by social persuasion studies, results indicate that endorsers produce effects, if any, on a mechanism largely predicated on the identified celebrity context. The main conclusion of the study is that the social persuasion framework must now be abandoned in favour of one developed in the endorsement advertising setting.

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Yildizoglu, Ergin. "A theoretical and historical study of crisis in the capitalist mode of production." Thesis, University of East Anglia, 1989. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.253653.

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Shaw, David. "Positioning Singapore in the global economy : a study of political and economic processes." Thesis, University of Leicester, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2381/4227.

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This study seeks to understand the significance of political decision-making and economic processes in the establishment of Singapore as an Asian 'economic miracle'. Throughout the study, illustrative passages drawn from three case studies conducted in different sectors of the economy - the port, banking and the biomedical sciences — are used to throw light on matters such as the contribution of statutory boards and government-linked companies, privatisation, the role of foreign MNCs and direct investment, and the challenges facing local start-up companies. Singapore's linkages with the outside world are put in context through exploration of a theoretical framework comprising globalisation, regionalism and the world city concept. The treatment of these is questioning as well as descriptive, and also includes a substantial literature review. The main body of the thesis investigates five main factors that, in the author's view, influence the nature of Singapore's integration in the global economy. The first, often glossed over, is the enduring vulnerability of the city-state, both in economic and security terms. Second are the various means of state control of and intervention in, the economy. Third is the actual interface of Singapore and the global economy, and the approaches taken to the opportunities and dangers involved. The fourth and fifth factors — the growth of a knowledge-based economy and a refreshed and more urgent programme of regionalisation - represent the latest efforts to re-make the economy in order that Singapore remains competitive in a changing world. Following the conclusions to be drawn from the research project, the final chapter is given over to discussion about the future, highlighting the need for changes of mindset on the part of both government and governed, and closing with a proposal regarding the future direction of world-city research.

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McGregor, J. Allister. "Poverty and patronage : a study of credit, development and change in rural Bangladesh." Thesis, University of Bath, 1991. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.306835.

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Kasekende, L. A. "A study of the effects of oil price movements on the exchange rate." Thesis, University of Manchester, 1986. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.376137.

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STADENBERG, IDA. "Innovative Cluster Organizations in Tanzania : A Minor Field Study evaluating cluster performance and actor collaborations within the clusters included in ISCP-Tz." Thesis, KTH, Nationalekonomi, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-198691.

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Cluster Organizations, as a means of promoting competition and innovation in industrial clusters, have become increasingly popular over the world. Cluster organizations aim to increase growth and competitiveness of clusters within a region, and have become a central part of economic policy-making across the world. Recently, the concept has been used to a larger extent as a tool for economic development and poverty alleviation. This thesis seeks to examine the cluster organizations that are part of the Sida funded program Innovation Systems and Cluster development in Tanzania (ISCP-Tz), by evaluating performance, goals and development of the program based on cluster facilitators perceptions, and assess linkages and actor collaborations between clustered actors. The data in this thesis is collected through a telephone-administered questionnaire, as well as interviews and visits to cluster sites. The results show a positive impact on cluster firms performance as assessed by cluster facilitators, but show that actor collaborations in many cases are inadequate and need to be improved.

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Wilson, Susan Worth. "Changing conceptions of practice in home economics education." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/25538.

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This thesis investigates changes in the underlying pattern of beliefs and actions central to the development of home economics education. Examination of the historical context in which training in domestic matters became of public concern discloses the circumstances which fostered the genesis of domestic science, the forerunner of contemporary home economics in Canada. Subsequently, analysing the curriculum of British Columbia schools using the notion of practice illustrates the ways in which programs changed as home economics became accepted as a school subject. At the end of the nineteenth century social reformers perceived the introduction of domestic science as a means of ameliorating many social maladies. Therefore support for training in domestic matters primarily arose from organizations lying outside the school system. Though social and educational reformers viewed the purposes of domestic science differently, together they were successful in promoting domestic science as a responsibility of public schools. Four interpretations of practice identified as customary, instrumental, interactive and reflective conceptions, help us to understand the documents and reports significant to the growth of home economics in British Columbia. These conceptions are rooted in the writings of critical theorists in education and are used in this study to clarify the ways in which the home economics program changed over a period of seventy-five years. As a new subject for British Columbia schools home economics was most closely associated with customary practice, which reinforces the traditional expertise of women. The strong framework of social purpose characteristic of early programs both insulated families from perceived urban-industrial disorder and helped them to adjust to the changes of the era. Analysis of the curriculum since 1926 reveals that home economics has become increasingly associated with an instrumental conception of practice. While the 1979 curriculum begins to acknowledge interactive practice in the family studies area, overall the contemporary course of studies is firmly entrenched in understanding human experience only in instrumental ways. The study makes clear that throughout the evolution of home economics the beliefs and actions underlying school programs are characterized by customary and instrumental concerns at the expense of interactive and reflective practice. If educators are to contribute to the mission of the profession, that of strengthening families by helping them to help themselves, then there is need for a broader interpretation of practice in the school curriculum.
Education, Faculty of
Curriculum and Pedagogy (EDCP), Department of
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Silva, Ester Maria Reis Gomes. "Structural Change and Economic Growth. A Longitudinal and Cross-Country Study." Tese, Faculdade de Economia da Universidade do Porto, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10216/10768.

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Economia
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O presente trabalho tem como objectivo principal contribuir para um maior conhecimento do processo de crescimento económico Português ocorrido nas últimas três décadas, considerando explicitamente a relação entre mudanças ocorridas ao nível sectorial e transformações de natureza macroeconómica. Embora este assunto tenha sido objecto de análise em trabalhos anteriores, várias questões relevantes relacionadas com a interacção entre progresso tecnológico, mudança estrutural e crescimento económico permaneceram em aberto. Estas questões são abordadas neste trabalho, que tem na teoria neo-Schumpeteriana a sua fundamentação teórica principal. Após uma primeira parte onde é realizada uma revisão da literatura relevante na área de conhecimento em questão, a análise da relação entre tecnologia, mudança estrutural e desempenho macroeconómico é abordada, utilizando a metodologia shift-share. Esta metodologia é aplicada considerando diferentes desagregações da actividade económica e utilizando a produtividade total de factores como medida de produtividade. São também tidos em conta os efeitos de Verdoorn no cômputo da relevância do efeito de mudança estrutural. A consideração explícita do factor capital na mensuração do crescimento da produtividade revela que o desempenho da economia Portuguesa entre 1977 e 2003 foi globalmente medíocre. Os resultados revelam ainda que os reduzidos ganhos de produtividade decorreram sobretudo da transferência de trabalho e de capital entre sectores, mais do que de ganhos de produtividade intra-sectoriais. Os benefícios inerentes à mudança estrutural ocorreram, no entanto, no interior dos grandes grupos de actividade da economia Portuguesa, que sofreram poucas alterações ao longo do período em estudo. De facto, no final deste período, a economia Portuguesa conserva os seus principais traços estruturais, registando um grande relevo de actividades com uso intensivo de mão-de-obra pouco qualificada e com reduzida intensidade tecnológica. A última parte da tese é dedicada à análise da relação entre a importância relativa de actividades tecnologicamente avançadas na estrutura produtiva e o crescimento da produtividade do trabalho. Para este efeito é estimada uma regressão com dados em painel onde, para além de Portugal, são considerados países que no início do período em estudo possuíam características estruturais idênticas ao caso Português, mas que observaram trajectórias de crescimento muito diversas no período em análise. Os resultados sustentam empiricamente a hipótese segundo a qual os países com maior capacidade de proceder a transformações efectivas da sua estrutura produtiva em torno de actividades tecnologicamente mais avançadas beneficiam de um crescimento superior da produtividade do trabalho. Em simultâneo, a evidência obtida confirma o carácter estratégico das actividades directamente relacionadas com as tecnologias de informação e de comunicação, ainda que tal aconteça unicamente para actividades produtoras destas tecnologias. Este facto sublinha o carácter local dos efeitos de spillover decorrentes de actividades económicas tecnologicamente mais avançadas.
The main purpose of the present study is to contribute for a deeper understanding of the growth process of the Portuguese economy over the last three decades, by explicitly taking into account the relationship between changes occurring at the industry level of the economy and overall macroeconomic changes. Although a few studies have already addressed the matter for the Portuguese case, a number of important issues relating structural transformation, technology and economic growth remained unexplored, and it is our purpose to fill this gap by considering the neo-Schumpeterian stream of research as the main theoretical frame of analysis. After comprehensively surveying the relevant literature on the field, a preliminary assessment of the relationship between technology, structural change and the macroeconomic performance of the Portuguese economy is undertaken using shift-share analysis. This technique is applied considering total factor productivity growth, and employing different levels of breakdown of economic activity, which include the division of industries according to their skills and innovativeness potential. The impact of Verdoorn effects is also acknowledged. The inclusion of capital in the measurement of productivity growth reveals that the performance of the Portuguese economy was globally mediocre in the period under scrutiny, which was characterised by very slow rates of TFP growth. The results show furthermore that most of the (low) productivity gains came from the shift of labour and capital resources across sectors, rather than from intra-productivity gains. Structural change gains arose, however, in a context of relatively slow change in the broad Portuguese economic structure, which maintained a strong bias towards traditional and low-skilled activities. The latter part of the thesis is dedicated to the investigation of the benefits in terms of productivity growth arising from an increase in the relative importance of technologically dynamic industries. This is done using panel data regression methods and analysing the Portuguese case with reference to a number of other countries that presented similar structural characteristics in the late 1970s, but which have experienced widely different growth trajectories since then. The results provide empirical support to the hypothesis according to which substantial benefits have accrued to countries that successfully changed their structure towards more technologically advanced industries. Moreover, the results lend some support to the view that ICT-related industries are strategic branches of economic activity, but only when producing industries are considered. This accentuates the fact that most spillovers from advanced industries, and particularly ICT producing industries are local and national in character.

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Lazim, Mohamad Alias. "Econometric forecasting models and model evaluation : a case study of air passenger traffic flow." Thesis, Lancaster University, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.296880.

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Marshall, David William. "A study of the behavioural variables influencing consumer acceptability of fish and fish products." Thesis, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/10443/725.

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The UK fishing industry has been fraught with difficulties over the past decade in the form of increased fuel prices, the imposition of catching quotas and the extension of Icelandic fishing grounds. In addition to thesep roblems,d emandf or fish in the LTKa ppearsto be in long term decline and Largely because of consumers rejection of many potentially edible species, and resistance to products containing fish. Yet few studies have attempted to identify the factors which determine acceptability of fish and fish products in the UK. This thesis addresses the issue of food choice and behaviour from the consumers perspective, identifying market trends in demand since 1977 and the current 'profile' of fish consumers. This is followed by qualitative research to identify the main issues which determine food acceptability with specific reference to fish, and the way in which fish fits into meal patterns. This work is then complemented by a study into food usage in one hundred households over a two week period, using food diaries to identify specific use of fish across meals and to verify some of the qualitative findings., A national survey of attitudes towards meat and fish helps to substantiate the qualitative findings and identify salient factors in food choice. The main findings highlight the restricted place of fish in the UK meal system and emphasise the importance of considering the overall appropriateness of fish for meal occasions. Fish is generally perceived as having a limited number of uses within the overall pattern of meals, and not to fit into the most common meal formats. The nature of meal occasions is changing as a consequence of wider social change. As major food events become less formalised, new opportunities are likely to arise for convenient fish products.

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