Essays about: "Human capital specific investments"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words Human capital specific investments.

  1. 1. From Remittances to Development: Exploring Nepal's Path to Progress

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Jonathan Damkjær Britton; [2023]
    Keywords : Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Nepal is one of the largest recipients of remittances compared to the size of the economy, reaching 30,1% of GDP in 2018. This makes understanding them, their effects, and how to positively impact that an important policy tool. READ MORE

  3. 2. The dual aspects of supplier contribution in sustainable innovation: Yes or No?

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för marknadsföring (MF)

    Author : Mehran Aslaniyan; Golzar Daneshzad; [2022]
    Keywords : Human capital specific investments; Supplier sustainable innovation contribution; Learning capacity; Market orientation; Absorptive capacity; TCE; RET;

    Abstract : Companies are increasingly motivated to deal with the issue of sustainability not just from a moral standpoint, but also because these issues may be a major root of innovation. To achieve these sustainable innovations, the number of manufacturers who invest in specific resources has been increasing. READ MORE

  4. 3. Nuts for Education

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

    Author : Maja Sköld; [2015]
    Keywords : challenges of educational investments; participatory development; education policy; human capital theory; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study was to add to the understanding of how context specific factors may lead to challenges for parents to make investments in their children's education. This was done by conducting a case study in the rural village of Kyzyl Unkur, Kyrgyzstan. READ MORE

  5. 4. Sustainable Small Scale Agriculture Transformation Process in Ribáuè District, Nampula Province, Mozambique

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

    Author : Jamac Aman Musoke Emily; [2013]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Over 80 percent of the population in Africa are smallholder peasant farmers, still predominantly engaged in subsistence farming, distinctive with low yields. The Low African agriculture productivity, according to the World Bank Report (2008) is mainly attributed to African governments as obstruction to development owing to inappropriate government policy interventions, poor governance coupled with the state’s withdrawing from investments in market infrastructure, and support services. READ MORE

  6. 5. Immigrant's Human Capital Investments and Local Policies

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Victoria C. Moreno Manrique; [2008]
    Keywords : segregation; Human capital; Malmö; Immigrants; local policies; Economics; econometrics; economic theory; economic systems; economic policy; Nationalekonomi; ekonometri; ekonomisk teori; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk politik; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Earnings assimilation is the process of convergence between the wages of e.g. women and men or a native and an immigrant. Frequently people refer to earnings assimilation as a way to look into the level of integration of an individual. READ MORE